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1. Cotton MS Tiberius B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V
Title:
11th-century collection of computistical, astronomical, geographical and historical texts and Pseudo-Joachim of Fiore, De oneribus prophetarum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of 5 separate items bound together in two volumes: Cotton Tiberius B V/1 includes: ff. 2-73, 77-88: A collection of computistical, historical and astronomical texts, including maps and diagrams; f. 74: Documents relating to Ely Abbey; f. 75: Leaf of a Gospel-book in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
700-1350
Extent:

2 parchment codices

2. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1
Title:
Computistical, historical and astronomical miscellany with added documents from Ely and Exeter
Scope & Content:
This codex contains a collection of texts related to timekeeping, astronomy and geography, possibly made at Canterbury in the mid-11th century, with some later additions. Into this collection have been inserted a series of 10th- and 11th-century documents pertaining to Ely and Exeter, written on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 74

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 74
Title:
Fragment of Gospel-book containing documents relating to Ely Abbey
Scope & Content:
This folio contains documents relating to Ely Abbey, including a land grant at Potton, Bedfordshire and regulations of the thegns' guild at Cambridge ('þegna gilde on grantabrycge'), added in blank spaces of an 8th-century Gospel-book. The Gospel-book was probably copied in the 8th century, while...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
8th century-4th quarter of the 10th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1

4. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 75

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 75
Title:
Leaf of a Gospel-book in Latin, containing Old English manumissions
Scope & Content:
Two manumissions and a notice of a guild assembly at Exeter added in blank spaces of a leaf from a Northumbrian Gospel-book with the end of St Matthew's Gospel.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
8th century-1st half of the 11th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1

5. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 76

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 76
Title:
Leaf of a Gospel-book in Latin containing a record in Old English
Scope & Content:
The last leaf of a Northumbrian gospel-book, with a record of the 'geburas' (roughly translated as inhabitants or serfs) at Hatfield, Hertfordshire added in the late 10th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
8th century-2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1

6. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, ff 2-73, 77-88

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, ff 2-73, 77-88
Title:
Collection of computistical, geographical, historical and astronomical texts
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a collection of texts, possibly copied at Canterbury in the mid-11th century, with later additions. Apart from the added Vita metrica sancti Nicholai and notes on Battle Abbey, the manuscript is believed to have been copied mostly by one scribe in the 2nd quarter of the 11th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter 11th century-3rd quarter 12th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1