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51. Cotton MS Tiberius C IX, ff 48–257

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius C IX, ff 48–257
Title:
Cartulary of Waltham Abbey
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Old English (48v–49r) Dated: 2nd quarter of the 13th century to 2nd half of the 14th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 item

52. Cotton MS Tiberius E VIII, part I, ff 1–281

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius E VIII, part I, ff 1–281
Title:
Miscellaneous historical and heraldic papers, including a chronicle of the kings of England, Brutus–Henry IV (7v–15v); an account of the coronation of King Richard II (1377–1399) (29v–31r); an account of the coronation of King Edward IV of England (1461–1470, 1471–1483) (32r–34v); Modus tenendi Parliamentum (35v–39v); Modus faciendi duellum coram rege (39v–43r); the coronation oath of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) (89r–v); an account of the coronation of King Henry VIII of England (1...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin, Anglo-Norman French and English; Old English (218v) Dated: 2nd half of the 15th century to 1st half of the 17th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

53. Cotton MS Titus D XXIV, ff 5–156

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus D XXIV, ff 5–156
Title:
Poetic compilation and miscellany: Henry of Huntingdon, Historia ecclesiastica; De Romanis imperatoribus; Sortes duodecim Patriarcharum; Marbod of Rennes, Liber lapidum, Vita Sancti Laurentii; Lawrence of Durham, Hypognosticon; Versus Damasi ad amicum suum; Hildebert of Lavardin, Versus de mysterio missae, Vita beatae Mariae Aegyptiacae, and De excidio Troiae; epitaphs for Augustine of Hippo (d. 430), Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153), and others; hymns; computistical texts; De coloribus et mixt...
Scope & Content:
ff. 6r-13r: Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum, excerpt from the year 1066 (Bk VI, chapter 30), beginning: ‘Anno millesimo sexageno quoque seno’. ff. 13r-15v: De Romanis imperatoribus (About the Roman Emperors), beginning: ‘Augustus Iulio Cesari succedens’. ff. 16r-19v: The anonymous Sor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Titus D XXIV.

54. Cotton MS Vespasian A V, ff 3–92

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A V, ff 3–92
Title:
Excerpts from English chronicles and records, transcribed by William Lambarde (d. 1601), including: The names of those persones that haue put in their claymes to do seruice at the Coronation of our souereigne Lorde Kinge Edward the Sixte (4r–10r); The maner, forme and usage of Gilbert de Strogel, marshal of Englande, in thexercisinge that office at the Coronacion of Kinge Henry the Seconde (11r–13v); The usage of Thomas Brotherton in thoffice of marshalsie (14r–15v); Gervase of Tilbury, Otia ...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin (3r–41r, 43r–92r); Old English (42r–v); English (77v–78r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

55. Cotton MS Vespasian A V, ff 93–203

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A V, ff 93–203
Title:
Transcriptions from English chronicles and records by Laurence Nowell (d. c. 1570), comprising: Symeon of Durham, Libellus de exordio atque procursu Dunhelmensis ecclesie (93r–127v); Thomas Sprott and others, Chronicles (128r–147r); cartulary of Worcester Cathedral Priory (Cotton MS Tiberius A XIII) (148r–194v); Gregory of Caerwent, Chronicle (195r–203v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin (93r–147r, 195r–203v); Latin and Old English (148r–194v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

56. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 114–179

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 114–179
Title:
Letter-book of Wulfstan (d. 1023), bishop of Worcester and archbishop of York
Scope & Content:
The collection compromises a selection of letters of Alcuin (d. 804), abbot of St Martin, Tours and royal advisor, of Wulfstan (d. 1023), bishop of Worcester and archbishop of Canterbury, and others, and various ecclesiastical decrees and documents from England. There are minor corrections made ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV

57. Cotton MS Vespasian B VI, ff 1–103

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B VI, ff 1–103
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione; lists of Carolingian rulers, Popes and Byzantine emperors; lunar calendar; De horologio
Scope & Content:
These folios contain: ff. 1r-102r: Bede, De temporum ratione, copied in the 9th century. Interlinear and marginal glosses in Latin and three glosses in Old English were added in the 11th century (ff. 33r, 39v). The table corresponding to the content of chapter XXII on the mathematical calculati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B VI

58. Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124
Title:
Cosmographia (Comosgraphy of Aethicus Ister), with Latin and Old English glosses.
Scope & Content:
The Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister) was written in the first part of the 8th century, perhaps at Salzburg. The work purports to be an abbreviation by St Jerome (d. 420) of a cosmography made by an Istrian philosopher named Aethicus. Aethicus relates his travels to islands in the Nor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B X.

59. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77
Title:
Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note of the age of the world; 'Kentish Psalm' (Old English paraphrase of Psalm 50); Disticha Catonis (incomplete); hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various Biblical texts, notes, and hymns in Latin and Old English. Apart from the additions on ff. 76v–77v, most of this text may have been copied between the middle of the 10th century to 2nd half of the 10th century. These folios include: ff. 2r–37v: Book of Proverbs (Par...
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 Vespasian D VI

60. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 4–169

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 4–169
Title:
Collection of Homilies mainly by Ælfric.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4v-6v: Ælfric, First Series of Homilies, De initio creature. Beginning: 'An anginn is ealra þingen'. Ending: 'ac he ƿearð þurh deofles sƿicdome ut adræfd'. f. 6v: Ælfric, Letter to Sigefyrð [imperfect]. Rubric: 'Emb Clænnysse þe gehadede mæn healden scylen'. Beginning: 'Ælfric a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV.

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