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11. Cotton MS Appendix LIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LIV
Title:
Copies of English royal charters (2r); compotus of the English king’s castles in France, 1376–1377 (3r–14r)
Scope & Content:
Dated: 1st half of the 15th century (2r); last quarter of the 14th century (3r–14r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

12. Cotton MS Appendix LIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LIX
Title:
James Hall, Account of the Danish expedition to Greenland, 2 May–10 August 1605, including ‘A tophigraphicall discription of the land as I did discover the same’ (7r–v) and ‘The forme and maner of the langage ussid amonges their savage people’ (English–Inuit glossary) (10r–v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English; English and Inuit
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greenlandic
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

13. Cotton MS Appendix LV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LV
Title:
Roll of a view of frankpledge of lands in Devon, temp. Henry VI (1422–1461, 1470–1471) (imperfect)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

14. Cotton MS Appendix LVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI
Title:
St Augustine of Hippo, De Doctrina Christiana (imperfect); Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Celestianos; Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, De Processione Spiritus Sancti; Pope Paschal II, Epistolae; A record of the primacy of Canterbury, 1072; Acts of the Council of Rome, 1112; 'Aethicus Ister', Cosmographia; Computistical tables; Calendar; Computistical treatises; Historia Francorum; Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Leaf of a Psalter; Medieval endleaf; Book of Genesis,...
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains seven parts (ff. 1-4; ff. 5-60; ff. 61-90; ff. 91-111; f. 112; f. 113; ff. 114-122) that were most likely produced at different locations in England and in different periods of time. These parts were joined together in the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

15. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, f 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, f 112
Title:
Leaf of a Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 112r-112v: The Book of Psalms, excerpt: Psalms 6-7, imperfect at the end. Decoration: 2 medium initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in the opposite colour; small initials in blue or red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

16. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 1–4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 1–4
Title:
St Augustine of Hippo, De Doctrina Christiana (incomplete)
Scope & Content:
This part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI was part of the same medieval manuscript as Cotton MS Vespasian E IV, ff. 203-210 (see Watson, Savile (1969), pp. 48-49 (no. 158); Tite, The Early Records (2003), p. 230). Contents: ff. 1r-4v: St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430), De Doctrina Christiana (O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

17. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 5–60

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 5–60
Title:
Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Celestianos; Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, De Processione Spiritus Sancti; Pope Paschal II, Epistolae; A record of the primacy of Canterbury, 1072; Acts of the Council of Rome, 1112
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-32r: Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Celestianos (Hypomnesticon Against the Pelagians and Celestinans). ff. 32r-56r: Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit), extracts. ff. 56v-57r, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

18. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 61–90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 61–90
Title:
'Aethicus Ister', Cosmographia (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 61r-90r: 'Aethicus Ister' and Pseudo-Jerome (translator), Cosmographia, imperfect at the beginning and end: the text ends with Aethicus Ister’s alphabet. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 90v: Latin notes, added in the (?) 15th century. [f. 90v is blank]. Decorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

19. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 91–111

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 91–111
Title:
Computistical tables; Calendar; Computistical treatises; Historia Francorum; Philippe de Thaon, Comput
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 91r-91v: Computistical tables, the second one for the years 1133-1177. ff. 92r-97v: Calendar, adapted for the use of Canterbury. ff. 98r-108v: Computistical treatises. f. 109r: Genealogy of kings in Anglo-Norman, beginning ‘Hic est Istoria Francorum’ (Anglo-Norman). ff. 10...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

20. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 114–122

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 114–122
Title:
Book of Genesis, excerpt; De Conceptione Beate Marie Virginis
Scope & Content:
This part was written by two scribes: the first scribe worked in the last quarter of the 14th century or 1st quarter of the 15th century (114r-120v); the second scribe worked in the 1st half of the 15th century (120v-122r). Contents: ff. 114r-120v: Excerpt from the Book of Genesis, excerpt (Ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

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