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Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 1-36

Record Id:

041-003320042

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002105724

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100034618129.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100060328563.0x000003

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 1-36

Title:

Sedulius, Carmen Paschale; Sedulius, hymn Cantemus, socii, Domino; two acrostics poems in praise of Sedulius

Scope & Content:

Contents:

ff. 1r-32v: Sedulius, Carmen Paschale with interlinear Latin glosses and a few interlinear Old English glosses (ff. 5r, 25r, 28r).

ff. 32v-34v Sedulius, the hymn Cantemus, socii, Domino.

ff. 34v-35r: An acrostic poem in praise of Sedulius (attributed to Liberatus), beginning: 'Sedulius, Domini per culta novalia pergens'.

f. 35r: An acrostic poem in praise of Sedulius (attributed to Bellesarius), beginning: 'Sedulius, Christi miracula versibus edens'.

f. 36 is a former pastedown and contains a fragment from a devotional poem (f. 36r).

Decoration:

Large initial in red with penwork decoration in red, black and green (f. 1r). Initials in black with penwork decoration in zoomorphic, foliate and interlace patterns (ff. 24v, 29v), (see Wormald, 'Decorated initials' (1945), p. 134 [type II]). Initial with penwork decoration in interlace pattern (f. 32v). Initial in black, green and red with penwork decoration (f. 7v). Initial in green (f. 1r). Rubrics and capitals at the beginning of each line in red.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

England and France 700-1200 Project
Greek Manuscripts
Royal Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002105724
040-001614761
041-003320042

Is part of:

Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 15 B XIX : Sedulius, Carmen Paschale and other poems; Two acrostics poems in praise of Sedulius; Bede, De Temporum Ratione; A collection…

Royal MS 15 B XIX, ff 1-36 : Sedulius, Carmen Paschale; Sedulius, hymn Cantemus, socii, Domino; two acrostics poems in praise of Sedulius

Hierarchy:

032-002105724[1258]/040-001614761[0004]/041-003320042

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

Part of Royal MS 15 B XIX

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English, Old
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

0950

End Date:

0999

Date Range:

2nd half of the 10th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 270 x 195 mm (text space: 175 x 115 mm).

Script: Caroline minuscule.

Custodial History:

Origin: Canterbury, Southeastern England.

Provenance:

The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury: written by the same scribe as Harley 110 (see Temple, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 900-1066 (1976) and Lapidge, Anglo-Latin Literature (1996), I, p. 479).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Sedulius, fl 450,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080979589,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/18636329

Subjects:

Literature, Medieval

Places:

Canterbury, England