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151. Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124

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Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124
Title:
Cosmographia (Comosgraphy of Aethicus Ister), with Latin and Old English glosses.
Scope & Content:
The Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister) was written in the first part of the 8th century, perhaps at Salzburg. The work purports to be an abbreviation by St Jerome (d. 420) of a cosmography made by an Istrian philosopher named Aethicus. Aethicus relates his travels to islands in the Nor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B X.

152. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77

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Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77
Title:
Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note of the age of the world; 'Kentish Psalm' (Old English paraphrase of Psalm 50); Disticha Catonis (incomplete); hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various Biblical texts, notes, and hymns in Latin and Old English. Apart from the additions on ff. 76v–77v, most of this text may have been copied between the middle of the 10th century to 2nd half of the 10th century. These folios include: ff. 2r–37v: Book of Proverbs (Par...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D VI

153. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 78–125

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Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 78–125
Title:
Stephen, Vita Sancti Wilfridi
Scope & Content:
These folios contain perhaps the earliest surviving copy of Stephen's Vita S Wilfridi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 8889). The only other surviving manuscript copy is Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Fell vol. III 34a-56b. The text is imperfect, with several leaves missing between folio 87v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D VI

154. Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f 2

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f 2
Title:
Fragment of an account roll (wardrobe?)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D. xii.

155. Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f 157

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f 157
Title:
Fragment of a missal
Scope & Content:
f. 157: Leaf of a Missal including a fragment for an office of St Nectan.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D. xii.

156. Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, [f 1]

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, [f 1]
Title:
Psalter leaf
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1350-1360
Extent:

Part of Royal MS 13 D. i*.

157. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 4–169

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 4–169
Title:
Collection of Homilies mainly by Ælfric.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4v-6v: Ælfric, First Series of Homilies, De initio creature. Beginning: 'An anginn is ealra þingen'. Ending: 'ac he ƿearð þurh deofles sƿicdome ut adræfd'. f. 6v: Ælfric, Letter to Sigefyrð [imperfect]. Rubric: 'Emb Clænnysse þe gehadede mæn healden scylen'. Beginning: 'Ælfric a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV.

158. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides beati Gregorii Neocesariae; Pelagius, Libellus fidei; calculation for the year AD 912; hymns; additions; Boethius, De consolatione Philosophiae (excerpts).
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 170r: additions by an English hand of the 10th century (Anglo-Saxon minuscule) of excerpts of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae (two first verses [metra], imperfect). Beginning: 'Carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi/ Flebilis heu moestos cogor inire modos'. Ending: 'Dec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 9th century-c 912
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV.

159. Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 2–67

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 2–67
Title:
Pontifical, with medieval endleaves.
Scope & Content:
Contents: A collection of pontifical services and prayers originally written for the See of Canterbury. Here, the prayers have been adapted for the use of Exeter Cathedral. f. 2v: Confirmation, prayers beginning: 'In confirmatione. Episcopus levata manu super capita confirmandorum dicat'. f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XV

160. Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 68–83

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 68–83
Title:
A penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum; and St Jerome, De persecutione Christianorum (Ps.-Augustine, sermo lx; Ps.-Caesarius of Arles, homilia xx).
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 68r: Title in Old English: 'Þis siondon ondetnessa to gode seolfum'. ff. 68r-69v: A prayer: 'Ego peccavi quando non dulgebam in me peccantibus'. ff. 69v-79r: a penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum. Rubric: 'De confessio peccatorum et penitentie Isidori'....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XV.

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