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101. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 139-141

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Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 139-141
Title:
Medical recipes copied by William Harvey
Scope & Content:
These folios contain medical notes and recipes copied by William Harvey (b. 1578, d. 1657), the physician who discovered the circulation of blood. Contents: ff. 139-141: Medical notes and recipes, copied by William Harvey. No decoration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

102. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 26-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 26-84
Title:
Adam Marsh, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the largest collection of letters of Adam Marsh or Adam de Marisco (d. 1259), a Franciscan friar and biblical scholar. The last letter ends imperfectly. Decoration: Initials and rubrics in red or brown (f. 26r, 61v). Text in three columns (f. 57r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd third of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

103. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 143–156

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 143–156
Title:
Domesday abbreviation for Kent
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a 12th-century copy of an abbreviation of the Domesday survey of Kent. These membranes originally formed a roll, but have been cut apart and rearranged in book form (see Clarke, 'Condensing and Abbreviating' (2016), p. 258). Contents: ff. 143r-156r: Domesday abbreviation ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

104. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 165-212

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 165-212
Title:
Jocelin of Furness, Vita sancti Kentigerni
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the earlier of two surviving copies of Jocelin of Furness's Vita sancti Kentigerni (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis, Subsidia Hagiographica, 6, 2 vols (Brussels, 1898–1901; repr. 1992), no. 4646. It was copied in the late 12th-century. Contents: ff. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

105. Cotton MS Vitellius F VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F VII
Title:
Ancrene Riwle; Purgatory, Hell and Heaven; The Utility of Temptations; Le Pasturel Gregoire; prayers and meditations in Anglo-Norman French
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an early Anglo-Norman French translation of the Ancrene Riwle (also known as Ancrene Wisse), an anonymous monastic rule (or manual) for anchoresses, originally composed in Middle English for three sisters who chose to enter the contemplative life. 17 surviving medieval...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

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