Treatise on the calendar beginning ‘Naturalis abacus ob integrorum ac minutiarum barbaras figuras’ (3r–23v); Gerland (Garlandus), De abaco (25r–35v: Thorndike 848, 923); De manuali kalendario (37r–52v: Thorndike 562, 106); computistical treatise beginning ‘(F)inito manuali abaco, restat nunc ut promisimus’ (53r–59r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Letters of Popes Alexander III (1159–81), Lucius III (1181–85) and Urban III (1185–87) and others addressed primarily to the clergy of England, Scotland and Wales
Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368
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Contents: ff. 2r-45r : Pseudo-John of Peterborough (fl. 1369), Peterborough Chronicle from AD 654-868, 890-1368, copied in the 2nd half of the 14th century. A continuation from AD 869-899 (ff. 5v-9r), is copied in an early modern hand from the 1st quarter of the 17th century. This manuscript c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
William of Malmesbury, Gesta Pontificum Anglorum; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi; genealogy of King Henry II of England (1154–89)
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This copy of William of Malmesbury’s Gesta Pontificum Anglorum is part of the first recension of the text. Contents: ff. 46r-129v: William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1080, d. 1143), Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (Deeds of the Bishops of the English) ff. 129v-133v: William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti A...
Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi; Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Vita Sancti Neoti Abbatis; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Wulfstani Episcopi
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Contents: ff. 135r-138r: Anonymous, Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi (Life of the Blessed Bishop Erkenwald). ff. 138r-141r: Anonymous, Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis (Life of the Blessed Virgin Winifred). ff. 141r-145v: Anonymous, Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis (Miracles of the Blessed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Contents: ff. 1r-155v: The cartulary of the priory of the Blessed Virgin and St Blaise at Boxgrove (imperfect due to loss of leaves), including a rental, c. 1253 (5r-13v), and 3 original documents (ff. 102, 105, and 121). Decoration: Medium initials in red or brown ink; or brown ink with f...
Ivo of Chartres, Sermones; Epistolae; Marbod of Rennes, Epistola V; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistola X; anonymous monk ('G') of Pontlevoy, three letters
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Contents: ff. 156r-174v: Ivo of Chartres, Sermones (Sermons). ff. 175r-284v: Ivo of Chartres, Epistolae (Letters). ff. 285r-287v: Marbodius of Rennes, Epistola V (Epistle 5). ff. 287v-290r: Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistola X (Epistle 10). ff. 290r-292v: An anonymous monk (‘G’) from the Bene...