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91. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 3–13

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Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 3–13
Title:
Calendar; Computistical texts; Hymns and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-8v: Calendar, with the so-called Dog Days (dies canicularis). f. 9r: A computistical table. f. 9v: Instructions for the computus, beginning: ‘Si vis scire quot concurrentes in anno sunt’. f. 10r: Instructions for calculating the age of the moon, beginning: ‘Hec sunt .vii.tem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

92. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 14–45

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Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 14–45
Title:
Sermons; Augustine, De Fide Catholica (Sermon 233); De Litteris; Chronicle from Creation to 728; Augustine, Sermo de Symbolo (excerpt); Origin, In Lucam Homiliae (excerpt Sermon 12); Ratio de Cursus; Fortunatianus, Commentary on the Gospels (excerpts); John Cassian, Collationes (excerpt); Jerome, Contra Vigilantium; Defensor of Ligugé, Liber scintillarum (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 14r-27r: An anonymous sermon on the Works of Mercy, beginning ‘Isaias propheta dicit ille vobis qui jungitis agrum ad agrum’; excerpt from a sermon ('Venus, A Man') against the observance of pagan customs (see Levison, England and the Continent (1946), pp. 303-04 (as ‘C’)); partly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 8th century-1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

93. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108

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Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108
Title:
Bede the Venerable, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (excerpt); Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (imperfect); Excerpta de Vita et Miraculis Sancti Cuthberti
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 46r-47r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672/3, d. 735), Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People), Book 4.32 [healing miracle of St Cuthbert]. ff. 47r-85v: Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (Translation and Miracles of St Cuthbert), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

94. Cotton MS Nero A V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A V
Title:
Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius; Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is composed of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-82v), dating to the 2nd half of the 12th century, contains two Anglo-Norman works by Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), the first Anglo-Norman poet. The first work is his Comput (Computus)−the oldest extant scientific tex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-Mid 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

95. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82

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Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82
Title:
Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-39r: Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), Comput (Anglo Norman) [added Latin title ‘lib[er] de creaturis’, in a 15th-century script]. ff. 40v-41r: Two short Latin texts on the Computus (beginning ‘In anno quo ciclus’ and ‘Quicumque adventum domini celebrare desiderat’). ff. 41r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A V

96. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118

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Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118
Title:
Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 83r-118v: Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis. This part of the manuscript contains a later addition: f. 118v: A list of readings for liturgical feasts (‘oblaciones’) with folio numbers, added in a 13th-century script. Decoration: Medium and smal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A V

97. Cotton MS Nero A VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII
Title:
Lanfranc, Epistolae; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae; Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; Bretha Nemed toísech
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made out of three parts of different origins, written at different times. The first part (ff. 1-112) was produced in England, probably at Rochester, or Normandy in the last quarter of the 11th century and contains the Epistolae (Letters) of Lanfranc (b. 1005 , d. 108...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1075-c 1571
Extent:

A parchment codex

98. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112
Title:
Lanfranc of Canterbury, Epistolae; Epitaph for Lanfranc; A recipe for making red and blue dye; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae (imperfect at the end)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-39v: Lanfranc of Canterbury (b. 1005 , d. 1089), Epistolae (Letters). f. 40r: Epitaph for Lanfranc, beginning: ‘hic tumulus claudit’. f. 40v: A recipe for making red and blue dye. ff. 41r-112v: Anselm of Canterbury (b. 1033, d. 1109), Epistolae (imperfect at the end). Decoration: Nu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

99. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131

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Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131
Title:
Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; excerpts from William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum, Agobard of Lyons, De Picturis et Imaginibus and Iunianus Iustinus, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus’ lost Historiae Philippicae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 113r-120r: Henry of Saltrey (fl. c. 1184), Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Treatise on Saint Patrick's Purgatory), beginning: ‘Patri suo in Christo praeoptato H, abbati de Sartis’. ff. 120r-122v: Alexander of Canterbury (fl. 1109), Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselm (On the Sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

100. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 132-157

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Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 132-157
Title:
Córus bretha neimhedh
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 132r-157v: Córus bretha neimhedh (Judgments of Privileged Classes’) (imperfect), written by the scribe Matha O Luinín. Decoration: Several large initials with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in black and red ink. Numerous small initials in black with red highlighting.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish, Old
Date Range:
1571
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

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