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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Place Peterborough, England

1. Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 2–45

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 2–45
Title:
Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-45r : Pseudo-John of Peterborough (fl. 1369), Peterborough Chronicle from AD 654-868, 890-1368, copied in the 2nd half of the 14th century. A continuation from AD 869-899 (ff. 5v-9r), is copied in an early modern hand from the 1st quarter of the 17th century. This manuscript c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A V

2. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 85–215

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 85–215
Title:
Rentals of Peterborough Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 85r-215v: Rentals of the Benedictine abbey of Peterborough, the first of which is dated 1393.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

3. Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 256–269

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 256–269
Title:
Account of a dispute between Henry III and his barons; A record of a dispute between Peterborough Abbey and the inhabitants of Dodesthorpe; A chronicle of British history, Brutus–1388
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 256r-262r: Account of a dispute between King Henry III (r. 1216–1272) and his barons. ff. 262v-267v: A record of a dispute between Peterborough Abbey and the inhabitants of Dodesthorpe. ff. 268v-269r: A chronicle of British history, Brutus–1388. [f. 268r and f. 269v are blank...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Otho D VIII

4. Cotton MS Tiberius C I, ff 2r-42v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius C I, ff 2r-42v
Title:
De temporibus, Heptametron de primordio mundi, Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum, De duodecim signis
Scope & Content:
Content: This part was originally bound together with Harley MS 3667. Both are two fragments from a larger manuscript. This part was probably written between 1120-1135 at Peterborough (see Ker, 'Membra Disiecta' (1938)). Contents: f. 2r: Tables for determining the movable feasts. f. 2v: Exc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius C I