Misc. historica — Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Benedictine abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr.
| Provenance: | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Benedictine abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr. |
| Location: | Corpus Christi College , Cambridge |
| Shelfmark: | 66A |
| Author/Title: | Misc. historica |
| Type of evidence: | e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution |
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| Notes on evidence: | 'Liber de communitate monachorum S. Edmundi in quo subscripta continentur. . .' (front flyleaf; usual contents table). 'J .90.' on piece of vellum pasted on. |
| Contents of the book: |
(fols. 117–67r) Jacques de Vitry, Historia orientalis (fols. 67r–110r) Willelmus de Rubruk OFM, Itinerarium ad partes orientales (fols. 110r–116r) Itinerarium usque ad paradisum terrestrem (fols. 116r–127r) Imago mundi, liber primus (fols. 127r–130r) Iohannes presbyter ("Prester John"), Epistola Manueli Comneno imperatori Graecorum (fols. 130v–138v) Iohannes de Sacro Bosto, Tractatus de sphaera
(fols. 139r–208r) ps. John of Damascus, Barlaam et Iosaphat
(fols. 208r–221v) Imago mundi, liber secundus; inc.: "Priori libello globum ..."
(fols. 221v–224r) Legend of the Cross before Christ
(fols. 224v–227r) Seth or The Holy Rood in Verse; inc.: "Apres ke Adam fu getez ..."
(fols. 227r–228r) Childhood of Jesus; inc.: "En cel tens ke herodes saueit ..."
(fols. 228r–230r) Jacques de Virty, Historia orientalis (excerpt)
(fols. 230r–v) Bede the Venerable, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (excerpt from bk 5)
(fols. 230v–231r) Bede the Venerable, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (excerpt from bk 5)
(fols. 231r–232v) The birth and life of Pilate (extract from Legenda Aurea)
(fol. 232v) The birth and life of Judas (extract from Legenda Aurea)
(fols. 233r–234v) Visio Rodulfi
(fols. 234v–235v) De Stephano monacho cartusiensi
(fols. 235v–238v) ps. Methodius, Revelationes
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| Date: | s. xiv |
| Pressmark: | J.90 |
| Ownership: |
Matthew Parker(1504–1575), archbishop of Canterbury. |
| Notes: | Cambridge, UL, MS Ff.1.27 pp. 253–642 and Corpus Christi College, MS 66 pt 2 formed one volume. |