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1. Cotton MS Domitian A IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A IX
Title:
Alphabets; Dionysius Exiguus, computistical letter addressed to Boniface and Bonus; fragment of an Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, AD 1113–1114 (imperfect); Runic alphabet; extracts from the Old English translation of Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; runic alphabet; Aldhelm, Epistola ad Heahfridum; Verses on the calendar and other computistical notes; Revelatio beate Hildegardis; (?)John Thwing of Bridlington, Versus prophetiales, with commentary by John Ergome; Verse account of those who...
Scope & Content:
This is a composite manuscript composed of fragments bound together in the early modern period. These include: f. 1r-v: early modern table of contents; f. 2r: blank, apart from the inscriptions 'Mitte nob. hist. bede de gestis anglor[um]' (in a 12th-century hand) and 'Bind this... and put 4 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 8th century-16th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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