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111. Cotton MS Caligula A II, ff 3–139

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A II, ff 3–139
Title:
‘The Pistill of Susan’ (3r–5r: Boffey 3553, imperfect); Syr Egyllamore of Artois (5v–13r: Boffey 1725); John Lydgate, Stans puer ad mensam (14r–15v: Boffey 2233); John Lydgate, ‘Dietary’ (15v–16v: Boffey 824); John Lydgate, ‘The Chorle and the Birde’ (17r–22r: Boffey 2784); Octavian (22v–35r: Boffey 1774, Southern version); Thomas Chester, Launful Miles (35v–42v: Boffey 567); Libeaus Desconus (42v–57r: Boffey 1690); elegy on Ralph Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell (d. 1456) (57v–58r: Boffey 2411);...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

112. Cotton MS Caligula A IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A IX
Title:
Layamon’s Brut, The Owl and the Nightingale, religious and historical texts in Middle-English and Anglo-Norman French
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-194v: Layamon’s Brut (Boffey, no. 295), the most complete surviving copy of this work, composed in alliterative verse by Layamon, a priest at Areley Kings in Worcestershire, at the beginning of the 13th century. A second copy, much abbreviated, is found in Cotton MS Otho C XII...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

113. Cotton MS Caligula A XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XI
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Caligula A XI
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
4 items

114. Cotton MS Caligula A XI, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XI, f 14
Title:
Short Metrical Chronicle of England (14r: Boffey 1105, imperfect)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 item

115. Cotton MS Caligula A XI, ff 3–13, 15–169

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XI, ff 3–13, 15–169
Title:
Robert of Gloucester, Chronicle (3r–13v, 15r–168v: 1st version, Boffey 727, imperfect); verse beginning ‘Noctis sub silentio tempore brumali’ (169v: Walther 11894)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Middle English; Latin (169v) Dated: last quarter of the 13th century; 1st half of the 17th century (75r, 81r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

116. Cotton MS Caligula A XI, ff 170–286

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XI, ff 170–286
Title:
William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman (B version, Boffey 1459)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

117. Cotton MS Caligula D V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D V
Title:
Original documents relating to England and France in the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI of England
Scope & Content:
Bound fragments from a volume which originally consisted of 219 leaves, containing documents relating to the transactions between England and France in the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI of England. The volume was badly damaged in the Cotton Library fire of 1731 and some of the leaves were lost ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

118. Cotton MS Claudius A II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A II
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Claudius A II
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
3 items

119. Cotton MS Claudius A II, ff 3–156

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A II, ff 3–156
Title:
John Mirk, Festial, with verse prologue (3v–125v: Group A, Boffey 462, 956.5, 4068.3); notes on excommunication (125v–128r: Boffey 3372); excommunication ritual (128v: Boffey 1088.11); John Mirk, Instructions for parish priests (129r–154v: Boffey 961); principal feast-days of the year (154v–155r); notes on various popes (155v–156r)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Middle English; Latin (154v–155r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

120. 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:

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