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1. Royal MS 15 B XIX

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Royal MS 15 B XIX
Title:
Sedulius, Carmen Paschale and other poems; Two acrostics poems in praise of Sedulius; Bede, De Temporum Ratione; A collection of Latin verses and short prose texts; Persius, Saturae; Sibylline verses; Life of Persius; Pseudo-Cornutus, Commentary on Persius; Lupus of Ferrières, Quid sit Ceroma?; Symposius, Enigmata; Boniface IV, Enigmata de Virtutibus et Vitiis. Musical settings among the collection of extracts from Persius, Bede, etc.
Scope & Content:
A composite manuscript of three separate sections not bound together before the 17th century: Contents: ff. 1r-35v: Poems of Sedulius and in praise of Sedulius. ff. 36r-199v: A miscellany of 60 short tracts, in a wide variety of disciplines. Musical settings of the following passages, express...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
10th century-11th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

2. Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 1-36

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Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 1-36
Title:
Sedulius, Carmen Paschale; Sedulius, hymn Cantemus, socii, Domino; two acrostics poems in praise of Sedulius
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-32v: Sedulius, Carmen Paschale with interlinear Latin glosses and a few interlinear Old English glosses (ff. 5r, 25r, 28r). ff. 32v-34v Sedulius, the hymn Cantemus, socii, Domino. ff. 34v-35r: An acrostic poem in praise of Sedulius (attributed to Liberatus), beginning: 'Sedul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

Part of Royal MS 15 B XIX

3. Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 37-199

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Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 37-199
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione; A collection of Latin verse and short prose texts; Persius, Saturae; Sibylline verses; Life of Persius; Pseudo-Cornutus, Commentary on Persius; Lupus of Ferrières, Quid sit ceroma?
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 37r-v: An anonymous preface on Bede's De temporum ratione. ff. 38r-39r: Preface of De temporum ratione. ff. 39r-40v: Table of chapters for the De temporum ratione. ff. 40v-78v: Bede, De temporum ratione (imperfect, ends at chapter 29). ff. 79r-102v: A collection of Latin vers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 15 B XIX

4. Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 200-205

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 200-205
Title:
Symphosius, Enigmata; Boniface IV, Enigmata de virtutibus et vitiis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 199r-v: A former pastedown with several obits of monks or friars, partly erased or trimmed off, written by an early 14th-century hand citing for example the Franciscan friars (f. 199r). Other obits related to monks written by several English 14th-century hands (f. 199v). ff. 200r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-12th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 15 B XIX