Pseudo-Boethius, De disciplina scholarium, imperfect. Decoration: 1 large initial 'V'(estra) in red surmounted by a crown, at the beginning of the text. Initials in red.
Cicero, De oratore; Epitaphia Ciceronis duodecim sapientum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-91v: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De oratore. ff. 91v-92v: Epitaphia Ciceronis duodecim sapientum (‘Epitaphia Ciceronis edita a xij sapientissimis’). Decoration: Display script (red and brown rustic capitals) on f. 2r.
A medical text by Pietro d’Abano (d. 1316), professor of medicine at Padua. ff. 1r-2v: table of contents. ff. 3r-26v: Pietro d’Abano, De venenis, imperfect. Missing the final ten chapters. f. 10r is blank. Decoration: Historiated initial in gold and colours with the bust of a man (the autho...
Compilation of saints lives with devotions to saints
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript predominantly contains the lives of the martyrs St Thomas of Canterbury, St Pelagia of Antioch, St Eustace, St Katherine of Alexandria, and the confessor St Aignan, Bishop of Orléans. It also includes hymns and prayers, a theological tract, and a commentary on the So...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
f. 1v: Contemporary table of contents. ff. 1r–33v: Cartulary, containing copies of approximately 25 royal, papal and other charters. ff. 34r–41v: Additions to the time of Henry VI. ff. 41*r–59v: Lists of books and vestments. Decoration: Red initials; rubrics.