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61. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides beati Gregorii Neocesariae; Pelagius, Libellus fidei; calculation for the year AD 912; hymns; additions; Boethius, De consolatione Philosophiae (excerpts).
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 170r: additions by an English hand of the 10th century (Anglo-Saxon minuscule) of excerpts of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae (two first verses [metra], imperfect). Beginning: 'Carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi/ Flebilis heu moestos cogor inire modos'. Ending: 'Dec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 9th century-c 912
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV.

62. Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 68–83

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 68–83
Title:
A penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum; and St Jerome, De persecutione Christianorum (Ps.-Augustine, sermo lx; Ps.-Caesarius of Arles, homilia xx).
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 68r: Title in Old English: 'Þis siondon ondetnessa to gode seolfum'. ff. 68r-69v: A prayer: 'Ego peccavi quando non dulgebam in me peccantibus'. ff. 69v-79r: a penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum. Rubric: 'De confessio peccatorum et penitentie Isidori'....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XV.

63. Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 2–93

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 2–93
Title:
Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against toothache.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-86r: Penitential manual including the first part of the Penitentiale Sangermanense or Cantabrigiense. Liturgical part of the penitential is on ff. 2r-3v; the ordo part is on ff. 4r-86r. ff. 87r-92v: Confessional prayer in Old English. It contains a long list of sins aimed to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XX.

64. Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 18–40

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 18–40
Title:
Old English translation of Felix, Vita sancti Guthlaci
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a prose Old English translation of Felix's Vita S Guthlaci, copied in the third quarter of the 11th century. In the 12th century, an alphabet and the first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin were added to f. 40v. This text was originally copied together with works attribut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI

65. Cotton MS Vitellius A VII, ff 1-112

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Cotton MS Vitellius A VII, ff 1-112
Title:
Pontifical
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century
Extent:
1 item

66. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 136–185

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 136–185
Title:
Bartholomew of Exeter, Penitential; The Lord's Prayer in Old English; Exemplum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 136r-185r: Bartholomew (d. 1184), Bishop of Exeter, Penitential, with a note in the lower margin of f. 184v that extends to f. 185r. f. 184v: The Lord’s Prayer, in Old English, beginning: ‘Fader ure be giert on heofena’. f. 185r: A Latin exemplum concerning a bishop with the ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XII

67. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 20–82

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 20–82
Title:
Cartulary of Chertsey Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 20r–49r: Foundation, royal, papal, and other grants to Chertsey abbey to 1260, with marginal additions in a 15th-century hand; ff. 50r–69r: Parts of further royal charters, including writs and charters of Edward the Confessor; ff. 69v–77r: Papal diplomas; ff. 79r–82r: Grants a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century - 15th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

68. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v
Title:
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

69. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v
Title:
The 'Nowell Codex', containing a homily on St Christopher; The Marvels of the East; Letter of Alexander to Aristotle; Beowulf; Judith
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Nowell Codex', contain several works in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the very late 10th century or the early decades of the 11th century. The hands of two scribes can be distinguished, responsible for writing ff. 94r–175v (line 3) and f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
990s or 1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

70. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10

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Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10
Title:
Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a fragment of the Compendium in Genealogia Christi by Peter of Poitier (b. c. 1130, d. 1205), ending with a diagram of Jesus, his apostles, Paul and Barnabas. These folios were copied in the late 12th or early 13th century. Chapter titles pertaining to Macer's De viribus her...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

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