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London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A VII

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Cotton MS Nero A VII
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Language
  • Latin
  • Old Irish
Title
  • Lanfranc, Epistolae ; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae ; Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; Bretha Nemed toísech
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Description
  • This composite manuscript is made out of three parts of different origins, written at different times. The first part (ff. 1-112) was produced in England, probably at Rochester, or Normandy in the last quarter of the 11th century and contains the Epistolae (Letters) of Lanfranc (b. 1005 , d. 1089), theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury. It also includes the Epistolae (Letters) of Anselm of Aosta (b. 1033, d. 1109), theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury. It is the earliest manuscript of Anselm's letters containing only those of his priorate and abbacy at Bec. The second part (ff. 113-131) is a compilation of texts containing the Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Treatise on Saint Patrick's Purgatory) by Henry of Saltrey (fl. c. 1184), several chapters of the Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi (The Book on the Sayings of Blessed Anselm) by Alexander of Canterbury (fl. 1109), excerpts from the Gesta Regum Anglorum (The History of the Kings of England) by William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1090, d. c. 1142), De Picturis et Imaginibus (On Paintings and Images) by Agobard of Lyons (c. 779, d. 840) and the Epitome of Pompeius Trogus’ lost Historiae Philippicae (The Histories of King Philip) by Iunianus Iustinus (fl. 3rd century). The third part (ff. 132-157) is a manuscript written in 1571 which contains a legal tract in Old Irish known as Córus bretha neimhedh (Judgments of Privileged Classes). Contents: ff. 1r-39v: Lanfranc, Epistolae . f. 40r: Epitaph for Lanfranc, beginning: ‘hic tumulus claudit’.f. 40v: A recipe for making red and blue dye. ff. 41r-112v: Anselm, Epistolae (imperfect at the end). ff. 113r-120r: Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii , beginning: ‘Patri suo in Christo praeoptato H, abbati de Sartis’. ff. 120r-122v: Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselm , Chapters 22- 25 of the Miracula (Miracles), an appendix to Alexander’s work. ff. 123r-131v: William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum, Book 1, Chapter 99 - Book 4, Chapter 368. f. 131v: Agobard of Lyons, De Picturis et Imaginibus (chapter 20); f. 131v: Marcus Iunianus Iustinus, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus's lost Historiae Philippicae. ff. 132r-157v: Córus bretha neimhedh . Decoration:See Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff. 1-112, ff. 113-131, ff. 132-157.
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