This composite manuscript is the second volume of Cotton MS
Tiberius D IV and is made of two parts. The first part (ff. 1-157)
continues the collection of hagiographical texts of Cotton MS
Tiberius D IV/1. The second part (ff. 158-166) contains De
Abbatibus (On the Abbots) by Æthelwulf (fl. 9th century) and three
short patristic texts. Contents: f. 1r: Vita S. Marie Magdalene
(Life of St Mary Magdalene), continued from Cotton MS Tiberius D
IV/1. ff. 1r-6v: Vita S. Audoeni (The Life of St Auduin). ff.
6v-9r: Gennadius of Marseilles (fl. late 5th century), Vita S.
Hieronymi (The Life of St Jerome). ff. 9r-10r: Pseudo-Sebastian of
Monte Cassino, Vita S Hieronymi . ff. 10r-13r: Vita S. Leonardi
(The Life of St Leonard). ff. 13r-24v: Pseudo-Aurelianus, Vita S.
Martialis (The Life of St Martial). ff. 24v-27v: Pseudo-Deodatus,
Vita S. Taurini (The Life of St Taurinus). f. 27v: Passio S.
Eusebii (The Passion of St Eusebius). ff. 27v-31r: Vita S.
Philiberti (The Life of St Philibert). ff. 31r-33r: Vita S. Petri
(The Life of St Peter). ff. 33r-33v: De Imagine Salvatoris (On the
Figure of the Saviour). ff. 33v-37r: Passio S. Apollinaris (The
Passion of St Apollinaris). ff. 37r-40v: Passio S. Pantaleonis (The
Passion of St Pantaleon). ff. 40v-44v: Passio S. Oswaldi (The
Passion of St Oswald). ff. 44v-50r: Passio S. Adriani (The Passion
of St Adrian). ff. 50r-54v: Passio Sanctorum Eugenie, Proti et
Iacincti (The Passion of St Eugenia, Protus and Iacentus). ff.
54v-105v: John the Deacon of Rome (b. 940, d. 1009), Vita S.
Gregorii Magni (The Life of St Gregory the Great). ff. 105v-111r:
Vita S. Birini (The Life of St Birinus). ff. 111r-112r: Vita S.
Swithuni (The Life of St Swithun). ff. 112r-121v: Miracula S.
Swithuni (The Miracles of St Swithun). ff. 121v-130v: Wulfstan of
Winchester (fl. 1000), Vita S. Æthelwoldi (The life of St
Aethelwold). ff. 130v-145r: Osbern of Canterbury (b. c. 1050, d. c.
1090), Vita S. Dunstani (Life of St Dunstan). ff. 145r-153r: Osbern
of Canterbury, Miracula S. Dunstani (Miracles of St Dunstan). ff.
153r-154r: Miracula S. Laurentii (Miracles of St Lawrence). ff.
154r-157r: Continuation of Miracula S. Laurentii . f. 157v:
Medieval memoranda. ff. 158r-166v: Æthelwulf, De Abbatibus . f.
166r: Anonymous unidentified text, entitled: ‘Hieronimus Dicit de
Situ Babylonis’ (Jerome Says about the Location of Babylon),
beginning: 'Babylonem fuisse potentissimam’.ff. 166v: Anonymous
unidentified text, entitled: ‘Orosius Autem hoc Modo Refert de
Eadem Ciuitate’ (Orosius Writes About the Same City Thus),
beginning: 'Namque Babylonem Anebroth gigante fundatum'.ff. 166v:
Anonymous unidentified text, entitled: ‘Epitaphium Egregii
Doctoris Bede’ (The Epitaph of the Great Learned Bede),
beginning: ‘Monachus arte vigens, etate vir Anglicus ortu'.[f.
88v is blank].Decoration: See Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2, ff 1-157;
Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2, ff 158-166.
