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London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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  • British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
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  • Latin
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  • Peter Abelard, Versus ad Astralabium Filium Suum ; Dares Phrygius, De Bello Troiano (incomplete); a chronicle of England, AD 162–1121 ( Chronica de Anglia ); Lines on Egyptian days, a fragment of Ælfric, De Temporibus , notes on Septuagesima, Lent, Easter, epacts and concurrents; the letters of Adam Marsh; Paul, Epistulae , with glosses derived from Pelagius; Domesday abbreviation for Kent; Boncompagnus da Signa, Boncompagnus , Bernard of Meung, Ars Dictaminis ; a theological treatise on vices and virtues; Jocelin of Furness, Vita sancti Kentigerni
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  • Royal MS 6 C VIII originally formed part of the same manuscript from Rievaulx as the folios now in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 4r-21v. The remainder of the 8th-century, Northumbrian manuscript in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 85r-90v is now Cambridge, Trinity College, B. 10. 5. Other leaves from the fragment of a theological treatise which is now Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 157-64 are Cotton MS Claudius C. VI, ff. 1, 205; Cotton MS Vespasian B. XI, ff. 145–148; Cotton MS Cleopatra E. I, ff. 184, 188, 312; and Cotton MS Cleopatra E. IV, ff. 1, 475.Contents:f. 1r: A flyleaf with early modern shelfmark. f. 2r: An early modern table of contents. f. 3r: An early modern book plate. ff. 4r-21v: Texts copied at Rievaulx Abbey in the late 12th century, including Peter Abelard, Versus ad Astralabium Filium Suum ; an incomplete copy of Dares Phrygius, De Bello Troiano ; a chronicle of England, AD 162–1121. ff. 22r-25v: Old English texts on calculating time and days copied in the first half of the 11th century, possibly at Winchester, with a Latin text written in green in a circle on f. 25v. ff. 26r-85v: The fullest surviving collection of Adam Marsh's letters, copied the last third of the 13th century. ff. 85r-90v: St Paul, Epistulae , with a gloss derived from Pelagius's commentary, copied in Northumbria in the 1st half of the 8th century, with more glosses added later. ff. 91r-130v: Boncompagnus da Signa, Boncompagnus. ff. 131r-142v: Bernard of Meung, Ars Dictaminis . ff. 143r-156v: Domesday abbreviation for Kent, copied in the 2nd half or the 12th century.ff. 157-164: A theological treatise on vices and virtues, copied in the 1st half of the 15th century. ff. 165-212: Jocelin of Furness, Vita Sancti Kentigerni , copied in the 4th quarter of the 12th century. Decoration:See Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 4–21; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 22-25; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 26-84; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 91–142; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 143–156; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 157–164; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 165-212.
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