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132. Cotton MS Caligula A VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A VII
- Title:
- Heliand and a charm
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains one of only two non-fragmentary surviving manuscripts of the poem Heliand, an account of the life of Jesus in Old Saxon epic verse. It ends imperfectly, in the middle of the account of the journey to Emmaus. The volume includes: f. 1: part of a memorandum dated 1371-72 ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Old, Latin, and Saxon, Old
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 10th century - the 3rd quarter of the 14th century
- Extent:
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A parchment codex
133. Cotton MS Caligula A VII, ff 176-178
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A VII, ff 176-178
- Title:
- Æcerbot charm
- Scope & Content:
- These folios include a charm for fields and to ensure fruitful land (Æcerbot), added in the 1st half of the 11th century. It is primarily in Old English, with some Latin phrases. Contents: ff. 176r-178r: a charm for fields and to ensure fruitful land known as Æcerbot. [f. 178v is blank].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 11th century
- Extent:
- Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VII
134. Cotton MS Caligula A XIV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A XIV
- Title:
- Two Tropers (including the 'Caligula Troper'); a Proser; Homilies from Ælfric's Lives of the Saints; Life of St Mildred
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript contains: ff. 1r-36v: An illustrated, imperfect troper (a musical collection known as the Cotton Troper or the Caligula Troper) made in the mid-11th century. ff. 37r-92v: A Troper and a Proser, possibly made at Worcester in the late 12th century. ff. 93r-130r: Ælfr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 11th century - 4th quarter of 12th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
135. Cotton MS Caligula A XIV, ff 93–130
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A XIV, ff 93–130
- Title:
- Ælfric, Life of St Martin (imperfect); Ælfric, Life of St Thomas; Life of St Mildred (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain Old English hagiographical works copied in the mid-11th century. Contents: ff. 93r–111v, 125r–130v: Ælfric (b. 955, d. 1010), Life of St Martin (imperfect). ff. 111v–121v: Ælfric, Life of St Thomas. ff.121v–124v: Life of St Mildred (imperfect). Decoration: Initials...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd to 3rd quarter of 11th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Caligula A XIV
136. Cotton MS Caligula A XV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A XV
- Title:
- Jerome, De viri illustribus, Jerome, Vita S Pauli, extracts from Isidore's Eymologiae, book III of Cyprian's Ad Quirinum Testimonia, De computo paschali, compustical texts, prognostic material, charms, annals of Christ Church, Canterbury, extracts from Ælfric's De temporibus anni, and notes on topics like the ages of the world.
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains: ff. 1v-2v: an early modern list of contents; ff. 3-117: Jerome's De viri illustribus (Clavis Patrum Latinorum 616) and Vita S Pauli (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 6596), extracts from Isidore's Eymologiae (Books 1, 3) Clavis Patrum Latinorum 1186), book III of Cypr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- late 8th century - late 11th century
- Extent:
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1 volume
137. Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 120–153
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 120–153
- Title:
- A collection of computistical texts and tables (imperfect), charms, prognostics, Easter-table annals for Christ Church, Canterbury, and extracts from Ælfric's De temporibus anni
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a variety of computistical and prognostic material and charms, as well as an image depicting God and an angel giving a scroll to St Pachomius. It also contains annals next to its Easter table, which link the manuscript's production to Christ Church, Canterbury. Originall...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 11th century-13th century
- Extent:
-
Part of a parchment codex
138. Cotton MS Claudius A I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius A I
- Title:
- Passio sancti Cypriani (imperfect); Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (imperfect); Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae Wilfridi; papal, episcopal and royal letters; various hagiographies, including Paulinus, Vita sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Inventio sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii; Inventio sancti Nazarii; Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino, Vita sancti Hieronymi; Venantius Fortunatus, Vita sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episcopi and Miracula sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episc...
- Scope & Content:
- This codex contains items from 4 originally separate medieval manuscripts, copied between the mid-10th and 14th century. f. 1r-v: Passio Sancti Cypriani (compare Biblioteca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2037, imperfect) and Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (1r–v: imperfect), copied in the 14th century. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- mid-10th century-14th century
- Extent:
-
1 parchment codex
139. Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 5r–36v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 5r–36v
- Title:
- Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae beati Wilfridi
- Scope & Content:
- These folios include: f. 5r: Alcuin's Carmen xviii, copied in the second half of the 10th century; 5v–36v: Frithegod's Breviloquium Vitae beati Wilfridi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, numbers 8891–92), copied in the mid-10th century, soon after the text was composed for Oda, archbishop of...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 10th century-2nd half of the 10th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Claudius A I
140. Cotton MS Claudius A III
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius A III
- Title:
- Miscellany, including Pontificals, a Benedictional, Law Codes, documents, and miniatures
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is a compilation, containing parts of three separate Pontificals copied between late 10th or early 11th and 12th centuries (two of which include coronation ordos); some records pertaining to Christ Church which were originally copied into the Gospel-book in Cotton Tiberius A II be...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 11th century-15th century
- Extent:
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1 parchment codex