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1. Add MS 11983

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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

2. Add MS 15219

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Title:
Bede, De Locis Sanctis, Interpretatio Nominum Graecorum, Interpretatio Nominum Hebraeorum; Pseudo-Antoninus of Piacenza, De Locis Terrae Sanctae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was produced in the second half of the 12th century, probably at the Benedictine monastery of St Martin at Tournai. It most likely remained there until the abbey’s dissolution in 1796 by French Revolutionary forces. The manuscript contains two works on sacred places by Pseudo-Ant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Add MS 15601

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Title:
Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae; Lupus of Ferrières, De Metris Boetii Libellus; Aulus Persius Flaccus, Saturae; Commentary on Persius’ Satires; Calcidius, Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus; Prudentius, Psychomachia, Cathemerinon; a short tract on prosody and meter; Baebius Italicus, Ilias Latina
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Consolatio Philosophiae (The Consolation of Philosophy) of Boethius (b. 480, d. 524) with interlinear and marginal glosses, De Metris Boetii Libellus (A Treatise on Boethius’ Meter) by Lupus of Ferrières (b. 805, d. 862) and the Ilias Latina (Latin Illiad) by Baebius...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 10th century-Early 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

4. Add MS 15603

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Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-v: A fragment of a Missal, written in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century. ff. 2r-184r: Isidore of Seville (d. 636), bishop of Seville, Etymologiae (Etymologies), followed by a versified colophon of four lines, beginning: 'Laudetur christus nostros qui perficit actus / Et sum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

5. Add MS 21164

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Title:
Lexicon Tironianum
Scope & Content:
This 10th-century French manuscript contains a lexicon of Tironian notes: a shorthand attributed to Tiro (b. 94, d. 4 BC), slave of Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC), that consisted of 4000 signs in its medieval variant. The lexicon is preceded by a description on the shorthand by Isidore of Seville (b....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
10th century
Extent:

1 volume

6. Add MS 21914

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Title:
Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel, Collectiones in Epistolas et Evangelia; A glossary of Hebrew names (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript from the first third of the 9th century (Bischoff, Katalog (2004), p. 100) was written at the Benedictine abbey of Luxeuil. The manuscript contains the Collectiones in Epistolas et Evangelia (Collections of Readings on the Epistles and Gospels), also known as the Expositio Libri ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

7. Add MS 37518

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Title:
Lexicon Tironianum
Scope & Content:
This 9th-century French manuscript contains a lexicon of Tironian notes: a shorthand attributed to Tiro (b. 94, d. 4 BC), slave of Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC), that consisted of 4000 signs in its medieval variant. The manuscript was produced at the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, as i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

8. Arundel MS 235

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Arundel MS 235
Title:
Hugh of Langres, Commentarius in Psalmos; Interpretatio Alphabeti Hebraici
Scope & Content:
This late 11th-century manuscript contains a commentary on the Psalms by the theologian Hugh of Langres (d. 1050), Bishop of Langres, and an allegorical interpretation of the names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The script and initials, according to Michael Gullick (unpublished notes), s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

9. Burney MS 326

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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

10. Harley MS 2637

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Harley MS 2637
Title:
Cassiodorus, Oratio (Institutiones 1, 32); Cassiodorus, Institutiones, book 2; added chants; Helisachar, Epistola ad Nibridium archiepiscopum Narbonensem; a list of verbs; Smaragdus, Liber in Partibus Donati
Scope & Content:
Contents: This Lotharingian manuscript consists of four parts written in the 2nd or 3rd half of the 9th century, except the chants and Helisachar's Epistle (ff. 53r-55r), which have been written in the 2nd half of the 10th century. ff. 1r-2v: Cassiodorus, Oratio, excerpted from the Institution...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
9th century-10th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

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