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12. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 2–58
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 2–58
- Title:
- Old English Homilies, coronation oath, translation of the Pater Noster, and translation of the Apostles' Creed
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain Old English homilies and liturgy in Old English, possibly created for Bishop Leofric and his cathedral at Exeter in about the 3rd quarter of the 11th century. ff. 2r–55v: Old English Homilies, included some from Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies, some from the Vercelli Book, and s...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 11th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII (parchment codex)
13. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 4–37
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 4–37
- Title:
- Prudentius, Psychomachia; Pseudo-Columbanus, Precepta Vivendi (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain an illustrated copy of Prudentius's Psychomachia made between the late 10th and early 11th century, with Old English titles and glosses added in the early 11th century. Contents: ff. 4r-37r: Prudentius, Psychomachia, with Old English titles and glosses added in the early ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 10th century-11th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII
14. Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 2–55
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 2–55
- Title:
- Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés's Bella Parisiace urbis, book 3 followed by glosses on a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Computistical tables; a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Bede, De die iudicii; a Latin colophon of three hexameters, a recipe in Old English and a list of books.
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 2r: at the top of the leaf the four disciplines of the quadrivium are enunciated in Latin with a translation in Old English above each one. They are followed by the enumeration of the four main sciences presented in Latin and in Old English in the same way. f. 2r: Bede the Vener...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 10th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Domitian A I
15. Cotton MS Domitian A IX, f 9
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A IX, f 9
- Title:
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, AD 1113–1114 (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- This folio contains part of a chronicle written in Old English. It covers the end of the entry for 1113 AD and the beginning of the entry for 1114. The leaf has been bound the wrong way round in this manuscript (see Ker, Catalogue (1957), p. 188). Decoration: Initial in red (f. 9v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Domitian A IX
16. Cotton MS Domitian A IX, f 11
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A IX, f 11
- Title:
- Extracts from an Old English translation of Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; runic alphabet
- Scope & Content:
- This folio includes extracts from Book 4, 1, and 2 of an Old English translation of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, copied in the last quarter of the 9th century or 1st quarter of the 10th century. A runic alphabet was added to the verso, with names of a few of the runes. In the l...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 9th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Domitian A IX
17. Cotton MS Domitian A IX, ff 2–7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A IX, ff 2–7
- Title:
- Aldhelm, Epistola ad Heahfridum
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain a copy of Aldhelm's Epistola ad Heahfridum (ff. 3r–7v), copied in the first half of the 11th century. Glosses in Old English were added close to the time the main text was copied (see Ker, Catalogue (1957), no. 149). Decoration: Initial in green with red penwork decoration...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 11th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Domitian A IX
18. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 30r–70v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 30r–70v
- Title:
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, F-text
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain a version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle written in both Old English and Latin, known as the 'F' text of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It was probably produced at Christ Church Canterbury in the late 11th or early 12th century. Decoration: red initials (ff. 30r and 31r); faded r...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Domitian A VIII
19. Cotton MS Domitian A XVIII, ff 37–125
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A XVIII, ff 37–125
- Title:
- Transcriptions of chronicles and other historical material, much of it in the hand of Laurence Nowell (d. c. 1570), including a memorandum on the Bewcastle Cross (37r); Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, D- and E-texts (38r–57r); Irish chronicle (‘Grace’s Annals’), AD 948–1536 (59r–88r); genealogies of Irish families (91r–92v); An abbreuiate of the getting of Ireland and of the decaye of the same, interspersed with maps of Ireland and Scotland (93r–107r); maps of England with Anglo-Saxon place-names (110...
- Scope & Content:
- Language(s): Latin; Old English (38r–57r)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
20. Cotton MS Faustina A I, ff 3–385
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Faustina A I, ff 3–385
- Title:
- Register of St Augustine’s, Canterbury (‘the Black Book’)
- Scope & Content:
- Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman French; Old English (84v); Middle English (384r)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 item