Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
4th quarter 10th century-2nd half 16th century, This manuscript contains two separate collections of Old English texts, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): f. 2: a 17th-century Cottonian flyleaf.f. 3: a medieval endleaf, containing historical memoranda copied in Latin in the 1st half of the 15th century (f. 3r) and in French in the 2nd half of the 16th century. ff. 4–93: the 'Southwick Codex' copied in the2nd half of the 12th century, comprising: the Old English adaptation of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia, sometimes attributed to Alfred the Great (ff. 4r–59v: imperfect); an Old English version of the Gospel of Nicodemus (ff. 60r–86v: imperfect); the prose Dialogues of Saturn and Solomon (ff. 86v–93v); and a homily on St Quintin (f. 93v: imperfect). ff. 94–209: the 'Nowell Codex' copied at the end of the 10th century or in the early 11th century, comprising: an Old English homily on St Christopher (ff 94r–98r: imperfect); an Old English version of the Marvels of the East (ff. 98v–106v); an Old English version of the letter purporting to be of Alexander to Aristotle (ff. 107r–131v); Beowulf (ff. 132r–201v); and Judith (ff. 202r–209v: imperfect). A Psalter leaf that Cotton bound in this volume, formerly foliated as f. 1, has been removed to form Royal MS 13 D I*, f. 37.
 
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