Old English Translation of Orosius, Historia adversus paganos
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These folios contain a copy of the Old English version of Orosius' Historia adversus paganos, written in the early 11th century. Decoration: large initials in green, followed by rubrics in red or oxidized red (ff. 3r, 18r, 19r, 42v, 63r, 84r, 97r); large initial with foliate details followed by rubr...
These folios contain three main texts, apparently copied together in the mid-11th century: ff. 112r-114v: Menologium; ff. 115r-v: Maxims II (115r–v); ff. 115v-164r: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, C-text, 60 BC–AD 1066; f. 164r: additional text added in the 2nd half of the 12th century. f. 165r-v: medieval e...
Old English Translation of Orosius, Historiae adversus paganos; Menologium; Maxims II; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, C-text
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This manuscript comprises two independent portions, bound together in the 17th century, plus early modern prefatory material and medieval endleaves: f. 1r: early modern list of contents; f. 2r: Cottonian frontispiece; f. 2v: faded early modern lines; ff. 3r-111v: Old English version of Orosius, Hist...