These folios (ff. i, 1-157) contain a cartulary of Peterborough abbey, written in Latin and Anglo-Norman French. It was apparently compiled for the sacrist George Fraunceys (fl. c. 1393-1407) at the beginning of the 15th century, with later additions (Briston and Halliday, Pilsgate (2009), p. xi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century-1st half of the 16th century
Verse miscellany, including ‘Uos qui sub Christo mundo certatis in isto’ (f. 66r–v: Walther 20826); (?)Philippe de Thaon, De conflictu corporis et anime (ff. 72v–77r: Dean 692); theological miscellany (ff. 79v–81r): 1st quarter of the 13th century; Latin (ff. 66r–72r, 77r–81v); Anglo-Norman French (ff. 72v–77r); origin British Isles; owned by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)
Contents: ff. 1r-39r: Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), Comput (Anglo Norman) [added Latin title ‘lib[er] de creaturis’, in a 15th-century script]. ff. 40v-41r: Two short Latin texts on the Computus (beginning ‘In anno quo ciclus’ and ‘Quicumque adventum domini celebrare desiderat’). ff. 41r...
‘Winchester Psalter’ or ‘Psalter of Henry of Blois’
Scope & Content:
Contents: Cottonian contents-page, 17th century, in the hand of William Dugdale (1605–1686) (f. 1r); Prefatory cycle comprising 38 full-page miniatures, with captions in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 2r–39v): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 986; Calendar, in Latin (ff. 40r–45v...
Matthew Paris, Liber additamentorum, a collection of original literary treatises and historical documents he assembled to support his research, rearranged in the 14th century (with later additions) and by Sir Robert Cotton. f. 1r: Notes related to the contents of the manuscript in a 17th-centur...
Chronicle of English history, AD 1042–1346 (incomplete)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain an imperfect chronicle of English history, between 1042-1346. Most of the text is written in Anglo-Norman, and there is some Latin (ff. 185r–195r, 197v–198v). Decoration: large initial in gold on a red and blue background with botanical details (f. 121r); initials in red an...
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle D; writs of Cnut; extracts from Anglo-Saxon Chronicle E; Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough.
Scope & Content:
This codex contains: f. 1r: an early modern table of contents and notes; f. 2r: a Cottonian frontispiece; ff. 3r- 86v: the 'D' version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, mostly written in the 11th century with some 16th-century supply leaves; ff. 87r-v: two writs of King Cnut for 1035; ff. 88r-9...
Walter of Guisborough, Chronicle; historical miscellany, including notes on Anglo-Scottish affairs
Scope & Content:
These folios contain: ff. 91r-210v: Walter of Guisborough's chronicle for the years 1066–1305; ff. 211r-218v: historical miscellany, including notes on Anglo-Scottish affairs, 1290–1314 (212v). Decoration: initials in red and blue with penwork, highlights and rubrics in red throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Benedeit, Voyage of St Brendan; Navigatio sancti Brendani; Vita Longini martyris; De signis quindecim.
Scope & Content:
The 'Voyage of St Brendan' is an Anglo-Norman French poem of the journey of St Brendan commissioned in the 12th century by Adeliza of Louvain (b. c. 1103, d. 1151), bride of King Henry I (r. 1100–1135), from a certain monk named Benedeit. This poem is presented on ff. 1r-11r. It is followed by t...
Roman de Brut, with continuation to Edward III; La Destruction de Rome; Fierabras
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-56v: An abridged version of Wace's Roman de Brut, beginning at line 4883 of the longer version (Weiss ed. (2002), p. 124); the first quire is misbound so the correct order of the text is ff. 2, 8, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1 (mostly illegible), 9. The text is imperfect at the beginning: ...
