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1. Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 169–307

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 169–307
Title:
Henry Knighton, Chronicon
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 169r-307r: Henry Knighton (d. 1396), Chronicon (Chronicle), beginning: 'Hoc opusculum post preclaros retroactorum eventuum in regno Anglie et eius confinibus luculentos cronografos'. [f. 307v is blank]. Decoration: 1 large pen-flourished initial H in blue ornamented with red (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius E III

2. Cotton MS Cleopatra D VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra D VII
Title:
John of Hildesheim, Historia Trium Regum; Des grantz geanz; Brut Chronicle (Short Version); Lamentation of Our Lady; four minor works by Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of works in Latin, Middle English and Anglo-Norman French. The core of the manuscript (ff. 80-189) dates to the middle of the 14th century, with subsequent additions up to the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. The contents include the Historia Trium Regum, a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 3–12

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 3–12
Title:
Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury; petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury; a letter of Pope John XXII; sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension (macaronic), and All Saints
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-4v: Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury. ff. 4v-6r: Petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury. f. 6r: A letter of Pope John XXII (r. 1316–1334). ff. 6v-12v: Sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension, and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina A V

4. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 103–106

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 103–106
Title:
Sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12 (partially macaronic)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 103r-106v: Anonymous, sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12; including a macaronic section on ff. 105v-106r concerning the Raising of Lazarus. Decoration: No decoration
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina A V

5. Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/6
Title:
Burnt fragments from Cotton MS Tiberius E VII
Scope & Content:
These 35 fragments formerly belonged to Cotton MS Tiberius E VII, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731. Now bound in two volumes, the manuscript contains a number of religious texts written in Middle English, inc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
35 fragments

6. Cotton MS Julius D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius D IX
Title:
South English Legendary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-307r: South English Legendary; with original marginal annotations in Latin; and added chapter numbers by a different 15th-century hand. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. [iii]recto: A title inscription: ‘Tractatus Festialis, in rithomo anglicano’; added in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Cotton MS Julius E IV/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius E IV/3
Title:
The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the third volume of Cotton MS Julius E IV. The other volumes are Cotton MS Julius E IV/1 and Cotton MS Julius E IV/2. This volume contains the only surviving copy of a Middle English illustrated biography of Richard Beauchamp (b. 1382, d. 1439), 13th Earl of Warwick during the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 224–225

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 224–225
Title:
Rental of Nailsbourne and Holway and other memoranda
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 224r-225r: A rental of Nailsbourne and Holway (f. 224r) followed by several memoranda. Decoration: No decoration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

9. Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 143–151

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 143–151
Title:
Sequence of prayers on the Litany; a memoria for St Ursinus of Bourges
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 143r-151v: Middle English prayers: to male martyr-saints (f. 143r); confessors (f. 143v); St John the Baptist (f. 144r); the Apostles (f. 144v); Christ (f. 145r); the Holy Ghost (f. 145v); the Trinity (f. 146r); the Virgin Mary (f. 146v); St Michael the Archangel (f. 147r); the Gu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B III

10. Cotton MS Tiberius B XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B XIII
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Speculum Ecclesiae; Gerald of Wales, De Rebus a Se Gestis; Roger of Ford, Speculum Ecclesiae
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts. The first part (ff. 1-185), copied in the first quarter of the 13th century, contains the only surviving copy of the Speculum Ecclesiae (Mirror of the Church) that Gerald of Wales (b. c. 1146, d. c. 1223), author and ecclesiastic, is thought to have ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

1 volume