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1. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D VI
Title:
Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis ; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note on the ages of the world; 'Kentish Psalm' (a paraphrase of Psalm 50); Disticha Catonis; hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others; Stephen's Vita S Wilfridi
Scope & Content:
This manuscript includes two parts. The first part contains a selection of biblical texts, hymns, and other notes, copied in the 10th century in the southern England (possibly at Canterbury). The second part contains Stephen's Vita S Wilfridi, copied in England in the 11th century. The manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid-10th century - late 11th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 78–125

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 78–125
Title:
Stephen, Vita Sancti Wilfridi
Scope & Content:
These folios contain perhaps the earliest surviving copy of Stephen's Vita S Wilfridi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 8889). The only other surviving manuscript copy is Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Fell vol. III 34a-56b. The text is imperfect, with several leaves missing between folio 87v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D VI

3. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77
Title:
Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note of the age of the world; 'Kentish Psalm' (Old English paraphrase of Psalm 50); Disticha Catonis (incomplete); hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various Biblical texts, notes, and hymns in Latin and Old English. Apart from the additions on ff. 76v–77v, most of this text may have been copied between the middle of the 10th century to 2nd half of the 10th century. These folios include: ff. 2r–37v: Book of Proverbs (Par...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D VI

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