MIrA • Manuscripts

City	Library	Shelfmark/section	Contents	Script	Dating	Origin	Categories
Berlin	Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz	Lat. Qu. 690 (ff 65–188)	Augustine, Enchiridion	Caroline minuscule	IX 2/4 or IX med	Reichenau? Mainz (circle of Probus)?	V
Bern	Burgerbibliothek	207 + 1 other unit	Donatus; Maximus Victorinus, De Finalibus Metrorum; Asper; Sergius; Alcuin, De Grammatica; Bede, De Schematibus et Tropis; Isidore, Etymologiae (1); Julian of Toledo; Probus, De Ultimis Syllabis	Mixed minuscule	779–797	Fleury	V
Bern	Burgerbibliothek	258	Glossary with glosses from Haimo of Auxerre and Eriugena, Glossae divinae historiae		X or XI	Angers	V
Bern	Burgerbibliothek	363	Dioscorides; Servius (Ecl., Geo., Aen to 7.16); Chirius Fortunatus; Augustine on dialectic and rhetoric; Horace (Odes, Epodes, Carmen Saeculare, Ars Poetica, Satires to 3.134); extracts from Ovid, Metamorphoses; Bede, History; Priscian, De laude Anastasii imperatoris; poems	Irish minuscule	IX med	N Italy (Milan?)? Strasbourg? St Gall?	V
Cambrai	Bibliothèque municipale	679 (619)	Collectio Canonum Hibernensis (incl. Cambrai Homily)	Early Caroline minuscule	VIII²	prob. Cambrai (or Péronne?)	V T
Cambridge	Corpus Christi College, Parker Library	144	Corpus Glossary	Insular minuscule	VIII (or IX?)	England	V
Cambridge	Corpus Christi College, Parker Library	279	Canon law (Liber ex lege Moysi)		IX²	Tours	V
Cambridge	St John's College	C.9 (olim 59) (Southampton Psalter)	Psalms	Irish minuscule	late 10th or early 11th cent.	Ireland	Or S V
Cambridge	University Library	Ff.4.42 (1285)	Juvencus		IX²	Wales	V
Cambridge	University Library	Ii.6.32 (Book of Deer)	Gospels; liturgical rite for visitation of the sick (28v–29r)	Irish minuscule	c. 850–1000, prob. IX¹	Deer (Scotland)	V
Dresden	Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek	A.145.b (Codex Boernerianus)	Pauline Epistles (Greek, Latin interlinear)	Irish minuscule	IX med	St Gall?	V
Dublin	Royal Irish Academy	D II 3 (ff 12–67) (Stowe Missal)	Sacramentarium Celticum	Irish majuscule	VIII–IX (ca. 792)	Ireland (Lorrha? Tallaght?)	Or S V
Dublin	Trinity College	52 (Book of Armagh)	Muirchú, Vita Sancti Patricii; Dicta Patricii; Tírechán, Collectanea de Vita S Patricii; Patricius, Confessio; Gospels (Vetus Latina passim, Mt, Mc, Lc, Io); Sulpicius Severus, Vita S Martini, Dialogi de S Martino, Epistulae	Irish minuscule	IX in (ca. 807)	Ireland (Armagh)	Or S V
Dublin	Trinity College	55 (A.IV.15) (Codex Usserianus Primus)	Gospels (Vetus latina, Mt, Mc, Lc, Io fragm.)	Irish Half-Uncial	VII in	Irish centre	V
Dublin	Trinity College	59 (A.IV.23) (Book of Dimma)	Gospels (Mt, Mc, Lc, Io)	Irish cursive	VIII²	Ireland (Roscrea)	Or S V
Einsiedeln	Stiftsbibliothek	321 (647) (ff 27–156)	Computus	Caroline minuscule	IX 2/3	Lake Constance area/Strasbourg	V
Florence	Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana	Plut. 45.14	Virgil commentary (Philargyrius, Brevis expositio)	Caroline minuscule	IX 2/3	Central (?) France	V
Fulda	Landesbibliothek	Bonifatianus 3 (Cadmug Gospels)	Gospels (Vulgata, Mt 1.1–9.27, 11.25–28.20, Mc 1.1–10.1, 12.1–37, 14.1–16.20, Lc, Io 1.1–18.15, 19.27–21.25)	Irish minuscule	VIII	Fulda (or Ireland?)	Or S V
