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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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Old EnglishLatin language

Carmen rhythmicum (Aldhelm)

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Aldhelm

Aldhelm

(d. 709)

abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse

Latin octosyllabic poem by Aldhelm, in which he describes a terrific storm that raged as he passed through Cornwall (Cornubia) on his way to Devon (Domnonia). It is addressed to a certain Lector, casses catholice / atque obses anthletice. The use of casses (helmet) and obses (hostage) has been interpreted as a reference to someone named Helmgisl. Lapidge suggests that Helmgisl may perhaps be identified with Hæmgisl, first abbot of Glastonbury.

Latin languageCornwallDevon

De antiquitate Glastonie ecclesie (William of Malmesbury)

prose

William of Malmesbury

William of Malmesbury

(d. in or after 1142)

Anglo-Norman monk of the Benedictine foundation at Malmesbury, known as a historian, scholar and hagiographer.

Latin languageGlastonbury abbey

De concordia mensium atque elementorum (Byrhtferth's diagram)

diagram

prose

Byrhtferth of Ramsey

Byrhtferth of Ramsey

(c. 970–c. 1020)

English monk and scholar

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Elaborate diagram of the ‘harmony of the months and elements’, which once occupied a single page in a largely computistical manuscript compiled by Byrhtferth of Ramsey (c. 970–c. 1020). The original of this compilation is lost, but two independent ‘copies’ made in the early 12th century remain. The diagram aligns different aspects of time (solstice, equinox, months, seasons, ages of man), the zodiac and the four elements, and in this way, introduces a number of key concepts relevant to computus. In the Oxford manuscript, the diagram comes right at the end of a section (ff. 3r-7v) which contains a miscellaneous variety of short texts and visual designs related to computus, and directly precedes another section (ff. 8r-15v) containing tables and texts on computus.

Latin languagediagrams

De temporibus (Bede)

prose

Bede

Bede

(d. 735)

English monk at Monkwearmouth-Jarrow; author of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum and works on various religious and theological subjects.

Short, influential and widely disseminated Latin tract on the topic of time-reckoning, written c.703 by the Northumbrian monk Bede. Bede came to revisit this topic at greater length when in c.725 he wrote De tempore rationum.

Latin languagetime-reckoning

De temporum ratione (Bede)

prose

Bede

Bede

(d. 735)

English monk at Monkwearmouth-Jarrow; author of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum and works on various religious and theological subjects.

Influential Latin treatise by the Northumbrian monk Bede on the methods of calculating time and the construction of a Christian calendar (computus). The work was preceded by Bede's briefer treatment of the same subject known as De temporibus.

Latin language

Descriptio Cambriae (Gerald of Wales)

prose

Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales

(c. 1146–1220 x 1223)

No short description available

Latin language

Épinal-Erfurt glossary

prose

list

Latin-Old English glossary compiled in England in the late 7th century.

Old EnglishLatin language

Expugnatio Hibernica

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Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales

(c. 1146–1220 x 1223)

No short description available

Latin language

Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

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Bede

Bede

(d. 735)

English monk at Monkwearmouth-Jarrow; author of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum and works on various religious and theological subjects.

A history in five books on the churches and peoples of England.

Latin language

Itinerarium Cambriae (Gerald of Wales)

prose

Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales

(c. 1146–1220 x 1223)

No short description available

Latin language

Letter from Aldhelm to Acircius

prose

verse

Aldhelm

Aldhelm

(d. 709)

abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse

Lengthy letter by Aldhelm addressed to Acircius, i.e. Aldfrith, king of Northumbria. It consists of five parts: (I) the opening address to Acircius; (II) a treatise on the number seven; (III) a treatise on Latin metrics in a question-and-answer format, including (IV) the Aenigmata or Aldhelm's collection of riddles; and finally, (V) an epilogue.

Latin language

Letter from Aldhelm to Cellán

prose

Aldhelm

Aldhelm

(d. 709)

abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse

Letter from Aldhelm in reply to Cellán (Lat. Cellanus), abbot of Perrona, Neustria (modern Péronne, Picardy). The form in which the text survives is as a quotation in Book V of William of Malmesbury's Gesta pontificum Anglorum, along with Cellán's letter.

Latin languageLetter

Letter from Aldhelm to Gereint

prose

Aldhelm

Aldhelm

(d. 709)

abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse

Letter written by Aldhelm, then abbot of Malmesbury, to Gereint, king of Dumnonia, and to his sacerdotes.

Latin languageLetter

Letter from Aldhelm to Heahfrith

prose

Aldhelm

Aldhelm

(d. 709)

abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse

A letter from Aldhelm to an Englishman named Heahfrith. It was written to dissuade him from studying in Ireland, preferring the new English learning represented by the teachings of Theodore and Hadrian to the state of learning in Ireland.

Latin languageLetter

Letter from Aldhelm to Wihtfrith

prose

Aldhelm

Aldhelm

(d. 709)

abbot of Malmesbury and later, bishop of Sherborne; known as an author of a number of elaborate Latin tracts in prose and in verse

A letter from Aldhelm to an English student named Wihtfrith. Wihtfrith intends to study in Ireland, but Aldhelm advises him against it. The form in which the text survives is as a quotation in Book V of William of Malmesbury's Gesta pontificum Anglorum.

Latin languageLetter

Letter from Cathwulf to Charlemagne

prose

CathwulfCathwulf

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Letter dated to c.775 written by an Anglo-Saxon scholar known as Cathwulf to Charlemagne.

Latin language

Liber revelationum (Peter of Cornwall)

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Peter of CornwallPeter of Cornwall

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

A collection of stories about visions of the afterlife and supernatural events, many them culled from a variety of sources

Latin language

Mæielbriðus MacDurnani

verse

beg. Mæielbriðus MacDurnani

Anglo-Latin metrical inscription in the Mac Durnan Gospels (f. 3v), written in square capitals. It says that the manuscript was written by or at the behest of Máel Brigte mac Tornáin and that Æthelstan, king of England (r. 924-939), donated it to Christ Church, Canterbury.

Latin languageMáel Brigte mac Tornáin

Otia imperialia (Gervase of Tilbury)

prose

Gervase of Tilbury

Gervase of Tilbury

(1150s–d. in/after 1222)

No short description available

Encyclopaedic work written by the English jurist and cleric Gervase of Tilbury. It was dedicated to Emperor Otto IV and intended for his instruction and entertainment, although it is unclear if he ever heard or read the work. The work is divided into three books or decisiones: book I covers the early history of the world, from Creation onwards; book II offers a historical geography of the world (mappa mundi) and its provinces, with excursions on the Holy Land and the six ages of the world. While anecdotal material, including legends about marvels (mirabilia), is found throughout the first two books, book III is entirely devoted to marvellous phenomena.

Latin language

Prophetiae Merlini Silvestris

prose

Merlin

Merlin

(time-frame ass. with King Arthur)

magician in Arthurian legend; primarily a creation of Geoffrey of Monmouth, who appears to have based his character on the prophet Myrddin as well as Ambrosius Aurelianus.

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A collection of prophecies of English kings, which are much indebted to Book VII of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia. Not every manuscript witness contains the full set, but the complete version consists of three texts: (1) Arbor fertilis, about Edward the Confessor’s dream vision concerning the Norman invasion and the accession of Henry II; (2) Sicut rubeum draconem, a king-list running from William I to John; and (3) Mortuo leone, concerning Stephen and Henry II.

Latin language

S 400

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Copy of an Anglo-Saxon charter, dated 928, by which Æthelstan, king of England (924-939) granted 12 hides at Odstock, Wiltshire, to Byrhtferth, his minister.

Latin languageCharterHywel Dda ap CadellIdwal Foel ab AnarawdGwriad ... king of Gwent

Speculum duorum

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Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales

(c. 1146–1220 x 1223)

No short description available

Latin language

Topographia Hiberniae

prose

Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales

(c. 1146–1220 x 1223)

No short description available

A work written in Latin by the Norman-Welsh clergyman Gerald of Wales in which he gives an ethnographic account of Ireland and her inhabitants. Gerald wrote the work after two visits to relatives in Ireland in the 1180s and later produced a revised recension.

Latin language

Tractatus de Purgatorio sancti Patricii

prose

H. of SaltryH. of Saltry

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

On the Purgatorium sancti Patricii and the vision of a knight called Owein

Latin languagePurgatóir Pátraic ... Patrick's Purgatory / Station IslandCounty Donegal/Dún na nGallpilgrimagesLoch Derg

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