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171. Royal MS 13 B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII
Title:
Anthology of texts on topography, history and marvels of the world
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes an anthology of texts on topography, history and marvels of the world, relating to Ireland and Wales. Contents: 1. Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica) (ff. 1r-34v); 2. Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica (ff. 34v-74r); 3. Gerald of Wales...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:

147 folios.

172. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 1r-34v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 1r-34v
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica)
Scope & Content:
Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hiberniae (Topographia Hibernica); rubric: 'Introitus in recitationem', incipit: 'Consideranti mihi quam brevis' (f. 1r); the dedication to Henry II, incipit: 'Placuit excellentie uestre' (f. 3v); the main work (here entitled 'Hybernica historia'), incipit: 'Hybernia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
34 folios.

173. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 34v-74r

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 34v-74r
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica
Scope & Content:
Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica; rubric: 'Introitus in recitationem', incipit (f. 34v): 'Quoniam de insule Hybernice situ' ; the dedication to Richard, Count of Poitou, incipit (f. 37r): 'A multis requisitus et multotiens'; the main work (entitled 'Liber vaticinalis hystorie . . . super Hy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
41 folios.

174. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 74v-100v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 74v-100v
Title:
Gerald of Wales Itinerarium Kambriae
Scope & Content:
Gerald of Wales Itinerarium Kambriae; rubric: 'Incipit itinerarium Girardi Kambrensis, et tam Kambrie quam Britannie descriptio'; incipit: 'Quoniam ca que laudabili devotione', without the preface which appears in some other manuscripts. Edited by Dimock 1867 (pp. 9-152) from this manuscript, w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
27 folios.

175. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 100v-112v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 100v-112v
Title:
Henry of Sawtry (Saltrey), De purgatorio sancti Patrici
Scope & Content:
Henry of Sawtry (Saltrey), De purgatorio sancti Patrici with the prologue addressed to H[enry] Abbot 'de Sartis' [of Wardon, co. Bucks]. Prologue incipit:. 'Patri suo in Christo, preoptato domino'; text, incipit (f. 101v) : 'Dicitur magnus sanctus Patricius'. Decoration: Two large foliate in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
13 folios.

176. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 112v-116v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 112v-116v
Title:
Eusebius of Caesarea Chronicle (excerpts)
Scope & Content:
Eusebius of Caesarea Chronicle (excerpts); rubric (f. 112v): 'Exceptiones de cronicis Eusebii'; incipit (f. 113r): 'In castello Iudee Emaus natus estpuer'. Includes miscellaneous anecdotes with several relating to French and English history. Decoration: Initials in red and green.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1196-1223
Extent:
5 folios.

177. Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 117r-146v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 B VIII, ff 117r-146v
Title:
Alanus ab Insula (Alain de Lille), Summarium and Anticlaudianus
Scope & Content:
Two works by Alain de Lille, Summarium and Anticlaudianus (a poem in Latin hexameter)in 9 'distinctiones'. Prologue (in prose), incipit: 'Cum fulminis impetus vires suas'; followed by the Summarium, incipit (f. 117v): 'Quia in hoc opere agitur'. Verse prologue to the Anticlaudianus, incipit: 'Au...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
30 folios.

178. Royal MS 13 E VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 E VI
Title:
Ralph of Diceto, Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of the major works of Ralph of Diceto (b. c. 1120, d. c. 1202), a medieval chronicler, archdeacon of Middlesex and dean of St Paul's Cathedral. The Abbreviationes chronicorum (Abbreviations of chronicles) and Imagines historiarum (Images of History) are two chroni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1199-1209
Extent:
1 volume

179. Royal MS 14 B IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B IX
Title:
Peter of Poitiers, Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi
Scope & Content:
This illuminated roll contains a copy of Peter of Poitiers's (Petrus Pictaviensis) (b. c. 1120, d. 1205) Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi, the genealogy of Christ beginning with Adam, created in England in the second half of the thirteenth century. It is similar in content and arrangem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment roll.

180. Royal MS 14 B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 14 B V
Title:
Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings
Scope & Content:
Contents: A roll chronicle containing the genealogy of the kings of England from the Heptarchy to Edward I as a king (1272-1307), but without portraits of his children, in the form of a diagram of interconnected roundels with portraits of kings in colours and gold, and an accompanying commentary...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

1 roll

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