Hereford	Cathedral Library	O.III.2	Jerome, De viris illustribus; Decretum Gelasianum; Gennadius, De viris illustribus; Isidore, De viris illustribus; Augustine Retractationes; Cassiodorus, Institutiones (book 1); Isidore, Prohemia, extracts from De ecclesiasticis officiis, De ortu et obitu sanctorum patrum, Allegoriae	Caroline minuscule	IX 3/4	France?	Ex V
Jena	Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek	1	Charisius, Ars Grammatica (excerpta)	Irish minuscule	VIII ex	Uncertain	S V
Karlsruhe	Badische Landesbibliothek	Aug. perg. 18	Canon law, incl. Collectio Canonum Hibernensis		IX 1/4	Reichenau	T V
Karlsruhe	Badische Landesbibliothek	Aug. perg. 132 [palimpsest new] (Karlsruhe Priscian)	Priscian	Irish minuscule	IX 2/4	Soissons/NE France	V
Karlsruhe	Badische Landesbibliothek	Aug. perg. 167 [palimpsest new] (Karlsruhe Bede)	Computistica; Bede, De natura rerum, De temporum ratione	Irish minuscule	IX 1/2	NE France (Soissons?)? Ireland?	Or S V
Karlsruhe	Badische Landesbibliothek	Aug. perg. 195 (fol. 19) [palimpsest old]	Antiphonarium (Liturgia Sabbati Sancti (?))	Irish majuscule	VIII–IX	Ireland	Or S V
Karlsruhe	Badische Landesbibliothek	Aug. perg. 195 [palimpsest new]	Augustine, Soliloquia	Irish minuscule (& Half-Uncial)	IX 1/2	NE France (Soissons?)? Ireland?	Or S V
Karlsruhe	Badische Landesbibliothek	Aug. perg. 233 (ff 1–40)	Commentary on Catholic Epistles	Minuscule, some Alemannic character	IX 1/3	Reichenau	T V
Karlsruhe	Badische Landesbibliothek	Fragm. Aug. 18 [palimpsest old]	Sacramentarium (Antiphonarium)	Compressed Irish majuscule	VIII	Ireland	Or S Sb V
Laon	Bibliothèque municipale	26 (ff 1–27)	Cassiodorus, Expositio psalmorum	Irish minuscule	IX 1/2	Ireland? Irish colony in NE France?	Or S V
Laon	Bibliothèque municipale	55 [incl. frag.]	Bede, Commentarius in Parabolas Salomonis + (frag.) Augustine, De quantitate animae		IX 2/3	Ireland (?); circle of Eriugena	Or S Sb V
Laon	Bibliothèque municipale	444	Glossary, grammatica, poetry		IX 3/4	Laon	S Sb V
Laon	Bibliothèque municipale	447	Isidore, Etymologiae		IX 2/4	Mainz	Sb V
Leiden	Universiteitsbibliotheek	BPL 67 (Leiden Priscian)	Priscian, Periegesis, Ars grammatica, Institutio de Nomine, pronomine et verbo	Irish minuscule	838	France	Sb V
Leiden	Universiteitsbibliotheek	BPL 135 (ff 87–112) (Codex Burmannianus)	Clemens Scottus, Expositio in Barbarismo; Martianus Capella (frag. on grammar); excerpts from Georgicorum Brevis Expositio (Virgilii)		IX 2/4	NE France	V
Leiden	Universiteitsbibliotheek	BPL 2391 a	Boethius, De institutione arithmetica (frag.)	Irish minuscule	IX 2/4	Ireland? Continent?	Or S V
Leiden	Universiteitsbibliotheek	Voss. Lat. F. 96 A (Leiden Leechbook)	Medical text	Insular minuscule	prob. VIII/IX or IX in	Brittany (or Fleury?)	S* V
London	Lambeth Palace Library	1370 (MacDurnan’s Gospels)	Gospels		IX²	Ireland (Armagh?)	Or S V
Milan	Biblioteca Ambrosiana	A 138 sup.	Priscian (frag.)	Irish minuscule	IX	Bobbio? Ireland?	Or S V
Milan	Biblioteca Ambrosiana	C 301 inf. (Milan glosses)	Theodorus Mopsuestenus, Commentarii in Psalmos	Irish minuscule	VIII–IX	Ireland (Bangor? Leinster?)	Or S Sb V
Milan	Biblioteca Ambrosiana	F 60 sup. (ff 1–46, 58–77)	Excerpta ex Patribus	Irish minuscule	VIII	Ireland	Or S V
Milan	Biblioteca Ambrosiana	L 22 sup. (Ars Ambrosiana)	Ars Ambrosiana		IX 3/4	Bobbio or N Italy	V
Milan	Biblioteca Ambrosiana	L 22 sup. (ff 146, 147) + 2 other units	Computus; Calculus	Irish minuscule	VIII–IX vel IX¹	Ireland	Or S V
