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1. Royal MS 15 A XVI, ff 1r-73v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A XVI, ff 1r-73v
Title:
Juvencus, Evangelia, Aldhelm of Sherborne, Enigmata (imperfect); Bede the Venerable, De arte metrica (extract, chapter 25)
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A table of contents written by different hands including an inscription referring to the Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury, preceded by a medieval pressmark. A seal with a ship at the bottom of the folio. ff. 2r-57r: Juvencus (fl. c. 330), Evangelia (Gospels) with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 15 A XVI

2. Royal MS 7 D XXIV, ff 82r-162v, 166r-168v

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 7 D XXIV, ff 82r-162v, 166r-168v
Title:
Aldhelm, De Virginitate; Aldhelm, letter to Heahfrith (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. : Aldhelm's De Virginitate, with a table of contents (ff. 82r-85v) and a sketch of a writing figure (f. 85v). One of the scribes may also have been the main hand of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 183 (see Bishop, 'Early Example' (1966), p. 247). It is followed by a copy of Aldh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 10th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 7 D XXIV

3. Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, f 174

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, f 174
Title:
Gospel of St John; A charter of Duke William II of Normandy
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 174r: a fragment from a Gospel of St John copied in the middle of the 10th century. f. 174v: a charter of William II, duke of Normandy (b. 1035, d. 1087), later King William I of England (r. 1066-1087), for the chapel of Notre Dame, Cherbourg, dated between 1063 and 1066 and copi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 10th century-2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A XV

4. Cotton MS Otho B X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho B X
Title:
Collection of fragmentary works in Old English, including Ælfric of Eynsham's Hexameron, saints' Lives and homilies, Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, and Gregory the Great's Regula pastoralis
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Otho B X was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731, and only fragments of around 53 of its leaves now remain. Following extensive restoration work undertaken at the British Museum by Sir Frederic Madden (b. 1801, d. 1873) and his assistant N. E. S. A. Hamilton, the fragmen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Middle of the 10th century-Middle of the 11th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Cotton MS Vespasian D XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XV
Title:
Pontifical, with medieval endleaves; a penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum; and St Jerome, De persecutione Christianorum (Ps.-Augustine, Sermo lx; Ps.-Caesarius of Arles, Homilia xx); Canones Cottoniani, an adaptation of the Iudicia Theodori; Amalarius, De ecclesiasticis officiis (excerpts, imperfect), with medieval endleaves including further excerpts from De ecclesiasticis officiis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-2nd half of 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Royal MS 15 A XVI, ff 74-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A XVI, ff 74-84
Title:
Martin the Irishman, Scholica graecarum glossarum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 74v-83v: Martin the Irishman (b. 819, d. 875), Scholica graecarum glossarum; alphabetical glossary of words chiefly of Greek origin: Decoration: Initial and rubric in red (f. 74v). Added in the 11th century: full page outline drawing of a Romanesque building with towers (f. 84 u...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 15 A XVI

7. Cotton MS Tiberius A III, f 179

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A III, f 179
Title:
Horologium; mass prayer
Scope & Content:
These folios contain two texts copied in the 4th quarter of the 10th century. Contents: ff. 179r–179v: a Horologium in Old English. f. 179v: a mass prayer in Latin. Decoration: One small initial in red ink. Several small initials in brown ink. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A III

8. Royal MS 2 E XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 E XIII
Title:
Pseudo-Jerome, Breviarium in psalmos
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is bound together with Royal MS 2 E XIV. Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Prologue of Pseudo-Jerome, Breviarium in psalmos (Short Commentary on the Psalms), beginning: 'Incipit Breviarium Sancti Hieronimi praesbiteri in psalterio. Proxime cum Origenis psalterium, quod encheridion ille vocab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century
Extent:

Part of Royal MS 2 E XIII-XIV

9. Royal MS 2 E XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 2 E XIV
Title:
Pseudo-Jerome, Breviarium in psalmos
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is bound with Royal 2 MS E XIII. Contents: ff. 1r-136r: Pseudo-Jerome, Breviarium in psalmos (Short Commentary on the Psalms), beginning at the end of Psalms 50 'Vel multi habent cor contricum' to Psalm 100. Decoration: Small initials in red, some with penwork decoration, with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century
Extent:

Part of Royal MS 2 E XIII-XIV

10. Add MS 33241

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 33241
Title:
Encomium Emmae reginae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an account praising Emma (d. 1052), the second consort of both Æthelred II (d. 1016), king of England, and Cnut (d. 1035), king of England, Denmark and Norway. The work was composed by a Flemish monk at Emma's behest. This manuscript also contains an image of the author ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

11. Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 109–116

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 109–116
Title:
Cyprian of Antioch, Confessio
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 109r-116v: Cyprian of Antioch (fl. 300), Confessio (Confession), beginning: ‘Quicumque in Christi misterus proficius meis intendite lacrimis’. Decoration: Numerous large initials in red and brown. Rubrics in red. Highlighting in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian E III

12. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 83–128

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 83–128
Title:
Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De Re Militari
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 83r-83v: Table of contents for the 4 books of Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De Re Militari (Concerning Military Matters) followed by the table of chapters of the 1st book. ff. 83v-91v: Vegetius, De Re Militari, 1st book. ff. 92r-101r: Vegetius, De Re Militari, 2nd book, preceded by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

13. Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/3
Title:
Burnt fragments from Cotton MS Otho B XI
Scope & Content:
These eight fragments most likely belonged to Cotton MS Otho B XI, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. The manuscript contains copies of the Old English version of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
8 fragments

14. Royal MS 6 B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 6 B VIII
Title:
Isidore of Seville, De Fide Catholica Contra Iudaeos (Book 1); Alcuin of York, Epistula ad Leonem Papam; Alcuin of York, De Fide Sancte et Individue Trinitatis; Alcuin of York, De Anime Ratione (Epistula ad Eulaliam); Alcuin of York, De Virtutibus et Vitiis; Alcuin of York, De Trinitate ad Fredegisum Questiones XXVIII
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises texts written at different times, ff. 1v-26r was written in the 1st quarter of the 11th century and probably decorated in Canterbury. Alcuin's epistle to Pope Leo III (ff. 27v-28v) and the first part of his De fide sancte et individue Trinitatis (On the faith of the h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

15. Royal MS 13 A XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 13 A XI
Title:
Miscellany of works on computus and astronomy
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Helperic of Auxerre, Computus preceded by a prologue (f. 1r) and capitula (f. 1v). ff. 12v-13r: Dies Egyptiaci (Egyptian days). ff. 13r-14r: Computus material including Ciclus annalis, De horis mensium and De singulis horis in die quomodo mensurantur cum pedibus with a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

16. Harley MS 3405

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3405
Title:
Statutes of the Norwegian Church; leaf from an Antiphoner with Anglo-Saxon neumes; collection of swan-marks
Scope & Content:
A composite manuscript made up of fragments of different date and origin bound at the beginning of the 16th century. The first part was written in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century (after 1164). The second part was written in Winchester in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 11th century....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century-16th century
Extent:

1 volume

17. Harley MS 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 12
Title:
John the Deacon of Rome, Vita Gregorii Magni; Pseudo-Gregory, Versus sancti Gregorii papae; Vita S. Katherinae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-140v) was written in the 2nd half of the 11th century. The second part (ff. 141r-143v) was written in the 1st half of the 12th century. Contents: f. 1*recto: 'Joh[ann]es Levita'; added in the (?) 16th century. ff. 1r-140v: John th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

18. Cotton MS Caligula A XIV, ff 93–130

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XIV, ff 93–130
Title:
Ælfric, Life of St Martin (imperfect); Ælfric, Life of St Thomas; Life of St Mildred (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Old English hagiographical works copied in the mid-11th century. Contents: ff. 93r–111v, 125r–130v: Ælfric (b. 955, d. 1010), Life of St Martin (imperfect). ff. 111v–121v: Ælfric, Life of St Thomas. ff.121v–124v: Life of St Mildred (imperfect). Decoration: Initials...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd to 3rd quarter of 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A XIV

19. Cotton Ch VI 3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VI 3/1
Title:
Seal of William I
Scope & Content:
Seal of King William I of England (William the Conqueror) (r. 1066-1087), imperfect and indistinct, oval, dark brown, with the king mounted. 'hoc norman...'. Reverse: The king enthroned, a sword in his right hand. '...aris eundum'. Originally attached to Cotton Ch VI 3, a 12th-century copy of a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1067
Extent:
1 seal

20. Add MS 11983

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 11983
Title:
Seneca the Younger, De Clementia, Apocolocyntosis or Ludus de Morte Claudii, Proverbia, De Beneficiis; Publilius Syrus, Proverbia Senecae Secundum Ordinem Alphabeti; Ausonius, Versus de Duodecim Caesarum, Tetrasticha; Epitaphium Senecae; anonymous verses in praise of England; Marbod of Rennes, De Ornamentis Verborum; Hermes Trismegistus, Asclepius
Scope & Content:
This manuscript from c. 1100 contains a collection of works by and related to Seneca the Younger (b. 4 BC, d. 65AD), together with those by Ausonius (b. c. 310, d. 395) and Marbod of Rennes (b. c. 1035, d. 1123). Contents: ff. 4r-21v: Seneca, De Clementia (On Mercy), beginning: ‘Scribere de cl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1075-c 1125
Extent:
A parchment codex

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