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Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 117–170

Record Id:

041-001103399

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0003df

LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100064602123.0x000004

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 117–170

Title:

Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Saeculi; Alexander of Stainsby, Constitutiones; Honorius of Autun, Imago Mundi

Scope & Content:

Contents:

ff. 117r-123v: Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem (Admonition to a Spiritual Son), beginning: ‘Audi fili admonitionem patris tui et inclina aurem tuam’.

ff. 124r-138v: Isidore of Seville (d. 636), Synonyma (Synonyms), preceded by a prologue (f. 124r), beginning: ‘In subsequenti hoc libro qui nuncupatur sinonima’.

ff. 139r-141v: Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Saeculi (About the Beginning and the End of the World), preceded by a prologue (f. 139r), beginning: ‘In nomine domini nostri Ihesu Christi incipit liber Methodii episcopi ecclesie patrienis’.

ff. 142r-153v: Alexander of Stainsby (d. 1238), Constitutiones (Episcopal Constitutions), beginning: ‘Universis archidiaconis per Coventriam Brocesini constitutis’.

ff. 154r-170r: Honorius of Autun (b. c. 1080, d. 1137), Imago Mundi (Image of the World), beginning: ‘Ad instructionem multorum quibus deest copia librorum hic libellus edatur’.

[f. 170v is blank].

Decoration:

Numerous small initials in red and blue, some with pen-flourishing.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-001103394
041-001103399

Is part of:

Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian E III : Annals of Burton Abbey; an account of the Council of Oxford of 1222; St Cyprian, Confessio; Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio…

Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 117–170 : Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio…

Hierarchy:

032-001101582[0995]/040-001103394[0005]/041-001103399

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian E III

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1230

End Date:

1270

Date Range:

Mid 13th century

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 220 x 155 mm (text space: 180 x 120 mm, in 2 columns).

Script: Gothic, written below top line.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Subjects:

Grammar
History
Law
Science
Theology

Places:

England