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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Language English, Old Name Young, Patrick, Royal Librarian, 1584-1652

1. Cotton MS Julius A II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius A II
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione; Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary; Disticha Catonis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 3 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): ff. 2-9: Bede, De temporum ratione, books lxvi–lxx (imperfect), 1st quarter of the 12th century; ff. 10-135: Ælfric, Grammar (10r–120v: imperfect), Ælfric, Glossary (120v–130v); a grammatical treatise,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid-11th century to 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Cotton MS Titus A IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus A IV
Title:
Bilingual Rule of St Benedict and other texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-117v are dated to the mid-11th century: ff. 2r–107r: St Benedict of Nursia (b.c. 480, d. 543 or 547), Regula sancti Benedicti or The Rule of St Benedict, in a bilingual version, with the Old English translation, attributed to St Æthelwold ((b. 904/9, d. 984), Bishop of Winches...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid-11th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 123 folios

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