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2. Cotton MS Claudius A I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius A I
- Title:
- Passio sancti Cypriani (imperfect); Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (imperfect); Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae Wilfridi; papal, episcopal and royal letters; various hagiographies, including Paulinus, Vita sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Inventio sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii; Inventio sancti Nazarii; Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino, Vita sancti Hieronymi; Venantius Fortunatus, Vita sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episcopi and Miracula sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episc...
- Scope & Content:
- This codex contains items from 4 originally separate medieval manuscripts, copied between the mid-10th and 14th century. f. 1r-v: Passio Sancti Cypriani (compare Biblioteca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2037, imperfect) and Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (1r–v: imperfect), copied in the 14th century. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- mid-10th century-14th century
- Extent:
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1 parchment codex
3. Cotton MS Domitian A VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A VII
- Title:
- Gospel extracts; ‘Durham Liber Vitae’
- Scope & Content:
- Gospel extracts (ff. 4r–14v), in Latin, middle of the 12th century (Matthew ff. 4r–5v; Mark ff. 6r–8v; Luke ff. 9r–11v; John ff. 12r–14v); Liber Vitae (‘Durham Liber Vitae’) (ff. 15r–83v), in Latin and Old English (ff. 47r–v), 1st half of the 9th century to 1st half of the 16th century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 9th century-1st half of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 parchment volume
4. 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
5. Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1
- Title:
- Pilgrimage of the Life of Man, Chronicles
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a variety of texts bound together as follows: ff. 1-38: Martinus Polonus, Chronicle; musical staves with neums (38v) (4th quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 15th century); ff. 39–106v John Lydgate (?), The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man (2nd quarter of the 15th...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 11th -15th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex, composite, containing 4 items
6. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
- Title:
- (1) Old English adaptations of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia and other texts (known as the 'Southwick Codex'); (2) Beowulf, The Marvels of the East, Judith, and other texts in Old English (known as the 'Nowell Codex')
- Scope & Content:
- This volume, containing the unique medieval copy of Beowulf and other important texts in Old English, comprises two manuscripts of different origin and date, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The so-called 'Southwick Codex' (ff. 4–93), named after its medieval home, was ma...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 990s-2nd half of the 12th century
- Extent:
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1 volume
7. Cotton MS Tiberius B I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius B I
- Title:
- Old English Translation of Orosius, Historiae adversus paganos; Menologium; Maxims II; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, C-text
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript comprises two independent portions, bound together in the 17th century, plus early modern prefatory material and medieval endleaves: f. 1r: early modern list of contents; f. 2r: Cottonian frontispiece; f. 2v: faded early modern lines; ff. 3r-111v: Old English version of Orosi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- 1st half 11th century-2nd half 12th century
- Extent:
-
1 parchment codex
8. Cotton MS Titus A XV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Titus A XV
- Title:
- John Joscelyn and John Parker, Old English-Latin dictionary (Volume I)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is the first volume of an Old English-Latin dictionary, made by John Joscelyn (b. 1529, d. 1603), an English clergyman and one of the first scholars of the Old English language, in collaboration with John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), son of Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archbi...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
9. Cotton MS Titus A XVI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Titus A XVI
- Title:
- John Joscelyn and John Parker, Old English-Latin dictionary (Volume II)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript is the second volume of an Old English-Latin dictionary, made by John Joscelyn (b. 1529, d. 1603), an English clergyman and one of the first scholars of the Old English language, in collaboration with John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), son of Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archb...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
10. Cotton MS Tiberius B IV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius B IV
- Title:
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle D; writs of Cnut; extracts from Anglo-Saxon Chronicle E; Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough.
- Scope & Content:
- This codex contains: f. 1r: an early modern table of contents and notes; f. 2r: a Cottonian frontispiece; ff. 3r- 86v: the 'D' version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, mostly written in the 11th century with some 16th-century supply leaves; ff. 87r-v: two writs of King Cnut for 1035; ff. 88r-9...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 11th century-2nd half of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 parchment codex