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52. Cotton MS Otho A XVIII, f 131
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Otho A XVIII, f 131
- Title:
- Aelfric, Homily on St Laurence (imperfect)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 11th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
53. Cotton MS Otho B X
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Otho B X
- Title:
- Collection of fragmentary works in Old English, including Ælfric of Eynsham's Hexameron, saints' Lives and homilies, Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, and Gregory the Great's Regula pastoralis
- Scope & Content:
- Cotton MS Otho B X was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731, and only fragments of around 53 of its leaves now remain. Following extensive restoration work undertaken at the British Museum by Sir Frederic Madden (b. 1801, d. 1873) and his assistant N. E. S. A. Hamilton, the fragmen...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- Middle of the 10th century-Middle of the 11th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
54. Cotton MS Otho B XI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Otho B XI
- Title:
- Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Old English version) (1r-38v); Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, G-text (39r-47v); Old English Laws (Æthelstan II, Alfred, Ine) (48r-53v)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- Mid 10th century-1st half of the 11th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
55. Cotton MS Otho C I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Otho C I
- Title:
- Cotton Manuscript Otho C I
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript now forms two volumes. Cotton Otho C I/1 contains an Old English Gospel-book copied in the 11th century. Cotton Otho C I/2 contains an Old English translation of parts of Gregory the Great's Dialogues and three lives from the Vitas Patrum, along with sermons and a letter from Boni...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- early 11th century-mid 11th century
- Extent:
- 2 parchment codices
56. Cotton MS Otho E I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Otho E I
- Title:
- Latin-Old English glossary (A–P)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
57. Cotton MS Tiberius A III, f 178
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius A III, f 178
- Title:
- Genealogy of the West Saxon kings
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 178r-178v: a genealogy of West Saxon kings to Edward the Martyr. This genealogy was originally part of the same manuscript as the B-text of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, ff. 1-35), which was probably copied between 977 and 978. Decoration: 1 small initial i...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 10th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A III
58. Cotton MS Tiberius A III, f 179
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius A III, f 179
- Title:
- Horologium; mass prayer
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain two texts copied in the 4th quarter of the 10th century. Contents: ff. 179r–179v: a Horologium in Old English. f. 179v: a mass prayer in Latin. Decoration: One small initial in red ink. Several small initials in brown ink. Rubrics in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 10th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A III
59. Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 2–173
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 2–173
- Title:
- Miniature of Æthelwold, Edgar and Dunstan; Regularis Concordia; collection of prognostics; confessional prayers; prayers and devotions; Ælfric, Colloquy; prognostics; Bede, De Temporibus, revised by Ælfric; Life of St Margaret; Ælfric, homily for Palm Sunday; miscellaneous texts including a collection of homilies; contents page; miniature of St Benedict, enthroned; Rule of St Benedict; various texts including capitula of the Council of Aachen, 817
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain an 11th-century copy of Regularis Concordia, the Rule of St Benedict, prognostics, prayers, homilies, other texts and two miniatures. It may have originally formed a miscellany for a churchman or archbishop (see Cooper, Monk-Bishops (2015), p. 263). Late 11th- or early 12th-...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 11th century-Mid 12th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A III
60. Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 174–177
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 174–177
- Title:
- St Æthelwold, Regularis concordia
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 174r-177v: Regularis Concordia, probably composed by St Æthelwold (d. 984), bishop of Winchester or his associates. The rest of the manuscript is in Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff. 158-198. The text seems to have been dismembered by Robert Cotton. Using wormholes and an early modern...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 11th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A III