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1. Harley MS 526

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526
Title:
Bede, Vita Sancti Cuthberti metrica (BHL 2020); Vita Venerabilis Bedae (BHL1069); Vita Ædwardi Regis (BHL 2421); fragment of Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita Sancti Edwardi regis and confessoris (BHL 2423) and the papal commissioners' report on St Hugh of Lincoln and Avalon; Vita Adae et Evae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains five parts: Bede's verse Vita S Cuthberti (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2020), copied in northern France at the end of the 9th century (ff. 1-27); a vita of Bede, copied in France or England in the first half of the 12th century (ff. 28-36v); the only surviving, i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 9th-14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 526, ff 68r-77v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 68r-77v
Title:
Vita Ade et Evae
Scope & Content:
This item contains a 14th-century copy of an apocryphal text, entitled 'Vita Protoplasti nostri Ade, et Eve uxoris sue, fabulosissima' in this manuscript. Decoration: 1 large initial in blue and red (f. 68r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
10 folios, part of a parchment codex

3. Harley MS 526, ff 28r-37v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 28r-37v
Title:
Vita Venerabilis Bedae (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 1069)
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 12th century
Extent:
10 folios, part of a parchment codex

4. Harley MS 526, ff 38r-57v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 38r-57v
Title:
Anonymous Vita Ædwardi Regis (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2421)
Scope & Content:
This item contains the sole surviving copy of the Vita Ædwardi, a life of Edward the Confessor (b. c 1003, d. 1066) written by an anonymous author with sections in prose and verse. The text is imperfect, possibly missing two folios each from the first and last quire. Decoration: Painted initial...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1100
Extent:
19 folios, part of a parchment codex

5. Harley MS 526, ff 1r-27v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 1r-27v
Title:
Bede, Vita Cuthberti Metrica (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2020)
Scope & Content:
This work contains a late 9th century copy of Bede's verse Life of Cuthbert, written in the region which is now northern France. It was in England by the mid-10th century, given the Old English names inscribed in the margin and the Old English glosses in the text (see, for example, ff. 2r, 15r)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 9th century
Extent:
27 folios, part of a parchment codex

6. Harley MS 526, ff 58r-67v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 526, ff 58r-67v
Title:
Fragment of Ailred of Rievaulx's Vita S Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2423) and the papal commissioners' report on the sanctity of Bishop Hugh of Lincoln (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the last page of a copy of Ailred of Rievaulx's Vita S Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2423) (f. 58*r). It is followed by an imperfect copy of the papal commissioners' report on the sanctity of Bishop Hugh of Lincoln, which an early modern ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 13th century
Extent:
12 folios, part of a parchment codex

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