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1. Cotton MS Claudius D III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius D III
Title:
Bede, Martyrology; bilingual Rule of St Benedict; obituary calendar of Wintney Priory
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: an index to the Rule of St Benedict (ff. 52r-140v), A-H, written in the hand of Robert Cotton’s librarian, Richard James (b. 1592, d. 1638), with an additional list of contents (f. 2r). f. 3r: a rejected leaf from a martyrology, written in Latin. f. 3v: Simon of Waverl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1220-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/3
Title:
Burnt fragments from Cotton MS Otho B XI
Scope & Content:
These eight fragments most likely belonged to Cotton MS Otho B XI, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. The manuscript contains copies of the Old English version of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
8 fragments

3. Cotton MS Otho B X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho B X
Title:
Collection of fragmentary works in Old English, including Ælfric of Eynsham's Hexameron, saints' Lives and homilies, Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, and Gregory the Great's Regula pastoralis
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Otho B X was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731, and only fragments of around 53 of its leaves now remain. Following extensive restoration work undertaken at the British Museum by Sir Frederic Madden (b. 1801, d. 1873) and his assistant N. E. S. A. Hamilton, the fragmen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Middle of the 10th century-Middle of the 11th century
Extent:

1 volume

4. Cotton MS Titus A XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus A XV
Title:
John Joscelyn and John Parker, Old English-Latin dictionary (Volume I)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first volume of an Old English-Latin dictionary, made by John Joscelyn (b. 1529, d. 1603), an English clergyman and one of the first scholars of the Old English language, in collaboration with John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), son of Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archbi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

5. Cotton MS Titus A XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus A XVI
Title:
John Joscelyn and John Parker, Old English-Latin dictionary (Volume II)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the second volume of an Old English-Latin dictionary, made by John Joscelyn (b. 1529, d. 1603), an English clergyman and one of the first scholars of the Old English language, in collaboration with John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), son of Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Cotton MS Vespasian D XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XV
Title:
Pontifical, with medieval endleaves; a penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum; and St Jerome, De persecutione Christianorum (Ps.-Augustine, Sermo lx; Ps.-Caesarius of Arles, Homilia xx); Canones Cottoniani, an adaptation of the Iudicia Theodori; Amalarius, De ecclesiasticis officiis (excerpts, imperfect), with medieval endleaves including further excerpts from De ecclesiasticis officiis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-2nd half of 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

7. Harley MS 66

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 66
Title:
Transcripts of the Historia Sancti Albani scripta tempore Henrici III; excerpts from a register of Westminster Abbey attributed to Sulcard; excerpts from a cartulary of Abingdon Abbey; charters of the kings of Mercia, from King Oshere to King Alfred the Great; legal documents from the reign of Henry I to James I
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an early 17th-century collection of transcripts of historical and legal documents ranging from the 9th century to the 17th century. The legal documents are written largely in Latin, but some of the early documents also contain sections in Old English (ff. 61r-61v, 62r, 6...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Harley MS 438

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 438
Title:
A 'palaeographical' transcript of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 190 ('Archbishop Wulfstan's Handbook')
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: notes by John and William Retchford. ff. 3r-413v: A 'palaeographical' transcript of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 190 ('Archbishop Wulfstan's Handbook').
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Harley MS 441

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 441
Title:
A transcript of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 121
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Various notes by Edmund Gibson. f. 2r: The Nicene Creed in Old English written by Edmund Gibson. ff. 3r-96r: A 'palaeographical' transcript of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 121 (Ecclesiastical Institutes, Homilies associated with Archbishop Wulfstan).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1688
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 552

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 552
Title:
Æthelwold, Regularis Concordia (transcribed from Cotton MS Tiberius A III)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-44v: Æthelwold, Regularis Concordia; a transcript from Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff. 174r-177r. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1*recto: A title-page; added in the 16th century, possibly by Laurence Nowell.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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