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11. Cotton MS Titus A XXVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus A XXVII
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Brittaniae; Note on British genealogies; Note on place-names in the Historia Regum Brittaniae; Quadripartitus; Instituta Cnuti Aliorumque Regum Anglorum; Marbod of Rennes, De Lapidibus; ‘Prester John’, Epistola Manueli Comneno imperatori Graecorum; Anonymous chronicle of England; Gesta Alexandri Pseudo-Alexander, Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem de Situ Indie; Epitaphium Alexandri; Epigram on Alexander
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains three parts that were produced in the same style in the late 12th or early 13th century and joined together at an early stage (ff. 2v-88r; 89r-174v; 176r-217v). The manuscript most likely originates from St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury, where it was listed in a 15th-cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

12. Cotton MS Vespasian D XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XI
Title:
Lawrence of Durham, Consolatio de Morte Amici; Hypognosticon; Oratio pro Laurentio; Oratio pro Naufragis; Oratio pro Iuvenibus Compeditis (imperfect); Oratio pro Milone (imperfect); Maledictio
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains works by Lawrence of Durham (b. c. 1110, d. 1154), poet, hagiographer, and prior of Durham Cathedral Priory. The manuscript primarily contains the Hypognosticon (‘Abbreviation’), a poem that recounts the biblical history of mankind from its creation until pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

13. Egerton MS 2951

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 2951
Title:
Robert Partes, Poems; Peter Riga, Floridus aspectus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the unique witness of the poems of Robert Partes (fl. c 1170), and also includes the collection of short poems, known as the Floridus Aspectus (Appearance of Flowers), by Peter Riga(b. c 1140, d. 1209). The volume was probably produced in the Benedictine abbey of Reading, wher...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

14. Harley MS 82, ff 35-104

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82, ff 35-104
Title:
'Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d’outre mer (Latin translation)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 35r–104v: ‘Sir John Mandeville’, Voyage d’outre mer, Latin translation, ending imperfectly. Decoration: A marginal drawing in brown ink (possibly of one of the nails of the Crucifixion) in the margin of f. 35v
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 82

15. Harley MS 2736

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2736
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De oratore; Lupus of Ferrières, Carmina 8; excerpts from Venantius Fortunatus's Carmina
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Cicero (b. 106 BC, d. 43 BC)'s De oratore, copied by Lupus of Ferrières (b. 800, d. 863) around 836, according to Beeson, Lupus of Ferrières (1930). Lupus produced this manuscript perhaps from Eginhard's exemplar (see Beeson, Lupus of Ferrières (1930)). This volume als...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

16. Harley MS 3012

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3012
Title:
Augustine of Hippo, De quantitate animae; Sedulius, Carmen Paschale; Pseudo-Jerome, In Apocalypsim
Scope & Content:
Content: ff. 1r-32v: Augustine of Hippo, De quantitate animae (The measure of the Soul), preceded by the Retractationes (Retractions), Book 1, chapter 8 (ff. 1r-v). ff. 33r-70v: Sedulius, Carmen Paschale (Easter Song). ff. 71r-84v: Pseudo-Jerome, In Apocalypsim (Commentary on the Apocalypse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
1 volume

17. Harley MS 3859

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3859
Title:
Vegetius, De rei militari; Macrobius, Saturnalia; Pseudo-Sallust, Investiva in Ciceronem; Historia Brittonum and Annales Cambriae; Augustine, De heresibus; Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium; Pseudo-Ovid, Cantus avium; De bestiis; Cosmographia; Pollio, De architectura
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38r: Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De rei militari (On military matters) (Books 1-4), beginning: 'Antiquis temporibus mos fuit bonaru[m] artium'; ending: 'frequentior usus invenit qua[m] vet[us] doctrina monstraverat'. ff. 40v-41r: Astrological and geographical diagrams. ff. 42r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Welsh
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

18. 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

19. Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 1-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 1-36
Title:
Sedulius, Carmen Paschale; Sedulius, hymn Cantemus, socii, Domino; two acrostics poems in praise of Sedulius
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-32v: Sedulius, Carmen Paschale with interlinear Latin glosses and a few interlinear Old English glosses (ff. 5r, 25r, 28r). ff. 32v-34v Sedulius, the hymn Cantemus, socii, Domino. ff. 34v-35r: An acrostic poem in praise of Sedulius (attributed to Liberatus), beginning: 'Sedul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

Part of Royal MS 15 B XIX

20. Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 200-205

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 200-205
Title:
Symphosius, Enigmata; Boniface IV, Enigmata de virtutibus et vitiis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 199r-v: A former pastedown with several obits of monks or friars, partly erased or trimmed off, written by an early 14th-century hand citing for example the Franciscan friars (f. 199r). Other obits related to monks written by several English 14th-century hands (f. 199v). ff. 200r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-12th century
Extent:
Part of Royal MS 15 B XIX

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