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161. Cotton MS Domitian A IX, ff 2–7

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A IX, ff 2–7
Title:
Aldhelm, Epistola ad Heahfridum
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a copy of Aldhelm's Epistola ad Heahfridum (ff. 3r–7v), copied in the first half of the 11th century. Glosses in Old English were added close to the time the main text was copied (see Ker, Catalogue (1957), no. 149). Decoration: Initial in green with red penwork decoration...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A IX

162. Cotton MS Tiberius E VIII, part I, ff 1–281

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius E VIII, part I, ff 1–281
Title:
Miscellaneous historical and heraldic papers, including a chronicle of the kings of England, Brutus–Henry IV (7v–15v); an account of the coronation of King Richard II (1377–1399) (29v–31r); an account of the coronation of King Edward IV of England (1461–1470, 1471–1483) (32r–34v); Modus tenendi Parliamentum (35v–39v); Modus faciendi duellum coram rege (39v–43r); the coronation oath of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) (89r–v); an account of the coronation of King Henry VIII of England (1...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin, Anglo-Norman French and English; Old English (218v) Dated: 2nd half of the 15th century to 1st half of the 17th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

163. Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 2–93

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 2–93
Title:
Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against toothache.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-86r: Penitential manual including the first part of the Penitentiale Sangermanense or Cantabrigiense. Liturgical part of the penitential is on ff. 2r-3v; the ordo part is on ff. 4r-86r. ff. 87r-92v: Confessional prayer in Old English. It contains a long list of sins aimed to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XX.

164. Cotton MS Nero E I/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/1
Title:
‘Cotton-Corpus legendary’, volume 1, part 1
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the first part of the first volume of the earliest surviving, substantial legendary from England. Together with Cotton Nero E I/2, ff. 1-165, 166-80, 187-188 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 9, pp. 61-458, these folios originally formed two volumes with 150 texts cov...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

165. 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

166. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 4–169

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 4–169
Title:
Collection of Homilies mainly by Ælfric.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4v-6v: Ælfric, First Series of Homilies, De initio creature. Beginning: 'An anginn is ealra þingen'. Ending: 'ac he ƿearð þurh deofles sƿicdome ut adræfd'. f. 6v: Ælfric, Letter to Sigefyrð [imperfect]. Rubric: 'Emb Clænnysse þe gehadede mæn healden scylen'. Beginning: 'Ælfric a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV.

167. Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 31–38

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 31–38
Title:
Thureth; Anglo-Saxon lawcode VI Æthelred, in Latin and Old English
Scope & Content:
These folios, copied between 1008 (when the lawcode was issued) and 1023 (when Wulfstan, archbishop of York, who may have annotated it, died), contain: f. 31v: Thureth, an Old English verse preface written from the point of view of a 'halgungboc' (a benedictional or pontifical); ff. 32r-35r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A III

168. Cotton MS Domitian A IX, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A IX, f 9
Title:
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, AD 1113–1114 (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This folio contains part of a chronicle written in Old English. It covers the end of the entry for 1113 AD and the beginning of the entry for 1114. The leaf has been bound the wrong way round in this manuscript (see Ker, Catalogue (1957), p. 188). Decoration: Initial in red (f. 9v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A IX

169. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 30r–70v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 30r–70v
Title:
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, F-text
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle written in both Old English and Latin, known as the 'F' text of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It was probably produced at Christ Church Canterbury in the late 11th or early 12th century. Decoration: red initials (ff. 30r and 31r); faded r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

170. 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

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