Search

032-001101582 Language English, Old

181. 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

182. Cotton MS Vespasian B VI, ff 1–103

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B VI, ff 1–103
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione; lists of Carolingian rulers, Popes and Byzantine emperors; lunar calendar; De horologio
Scope & Content:
These folios contain: ff. 1r-102r: Bede, De temporum ratione, copied in the 9th century. Interlinear and marginal glosses in Latin and three glosses in Old English were added in the 11th century (ff. 33r, 39v). The table corresponding to the content of chapter XXII on the mathematical calculati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B VI

183. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV, ff 170–224
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Fides sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Fides sancti Gregorii pape; Fides beati Gregorii Neocesariae; Pelagius, Libellus fidei; calculation for the year AD 912; hymns; additions; Boethius, De consolatione Philosophiae (excerpts).
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 170r: additions by an English hand of the 10th century (Anglo-Saxon minuscule) of excerpts of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae (two first verses [metra], imperfect). Beginning: 'Carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi/ Flebilis heu moestos cogor inire modos'. Ending: 'Dec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 9th century-c 912
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIV.

184. Cotton MS Otho C I/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho C I/2
Title:
Old English translation of parts of Gregory the Great's Dialogi; Old English translations of three Lives from Vitas patrum; letter of Boniface to Eadburga; a homily; three homilies of Ælfric (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This codex includes various theological and hagiographical material, along with a letter and some homilies, all in Old English or translated into Old English: ff. 1r–61v: Old English translation of parts of Gregory the Great's Dialogi, including a metrical preface, introductory lines, Books 1-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century-Mid 11th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

185. Cotton Nero E I/2, ff 185-186

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Nero E I/2, ff 185-186
Title:
Office lections; law-code IV Edgar (excerpt)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain office lections in Latin (f. 185r) and excerpts from the law-code IV Edgar (ff. 185v–186v), copied in the late 10th or early 11th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 10th century-early 11th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2

186. Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 68–83

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 68–83
Title:
A penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum; and St Jerome, De persecutione Christianorum (Ps.-Augustine, sermo lx; Ps.-Caesarius of Arles, homilia xx).
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 68r: Title in Old English: 'Þis siondon ondetnessa to gode seolfum'. ff. 68r-69v: A prayer: 'Ego peccavi quando non dulgebam in me peccantibus'. ff. 69v-79r: a penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum. Rubric: 'De confessio peccatorum et penitentie Isidori'....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XV.

187. 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

188. 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

189. Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 185-186

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 185-186
Title:
Office lections; law-code IV Edgar (excerpt)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain office lections in Latin (f. 185r) and excerpts from the law-code IV Edgar (ff. 185v–186v), copied in the late 10th or early 11th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 10th-early 11th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2

190. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v
Title:
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

Limit your search

more »
more »
more »