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81. Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 2–7

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Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 2–7
Title:
Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman documents
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a series of documents pertaining to Christ Church which originally formed part of a Gospel-book which belonged to Christ Church (Cotton MS Tiberius A II). All the documents are in Latin, apart from those on ff. 4r-6r, and they were copied in the 11th century. They include: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
11th century-1st quarter of 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A III

82. Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 31–38

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Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 31–38
Title:
Thureth; Anglo-Saxon lawcode VI Æthelred, in Latin and Old English
Scope & Content:
These folios, copied between 1008 (when the lawcode was issued) and 1023 (when Wulfstan, archbishop of York, who may have annotated it, died), contain: f. 31v: Thureth, an Old English verse preface written from the point of view of a 'halgungboc' (a benedictional or pontifical); ff. 32r-35r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A III

83. Cotton MS Claudius A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A VIII
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Claudius A VIII
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, English, Old, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
10 items

84. Cotton MS Claudius A VIII, ff 79–144

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A VIII, ff 79–144
Title:
Extracts from English monastic cartularies and registers, including Breedon Priory (79r), Worcester Cathedral Priory (85r–103r), Tewkesbury Abbey (104r–105r), Christchurch Priory (108r–110r), Bermondsey Priory (115r–122v), Ely Cathedral Priory (123r–127v), Eynsham Abbey (131r–139r), Evesham Abbey (140r) and Monk Bretton Priory (140v–141v); letter of the abbot of Bangor to Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury (d. 604) (82r); note on the bishopric of St Davids (82v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Old English (80r–81v); Welsh and English (82r–v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

85. Cotton MS Claudius B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B IV
Title:
Old English Hexateuch (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains portions of the Hexateuch, in Old English: ff. 1r-1v: Ælfric’s preface to Æthelwærd (imperfect). ff. 1v-72v: Genesis. ff. 72v-105v: Exodus. ff. 105v-110v: Leviticus. ff. 111r-128r: Numbers. ff. 128v-140r: Deuteronomy. ff. 140v-156v: Joshua. The Old English text wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

86. Cotton MS Claudius B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B VI
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Claudius B VI
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 items

87. Cotton MS Claudius B VI, ff 4–202

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B VI, ff 4–202
Title:
Cartulary of Abingdon Abbey (imperfect), including a treatise on the abbey’s obedientiaries (ff. 178–202)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 item

88. Cotton MS Claudius C IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius C IX
Title:
Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronicle; annalistic chronicle, AD 1–1171; William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum; Notarial copy of letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558–1603), issued at Hereford Cathedral; Charters of Kings Edward I (r. 1272–1307) and Henry III (r. 1216–72) of England for the Abingdon Abbey; Award of Norham, addressed to the abbot and convent of Battle; Liber terrarum of Abingdon Abbey and other memoranda
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three parts that were produced separately in England during the 12th and 13th centuries. The first part (ff. 4-17), written in the 2nd half of the 12th century, contains the Chronicle of the theologian Hugh of Saint-Victor (b. c. 1096, d. 1141). The second p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

89. Cotton MS Claudius C IX, ff 105–202

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius C IX, ff 105–202
Title:
Liber Terrarum of Abingdon Abbey and other memoranda, including Old English boundary–clauses
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 105r-177r: Liber Terrarum of Abingdon Abbey ('Historia ecclesie Abbendonensis'). ff. 177v-178r: Confirmation-charter of Richard I, king of England (r. 1189-99), for Abbot Hugh (r. 1189/90-1221), his successors and the monks of Abingdon, Gisors, 29 March 1190 (late 12th century) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C IX

90. Cotton MS Claudius D III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius D III
Title:
Bede, Martyrology; bilingual Rule of St Benedict; obituary calendar of Wintney Priory
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: an index to the Rule of St Benedict (ff. 52r-140v), A-H, written in the hand of Robert Cotton’s librarian, Richard James (b. 1592, d. 1638), with an additional list of contents (f. 2r). f. 3r: a rejected leaf from a martyrology, written in Latin. f. 3v: Simon of Waverl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1220-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

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