London. British Library, Harley MS 3680

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Harley MS 3680
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  • Latin
Title
  • Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ; Cuthbert of Wearmouth, Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae ; a tract on the conversion of Kent; Catalogus sanctorum qui in Anglia requiescunt , imperfect
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  • Preferred form
    • Bède le Vénérable (saint, 0673?-0735)
    Original form
    • Bede the Venerable, c 673-735, Saint
    Other form
    • Bède le Vénérable (saint ; 0673?-0735)
    • Beda Venerabilis
    • Beda Venerabilis (saint ; 0673?-0735)
    • BEDA VENERABILIS
    • BEDA
    • Beda
    • BEDA VENERABILIS (s.)
    • Bède
    • S. Beda venerabilis
    • Venerabilis Bedae
    • Bède le Vénérable (0673?-0735)
    • Beda Venerabilis (ps.)
    • S. Beda Venerabilis
    • Venerabilis BEDE
    • Bede
    • Bedae
    • Bedae venerabilis
    • Bède le Vénérable saint 0673?-0735
    • Beda, el Venerable, sant, 673-735
    • Beda el Venerable, Santo
    • Beda Venerabilis 672-735
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Author: Beda, Venerabilis
    • Commentator: Beda, Venerabilis
    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Bede the Venerable
    • Bede the Venerable (attrib.)
    • Bede (673/4–735)
    • The Venerable Bede
    • Beda Venerabilis, 673-735
    • Beda<Venerabilis>
    • Bède le Vénérable
    • Beda <Venerabilis> (672-735)
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint 673-735
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735)
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint (673-735)
    • Bède le Vénérable, saint (0673?-0735)
    • Beda, Venerabilis, 672-735
    • Beda <Venerabilis>
    • Beda, O Venerável, 673-736
    • Beda, O Venerável, 673-736 > , co-autor
    • Beda Venerabilis - 673 - 735 - auteur
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  • Preferred form
    • Cuthbertus Wiremuthensis (06..?-07..)
    Original form
    • Cuthbert of Wearmouth, fl 735, Abbot of Wearmouth
    Other form
    • Cuthbert
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Description
  • This 12th-century manuscript contains the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People) by the Benedictine monk Bede (b. 672/3, d. 735), the Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (Letter on the Death of Bede the Venerable) by Cuthbert, a disciple of Bede, and tracts about the conversion of Kent and English saints. The manuscript was probably produced at the cathedral priory of St Andrew in Rochester, but was certainly owned there soon after its production, most likely until the priory's dissolution. The marginal annotations throughout the manuscript suggest that the monks used it as a sort of compendium of English saints and bishops, and as a hagiographical source for liturgical lections (see Webber, 'Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica as a Source of Lections’ (2015), pp. 54-55). Contents: ff. 2r-173v: Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (ff. 2r-3v: A prologue; ff. 3v-173v: Books I-V, each preceded by a list of chapters). ff. 173v-175v: Cuthbert of Wearmouth, Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae . ff. 176r-177r: A Latin tract about the conversion of Kent, beginning ‘In nomine domini nostri ihesu Christi beatus augustinus Æhelbertum regem cantuariæ cum gente sua convertit et baptizavit’. ff. 177v: Catalogus sanctorum qui in Anglia requiescunt (Catalogue of Saints who are Resting in England), beginning ‘Hae sunt notationes de sanctis qui in anglica patria requiescunt’, imperfect. [ff. 1* recto, 1* verso, 1r, 1v are empty].Decoration:Large initials with penwork decoration in purple, green, red, and blue, a few also with yellow highlighting at the beginning of the prologue, books, or texts (ff. 2r, 4v, 36v, 63r, 100r, 137v ). Display capitals in red, green and purple. Medium and small initials in red, green, blue or purple, some with penwork decoration in another colour or colours. Rubrics in red, green, or purple. Numbers in red. Running headers in brown ink. A faint marginal drawing in brown ink on f. 6r (unidentified).
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