21. Cotton MS Claudius C IX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius C IX
- Title:
- Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronicle; annalistic chronicle, AD 1–1171; William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum; Notarial copy of letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558–1603), issued at Hereford Cathedral; Charters of Kings Edward I (r. 1272–1307) and Henry III (r. 1216–72) of England for the Abingdon Abbey; Award of Norham, addressed to the abbot and convent of Battle; Liber terrarum of Abingdon Abbey and other memoranda
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript consists of three parts that were produced separately in England during the 12th and 13th centuries. The first part (ff. 4-17), written in the 2nd half of the 12th century, contains the Chronicle of the theologian Hugh of Saint-Victor (b. c. 1096, d. 1141). The second p...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century-1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
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A parchment codex