Cambridge University Library, Ff. i.27
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Cambridge University Library, Ff. i.27 is composite manuscript at the University of Cambridge
. It was formed by adding a 14th-century Bury St Edmunds book to a compendium of material from 12th-century northern England (items 1 to 11 in #Contents). The latter compendium had once been part of Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 66. With its original content, it had at one time been at Sawley Abbey
, though it was probably produced somewhere else, perhaps Durham
.
Ff. 1.27 as a whole came together in the 15th century or later, but pages 1 to 236 are earlier and paleographic evidence suggests that, with the exception of a continuation of Gildas
' De excidio Britanniae dating to the 14th century, the material therein shares the same origin. Ff. i 27 and Corpus Christ 66 manuscripts probably had a common origin with Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS. 139
("CCCC 139") as well, part of Ff. 1.27 being written in the same hand as part of 139's version of the Historia Regum
.
Pages 253 to 471 are occupied by later material including, among other works, Gerald of Wales's De Descriptione Hybernie, his Expugnatio Hibernica, Vita Sancti Patricii Episcopi, with most of the rest afterward being material relating to Wales.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. It was formed by adding a 14th-century Bury St Edmunds book to a compendium of material from 12th-century northern England (items 1 to 11 in #Contents). The latter compendium had once been part of Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 66. With its original content, it had at one time been at Sawley Abbey
Sawley Abbey
Sawley Abbey was an abbey of Cistercian monks in the village of Sawley, Lancashire, in England . Created as a daughter-house of Newminster Abbey, it existed from 1147 until its dissolution in 1536, during the reign of King Henry VIII of all England, Ireland, and France...
, though it was probably produced somewhere else, perhaps Durham
Durham
Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...
.
Ff. 1.27 as a whole came together in the 15th century or later, but pages 1 to 236 are earlier and paleographic evidence suggests that, with the exception of a continuation of Gildas
Gildas
Gildas was a 6th-century British cleric. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during this period. His renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens...
' De excidio Britanniae dating to the 14th century, the material therein shares the same origin. Ff. i 27 and Corpus Christ 66 manuscripts probably had a common origin with Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS. 139
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 139
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 139 is a northern English manuscript compiled in c. 1170. Apart from preliminary additions , it contains two separate volumes, comprising 180 folios in total. The original first volume has 165 folios in twenty gatherings, about half of which are occupied by the...
("CCCC 139") as well, part of Ff. 1.27 being written in the same hand as part of 139's version of the Historia Regum
Historia Regum
The Historia Regum is a historical compilation attributed to Symeon of Durham, which presents material going from the death of Bede until 1129. It survives only in one manuscript compiled in Yorkshire in the mid-to-late 12th century, though the material is earlier...
.
Contents
| pages | description | |
| 1 | 1–14 | Gildas, De Excidio Britanniae |
| 2 | 14–40 | Historia Britonnum (Nennian recension Nennius Nennius was a Welsh monk of the 9th century.He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work, This attribution is widely considered a secondary tradition.... ) |
| -- | 41–72 | 14th-century Bury St Edmunds book |
| 3 | 73–120 | Bede, De Temporibus |
| 4(a) | 122 | Preface to Symeon of Durham's Libellus de Exordio Libellus de exordio The Libellus de exordio atque procursu istius, hoc est Dunhelmensis, ecclesie , in short Libellus de exordio, is a historical work of marked literary character composed and compiled in the early 12th-century and traditionally attributed to Symeon of Durham... |
| 4(b) | 123–25 | Summary of Libellus de Exordio |
| 4(c) | 125–28 | Chapter headings for the Libellus de Exordio |
| 4(d) | 128–30 | Genealogy of Æthelwulf from William of Malmesbury William of Malmesbury William of Malmesbury was the foremost English historian of the 12th century. C. Warren Hollister so ranks him among the most talented generation of writers of history since Bede, "a gifted historical scholar and an omnivorous reader, impressively well versed in the literature of classical,... 's Gesta Regum Anglorum (chs 115 and 116), Series Regum Northymbrensium and list of English bishoprics and shires |
| 4(e) | 129–86 | Symeon of Durham's Libellus de Exordio |
| 5 | 187–94 | A continuation of Libellus de Exordio to death of Geoffrey Rufus Geoffrey Rufus Geoffrey Rufus was a medieval Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor of England.-Life:Rufus' parentage and upbringing is unknown. The circumstances around his acquisition of the nickname "Rufus" have not been discovered either. He was a royal clerk before being named the tenth Lord Chancellor and... (died 1141), but including a passage on Hugh de Puiset Hugh de Puiset Hugh de Puiset was a medieval Bishop of Durham and Chief Justiciar of England under King Richard I. He was the nephew of King Stephen of England and Henry of Blois, who both assisted Hugh's ecclesiastical career... (bishop of Durham 1153–1195) |
| 6 | 194 | List of Durham relics |
| 7 | 195–201 | Historia de Sancto Cuthberto Historia de Sancto Cuthberto The Historia de Sancto Cuthberto is a historical compilation finished some time after 1031. It is an account of the history of the bishopric of St Cuthbert—based successively at Lindisfarne, Norham, Chester-le-Street and finally Durham—from the life of St Cuthbert himself onwards. The latest event... |
| 8 | 201–02 | List of gifts from Æthelstan, king of England, to St Cuthbert |
| 9 | 203–20 | Æthelwulf, De Abbatibus De abbatibus De abbatibus is a Latin poem in eight hundred and nineteen hexameters by the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon monk Æthelwulf , a name meaning "noble wolf", which the author sometimes Latinises as Lupus Clarus... |
| 10 | 221–36 | Richard of Hexham Richard of Hexham Richard of Hexham was an English chronicler. He became prior of Hexham about 1141, and died between 1155 and 1167.He wrote Brevis Annotatio, a short history of the church of Hexham from 674 to 1138, for which he borrowed from Bede, Eddius and Symeon of Durham... , De Statu et Episcopis Hagustaldensis Ecclesie |
| 11 | 237–52 | Gilbert of Limerick, De Statu Ecclesie |
Pages 253 to 471 are occupied by later material including, among other works, Gerald of Wales's De Descriptione Hybernie, his Expugnatio Hibernica, Vita Sancti Patricii Episcopi, with most of the rest afterward being material relating to Wales.