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1. Cotton MS Otho A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho A VIII
Title:
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Uita sancte Mildrethe and Translatio sancte Mildrethe; Old English Life of St Machutus
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Otho A VIII was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731, leaving only 34 surviving leaves, which were subsequently bound out of their original order. An additional leaf from the manuscript (containing part of the Old English Life of St Machutus) is now bound separately as Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 2–55

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 2–55
Title:
Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés's Bella Parisiace urbis, book 3 followed by glosses on a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Computistical tables; a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Bede, De die iudicii; a Latin colophon of three hexameters, a recipe in Old English and a list of books.
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: at the top of the leaf the four disciplines of the quadrivium are enunciated in Latin with a translation in Old English above each one. They are followed by the enumeration of the four main sciences presented in Latin and in Old English in the same way. f. 2r: Bede the Vener...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A I

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