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81. Add MS 17392

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 17392
Title:
Psalter with gloss in Latin
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-229v: Psalter, with interlinear and marginal glosses embedding extracts from the Parva glossatura (The Small Gloss) of Anselm of Laon (b. 1050, d. 1117) and his school; followed by Canticles (ff. 152r-229v), beginning of Psalms: 'Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum'; begin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

82. Burney MS 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 28
Title:
Glossed Gospel of Mark
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains the Gospel of Mark with interlinear and marginal Gloss. The manuscript’s provenance suggests that it was most likely produced in England. Contents: ff. 1r-111r: The Gospel of Mark with marginal and interlinear gloss. [f. 111v is an empty leaf]. Decoration: 3 lar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

83. Burney MS 326

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 326
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Etymologiae (Etymologies), also known as Origenes (Origins), by Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636). This is an encyclopedic work that discusses the origin of words related to the liberal arts and a vast range of other subjects. The manuscript appears to have been pre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

84. Cotton Ch V 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch V 11
Title:
Grant by Mary, daughter of Laurence of Rouen, to Southwark Priory, of half a mark of silver each year
Scope & Content:
Grant by Mary, daughter of Laurence of Rouen, to Southwark Priory, of half a mark of silver each year from land in Bedfont [Middlesex] which her brother Robert son of Laurence held, for her soul and those of her parents, family and friends. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, 'K[ar]ta donat[ione] Mari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

85. Cotton MS Claudius A XII, ff 3–83

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A XII, ff 3–83
Title:
Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Historia Normannorum; Marbod of Rennes, De Lapidibus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-78v: Dudo of Saint-Quentin (b. c. 965), Historia Normannorum (History of the Normans), beginning: 'Totius namque molis orbe descripto'. ff. 78v-83r: Marbod of Rennes (b. 1035, d. 1123), De Lapidibus (About Stones), beginning: 'Evax rex Arabum legitur scripsisse Neroni’. The manuscri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton Claudius A XII

86. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 17-166

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 17-166
Title:
Osbert of Clare, Epistolae; anonymous poems about the Passion and the Virgin Mary; Latin proverbs
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 17v-164v: Osbert of Clare (d. after 1139), Epistolae (Letters), with an interpolation containing two treatises that have been attributed to Eadmer [Edmer] of Canterbury (b. c. 1060, d. in or after 1126), De Conceptione Sancte Marie (On the Conception of the Virgin Mary); the rubrics fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII

87. Harley Ch 45 B 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 45 B 27
Title:
Grant by Elias d'Aubigny, Hawise, his fiancé, and Oliver and Ralph, her sons, to Newsham Abbey, of a share in Saxilby Church and land in Driholm
Scope & Content:
Grant by Elias d'Aubigny, Hawise, his fiancé, and Oliver and Ralph, her sons, to Newsham Abbey, Lincolnshire, of a third of Saxilby Church, Lincolnshire, and 20 acres of meadow in Driholm, Lincolnshire; addressed to Lincoln Cathedral Priory. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Carta de T[er]rcia p[ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

88. Harley Ch 86 C 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley Ch 86 C 40
Title:
Grant by Matilda of Houghton to Biddlesden Abbey of salt rents in Hoilande and land in Houghton
Scope & Content:
Grant by Matilda of Houghton to Biddlesden Abbey, for the souls of Robert Grunwald, her husband, Pagan, her father, Adeliz de Raimes, William, her grandfather, and all her ancestors, of the salt rents and their appurtenances in Hoilande, and 1 virgate of land in Houghton. In return, Matilda and her ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

89. Harley MS 549

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 549
Title:
Boethius, De institutione arithmetica
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-57v: Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524), De institutione arithmetica (On the Principles of Arithmetic), with a preface, incipit: 'In dandis et accipiendis muneribus'. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 58r-58v: An unidentified religious poem, added in the late 12th century...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

90. Harley MS 1924

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1924
Title:
Bede, Life of Cuthbert; Miracles of St Cuthbert
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-48v: Bede, Vita Sancti Cuthberti (Life of St Cuthbert), preceded by a prologue (ff. 1r-2v) and capitula (ff. 2v-3v), ending at chapter 42: 'et involutum novo amictu corpus levique in theca reconditum supra pavimentum sanctuarii composuerunt' (f. 48v). Chapters 41 and 44-46 are lacki...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

