John Alcock, The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (181r: imperfect); Myne awen dere sone (181v–199v: Boffey 2186); Bona et utilis tabula fidei Christiane (199v–201v)
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Language(s): Middle English (181r–199v); Latin (199v–201v)
A collection of Homilies; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Boethius, De consolatione philosophie (excerpts); Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides beati Gregorii Neocesariae; Pelagius, Libellus fidei calculation for the year 912.
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This manuscript includes a collection of homilies in Old English; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Boethius, De consolatione philosophie (excerpts); Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides beati Gregorii Neocesariae; Pelagius, Libellus fidei calculation for the year 912.
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...
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).
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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...
Nigel Witeker, Versus; An anonymous poem; Ely Chronicle; An Easter-table chronicle; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistulae, Sermones; A theological note
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Contents: ff. 2r-51r: Nigel Witeker (d. after 1206), Versus (Poems). ff. 52r: An anonymous poem, beginning: 'Vitam claudit hominum paucitas dierum, nec est inter’. ff. 53r-70v: Ely Chronicle. ff. 71r-82r: An Easter-table chronicle. ff. 83r-112v: Hildebert of Lavardin (b. c. 1055, d. 1133),...
Contents: ff. 2r-51r: Nigel Witeker (d. after 1206) [also known as Nigel of Longchamps], Versus (Poems). f. 52r: An anonymous poem, beginning ‘Vitam claudit hominum paucitas dierum, nec est inter’. [ff. 1r, 51v, 52v are blank]. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red, blue or green, som...