Munich	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek	Clm 6235	Anonymi Scoti Commentarius in epistulas Pauli; Pseudo-Jerome, In IV evangelia		IX 3/4	N Italy (Bobbio?)	T V Ex
Munich	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek	Clm 6415 (ff 1–45)	Donatus Ortigraphus		IX 2/4	N. Italy (Bobbio? Monza?)	V
Munich	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek	Clm 14429 [palimpsest new]	Liber Glossarum (ff 3r–221v), etc.		IX²	Reichenau or S Germany	S V
Munich	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek	Clm 14456 (Munich Computus)	Computus, etc.		IX 2/4	Regensburg	V
Munich	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek	Clm 14846	Erchanbertus, Commentarius in Donatum; Sortilegia Celtica		IX ex/X in	Lake Constance area?	Ex V
Nancy	Bibliothèque municipale	317 (356)	Grammatici Latini; Virgilius Maro; computus fragment	Irish minuscule	IX 1/4	Bobbio (Ireland?)	Or S V
Naples	Biblioteca Nazionale	IV.A.8 (ff 1–39) [palimpsest new]	Charisius, Ars Grammatica; Servus, De Centum Metris	Irish minuscule	VIII	Bobbio	S V
Naples	Biblioteca Nazionale	IV.A.34	Grammatica (Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, Sergius, Eutyches, Phocas, Consentius, Iulianus Toletanus, Malsachanus)		IX 1/4	Luxeuil	V
Naples	Biblioteca Nazionale	Lat. 2 (biff 57 & 70; 58 & 69; 59 & 68; 61 & 66) [palimpsest new]	Grammatica et Patristica Varia	Irish minuscule	VIII	Bobbio	S V
Orléans	Bibliothèque municipale	65 (olim 62) (pp 273–378)	Liber Questionum in Evangeliis		IX med	Fleury	V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 1841 (ff 1–24)	Epistula Alexandri de mirabilibus Indiae; Jerome, Commentarii in evangelium Matthaei; Excerpta; Pseudo-Jerome, Expositio in IV evangelia; etc.		IX c. 1/4 or 2/4	N Italy	V T
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 2384 (ff 1–153)	Anonymi Scotti Commentarius in Matthaeum; Bede, Libellus retractationis in Actus apostolorum; Liber Questionum in Evangeliis; etc.		c. 820	Saint-Denis	V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 3088 (ff 108–121)	Eriugena, Glossae divinae historiae (110v–115v)		IX 3/4	Reims?	V T
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 7960	Virgil commentary (Philargyrius, Brevis expositio)		IX med or X	Auxerre?	V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 9382	Old Testament, Prophets (Vulgata, Ier–Mal).	Anglo-Saxon majuscule	VIII in	Anglo-Saxon centre on the Continent	V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 10290	Priscian	Caroline minuscule	IX²	prob. Brittany	V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 10399 (ff 35–36) + Lat. 9528 (fol. 201)	Computistica (Dionysius Exiguus, Tabula Paschalis; Anatolius, Canon Paschalis); Augustine, De Genesi ad Literam (2.14); Gaudentius, Tractatus I in Exodum	Mixed Anglo-Saxon majuscule and minuscule	VIII	England? Ireland? Echternach?	Or* Or V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 10400 (ff 109–110) + 1 other unit	Eutyches, De Verbo (fragm.)	Irish minuscule	VIII–IX	Ireland	Or S V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 11308	Philargyrius; Georgicorum Brevis Expositio; Vita Virgilii; Commentum Aeneidos		IX 2/4	Reims	V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 11884 (ff 7–19)	Gregory the Great, Homiliae		IX	Ireland?	Or S V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 12021 (ff 33–139)	Canones	Caroline minuscule	IX 3/4 or X	Brittany	V
