Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti; Homelia in natale Sancti Machutis; Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (fragment)
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Contents: The earliest version of the Voyage of St Brendan is contained in the life of Saint Malo (who was his scholar) in this manuscript, adapted by Bili, a deacon of Aleth (now Saint Malo, Brittany) for Ratuili, Bishop of Aleth (c. 866). ff. 63r-98r: Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti (Life...
Paul the Deacon, Historia Langobardorum; Excerpt from Frechulf of Lisieux, Chronica; An added poem on the preservation of St Bertin's abbey at St Omer
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Contents: This manuscript consists of the Historia Langobardorum (History of the Lombards) by Paul the Deacon (d. 799) followed by an excerpt from the Frechulf of Lisieux's Chronicle describing the Ethiopian conquest including Moses's birth, and a poem relating to the preservation of the Benedi...
Ado of Vienne, Chronicon sive Breviarium de sex mundi aetatibus; A list of Roman emperors from West and East; A list of dukes of Normandy; Genealogia regum Francorum
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Contents: This manuscript contains a chronicle written by Ado of Vienne (d. 874), archbishop of Vienne, focusing on the relationships between Frankish kings and Bavarians. It also includes lists of emperors and dukes of Normandy in addition to a genealogy of Frankish kings. This manuscript may ...
Excerpt from St Jerome, De viris illustribus; Josephus Flavius, Antiquitates iudaicae (books 1-14)
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This manuscript is the first volume of a two volume-set containing Flavius Josephus (b. 37, d. c. 98)'s Antiquitates Iudicae (Antiquities of the Jews). It is preceded by an excerpt on Flavius Josephus from St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 420)'s De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). The second volu...
Josephus Flavius, Antiquitates Iudicae; Josephus Flavius, De Bello Iudaico
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Contents: This manuscript is the second volume of a two volume-set containing Josephus Flavius's Antiquitates Iudicae. The first volume is Royal MS 13 D VI and contains books 1-14 of the work written by Josephus. This manuscript consists of the last books, 15-20, and includes Josephus's De Bell...
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Liber Confortatorius; An incomplete account of St Thomas Becket's death; An excerpt from a chant on the martyrdom of St Catherine; An antiphon with neumes; A hymn on St Catherine; Brevis relatio; A genealogy of the kings of England; St Bernard of Clairvaux, Epistula ad Eugenium (imperfect)
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This manuscript contains the unique extant witness of the Liber Confortatorius (ff. 1r-117v) written by Goscelin of Saint-Bertin (d. c. 1107) for an English recluse named Eve. Eve left her convent for an anchoritic life in France, under the guidance of Hervé, a monk of Vendôme, near Tours, and s...
Petrus Comestor, Historia Scholastica; Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronica de tribus maximis circumstantiis gestorum
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This manuscript contains the Historia Scholastica (Scholastic History) by the theologian Petrus Comestor (d. 1187). The Historia offers a retelling of the Old and New Testaments and was a popular work in the later Middle Ages. It also includes excerpts from the Chronica de tribus maximis circums...
Baudri de Bourgueil, Historia Hierosolymitana; Historia Danica; Pseudo-Cornelius Nepos, Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia; Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri; Historia Alexandri Magni; Pseudo-Alexander, Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem; Collatio Alexandri et Dindimi; Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae
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Contents: ff. 2r-59r: Baudri de Bourgueil (b. c. 1046, d. 1130), Historia Hierosolymitana (The History of Jerusalem). ff. 59r-63v: Historia Danica (The Danish History). ff. 64r-75r: De Excidio Troiae Historia (The History of the Fall of Troy), authorship attributed to Dares Phrygius and trans...
Scutum Bede, a collection of Latin treatises, including a Libellus de nominibus naturalium rerum
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This manuscript consists of a compilation of Latin moral, grammatical and historical treatises in prose and verses including interlinear and marginal glosses, probably collected by Geoffrey of Ufford (fl. c. 1154) and entitled 'Scutum Bede Collectivus Gaufridi de Ufford' (f. 1r); this appears to...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, Old, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum; Sermons
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This manuscript from c. 1200 originates from the Augustinian priory of St Mary, Newburgh, in North Yorkshire. It contains the works of the abbey’s most prolific author: the Historia rerum Anglicarum (History of English Affairs) by William of Newburgh (b. 1135/6, d. in or after 1198). The Histori...
