Manuscript: BL Cotton Claudius A.i, 41r–156v
Description (from Gneuss, Addenda and corrigenda to the Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts)
Vitae sanctorum : s. xi/xii, W. England (Winchester?)
A collection of saints’ lives and related texts, written s. xi/xii by several hands, probably in the west country, perhaps Winchester. Contents:
fol. 41 Vita S. Ambrosii, by Paulinus (BHL 377)
fol. 43 Inventio S. Gervasii et Protasii (BHL 3514)
fol. 46 Inventio S. Nazarii (BHL 6050)
fol. 50 Vita S. Hieronymi, by Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino (BHL 3870)
fol. 55 Vita S. Hilarii Pictavensis, by Venantius Fortunatus (BHL 3885), with Letter to Bishop Pascentius
fol.61v LetterbyPseudo-Hilarius(seeBHL3887a,CPL465,andSASLCI,p.254) fol. 63 Sermon In Depositione S. Honorati, by Hilarius of Arles (BHL 3975) fol.73 LiberdeortuB.MariaeetinfantiaSalvatoris,ascribedtoJerome,withintro- ductory letters (BHL 5334–7; cf. CPL 633, and Machielsen (as for 180, above), IIA no. 899)
fol. 76v Vita S. Mariae Aegyptiacae, by Paulus Diaconus of Naples (BHL 5415) fol. 84 Vita S. Martialis (BHL 5552)
fol. 97 Vita S. Johannis Eleemosynarii, by Leontius Neapolitanus, trans. Anastasius Bibliothecarius (BHL 4388)
fol. 125v Beda, Vita S. Cuthberti (prose; Colgrave’s manuscript Cl)
fol. 155v Beda, Historia ecclesiastica IV, chs. 31 and 32.
Details about this manuscript, and especially about the Vita S. Mariae Aegyptiacae, in some recent publications are in need of revision.
Current location
- Repository
- British Library
- Town or City
- London
- Shelfmark
- Cotton Claudius A.i
Other information
- Catalogue Numbers
- GAdd. 312.1
- Format
- Unspecified
- Date
- s. xi/xii
Gneuss, Addenda and corrigenda to the Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts (GAdd. 312.1)
Vitae sanctorum : s. xi/xii, W. England (Winchester?)
A collection of saints’ lives and related texts, written s. xi/xii by several hands, probably in the west country, perhaps Winchester. Contents:
fol. 41 Vita S. Ambrosii, by Paulinus (BHL 377)
fol. 43 Inventio S. Gervasii et Protasii (BHL 3514)
fol. 46 Inventio S. Nazarii (BHL 6050)
fol. 50 Vita S. Hieronymi, by Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino (BHL 3870)
fol. 55 Vita S. Hilarii Pictavensis, by Venantius Fortunatus (BHL 3885), with Letter to Bishop Pascentius
fol.61v LetterbyPseudo-Hilarius(seeBHL3887a,CPL465,andSASLCI,p.254) fol. 63 Sermon In Depositione S. Honorati, by Hilarius of Arles (BHL 3975) fol.73 LiberdeortuB.MariaeetinfantiaSalvatoris,ascribedtoJerome,withintro- ductory letters (BHL 5334–7; cf. CPL 633, and Machielsen (as for 180, above), IIA no. 899)
fol. 76v Vita S. Mariae Aegyptiacae, by Paulus Diaconus of Naples (BHL 5415) fol. 84 Vita S. Martialis (BHL 5552)
fol. 97 Vita S. Johannis Eleemosynarii, by Leontius Neapolitanus, trans. Anastasius Bibliothecarius (BHL 4388)
fol. 125v Beda, Vita S. Cuthberti (prose; Colgrave’s manuscript Cl)
fol. 155v Beda, Historia ecclesiastica IV, chs. 31 and 32.
Details about this manuscript, and especially about the Vita S. Mariae Aegyptiacae, in some recent publications are in need of revision.