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611. Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545. f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2r: Paper containing intelligence concerning a treaty between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Francis I of France. January 31 1526. Latin. ff. 3r-4v: Two papers of intelligence concerning the retreat of King Ferd...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1526-1545
Extent:
1 volume

612. Cotton MS Vitellius C I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C I
Title:
Papers relating to Wales and the Welsh Marches, 1461-1625
Scope & Content:
f. 1r: Cottonian title page. ff. 2r-6v: Blank. f. 7r-7v: Ordinances by John Alcock, Bishop of Worcester, Anthony Widevile, and E. Rivers. For the government of Shrewsbury. April 10 1478. ff. 8r-13v: Blank. ff. 14r-15r: Remembrances proposed by the commissioners. Concerning things to be execu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1461-1625
Extent:
1 volume

613. Cotton MS Vitellius C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III
Title:
(1) Old English Illustrated Herbal and Medicina de quadrupedibus in Old English; (2) Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi; (3) Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i–ii; (4) notes by William Harvey
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains four separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): f. 1: Cottonian frontispiece. f. 3r: early modern endleaf. f. 4r: early modern table of contents. ff. 5r-10v: Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi, copied in England in the 1st qua...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Old, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 9th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

1 volume

614. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 139-141

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 139-141
Title:
Medical recipes copied by William Harvey
Scope & Content:
These folios contain medical notes and recipes copied by William Harvey (b. 1578, d. 1657), the physician who discovered the circulation of blood. Contents: ff. 139-141: Medical notes and recipes, copied by William Harvey. No decoration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

615. Cotton MS Vitellius C IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C IX
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Vitellius C IX
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, English, Old, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 items

616. Cotton MS Vitellius C IX, ff 3–232, 235–239, 252–331

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C IX, ff 3–232, 235–239, 252–331
Title:
Miscellaneous historical papers, including Christopher Watson, The History of Duresme (Durham) (64r-128v); copies of Anglo-Saxon charters (129r-131v); Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan (133r-154v); and Life of King Arthur (155r-157r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Old, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
15th century-2nd half 16th century
Extent:
1 item

617. Cotton MS Vitellius C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VII
Title:
Works of John Dee
Scope & Content:
Collection of works by John Dee (1527-1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary. Including his autobiographical ‘Compendious Rehearsal of John Dee’, geometric and mathematical observations, and his work ‘Of Famous and Rich Discoveries’. f. 1r Table of contents. ff. 2r-13r John Dee, ‘The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume.

618. Cotton MS Vitellius C X, ff 10-103, 121-156, 166-273

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C X, ff 10-103, 121-156, 166-273
Title:
Papers relating to Wales and Cornwall
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 item

619. Cotton MS Vitellius C XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C XI
Title:
Collection of royal marriage negotiations and contracts, 1396-1615.
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of royal marriage negotiations and contracts, 1396-1615. It is largely a collection relating to the English royal family, but also reproduces documents tracing the recent marriage negotiations between France and Spain (culminating in the dual marriages of Louis XIII and Phil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1396-1615
Extent:
1 volume.

620. Cotton MS Vitellius C XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C XVI
Title:
Collections relating to royal and noble marriages
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, incendio laesus, foliis constans 538. cujus contenta seriatim describere haud operae pretium duximus. Haec autem eminent. 1. A discourse concerning marriages and divorces, in 4 chapters; wherein the question about the legality of marriage after divorcement for adulte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half 16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 item

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