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31. Cotton MS Tiberius B I, ff 3r–111v

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Cotton MS Tiberius B I, ff 3r–111v
Title:
Old English Translation of Orosius, Historia adversus paganos
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a copy of the Old English version of Orosius' Historia adversus paganos, written in the early 11th century. Decoration: large initials in green, followed by rubrics in red or oxidized red (ff. 3r, 18r, 19r, 42v, 63r, 84r, 97r); large initial with foliate details followed by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

32. Cotton MS Tiberius B I, ff 112r–165v

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Cotton MS Tiberius B I, ff 112r–165v
Title:
Menologium; Maxims II; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, C-text
Scope & Content:
These folios contain three main texts, apparently copied together in the mid-11th century: ff. 112r-114v: Menologium; ff. 115r-v: Maxims II (115r–v); ff. 115v-164r: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, C-text, 60 BC–AD 1066; f. 164r: additional text added in the 2nd half of the 12th century. f. 165r-v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Mid 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

33. 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

34. Cotton MS Tiberius B IV, f 87r-v

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Cotton MS Tiberius B IV, f 87r-v
Title:
Writs of King Cnut of England
Scope & Content:
This half-sized folio contains two writs of King Cnut of England (reigned 1016–35), both dated 1035. This folio includes: f. 87r: a writ stating that Cnut has granted all of Ælmaer's landed property to Archbishop Æthelnoth (Sawyer Number 988); f. 87v: a writ ordering Archbishop Æthelnoth to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B IV

35. Cotton MS Tiberius B IV, ff 3–86

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B IV, ff 3–86
Title:
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, D-text (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the D-text of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle covering the years 60 BC–AD 261, 409–633, 693–1079, 1080 (recte 1130?). The majority of the text was copied between the middle of the 11th century and the first half of the 12th century. 9 supply leaves were added in the sixteenth cent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Mid 11th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B IV

36. Cotton MS Tiberius B IV, ff 88r–90v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B IV, ff 88r–90v
Title:
Extracts from Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, E-text, AD 1123–1131 copied by John Joscelyn
Scope & Content:
These folios contain extracts from the E-text of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the years 1123–1131, copied by John Joscelyn (d. 1603).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B IV

37. Cotton MS Tiberius B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V
Title:
11th-century collection of computistical, astronomical, geographical and historical texts and Pseudo-Joachim of Fiore, De oneribus prophetarum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of 5 separate items bound together in two volumes: Cotton Tiberius B V/1 includes: ff. 2-73, 77-88: A collection of computistical, historical and astronomical texts, including maps and diagrams; f. 74: Documents relating to Ely Abbey; f. 75: Leaf of a Gospel-book in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
700-1350
Extent:

2 parchment codices

38. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1
Title:
Computistical, historical and astronomical miscellany with added documents from Ely and Exeter
Scope & Content:
This codex contains a collection of texts related to timekeeping, astronomy and geography, possibly made at Canterbury in the mid-11th century, with some later additions. Into this collection have been inserted a series of 10th- and 11th-century documents pertaining to Ely and Exeter, written on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

39. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 114–179

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 114–179
Title:
Letter-book of Wulfstan (d. 1023), bishop of Worcester and archbishop of York
Scope & Content:
The collection compromises a selection of letters of Alcuin (d. 804), abbot of St Martin, Tours and royal advisor, of Wulfstan (d. 1023), bishop of Worcester and archbishop of Canterbury, and others, and various ecclesiastical decrees and documents from England. There are minor corrections made ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV

40. Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124
Title:
Cosmographia (Comosgraphy of Aethicus Ister), with Latin and Old English glosses.
Scope & Content:
The Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister) was written in the first part of the 8th century, perhaps at Salzburg. The work purports to be an abbreviation by St Jerome (d. 420) of a cosmography made by an Istrian philosopher named Aethicus. Aethicus relates his travels to islands in the Nor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B X.

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