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1. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI
Title:
Donatus, Ars maior; Interrogationes; a poem on Gregory the Great attributed to John the Deacon ; De formis qualiter causarum; Croniques de London, covering the years 1259–1343
Scope & Content:
This codex contains: f. 1r: early modern table of contents; ff. 2r-31r: Donatus, Ars maior; ff. 31v-47r: Interrogationes; ff. 47r–48r: poem on Gregory the Great attributed to John the Deacon; ff. 48r–53r: De formis qualiter causarum; f. 53v: blank; ff. 54r–106v: Croniques de London, co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
mid-10th century-mid-14th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Nero C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C IV
Title:
‘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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI
Title:
Ancrene Riwle; songs and prayers; a leaf from a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): (i) f. 1r-1v: A leaf from a Book of Hours with a miniature of the Annunciation; (ii) ff. 2r-203v: Ancrene Riwle; poems and prayers in Middle English, Anglo-Norman French and Latin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1420
Extent:

A parchment codex consisting of 2 items.

4. Cotton MS Nero D I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D I
Title:
Matthew Paris, Liber additamentorum
Scope & Content:
Matthew Paris, Liber additamentorum, a collection of original literary treatises and historical documents he assembled to support his research, rearranged in the 14th century (with later additions) and by Sir Robert Cotton.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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1250-1259
Extent:

Parchment codex

5. Cotton MS Tiberius B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B IV
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

6. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 2r–203v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 2r–203v
Title:
Ancrene Riwle, with added poems and prayers
Scope & Content:
Ancrene Riwle (Ancrene Wisse) in Middle English (ff. 4r–199r: Boffey 734.5, 1820, 1917, 2285, 3568): this is one of the two oldest surviving manuscripts of the text. Added in the 2nd half of the 13th century to 2nd half of the 14th century (ff. 9v lower margin, 57v, 199r–202v): Prayers in Lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

202 folios, bound together in a single volume with f. 1 of this manuscript.

7. Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 1–157

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 1–157
Title:
Cartulary of Peterborough Abbey
Scope & Content:
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
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina B III

8. Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, ff 121r–199v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, ff 121r–199v
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A VI

9. Cotton MS Julius A VII, ff 66–81

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius A VII, ff 66–81
Title:
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)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI, ff 54–106, ii-iii

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI, ff 54–106, ii-iii
Title:
Croniques de London, covering the years 1259–1343
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the unique copy of the Anglo-Norman Croniques de London, covering the years 1259–1343.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI