London, British Library, Royal 2.A.XX

Images: British Library

Physical description: parchment, 24 × 18 cm., 52+iv fols., 1 col.

Language(s): Greek, Latin, Old English

Date: late 8th or early 9th cent. with additions and glosses into the 12th cent.

Provenance: Kingdom of Mercia (now western and central England)

Contents:

Epistle of Christ to Abgar (fols. 12r–13r)

Additional Contents: prayers related to the body, physical ailments, or healing, charms, extracts from the Gospels, liturgy, and glosses.

Catalogs:

Ker, N. R. Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957 (no. 248).

Thompson, E. Maunde and G. F. Warner. Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum. 2 vols. London: British Museum, 1881–1884 (Part II Latin, p. 60).

Warner, George F. and Julius P. Gilson. Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King’s Collections. 4 vols. London: British Museum, 1921 (vol. 1, pp. 33–36).

Other online databases: Wikipedia; Trismegistos; ELM; British Library

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 10 December 2017.