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1. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 86–138

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 86–138
Title:
Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i–ii
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 86-138: Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i-ii. Decoration: Initials in red throughout. Display capitals in red (f. 86r). Marginal drawing of heads (ff. 93v, 100v, 106v, 123v). Manicula (ff. 105v, 116v, 122v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

2. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 139-141

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 139-141
Title:
Medical recipes copied by William Harvey
Scope & Content:
These folios contain medical notes and recipes copied by William Harvey (b. 1578, d. 1657), the physician who discovered the circulation of blood. Contents: ff. 139-141: Medical notes and recipes, copied by William Harvey. No decoration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

3. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10
Title:
Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a fragment of the Compendium in Genealogia Christi by Peter of Poitier (b. c. 1130, d. 1205), ending with a diagram of Jesus, his apostles, Paul and Barnabas. These folios were copied in the late 12th or early 13th century. Chapter titles pertaining to Macer's De viribus herbaru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

4. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 11–85

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 11–85
Title:
Old English Illustrated Herbal; Medicina de Quadrupedibus
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the Old English Illustrated Pharmacopoeia, contain an illustrated Herbal, comprising Latin texts translated into Old English, along with texts called Medicina de quadrupedibus, also translated into Old English. These folios were copied in the first quarter of the 11th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

5. Cotton MS Vitellius C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III
Title:
(1) Old English Illustrated Herbal and Medicina de quadrupedibus in Old English; (2) Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi; (3) Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i–ii; (4) notes by William Harvey
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains four separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): f. 1: Cottonian frontispiece. f. 3r: early modern endleaf. f. 4r: early modern table of contents. ff. 5r-10v: Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi, copied in England in the 1st quarter of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Old, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 9th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

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