Collection of Old English items, Written about 1730 (?) by G. Ballard
1. P. 1. 'Flores ex D. Augustini Soliloquiorum libro ... Saxonicè redditi a ... rege Aluredo': beg. 'Gaderode me j: onne rigelas [sic] & stucan sceaftas', a copy from MS. Junius 70, itself a copy of Brit. Mus. MS. Cotton Vitellius A. 15.
2. P. 67. Several smaller pieces in Old English:
- A homily, beg. 'Basilius se eadiga be ðam we ær awriton
- P. 95, 'Dominicæ orationis brevis expositio', beg. 'Ƿe firrste bede Þæt mann bitt', an extract from the Ormulum
- P. 99, Extracts from a martyrology, xii Kal. Dec. Passio S. Edmundi beg. 'Sum swyðe gelæred munuc'), and Non. Aug. Natale S. Oswaldi beg. 'Eftær ðan ðe Augustinus')
- P. 121, 'De Infantibus', beg. 'We biddað eow men', one of Ælfric's Homilies in MS. Junius 24
- P. 123, 'In dedicatione aecclesiae', beg. 'Men ða leofestan', one of Ælfric's Homilies, as above
- P. 147, 'Hu Bonefatius Sam Gotan gefillde ða flaxan', and other miracles of the saint, with an English translation (an extract from the Old English translation of the Dialogues of Gregory)
Dates
- Creation: Written about 1730 (?) by G. Ballard
Extent
158 pages
Language of Materials
- English, Old (ca.450-1100)
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Shelfmark
MS. Ballard 58
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 10844
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
10 3/8 × 8 in.
Repository Details
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