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1. Cotton MS

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS
Title:
Cotton Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The Cotton Manuscripts contains a variety of material, much of it relating to the history, literature and culture of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. It is particularly rich in: (a) manuscripts written in Old English; (b) monastic cartularies; (c) saints’ Liv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Cipher, Coast Miwok, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, Middle, English, English, Middle, English, Old, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Inuit, Irish, Irish, Middle, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Low German, Occitan, Old, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Saxon, Old, Scots, Scots, Spanish, Temne, and Welsh
Date Range:
5th century-19th century
Extent:
1,429 manuscripts

2. 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

3. 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:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A XIV

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Cotton MS Claudius D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius D X
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Claudius D X
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 items

10. Cotton MS Claudius D X, ff 9–319

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius D X, ff 9–319
Title:
‘The Red Book’ of St Augustine’s
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Old English (104r, 175r); Anglo-Norman French (181r–v, 246r–v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

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