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 13026 (ff 121–181)	Eutyches, Cruindmel, Donatus Ortigraphus, Ars Malsachani (ff 161r–181v), etc.		IX 1/4	Corbie	V T
Paris	Bibliothèque nationale de France	Lat. 13048 (ff 1–30)	Adamnán, De locis sanctis; Venantius Fortunatus		IX¹	Corbie	V
Saint-Omer	Bibliothèque municipale	342 bis (fol. B)	Glossae super Amos	Insular majuscule and Insular minuscule	VII–VIII	Ireland or Wales	Or Or* V
St Gall	Stiftsbibliothek	136	Prudentius		IX med	St Gall	V
St Gall	Stiftsbibliothek	258	Alcuin, Commentary on John	Caroline minuscule	IX med	E France (Reims?)	V
St Gall	Stiftsbibliothek	904	Priscian		851	Ireland	Or S V
St Gall	Stiftsbibliothek	1395 (pp 418–419, 422–423, 426–427)	Litania (fragm.)	Irish majuscule	VIII²	Ireland	Or S V
St Gall	Stiftsbibliothek	VadSlg Ms. 317	Vita Findani	Caroline minuscule	IX/X or XI in	S Germany	V
St Paul im Lavanttal	Archiv des Benediktinerstifts	Cod. 86b/1 (Reichenauer Schulheft)	Vitae Virgilii; Ambrose , Hexameron (extracts); Old Irish poems; scholia on the Aeneid; astronomical table; Greek paradigms; Greek–Latin glossaries; etc.	Irish minuscule	840s	NE France (Laon? Soissons?)	S V
Turin	Biblioteca Nazionale	F.IV.1, fasc. 7	Pseudo-Jerome, Commentarii in Marcum (1.1–6, 14.52–15.21)	Irish minuscule	VIII–IX	Ireland	Or S V
Turin	Biblioteca Nazionale	F.IV.1, fasc. 9	Antiphonarium Celticum	Insular majuscule	VIII in	Ireland	Or S V
Turin	Biblioteca Nazionale	F.IV.24 (fol. 93) [palimpsest old]	Catholic Epistles (1 Pt, 2 Pt 1–13)	Irish minuscule	VIII	Ireland	Or S V
Turin	Biblioteca Nazionale	F.VI.2, fasc. 4	Liber questionum in evangeliis (frag.)		IX?	Bobbio	V
Vatican City	Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana	Lat. 13501/XXIV (ff 44–45)	Fragment on month names	Irish minuscule	IX	NE France (Soissons?)? Ireland?	S V
Vatican City	Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana	Pal. Lat. 68	Glossa in Psalmos (39–151)	Anglo-Saxon minuscule	VIII	England? (poss. Ireland?)	Or* T V
Vatican City	Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana	Reg. Lat. 215	OT glossary	Continental hand	876/7	Limousin? Tours? Laon?	V
Vienna	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek	Lat. 940	Commentary on Matthew (13r–142v); Jerome, Epistula ad Damasum papam; Gospel canons; Sedulius Scotus, Argumenta, etc.		IX in	Salzburg (or Saint-Amand)	Ex* V
Vienna	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek	Lat. 15298	Bede, De Temporum Ratione (7–22)	Irish minuscule	VIII–IX	Ireland	Or S V
Warminster	Library of the Marquess of Bath [Longleat House]	NMR 10589 (flyleaves)	Isidore, Etymologiae (6.16.6–17.9, 7.1.29–38)	Irish minuscule	VII–VIII	Ireland	Or S V
Würzburg	Universitätsbibliothek	M.p.th.f.12 (Würzburg Glosses)	Pauline Epistles (Vulgata, Rm, 1 Cor, 2 Cor, Gal, Eph, Phil, Col, 1 Th, 2 Th, 1 Tim, 2 Tim, Tit, Phlm, Hbr)	Irish minuscule	VIII ex	Ireland	Or S V
Würzburg	Universitätsbibliothek	M.p.th.f.61 [palimpsest new]	Gospels (Vulgata, Mt)	Irish majuscule	VIII²	Ireland	Or S V
Zürich	Zentralbibliothek	Rh. 73 (ff 1–29)	Adamnán, De locis sanctis; etc.	Caroline minuscule	842	Reichenau	V

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