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MS. Fairfax 6

Summary Catalogue no.: 3886

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1.

Reginald of Durham (?), De ortu S. Cuthberti

2.

Bede, Vita S. Cuthberti metrica

3.

Bede, Vita S. Cuthberti

4.

Reginald of Durham, Libellus de admirandis beati Cuthberti uirtutibus

5.

Reginald of Durham, Libellus in honorem S. Oswaldi regis

6.

Life of St. Aidan

7.

Life of St. Eata

8.

Reginald of Durham (?), Sermo de uita et miraculis S. Ebbae uirginis

9.

Bede, Historia abbatum

10.

11.

Life of St. Godric

12.

Geoffrey of Coldingham (?), Life of St. Bartholomew

13.

Libellus de iniusta vexatione Willelmi episcopi primi Dunelmensis per Willelmum regem

14.

Simeon of Durham, Historia ecclesiae Dunelmensis (with continuation to 1144)

15.

Geoffrey of Coldingham, De statu ecclesie Dunelm. qui incipit ad obitum Willelmi episcopi de Sancta Barbara

16.

Robert Graystanes (?), Historia de statu ecclesiae Dunelmensis

17.

William Chambre (?), Historia de statu ecclesiae Dunelmensis

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; English, Durham

Provenance and Acquisition

Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: Letter mark "P". (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Laud Misc. 700 is probably copied from Fairfax 6, whence also passages were copied in BL, Harley 4843. "Nomen scriptoris est petrus plenus amoris." (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 773

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 774

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 775

Bibliography

Online resources:

MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.