Treatise on the singing of the Psalms (fragment); Chronicle from the conception of Christ until 1062; Chronicle of Tewkesbury Abbey to 1263 (imperfect); Cartulary of Tewkesbury Abbey; Helperic of Auxerre, De Computo ; Collatio Compoti Romani et Arabici ; Herman of Reichenau, Computus Abbreviates ; computistical argumenta
Agent
Preferred form
Hermann Contract (1013-1054)
Original form
Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
This composite manuscript contains four parts (ff. 1, 3-69, 70-106,
107-165) that were written separately between the late 11th and 2nd
half of the 13th centuries. Two parts were certainly written at and
for the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin at Tewkesbury, as
these contain the annals and a cartulary of the Abbey. Contents:
ff. 3r-8v: A chronicle from the conception of Christ until the year
1062.ff. 9r-62v: A chronicle of Tewkesbury, 1066-1262
(‘Tewkesbury I’).ff. 63r-69v: A chronicle of Tewkesbury, 1258
to 1263 (‘Tewkesbury II’).ff. 70r-106v: A cartulary of
Tewkesbury Abbey. ff. 107r-143r: Helperic of Auxerre (fl. 9th
century), De Computo (About Computus). ff. 143v-147v: Collatio
compoti Romani et Arabici (Comparison between the Roman and Arabic
Computus). ff. 148r-157r: Hermann of Reichenau [Hermannus
Contractus] (b. 1013, d. 1054), Computus Abbreviatus (Abbreviated
Computus), beginning 'Cui compoti regulas ipsarumque regularum
causas ac rationes perfect volveris investigare'. ff. 157v-165v:
Computistical argumenta . The manuscript contains later
additions:f. 1v: A fragment of a treatise on the singing of the
Psalms (‘ad cantandos sibi psalmos’), written in the first half
of the 12th century. f. 61r: A history of the city of Gloucester
(crossed out), written in Middle English, beginning 'This Cytie was
callid by the Romans Glevum’, added in a 15th-century script. f.
2r: A table of contents, added by Richard James (b. 1592, d. 1638),
librarian for Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631).[ff. 1r,
2v, 58v are blank]. Decoration:See Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff.
1, 3-8, 9-69, 70–106, 107-165.
