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1. Cotton MS Claudius A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A VI
Title:
Cartulary of Boxgrove Priory; Ivo of Chartres, Sermones; Epistolae; Marbod of Rennes, Epistola V; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistola X; anonymous monk ('G') of Pontlevoy, three letters
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts that were separately produced at different locations and periods of time. The first part (ff. 1-155) contains the Latin cartulary of the Benedictine priory of St Mary and St Blaise at Boxgrove in the diocese of Chichester that was written by several s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Otho D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho D II
Title:
A collection of travellers' accounts of the East, including La Fleur des Histoires de la terre d'Orient, translated by Jean d'Ypres; Jean d'Arras, Roman de Melusine
Scope & Content:
Contents: Six texts on the Orient, including a set of letters, compiled and translated into French in 1351 by Jean d'Ypres or Jean le Long, Abbot of St Bertin from 1365 to 1383 (ff. 1-85v); Jean d'Arras, Roman de Melusine (ff. 86r-150v). The foliation for the contents is that of the re-mounte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and French, Middle
Date Range:
1400-1415
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2
Title:
Coronation Book of Charles V, King of France
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a presentation copy of the Coronation Book of Charles V (r. 1364–1380), King of France, comprising the French coronation order commissioned by him in 1365 (see his colophon on f. 74v). The order was subsequently supplemented with texts of several oaths, probably sometime...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1365-1380
Extent:

1 volume