Vita Venerabilis Bedae (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 1069)
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This item contains prose life of Bede (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 1069), copied in France or England in the first half of the 12th century. The preface begins 'Inter catholicos sacrae Scripturae expositores...' Decoration: 2 coloured initials (f. 28r-v).
Psalter, with canticles, litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')
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Contents: This Psalter has been identified in other manuscripts made for Leofric, bishop of Exeter (from 1046 to 1072). ff. 8r-108v: The Gallican version of the Psalms with Canticles. A continuous interlinear Old English gloss to the Canticle 'Quicumque vult' (ff. 107r-v). ff. 108v-111v: Lit...
Plutarch, Moralia Nos 52, 31, 58-61, 44-46, 43 in the Corpus Planudeum (Nos 28, 13, 52, 15, 16, 19, 75, 33, 32, 73 in Plutarchi Moralia , ed. W. R. Paton et al., Leipzig 1925- ). Frequent gaps of a word or two. expl. φθόνος (1120e).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 14th century
William Rede (?), Canon tabularum de invencione astensionis in circulo obliquo cuiuslibet gradus zodiaci et stelle...
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William Rede (?), Canon tabularum de invencione astensionis in circulo obliquo cuiuslibet gradus zodiaci et stelle..., incipit: 'Intra gradi cum signo...', with a table.
Extracts from Plato in Greek and Latin. Taken from Euthyphro, Apologia Socratis, Crito, Phaedo, Theages, Theaetetus, Sophista, Phaedrus. Reversing the volume.
Miscellany of texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics') in English, Anglo-Norman, and Latin. This part of the manuscript (except for folio 52v) was written by the so-called 'Harley scribe', active in or near Ludlow (Southern Shropshire) from 1314 to c. 1349...