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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224
- Record Id:
- 041-001103345
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x00039d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101145607.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224
- Title:
- Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides beati Gregorii Neocesariae; Pelagius, Libellus fidei; calculation for the year AD 912; hymns; additions; Boethius, De consolatione Philosophiae (excerpts).
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
f. 170r: additions by an English hand of the 10th century (Anglo-Saxon minuscule) of excerpts of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae (two first verses [metra], imperfect). Beginning: 'Carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi/ Flebilis heu moestos cogor inire modos'. Ending: 'Declivem que gerens pondere vultum, cogitur heu stolidam cernere terram'.
f. 170v: Isidore of Seville, Synonyma. Prologus. Beginning: 'In subsequenti hoc libro qui nuncupatur sinonima idem multa verba in unum significacionem coeunctia'.
ff. 171r-218r: Isidore of Seville Synonyma. Rubric: 'Isidorus Lectori Salutem'. Beginning: 'Venit nuper ad manus meas quedam scedula quam sinonimam dicuntur'. Ending: 'Nihil mihi te carius, nihil midi te dulcius tu mihi supra vitam meam places. Explicit liber secundus Soliloquiorum Sancti Isidori'.
ff. 218v-219v: Creed attributed to St Ambrose, Fides Sancti Ambrosii. Rubric: 'Item fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi'. Beginning: Patrem et Filium et Spiritum Sanctum confitemur ita ut Trinitate perfecta plenitudo sit divinitatis'.
ff. 219v-220r: Creed attributed to Gregory, Fides Gregorii. Rubric: 'Item Fides Beati Gregorii'. Beginning: 'Unus Deus Pater verbi viventis sapienciae subsistentis et virtutis suae et figurae perfectus perfecti genitor'.
ff. 220r-223v: Pelagius, Libellus Fidei. Rubric. 'Expositio Fidei catholice Sancti Hieronimi'. Beginning: 'Credimus in Deum Patrem omnipotentem cunctorum visibilium et invisibilium conditorem'.
f. 223v: addition by a neat hand of an extract of a computus closely related to Bede's rule for the year 912 (said as annus presens): 'Si vis scire quot sint anni ab incarnatione domini nostri. Scito quot fuerunt ordines indictionum'.
f. 224r: fragment of an hymn for the Divine Office and another hymn.
f. 224v: Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae excerpts, verses [metra] 8 and 7. Beginning: 'Heu que miseros/ tramite devios', added in the tenth century in Anglo-Saxon minuscule.
Decoration:
Rubrics in rustic capitals. Rustic initials. Letters highlighted in yellow and in orange-brown (originally red).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103342
041-001103345 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV : A collection of Homilies; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Boethius, De consolatione philosophie (excerpts); Fides…
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224 : Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0978]/040-001103342[0003]/041-001103345
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Vespasian_D_XIV (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0850
- End Date:
- 0917
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 9th century-c 912
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 190 x 130mm. (text space: 160 x 100mm).
Script: Caroline minuscule and Anglo-Saxon minuscule.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: France (N?) and England for additions.
Provenance:
Several Anglo-Saxon additions of the 10th century: f. 170r; f. 223v; f. 224r; f. 224v.
? The Benedictine Cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury: the letters 'SY' at the head (12th century?) (f. 170v) are similar to those in a manuscript from Canterbury, now Cambridge, University Library, Kk. I. 28. (see Ker, Catalogue of manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon, no. 209).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)