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1. Cotton MS Julius A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius A VI
Title:
A calendar, computistical texts and tables, Expositio Hymnorum, canticles and poems
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two discrete parts, which were joined together in the medieval period. One part (ff. 2r–17v), copied in the first half of the 11th century, includes a calendar and computistical material. The second part (ff. 18r–80v) contains an early version of the Expositio Hymnorum (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2. Egerton MS 3314

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3314
Title:
Computational and astronomical notes; prognostics
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century scientific manuscript originally formed a single volume with Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff. 120-53 (see Willetts, 'A Reconstructed Astronomical Manuscript from Christ Church Library, Canterbury' (1965), 22-30). It contains a large collection of computistical, astronomical, and pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Royal MS 7 D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 7 D II
Title:
Theological miscellany including the Liber de Philosophia Salomonis; Extract from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum; Pigments and alchemical recipes; Several comments on ecclesiastical questions; De singularitate clericorum; Commentaries from various sources on the Lord's prayer; Responsio ad amicum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-9v: Anonymous, Liber de Philosophia Salomonis (On the Philosophy of Solomon), a compilation on the divisions of philosophy, including three different systems of classification, beginning with an extract of the prologue of Origen's commentary on the Canticle of Canticles relate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

4. Royal MS 12 D IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 12 D IV
Title:
A calendar with computus tables; Helperic of Auxerre, De computo, Bede the Venerable, De temporum ratione and Bede the Venerable, Epistola ad Wicthedum de aequinoctio vel de paschae celebratione
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript consists of a calendar followed by computus tables and works related to the reckoning of time: Helperic of Auxerre, De computo, Bede the Venerable, De temporum ratione and Bede the Venerable, Epistola ad Wicthedum de aequinoctio vel de paschae celebratione. Helperic'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

5. Royal MS 12 E XX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 12 E XX
Title:
A commentary on Hippocrates, Aphorism attributed to Aptalio; Galen, De arte curativa ad Glauconem; Pseudo-Galen, Ad Glauconem liber tertius; Liber Aureliani; Liber Esculapii; De podagra; Pseudo-Oribasius, commentary on Hippocrates's Aphorims;Medicina Plinii; Gargilius Martialis, Medicina ex oleribus et pomis; Liber dietarum diversorum medicorum; Excerpt from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; an anonymous Antidotary; and medical charms and recipes
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-32r: A commentary on Hippocrates, Aphorism attributed to Aptalio and based on an early translation of Hippocrates's work dating to the 6th century, beginning: 'Incipit expositio Aptalionis in .vii. libros Aforismorum Ypocratis. Vita brevis ars autem prolixa, tempus vero velox'....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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