P. Ovidius Naso, Epistulae ex Ponto. The title in the manuscript reads 'Ovidius de ponto'. Decoration: Initial in red with penwork decoration in red, at the beginning of the text, and smaller initials in red throughout the text. First letters of verses highlighted in red.
Walter Burley, Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum
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A collection of lives of philosophers, Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum, by Walter Burley (b.1274/5, d. in or after 1344), an English philosopher and fellow of Merton College, Oxford, incipit: 'Thales philosopus asianus ut ait Laertius...' Decoration: Initial in red with pen-flourished d...
The manuscript contains: f. 1v: Table of contents. ff. 2r-18v: Honorius Augustodunensis, Elucidarius. ff. 19r-26v: Alain de Lille, Liber Penitentialis, appended with 'De confessione' (f. 26r) and Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo de diversis (ff. 26r-26v). ff. 27r-33v: Willelmus Peraldus, Summa de...
Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), Liber Penitentialis
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Liber Penitentialis by Alain de Lille (or Alanus ab Insula) (c. 1128–1203). Rubric: 'Incipit penitenciale secundum magistrum Alanum', incipit: 'A domine deus'. Followed by a rubric 'De confessione' (f. 26r), incipit: 'Trinum deum peccator offendit'; and a sermon by Bernard of Clairvaux (Sermo de...
An extract from the Summa de vitiis composed by Willelmus Peraldus (d. 1261) in c. 1236. Rubric: 'Incipit capituli in libro de vitiis', incipit: 'Tractatus iste continet ix partes'. The text is preceded by a set of four full-page prefatory images in tinted drawing: f. 27r: A Dominican friar ...
Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille) (c. 1128–1203) (?), De sex alis cherubim, rubric: 'De prima ale que dicitur confessio et cuiusdem prima penna que dicitur veritas', incipit: 'Prima ala est'. The earliest manuscript attributions of this text are to Clement of Llanthony (prior of Llanthony and th...
Bestiary. Rubric: 'Incipit liber de natura bestiarum', incipit: 'Leo fortissimus bestiarum'. Decoration: The text is illustrated by 136 framed tinted drawings of animals in colours: Lion (f. 36r); Tiger (f. 36v); Leopard; Panther (f. 37r); Antelope; Unicorn (f. 38r); Lynx; Griffin (f. 38v); El...