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1. Egerton MS 2204

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2204
Title:
Bede the Venerable, In Lucae Evangelium Expositio
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript originates from the Benedictine abbey of St Mary in Reading. It contains the commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Bede the Venerable (d. 673, d. 735), an English Benedictine monk, theologian, and historian. This is one of the more than a hundred manuscripts that survi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Egerton MS 2782

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2782
Title:
Haimo of Auxerre, Super Isaiam
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a commentary on the Book of Isaiah by Haimo (or Haymo) of Auxerre (d. 853). Haimo was one of the key figures in the revival of learning in the Carolingian period. Contents: ff. 1-124v: Haimo of Auxerre, Super Isaiam (Commentary on Isaiah). [ff. 125r-125v are blank]. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

3. Egerton MS 2831

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2831
Title:
Jerome, Commentarium in Isaiam, book 14 to book 18
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is thought to date from before Alcuin's arrival at the abbey of Marmoutiers (or Saint-Martin de Tours) in 796, on the basis of the owner inscription (see Provenance). It is one of the surviving witnesses of the early collaboration between Insular and Continental scribes at the Be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 8th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

4. Egerton MS 3089

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3089
Title:
Gregory the Great, Dialogi
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the four books of the Dialogi (Dialogues) written in 593-594 by Pope Gregory I (b. c. 540, d. 604), commonly known as St Gregory the Great. The Dialogues discuss the miracles and prophecies of holy men in 6th-century Italy, especially those of Benedict of Nursi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

5. Egerton MS 3721

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3721
Title:
Kalendar; St Augustine, De Doctrina Christiana (excerpts); St Augustine, De Trinitate;De Duodecim Lapidibus (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two parts (ff. 1-8v; ff. 9-86) that were produced at the Benedictine abbey of St Alban at St Albans, and bound together at an early date (see Thomson, Manuscripts from St Albans (1982), p. 92). The scribe of ff. 1-8 copied the St Albans Psalter (Hildesheim, Dombibli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

6. Egerton MS 3775

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3775
Title:
St Augustine, De Consensu Evangelistarum
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains De Consensu Evangelistarum (The Harmony of the Gospels) by St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430). The manuscript was most likely produced at the Benedictine abbey of Westminster, but was certainly owned by the Abbey in the 13th century. It is one of five ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Hebrew and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

7. Egerton MS 3776

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3776
Title:
St Jerome, Commentaries on Jeremiah and Ezekiel
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the first six books of St Jerome's (b. 347, d. 420) commentaries on the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Ezekiel. It was produced in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century at the Benedictine abbey of St Edmund in Bury St Edmunds; it is particularly in this period, during th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex