The Production and Use of English Manuscripts 1060 to 1220

Takako Kato

London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius C. vi

Gloss; Homily

Date: s. ximed

Summary:

Continuous Old English gloss to the Gallican Version of the Psalter. The preliminary quires also contain two entries in English from s. ximed: a homily, De septiformi spitritu, and a heading in red rustic capitals.

Manuscript Items:

1. Item: fols 29v-30r

   Title (B.1.6.3): Ælfric, Tracts: De Septiformi Spiritu [Be þam halgan gaste]

   Incipit: (fol. 29v) Her is þæt ylce on ænglisc. Isaias se ƿitega aƿrat on his ƿitegunge be þam halgan gaste

   Explicit: (fols 29v-30r) hƿæðer him goddes gast on ƿunige || oððe þæs gramlican deofles

   Text Language: English

2. Item: fol. 30r

   Title (B.12.4.10.3): Rubrics and Directions for the use of Forms of Service

   Addition: (fol. 30r) Ðis gebed Baeda sang æt ðam saltere

   Text Language: English

3. Item: fols 31r-129v

   Title (C.7.6): Gloss to Psalms [Gallican version]

   Incipit: (fol. 31r) (incipit illegible)

   Explicit: (fol. 129v) þa þe andrædað hihte on drihten gefylsta heora ˥ gefyld is

   Text Language: English

Administration Information:

Described by Takako Kato with the assistance of Sanne van der Schee, with reference to published scholarship (2010; 2012).

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