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Anticlaudianus by Alanus de Insulis, 13th century
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Identifier: MS 20/ff. 100r-121r
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The Anticlaudianus is a poem which illustrates nature's failure in creating the perfect man. Its author is Alanus de Insulis (also known as Alain de Lille, c. 1128 - 1202/03), French theologian and poet. He spent several years teaching in Paris; he was a very prolific author and famous for his wide knowledge.The text in this manuscript is preceded by the inscription Anticlaudianus Alani de Antiruffino in adifferent...
Dates:
13th century
Architrenius by John of Hauville, 13th century
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Identifier: MS 20/ff. 78r-99v
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The Architrenius is a Latin allegorical poem in hexameters, dedicated to Walter of Coutances, Archbishop of Rouen, in 1184. Little is know about its author, Johannes de Hauvilla: he was probably originary from the village of Hauville, near Rouen; at the time of the dedication of Architrenius, he was presumably alread a teacher of the cathedral school of Rouen.The poem is divided in nine books. It narrates the...
Dates:
13th century
Fragment of a missal, possibly French, 14th century
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Identifier: MS 211/XIV
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A cropped leaf of a Missal, probably Cluniac. It contains the Proper for the following saints: Eucherius (16 Nov.), Anianus and Gregory (17 Nov.), Odo, Abbot of Cluny (19 Nov.), Edmund K.M. (20 Nov)., Columbanus (21 Nov.), Cecilia (22 Nov.). The inclusion of St Edmund suggests an origin of East Anglia, but the hand seems to be French. There are coloured initials, in red and blue, and some rubrication. The leaf is quite damaged in places, especially along the inner edge (orientated from f....
Dates:
14th century
Fragment of the Decalogue, possibly English or French, 14th century
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Identifier: MS 211/XXXII
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Writing
A leaf from a moral treatise on the Decalogue, also known as the Ten Commandments. The Decalogue was a fundamental element for students studying the Bible in medieval universities, so there are many commentaries and texts on it. This is a leaf from one, indicated by a marginal note in the same hand as the main text, De diff. preceptorum deca-logi.
Writing
Well written, with filigree initials.
Dates:
14th century
Fragments of a book of hours, possibly French, late 15th century
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Identifier: MS 211/XVI
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Possibly the final leaves from a French Book of Hours, this fragment contains the hymn Gaude pia magdalena (f. 1r) . The Collect is on f. 1v: Largire nobis clementissime pater for S. Mary Magdalene. The Anthem, Supernus hospes intravit follows this, and then [Verse] O beata Martha. Oremus is before the Collect, but the leaf ends here and the prayer is missing....
Dates:
late 15th century
Fragments of a French Bible, 9th century (825-850)
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Identifier: MS 211/I
Scope and Contents
Bible. F. 1: end of Wisdom 19:15-20, Prologue to Ecclesiasticus (begins: Multorum nobis et magnorum per legem; ends: qui secundum legem Domini proposuerunt vitam agere), Capitula of Ecclesiasticus (chapter headings). F. 2: Ecclesiasticus 7:36-10:28 (begins: et benedictio tua gratia datus in conspectu omnibus inventi; ends: servo sensato liberi serviunt et vir). ...
Dates:
9th century (825-850)
Fragments of a French Bible, late 13th century
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Identifier: MS 211/III
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Bible. F. 1: end of Genesis 50:24-25 (begins: ossa mea de loco sito; ends: in loculo in egypto), rubric (Explicit liber geneseos Incipit liber exodos), beginning of Exodus 1:1-5:18 (begins: Heac sunt nomina filiorum Israhel; ends: palee non dabuntur vobis et reddetis con). F. 2: Exodus 39-40 (begins: de...
Dates:
late 13th century
Fragments of an abridged breviary, possibly French, 14th century (?)
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Identifier: MS 211/XV
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An abridged Breviary (known as a 'Portiforium), with remarkably short Lessons. It contains the Sanctorale from S. Thomas (21 Dec.) to S. Agnes (21 Jan.), and from S. Scholastica (10 Feb.) to Lady Day (25 March). The Proper for the following saints is included: Silvester, Felix, Marcellus, Prisca, Fabian, Sebastian, Anthony (added in margin later), Scholastica, Valentine, Chair of S. Peter, Matthias, Perpetua and Felicitas, and Gregory.
Dates:
14th century (?)
MS 2: Biblia Sacra [Bible. Latin. Vulgate], c 1300
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Identifier: MS 2
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the complete text of the Vulgate. It also contains the Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum ('Interpretations of the Hebrew names'), a list, mostly in alphabetical order, of Hebrew names found in the Bible, attributed to Stephen Langton (died 1228); each Hebrew name is accompanied by a short explanation in Latin.At the beginning of Nehemiah, a second hand has added the numeral for 'second'...
Dates:
c 1300
MS 3: Biblia Sacra [Bible. Latin. Vulgate], 13th century
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Identifier: MS 3
Scope and Contents
This manuscript contains the complete text of the Vulgate. The only variation in the order is that the Letter to the Colossians follows the Letter to the Thessalonians.The manuscript also includes the apocryphal Letter to the Laodiceans (f. 253r). A letter written "to the Laodiceans" or "from Laodicea" (depending on the different interpretation of the Latin text)...
Dates:
13th century