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52. 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
53. Cotton MS Vespasian B XV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B XV
- Title:
- Excerpts from English records, transcribed primarily by John Joscelyn (d. 1603), including: records in the Tower of London (3r–v); notes on the coronation of King Richard II of England (1377–1399) ‘ex libro Garterii Rege armorum’ (4r–v); register of Eynsham Abbey (6r–18v); Evesham Chronicle (19r–22r); register of Westminster Abbey (23r–25v); ‘ex veteri libro ciuitatis Londoniensis’ (26r–27r); registers of the bishops of London (28r–40r); register of St Paul’s Cathedral, London (42v–43r); regi...
- Scope & Content:
- Language(s): Latin; Old English (7r–8r); English (78r, 79r, 85v)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
54. Cotton MS Augustus II 23
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 23
- Title:
- Grant of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–939) to Ealdwulf, minister
- Scope & Content:
- King Æthelstan grants 12 hides (mansae) at Meopham, Kent, to Ealdwulf, minister: dated 939, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 447). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is meaphames land boc þe. æþelstan cing gebocode. ealdulfe his þegne on ece yrfe.’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘Ethelstanus...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 939
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
55. Cotton MS Augustus II 65
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 65
- Title:
- Grant of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–939) to Ælfwald, minister
- Scope & Content:
- King Æthelstan of England grants 12 hides (cassati) at Durrington, Sussex, to Ælfwald, minister: dated 28 May 934, Winchester, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 425).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 934
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
56. Cotton MS Augustus II 81
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 81
- Title:
- Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) for Westminster Abbey
- Scope & Content:
- Writ of King Edward declaring that, with his permission, Leofsi Duddessunu has given land at Wormley, Hertfordshire, to Westminster Abbey; 1053 × 1066, probably 1057 × 1066 (Sawyer, no. 1134). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Wrmelea’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- Mid 12th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
57. Cotton MS Galba A XIV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Galba A XIV
- Title:
- Prayer book, including computus tables and medical recipes
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1r: Table of contents by Richard James (d. 1638). f. 1v: Blank f. 2r–v: Computus tables, ‘Incipit computatio Grecorum de mensibus anni … Omnes uero menses octo idus habent.’ ff. 3r–4v: Prayer to God the Father, ‘Domine deus omnipotens rex regum … in aduersariis meis domine deus ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 11th century
- Extent:
- Parchment codex
58. Cotton MS Titus A IV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Titus A IV
- Title:
- Bilingual Rule of St Benedict and other texts
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 2r-117v are dated to the mid-11th century: ff. 2r–107r: St Benedict of Nursia (b.c. 480, d. 543 or 547), Regula sancti Benedicti or The Rule of St Benedict, in a bilingual version, with the Old English translation, attributed to St Æthelwold ((b. 904/9, d. 984), Bishop of Winches...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid-11th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex, 123 folios
59. Cotton MS Vespasian B X
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B X
- Title:
- Benedeit, 'Voyage of St Brendan'; Navigatio sancti Brendani; Vita Longini martyris; De quindecim signis diei judicii; Robert Kilwardby, De ortu scientiarum; Pseudo-Aristotle, De morte Aristotelis sive de pomo; Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister).
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript contains three main parts (ff. 1-24; ff. 24-30; ff. 31-124), joined in the early modern period in the library of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). Among the manuscript's contents is the Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister), an 8th-century work that describ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 10th century-4th quarter of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
60. Cotton MS Augustus II 6
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 6
- Title:
- Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Pershore Abbey
- Scope & Content:
- King Edgar grants to Pershore Abbey privileges and restoration of land at Pershore, and of 10 hides (mansi) at Bricklehampton, 10 at Comberton, 5 at Pensham in Pershore St Andrew, 16 at Eckington, 10 at Birlingham, 10 at Defford, 10 at Strensham, 10 at Besford, land at Cromban (? Croombe Perry i...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 972
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
