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Royal MS 5 B VIII

Record Id:
040-002106062
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002105724
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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000277.0x000125
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Royal MS 5 B VIII
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1. S. JEROME, 'Catalogus uirorum illustrium' [al. de viris illustribus]; preceded by the prefatory letter to Dexter, beg. 'Hortaris, Dexter, ut Tranquillum sequens'. The treatise beg. 'Simon Petrus filius Iohannis '(Migne, Patr. Lat. xxiii. 601). f. i.

2. S. Augustine, Retractationes; cf. 5 A. xiv, art. i. A table of chapters is prefixed to each book. f. 18.

3. ' Breuis annotatio epistolarum eius [sc. Augustini] et tractatuum et quorundam librorum ': a list of S. Augustine's works, including his letters, beg. 'Questio de credibilibus'. f. 52 b.

4. 'Liber beati Augustini . . . de heresibus ad Quoduultdeus diaconum' (colophon); preceded by four letters, (a) Quodvultdeus to Augustine, beg. 'Diu trepidus fui '. f. 56;-(b) Augustine to QuodvuItdeus, beg. 'Acceptis litteris '. f. 56 b;-(c) Quodvultdeus to Augustine, beg. 'Unum quidem reuerentie'. f. 57;-(d) Augustine to Quodvultdeus, beg. 'Cum michi hec scribendi offerretur occasio'. f. 57 b. The treatise itself beg. 'Quod petis sepissime atque instantissime'. f. 58. Printed in Migne, Pair. Lat. xlii. 15. Paragraphs on the Nestorians and Eutychians are appended after the colophon.

5. 'Liber Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri de catalogo virorum illustrium'; beg. 'Iacobus cognomento sapiens' (Migne, Iviii. 1060). f. 71.

6. 'Liber Magni Aurelii Cassiodori senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litteraruin '; beg. 'Cum studia secularium litterarum' (Migne, lxx. 1105). A table of chapters is prefixed. f. 82 b.

7. 'Liber Ysidori de nouo et ueteri Testamento'; beg. 'De librorum novi ac ucteris Testamenti plenitudine ... ita est' (Migne, lxxxiii. 55, beg. 'Plenitudo novi ... ista est'). f. 104.

8. Extracts from Isidore, De ecclesiasticis officiis, viz. (a) 'Enumeratio veteris et noui Testamenti' ' beg. 'Hi sunt libri' (Migne, lxxxiii. 746); (b) 'De scriptoribus veteris et novi Testamenti', beg. 'Veteris autem Testa. menti scriptores' (ib. 747) ; (c) 'De translatoribus veteris Testamenti', beg. 'Primam post Hesdram editionem' (ib.). f. 110 b.

9. 'Liber Ysidori de ortu et obitu patrum'; beg. 'Quorumdam sanctorum patrum' (ib. 129). f. 111 b.

10.'Liber Ysidori...de signification ibus quorumdam virorum sanctorum' [al. Allegoriae quaedam sacrae Scripturae], addressed to Orosius; beg. 'Quedam notissima nomina legis' (ib. 97). f. 121 b.

11. 'Liber eiusdem de catalogo uirorum illustrium' [al. de viris illustribus]; beg. 'Osius Cordubensis ciuitatis episcopus' (ib. 1086). Chapters 1-5, 6-14 are omitted. f. 131 b. Vellum; ff. 138. 11 1/8 in.x7 1/4 in. XII cent. Gatherings ot 8 leaves (except the last, which has 10), numbered at the end. Double columns. Sec. fol. 'est de vii'. Plain coloured initials. A table of contents is added at the end (f. 137). On the last leaf (f. 138) is the inscription (15th cent.), 'ecclesie beati Petri Westmonasteriensis', which may be a note of ownership ; also the initials H.C. (16th cent.?). Cat. ff. 1666, f. 16 b; CMA. 8331 + 7804+ 7803 + 8317 + 7946 + 8339.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Royal Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002105724
040-002106062
Is part of:
Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts

 

Royal MS 5 B VIII : 1. S. JEROME, 'Catalogus uirorum illustrium' [al. de viris illustribus]; preceded by the prefatory letter to Dexter,…
Hierarchy:
032-002105724[0307]/040-002106062
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View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
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File
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Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1100
End Date:
1199
Date Range:
12th century
Era:
CE
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