Drawing of the personification of the winds in brown, red, and green (f. Drawing of figures with halos holding scrolls with Roman numerals written on them (f. Decoration: Frames, arches and decorative lines in red (ff. 9v), a diagram showing the phases of the moon in relation to the sun (f. 9v-10r), a diagram listing the signs of the zodiac (f. ![]() 8v-10v: Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae (On the Difference between the Circle and the Sphere), including tables (ff. 8v: A map of the world based on a T-O model, with some major cities and regions labelled. This copy of Byrhtferth's diagram does not have some of the text or the ogham inscriptions found in the copy in Oxford, St John's College MS 17, f. 8r: 'Byrthferth's diagram' of the physical and cosmological fours, labelled 'Hec figura composite est de concordia mensium atque elementorum'. 7v: A diagram of creation, with a mandorla surrounded by the names of the four Evangelists, the names of the Apostles, the names of Old Testament figures, notes on the hours of the day and night and the Old English names of the directions and wnds, along with notes on the place of the heavens in the structure of the creation. The first horizontal line begins 'O decus et cui vernat honor.' f. 1004), abbot of Fleury (see Lapidge and Baker, 'More Acrostic Verses' (1997), p. 7r: A diagram of complex acrostic poem which can perhaps be attributed to Abbo of Fleury (b. 6v: A diagram of the branches of knowledge, labelled 'Phylosophyae divisio'. 6r: A circular diagram, perhaps unfinished, listing the months and numbers related to lunar months. 5v: A circular diagram of the twelve winds, with each wind being depicted as a human head with wings, and a text beginning 'Martian. 5r: An Apuleian Sphere, with a diamond-shaped diagram labelled 'organu pp.', plus explanation beginning, 'De quacumque re scire volueris'. 4v: Apuleian spheres (prognosticating devices for predicting the survival of a patient), including a vertical list of letters assigned to Roman numerals, a circular diagram labelled 'ratio spe pythagori' with compartments labelled 'vita' and 'mors' and two human figures holding scrolls with Roman numerals. 4r-4v: Notes on years (anni communis) in frames of red arches. c 540) to Bonifatius on the date of Easter. 3r-4r: A letter from Dionysius Exiguus (b. 1r-2v: Part of an Easter-table with obits and other historical notices, pertaining to Peterborough Abbey. A fragment of the same manuscript is now Cotton MS Tiberius C I, ff. ![]() ![]() This copy was made at Peterborough Abbey in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century. This manuscript contains part of a computus, probably compiled by Byrhtferth of Ramsey (b.
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