Search

032-001101582 Language English, Old

81. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XII
Title:
Computistical memoranda; Ecgberht of York, Dialogus Ecclesiasticæ Institutionis; Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae; Hrabanus Maurus, De Computo; Eight computistical poems; De Septem Miraculis Mundi; De Duobus Verticibus Mundi; De Diebus Aegyptiacis; Ordo Librorum Catholicorum in Circulo Anni Legendorum; De Vocibus Litterarum; Greek and Hebrew alphabets with interpretations; Untitled computistical tract; De Sex Aetatibus Hominis; Isidore of Seville (Pseudo-Gildas), De Natura R...
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscripts contains six parts (f. 3; ff. 4-77; ff. 79-86; ff. 87-107; ff. 109-135 and ff. 136-185) that were produced between the late 11th and late 12th centuries. The six parts perhaps may all have been written in England and were probably joined together in the library of Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

82. Cotton MS Augustus II 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 33
Title:
Grant of King Eadwig of England (r. 955–959) to Ælfhere, comes
Scope & Content:
King Eadwig of England grants of 20 hides (mansi) at Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, to Ælfhere, his comes: dated 956, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 587). Endorsed by the scribe of the main text, ‘Þis is seo lanboc to Cuþenes dune to þan tƿentigan hidan þe Eadƿig cync gebocede Ælfhere his ealdormen ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

83. Cotton MS Augustus II 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 39
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Abingdon Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar of England grants 22 hides (cassati) at Ringwood, Hampshire, to Abingdon Abbey; dated 961, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 690). Endorsed in a late 12th-century hand, ‘Carta regis Eadgari de Rimecuda’; and in a 14th-century hand, ‘Carta regis Eadgari de Rimecuda’, with a another han...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

84. Cotton MS Augustus II 69

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 69
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Æthelric, minister
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants a half hide (mansa) at Meavy, Devon, to Æthelric, minister: dated 1031, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 963). Endorsed in the hand of the charter, ‘Þis is þære healfan hide landboc to mæƿi þe cnut het gebocian æþelrice his þegene on ece yrfe.’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘.la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1031
Extent:

Parchment leaf

85. Cotton MS Vespasian B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B VI
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione; lists of Carolingian rulers, Popes and Byzantine emperors; lunar calendar; fragment of a computistical table. Tables of Greek and Roman Numerals; Notes by John Joscelyn; William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum.
Scope & Content:
This codex contains: ff. 1r-102r: Bede, De temporum ratione, copied in France (possibly in Saint Denis) in the 9th century.In the early 11th century the manuscript was in England, where interlinear and marginal glosses in Latin and three glosses in Old English were added (ff. 33r, 39v). This m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
9th century -16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

86. Cotton MS Titus D XXIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus D XXIV
Title:
Compilation of verse; extracts from Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum; De Romanis imperatoribus; a series of epitaphs; De coloribus et mixtionibus; computistical texts; formulas for the visitation of the sick; Gloria in excelsis; commentary on Juvenal, Satires.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript consists of a main part, and two fragmentary sections (one at the beginning and one at end) that were probably added as flyleaves at some point after the second half of the 14th century. The main part (ff. 5-156) is a diverse compilation written roughly in the last quarter of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

87. Cotton MS Titus D XXVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus D XXVI
Title:
Liturgical and computistical collection (‘Ælfwine’s Prayerbook’), including rules of confraternity
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Titus D XXVII and Cotton MS Titus D XXVI originally formed one manuscript which began with Cotton MS D XXVII and was followed by Cotton MS D XXVI (see Henel, De temporibus anni (1942)). Contents: f. 1r-v: An early modern table of contents. f. 2r-v: Directions for devotions added in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd decade of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

88. Cotton MS Augustus II 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 28
Title:
Grant of King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons (d. 858) to Dudda (Ithda)
Scope & Content:
King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons, the men of Kent, and all the southern people grants a vill in Canterbury with 22 appurtenant acres (iugera) to Dudda (Ithda); dated 839 (Sawyer, no. 287). With a confirmation by King Alfred of the West Saxons, and note of the purchase of this estate by Lulla f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 9th century-2nd half 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

89. Cotton MS Augustus II 52

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 52
Title:
Grant of Ealhburg and Eadweald to Christ Church, Canterbury; charter of Ealhhere to Christ Church
Scope & Content:
Ealhburg and Eadweald grant an annual food-rent from their estate at Burnan to Christ Church, Canterbury; Ealhhere commands Ealawynn, his daughter, to pay an annual rent from three sulungs at Findlesham, Kent, to Christ Church; c. 850 (Sawyer, no. 1195). Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Donum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
? 850
Extent:

Parchment leaf

90. Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1
Title:
Pilgrimage of the Life of Man, Chronicles
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a variety of texts bound together as follows: ff. 1-38: Martinus Polonus, Chronicle; musical staves with neums (38v) (4th quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 15th century); ff. 39–106v John Lydgate (?), The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man (2nd quarter of the 15th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
11th -15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex, composite, containing 4 items

Limit your search

more »
more »
more »