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72. Cotton MS Julius A II
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Julius A II
- Title:
- Bede, De temporum ratione; Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary; Disticha Catonis
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains 3 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): ff. 2-9: Bede, De temporum ratione, books lxvi–lxx (imperfect), 1st quarter of the 12th century; ff. 10-135: Ælfric, Grammar (10r–120v: imperfect), Ælfric, Glossary (120v–130v); a grammatical treatise,...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid-11th century to 2nd half of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
73. Cotton MS Augustus II 76
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 76
- Title:
- Grant of King Burgred of the Mercians (?852–873×874) and Queen Æthelswyth to Wulflaf
- Scope & Content:
- King Burgred of the Mercians and Queen Æthelswyth grant five hides (manentes) at Upthrope to Wulflaf; with English bounds, dated 869 (Sawyer, no. 214). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Inutile.’
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- ? 869-Early 10th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
74. Cotton MS Vespasian D XX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XX
- Title:
- Fragments of Ovid's Metamorphoses on medieval endleaves; Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against toothache.
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments of Ovid's Metamorphoses on medieval endleaves; Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against toothache.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- mid-10th century-late 12th century
- Extent:
-
A Parchment codex, 95 folios.
75. Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/10
- Title:
- Miscellaneous fragments from the Cotton collection, including an itinerary of England and the apparition of a certain Cecilia, and notes by Sir Frederic Madden and Colin Tite
- Scope & Content:
- A collection of fifteeen bundles containing items from the Cotton collection, many of them damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Formerly housed with a collection of burnt parchment fragments, now classified as Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/1–XXXII/9, and sometimes referred to as the 'Cotton...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, English, Middle, English, Old, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 11th century-1978
- Extent:
- 1 item
76. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius A XIX
- Title:
- Bede, Vita sancti Cuthberti; Latin poems entitled 'De quattuor clavibus sapientiae'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; extract from Juvencus, Evangeliorum libri; note on 'De sacro baptismate'; hymn for St Martin and 'Alleluia' verses with musical notation; Bede, Vita metrica sancti Cuthberti
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a series of Latin texts relating to St Cuthbert, including both Bede's prose and verse vitae of Cuthbert and excerpts from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica pertaining to Cuthbert. There are Old English glosses, apparently in the same hand as the main text, added to Bede's p...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 10th century-2nd half of the 10th century
- Extent:
- 1 parchment codex
77. Cotton MS Domitian A IX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A IX
- Title:
- Alphabets; Dionysius Exiguus, computistical letter addressed to Boniface and Bonus; fragment of an Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, AD 1113–1114 (imperfect); Runic alphabet; extracts from the Old English translation of Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; runic alphabet; Aldhelm, Epistola ad Heahfridum; Verses on the calendar and other computistical notes; Revelatio beate Hildegardis; (?)John Thwing of Bridlington, Versus prophetiales, with commentary by John Ergome; Verse account of those who...
- Scope & Content:
- This is a composite manuscript composed of fragments bound together in the early modern period. These include: f. 1r-v: early modern table of contents; f. 2r: blank, apart from the inscriptions 'Mitte nob. hist. bede de gestis anglor[um]' (in a 12th-century hand) and 'Bind this... and put 4 ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of 8th century-16th century
- Extent:
-
1 parchment codex
78. Cotton MS Augustus II 57
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 57
- Title:
- Grant of King Eadred of England (d. 955) to Christ Church, Canterbury
- Scope & Content:
- King Eadred grants the minister of Reculver and its lands, estimated at 26 hides (cassati), to Christ Church; dated 949, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 546). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘Raculfes boc’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Rex eadredus dedit ecclesie cristi cant’ monasterium de racul...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 10th century-Early 11th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
79. Cotton MS Augustus II 62
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 62
- Title:
- Grant of King Edmund of England (r. 939-946) to Æthelswith, a nun
- Scope & Content:
- King Edmund grants ten hides (mansae) at Oswaldingtune, Kent, to Æthelswith, a nun: dated 940, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 464). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ Þis is oswalding tunes boc þe eadmund cing gebocade æþelswiþe [on] ece yrfe’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘Rex edmundus dedit...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 940
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
80. Cotton MS Augustus II 66
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 66
- Title:
- Grant of King Æthelberht of the West Saxons (d. 865) to Wulflaf, minister
- Scope & Content:
- King Æthelberht grants five sulungs (aratra) at Wassingwell (cf. Eastwell, Westwell) to Wulflaf, minister, in exchange for five sulungs at Mersham, Kent: dated 858 (Sawyer, no. 328). Endorsed in a contemporary hand, ‘+ ðis siondan ðes landes boc et ƿassingƿellan’; and in an 11th-century hand, ‘...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 858
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
