Cambridge University Library, Ff. i.27 is a composite manuscript at the University of Cambridge. It was formed by adding a 14th-century Bury St Edmunds book to a compendium of material from 12th-century northern England (items 1 to 11 in the Contents).Rollason, Libellus, p. xxiv The latter compendium had once been part of Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 66.Rollason, Libellus, p. xxvi With its original content, it had at one time been at Sawley Abbey in Lancashire, though it was probably produced somewhere else, perhaps Durham.Rollason, Libellus, pp. xxvi–xxvii It is a source for the Durham poem, which describes the city and its relics.
Ff. 1.27 as a whole came together in the 15th century or later, but pages 1 to 236 are earlier and paleographic evidence suggests that, with the exception of a continuation of Gildas' De excidio Britanniae dating to the 14th century, its material shares the same origin.South, Historia, pp. 17–18 Ff. i 27 and Corpus Christi 66 manuscripts probably had a common origin with Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS. 139 ("CCCC 139") as well, part of Ff. 1.27 being written in the same hand as part of 139's version of the Historia Regum.South, Historia, pp. 18–19
Contents
Part PagesDescription I 1–14 Gildas, De Excidio Britanniae I 14–40 Historia Brittonum (Pseudo-Nennius recension) II 41–71 Historia Brittonum (Pseudo-Gildas recension) III 73–120 Bede, De Temporibus IV(a) 122 Preface to Symeon of Durham's Libellus de Exordio IV(b) 123–125 Summary of Libellus de Exordio IV(c) 125–128 Chapter headings for the Libellus de Exordio IV(d) 128–130 Genealogy of Æthelwulf from William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum (chs 115 and 116), Series Regum Northymbrensium and list of English bishoprics and shires IV(e) 129–186 Symeon of Durham's Libellus de Exordio IV 187–194 A continuation of Libellus de Exordio to death of Geoffrey Rufus (died 1141), but including a passage on Hugh de Puiset (bishop of Durham 1153–1195) IV 194 List of Durham relics V 195–201 Historia de Sancto Cuthberto V 201–202 List of gifts from Æthelstan, king of England, to St Cuthbert VI 203–215 Æthelwulf, De AbbatibusVI215-216Æthelwulf, De regibus et regnis et episcopatibus totius AngliaeVII217-220Visiones VIII 221–236 Richard of Hexham, De Statu et Episcopis Hagustaldensis Ecclesie IX 237–242 Gilbert of Limerick, De Statu EcclesieX243-252Britannorum reges, Cronicum de regibus Francorum, etcXI253-355Gerald of Wales, Topographia HibernicaXI355-453Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio HibernicaXII453-471Vita Sancti Patricii EpiscopiXIII473-494Gerald of Wales, Descriptio KambriaeXIV499-567Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium KambriaeXIV568-600H. de Saltereia, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti PatriciiXIV600-609Sigebert of Gembloux, Chronicon (excerpts)XIV610-618Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae, VII, Vaticinium MerliniXIV618-636Rhygyfarch, Vita Sancti DavidXV638-642Geoffrey of Wells, De Infantia Sancti Edmundi
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External links CCCC MS 66A (parkerweb.stanford.edu) MS Ff.1.27