Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 393: Historia Eliensis

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Title:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 393: Historia Eliensis
Alternate Title:
Historia Eliensis
Language:
Latin
Extent:
ff. 1 + 82 + 1
Dimensions:
220 Height (mm) and 150 Width (mm)
Approximate Date:
[ca. 1100 - 1199]
Provenance:
From Ely Priory. On the R. margin of f. 1r is the Ely mark erased. The lower edge of the leaf has been cut off. On f. 82v below the text is an erased inscription: iste liber pertinet ecclesie de ely.
Table of contents:
  • Vita et miracula beatae Æthelthrythae
  • Vita et miracula Sanctae Etheldredae metrice
  • Description of the Isle of Ely
  • Vita Sanctae Wihtburgae virginis
  • Lectiones in festiuitate Sanctae Sexburgae
  • Lectiones in natale Sanctae Eormenhilde
  • Vita Sanctae Werburgae
Description:
CCCC MS 393 contains the Historia Eliensis, an account of the history of the Benedictine cathedral priory of Ely written c. 1130 at Ely, with press marks and inscriptions revealing that it remained there throughout the medieval period. The manuscript contains a number of important hagiographical texts relating to the lives and miracles of saints associated with the priory, including the unique copy of the Vita et miracula Sanctae Etheldredae metrice by Gregory of Ely OSB (d. after 1116), and another important text describing the posthumous miracles of St Etheldreda.
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