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162. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV
- Title:
- Calendar, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, 'Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto, and an Altercatio inter Urbanum et Clementem; Letter-book of Archbishop Wulfstan
- Scope & Content:
- This is a composite manuscript, containing texts made between the early 11th and late 12th century. These include: ff. 1-105: a calendar, Latin-Old Cornish glossary, documents pertaining to Wales, and lives of Welsh saints ('Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'), which was copied in the 2nd half of 12th ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cornish, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of 11th century-2nd half 12th century
- Extent:
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1 parchment codex
163. Cotton MS Vespasian B VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B VI
- Title:
- Bede, De temporum ratione; lists of Carolingian rulers, Popes and Byzantine emperors; lunar calendar; fragment of a computistical table. Tables of Greek and Roman Numerals; Notes by John Joscelyn; William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum.
- Scope & Content:
- This codex contains: ff. 1r-102r: Bede, De temporum ratione, copied in France (possibly in Saint Denis) in the 9th century.In the early 11th century the manuscript was in England, where interlinear and marginal glosses in Latin and three glosses in Old English were added (ff. 33r, 39v). This m...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 9th century -16th century
- Extent:
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A parchment codex
164. Cotton MS Vespasian B X
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B X
- Title:
- Benedeit, 'Voyage of St Brendan'; Navigatio sancti Brendani; Vita Longini martyris; De quindecim signis diei judicii; Robert Kilwardby, De ortu scientiarum; Pseudo-Aristotle, De morte Aristotelis sive de pomo; Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister).
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript contains three main parts (ff. 1-24; ff. 24-30; ff. 31-124), joined in the early modern period in the library of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). Among the manuscript's contents is the Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister), an 8th-century work that describ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 10th century-4th quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
165. Cotton MS Vespasian B XV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B XV
- Title:
- Excerpts from English records, transcribed primarily by John Joscelyn (d. 1603), including: records in the Tower of London (3r–v); notes on the coronation of King Richard II of England (1377–1399) ‘ex libro Garterii Rege armorum’ (4r–v); register of Eynsham Abbey (6r–18v); Evesham Chronicle (19r–22r); register of Westminster Abbey (23r–25v); ‘ex veteri libro ciuitatis Londoniensis’ (26r–27r); registers of the bishops of London (28r–40r); register of St Paul’s Cathedral, London (42v–43r); regi...
- Scope & Content:
- Language(s): Latin; Old English (7r–8r); English (78r, 79r, 85v)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
166. Cotton MS Vespasian B XXIV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B XXIV
- Title:
- Cartulary of Evesham Abbey (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- Language(s): Latin; Old English bounds
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
167. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D VI
- Title:
- Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis ; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note on the ages of the world; 'Kentish Psalm' (a paraphrase of Psalm 50); Disticha Catonis; hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others; Stephen's Vita S Wilfridi
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript includes two parts. The first part contains a selection of biblical texts, hymns, and other notes, copied in the 10th century in the southern England (possibly at Canterbury). The second part contains Stephen's Vita S Wilfridi, copied in England in the 11th century. The manuscri...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid-10th century - late 11th century
- Extent:
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1 parchment codex
168. Cotton MS Vespasian D XII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XII
- Title:
- Glossed Hymnal
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: [f. 1r: Removed 16 December 1912 and bound with other leaves as Royal MS 13 D. i*. Table of contents by William Dugdale on 1v.] f. 2r: Fragment of an account roll (wardrobe?) f. 3r: Table of contents by Richard James. f. 4r: Introductory note, from Isidore, De ecclesiasticis offici...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 11th century
- Extent:
- Parchment codex
169. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV
- Title:
- A collection of Homilies; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Boethius, De consolatione philosophie (excerpts); Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides beati Gregorii Neocesariae; Pelagius, Libellus fidei calculation for the year 912.
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript includes a collection of homilies in Old English; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Boethius, De consolatione philosophie (excerpts); Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides beati Gregorii Neocesariae; Pelagius, Libellus fidei calculation for the year 912.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 9th century-12th century
- Extent:
- Parchment codex, 224 folios.
170. 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:
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1 volume