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1. Add MS 25014

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 25014
Title:
Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; Cuthbert of Wearmouth, Epistola de obitu Bedae; Continuatio Bedae; Memoriae Sancte Andrae in Scotia; an excerpt from the prologue of the Propheciae Merlini
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-117r: Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People), preceded by the preface (ff. 3r-v), beginning: 'Incipit prefatio Bede presbiteri in libro ecclesiastice hystorie gentis anglorum. Gloriosissimo regi Ceolfuulfo Beda famulus Christ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Arundel MS 94

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 94
Title:
Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates iudaicae; De bello judaico
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is the second volume of a two-volume set containing Flavius Josephus (b. 37, d. 100)'s Antiquitates Iudaicae (Jewish Antiquities). The other volume has not survived, but would have contained books 1-14 of Josephus’s work. This manuscript contains the last books, 15-20, and include...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58
Title:
Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu ending with an epitome of Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum; De VII Mirabilibus Mundi; Historia Brittonum (‘Gildasian’ recension, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various historical texts copied in the north of England in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 28r–43r: Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu (The Book about the First Arrival of the Saxons or Normans). ff. 36r–43r: An epitome of Symeon of Dur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

4. Stowe MS 104

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 104
Title:
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum; Cuthbert, Epistola de Obitu Bede with Bede's Death Song; Folcard of Saint-Bertin, Vita Sancti Johannis Beverlacensis (extracts); Aelred of Rielvaulx, Vita Sancti Edwardi Regis et Confessoris; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De Beate Marie Virginitate (extract)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-112r: Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People), includes the last paragraph of the prologue at the end (f. 112r). ff. 112v-113v: Cuthbert (fl. 735), abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Epistola de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume