Historical writings of Jerome, Isidore of Seville, Bede, and others
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Contents: ff. 1r-26v: Jerome, Liber de viris illustribus (Book of Illustrious Men). ff. 26v-27r: Jerome, Letter 47, to Desiderius. ff. 28r-41r: Gennadius of Massilia, De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). ff. 42r-51r: Isidore of Seville, De viris illustribus (On Illustrious Men). ff. 5...
Contents: ff. 1r-40r: Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Poetria nova. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 40r: an inscription in a medieval hand on f. 40r: '[...] hic offert se et sivum librum Gulielmo ep[i]scop[o] nem[..]si[...]'. Numerous added annotations throughout, mainly in 15th-century h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Monastic rule of the convent of Our Lady of Sure Hope, Constantinople, composed by Theodora Synadene. Preceded by (ff 1r-2r) a πίναξ and (ff 3r-7v) the preface of Theodora. Followed by a cartulary, and recommendations added by Theodora's daughter, Euphrosyne. A copy of the text of Oxford, Linc...
Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae, Books 17-18 (the 'Priscianus minor')
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Contents: ff. 1r-102v: Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae, Books 17-18 (the 'Priscianus minor') (intentionally ends at Book 18, chapter 19, 'quam in aliis constructionum plerisque idem servent'). Decoration: 1 large initial in colours with a historiated portrait of Priscian and a foliate ...
Contents: ff. 1r-100r: Wace, Roman de Brut. Decoration: Two puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (ff. 1r, 8v). Initials with penwork decoration in red and brown at the top of the page, one with a human head in profile (f. 82v). Decorated catchwords (e.g. f....
A patristical collection, including Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali
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The manuscript includes: ff. 1r-97r: Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali. ff. 97v-106r: Ambrose, Libellus de dignitate sacerdotali. ff. 106v-132r: Ambrose, De Helia et ieiunio. ff. 132r-134r: Augustine, 'Sermo ad episcopos'. ff. 134r-135v: The Passion of St Fidelis, Exantus and Carpophorus...
Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali with capitula (ff. 1r-2v); text incipit: 'Pastoralis curae me pondera fugere' (ff. 2v-97r); with a note added at the end by a 14/15th-century Italian hand 'Explicit liber pastoralis officii per gloriosum gregorium pp editus' (f. 97r).