Chronicle of Walden Abbey, AM 1–1321 (68r–89v); chronicle of the kings of England, William I–Edward IV (89v–91v); note of the number of parish churches, towns and knights’ fees in England (91v–92v)
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Languages: Latin (68r–89v); Middle English (89v–92v)
Excerpts from Fulgentius and others (97r–104v); epitome of Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (104v–112v); epitome of Bernardus Silvestris, Cosmographia (112v–117v); epitome of Lucan, De bello ciuili (117v–122v); account of Perseus (122v–124v); epitome of Peter Riga, Aurora (124v–130r); Master Rufus, Uita Afre (130r–132v: abridged version, BHL 113d; Walther 6320); account of the works of Seneca (132v–133v); epitome of Cicero, Somnium Scipionis (133v–134v); account of the wo...
Description of the Day of Judgment (4r–22r); epitome of British history, Brutus–AD 1429 (22r–37r); Uita sancti Gvnllei (Gwynllyw) (37v–52v: BHL 3701); note on the family of the Blessed Virgin Mary (53r–v); Uita sancti Cadoci (54r–110r: BHL 1491); Passio sancti Cadoci (110r–137r: BHL 1492); Life of St David (138r–155v); Ebostol y Sul (155v–159r); Life of St Margaret (159r–175r); Life of St Catherine (175r–185r)
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Language(s): Middle Welsh (4r–22r, 137r–185r); Latin (22r–137r)
Compilation of verse; extracts from Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum; De Romanis imperatoribus; a series of epitaphs; De coloribus et mixtionibus; computistical texts; formulas for the visitation of the sick; Gloria in excelsis; commentary on Juvenal, Satires.
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The manuscript consists of a main part, and two fragmentary sections (one at the beginning and one at end) that were probably added as flyleaves at some point after the second half of the 14th century. The main part (ff. 5-156) is a diverse compilation written roughly in the last quarter of the ...
ff. 1r-4v: A fragment of two three-part settings of Gloria in excelsis, with notes on a 5-line stave, written in the second half of the 14th century. Now disordered, the correct order is: ff. 2v, 3v, 2r, 3r, and ff. 4r, 1v, 4v, 1r. Decoration: Capital letters at the start of a sentence highlig...