91. Harley MS 2659

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2659
Title:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistolae morales ad Lucilium; Pseudo-Seneca, Proverbia, Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam; Epitaphium Senecae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Epistolae Morales ad Lucilium (The Moral Letters to Lucilius) by the Roman Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca (b. 4 BC, d. 65). It also contains several works attributed to Seneca, including the Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam (Seneca’s Letters to St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

92. Harley MS 3013

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3013
Title:
Aldhelm of Sherborne, Epistola ad Ehfridum; Aldhelm of Sherborne, De laudibus virginitatis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two didactic works composed by Aldhelm of Sherborne (d. 709): the Epistola ad Ehfridum (Letter to Heahfrith), a letter promoting the schools of Theodore and Adrian of Canterbury; and the De laudibus virginitatis (In Praise of Virginity), a work in 60 chapters extolling virgi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

93. Harley MS 3044

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3044
Title:
St Jerome, Epistulae and other works
Scope & Content:
This large manuscript contains the Epistulae (Letters) by St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 420), the Vita Hieronymi (The Life of St Jerome), attributed to Sebastian of Monte Cassino, as well as the famous story of St Jerome and the lion. The manuscript lacks at least one leaf at the beginning, as the openin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

94. Add MS 38819

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 38819
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: Psalter, use of York. ff. 1r-6v: An Augustinian Calendar, with some Cistercian additions. ff. 7r-135v: The Book of Psalms, imperfect, some Psalms are lacking (lacking Psalms 1:1-5; 9:3-15; 10:4; 11:7; 31:8; 33:7; 34:16; 36:4; 45:1; 47:13; 77:17-33; 91:1; 93:12; 101:11; 105:28; 112:4; 118:8...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

95. Arundel MS 230, ff 181-194

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 230, ff 181-194
Title:
List of plant names (in Anglo-Norman); Romance de Alexandre (fragment); Philippe de Thaon, Comput
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 182r-194v: Philippe de Thaon, Comput (see Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), pp. 190-91 [no. 346]). The manuscript contains a number of additions: f. 181r: A list of plants in Anglo-Norman, added in the mid 14th century (see Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), p. 173 [no. 314]). f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Arundel MS 230

96. Cotton Ch XII 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XII 17
Title:
Grant by Muriel, once the wife of Hugh Pumfol, to Bullington Priory, of lands and rents in Newton
Scope & Content:
Grant by Muriel, once the wife of Hugh Pumfol, to Bullington Priory [Lincolnshire], of all her lands and rents in Newton [Lincolnshire] and a toft with appurtenances, in return for a payment of 40s. Affixed with a seal of Muriel, lozenge, brown, with a fleur-de-lys, and the legend, ‘Le sel muriell f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

97. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108
Title:
Bede the Venerable, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (excerpt); Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (imperfect); Excerpta de Vita et Miraculis Sancti Cuthberti
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 46r-47r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672/3, d. 735), Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People), Book 4.32 [healing miracle of St Cuthbert]. ff. 47r-85v: Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (Translation and Miracles of St Cuthbert), imperfe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

98. Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 130–168

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 130–168
Title:
Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita Sancti Edwardi Regis et Confessoris
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the Life of St Edward the Confessor by Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1109, d. 1167). This manuscript includes a table of chapters and prefatory letters addressed to King Henry II of England (r. 1154-1189) and Laurence, abbot of Westminster (d. 1173). All these text are listed in Biblio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Otho A VI

99. Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 12–142

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 12–142
Title:
Benedictional
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 12r-142v: Benedictional. [ff. 87v and 142v are empty]. Decoration: 1 large initial (‘O’) in green with rosette-shaped foliate decoration in blue, green, ochre and red inside the letter (f. 12r). 1 large initial ‘D’ in green, pink and gold with a medium initial ‘S’ in purple inside the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B III

100. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 84–125

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 84–125
Title:
Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris; De Genealogia Regum Anglorum
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains the Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (The Life of Saint Edward the Confessor) and the De Genealogia Regum Anglorum (On the Genealogy of the Kings of England) by the English historian Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1109, d. 1167). The rest of the initial manuscript co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

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