brown. Spaces left for initials. Lives of saints, and an Irish translation of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi Inscription in English dated 1823 (f. 21v).Bought by the British Museum in 1832, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by
Cebes and an Old Man pointing to the Tabula Cebetis, facing a decorated initial with a full border, at the beginning of Philippus Albericus's Tabula Cebetis. A foreigner, Cebes, enters the temple of Saturn. He sees a painted tablet, now
Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of
Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of
Detail of an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of the Anglo-Saxon examples of the practice of inserting records in sacred
English f. 91v South English Legendary: Feast of the Circumcision ( IMEV 4266 ) English f. 92r South English Legendary: Epiphany ( IMEV 3813 ) English f. 92r South English Legendary: Life of St. Hilary ( IMEV 2912 )
Library Harley 201 ?s. vix English Scribe 1 - Scribal Dialect: Herefordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 363 258, LP 7500 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 199). Scribe 2 - Scribal dialect: Gloucestershire. Linguistic Grid Reference: 384 219, LP 7080
South English Legendary, Leeds Texts and Monographs, ns, 6, Leeds: Universi ty of Leeds School of English. G0rlach, M. 1998. Studies in Middle English Saints Legends , Heidelberg: Carl Winter. Horstmann, C., ed, 1887. The Early South English Legendary
English f.27r South English Legendary: Life of St. Chad (IMEV 2874 ) English f.28v South English Legendary: Life of St. Gregory (IMEV 2910 ) English f.29v South English Legendary: Life of St. Longinus (IMEV 2960 ) English f.30r South
Mediaeval English Presented to Angus McIntosh , Edinburgh: Middle English Dialect Project, pp. 251-264, pp. 255, 257, 259, and nn. 14, 16, 17. McIntosh, A., Samuels, M. L. and Benskin, M. 1986. A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English: County