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Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 306–313
Title:: Jean Froissart, Chroniques (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 306r-313r: Jean Froissart, Chroniques, a fragment recounting the 1366 expedition of Edward the Black Prince to restore Pedro of Castille ('the Cruel') to his throne, beginning, 'et de la communaulte de Castelle', ending 'Responst cyl dist le capitaine'. Decoration: Initials in g...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Nero D. ii.

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Nero D IX
Title:: Antoine de La Sale (Salle), Le Petit Jehan de Saintré; Rasse de Brunhamel, Floridan et Elvide
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r–108r: Antoine de La Sale or Salle (b. c. 1398, d. c. 1461), Le Petit Jean de Saintré, a didactic romance about the adventures of the hero, Jean, at the court of King John of France, and of his lady, the Dame des Belles Cousines, who teaches him how to become the perfect knight...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Nero D VI
Title:: Documents relating to the Anglo-French and Anglo-Scottish wars (4r–64v); coronation order of King Richard II of England (1377–99) (65r–69v); account of the coronation of Richard II, 16 July 1377 (70r–71v); Modus tenendi Parliamentum (72r–75r); chronicle of English history, Noah–AD 1377 (76r–81r); documents relating to the office of marshal of England (82r–92r)
Scope & Content:: Language(s): Anglo-Norman French and Latin; French (36r–56v)
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho C X
Title:: Papers relating to the marriages of King Henry VIII
Scope & Content:: Papers relating to the divorce of Henry VII (1457–1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, from Katherine of Aragon (1485–1536), queen of England and first consort of Henry VIII. Also concerning his marriages to: Anne Boleyn (c. 1500–1536), queen of England and second consort of Henry VIII; A...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1528-1544
Extent:: 1 volume

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho D IV
Title:: Collections of Robert Glover (d. 1588), including extracts from the Chronicle of Melrose Abbey (141v–154v)
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

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