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Royal MS 13 A X, ff 63-103
- Record Id:
- 041-003344372
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035242185.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060311867.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 A X, ff 63-103
- Title:
- Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti; Homelia in natale Sancti Machutis; Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (fragment)
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
The earliest version of the Voyage of St Brendan is contained in the life of Saint Malo (who was his scholar) in this manuscript, adapted by Bili, a deacon of Aleth (now Saint Malo, Brittany) for Ratuili, Bishop of Aleth (c. 866).
ff. 63r-98r: Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti (Life of St Malo) with a prologue (ff. 63r-64v) and capitula (ff. 65r-66v). It includes eleven verses (ff. 64v-65r), beginning: 'Vitales qui cupis doctorum capere fructus' and a hymn for Saint Malo (ff. 66v-68v).
ff. 98r-103v: Homelia in natale Sancti Machutis (Homily for the feast of St Malo).
ff. 104r-107v: Added Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (imperfect), written by a late semi-cursive 12th-century hand.
Decoration:
Initials and display script in red (oxidised) and brown. Rubrics in red capitals.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- England and France 700-1200 Project
Royal Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002106822
041-003344372 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 13 A X : Vita Sancti Johannis Eleemosynarii; Passio Sancti Albani; Vita Sancti Runwoldi; Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti; Homelia in…
Royal MS 13 A X, ff 63-103 : Bili of Aleth, Vita Sancti Machuti; Homelia in natale Sancti Machutis; Eutropius, Breviarium Historiae Romanae (fragment) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1042]/040-002106822[0002]/041-003344372
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- Part of Royal MS 13 A X
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0950
- End Date:
- 0999
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 10th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 230 x 160 mm (text space: 190 x 85/90 mm).
Script: Caroline minuscule.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: ?Winchester, Southern England.
Provenance:
This part might have been written at Winchester according to David Dumville, Liturgy and the Ecclesiastical History of Late Anglo-Saxon England (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1992), p. 110.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bili of Aleth, Deacon of Aleth (St Malo), fl 9th century,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000079842200,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/14890871
Eutropius, Flavius, fl 370,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121248871,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/25396473 - Subjects:
- Hagiography
History
Liturgy
Theology - Places:
- Winchester, England