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31. Cotton MS Galba B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B VIII
Title:
Correspondence and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1514–1525
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other records concerning England and Burgundy, 1514–1525, including letters in the hands of Charles V, King of Spain (1516–1556) and Holy Roman emperor (1519–1556; d. 1558), and Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), lord chancellor, humanist and martyr. f. 1r: Cottonian title-page. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1514-1525
Extent:
1 volume

32. Cotton MS Julius A II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius A II
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione; Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary; Disticha Catonis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 3 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): ff. 2-9: Bede, De temporum ratione, books lxvi–lxx (imperfect), 1st quarter of the 12th century; ff. 10-135: Ælfric, Grammar (10r–120v: imperfect), Ælfric, Glossary (120v–130v); a grammatical treatise,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid-11th century to 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

33. Cotton MS Julius C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius C III
Title:
A collection of original letters addressed to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the correspondence of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), first Baronet, of Conington Hall in Huntingdonshire, antiquarian and founder of the Cottonian Library. Whereas the British Museum’s catalogue describes this manuscript as a ‘collection of 328 original Lett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1592-1649
Extent:

1 volume

34. Cotton MS Otho C X

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

35. Cotton MS Titus A XVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus A XVII
Title:
Le Sacre, Couronnement, et Entrée de Claude de France
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Le Sacre, Couronnement, et Entrée de Claude de France, an anonymous French account of the consecration, coronation and royal entrance into Paris of Claude de France (b. 1499, d. 1524), Queen of France, and wife of Francis I (r. 1515-1547), which took place on 10-12 May 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1517
Extent:

1 volume

36. Cotton MS Vespasian B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B III
Title:
Complainte sur la mort d'Anne de Bretagne
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Complainte sur la mort d'Anne de Bretagne, a eulogistic French poem in honour of Anne of Brittany (b. 1477, d. 1514), Queen of France, followed by a prose description of her funeral in 1514. The work has been attributed to Pierre Choque (b. c. 1450, d. 1530), herald ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1514
Extent:
1 volume

37. Cotton MS Vespasian C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1527-1529
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, between January 1527 and December 1529. Principally correspondence of Thomas Wolsey (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, and Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland, with some papers of Charles V (1500-1558...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1527-1529
Extent:
1 volume

38. Cotton MS Vespasian C XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C XII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1262-1509
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning England and Spain, 1262-1509. Including the marriage contract of Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486-1502), and Katherine of Aragon (1485–1536) in 1497 (ff. 227r-237v), and the marriage contract of Prince Henry, later King Henry VIII (1491–1547), and Katherine of Aragon in 1502 (ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1262-1509
Extent:
1 volume

39. Cotton MS Vespasian F III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian F III
Title:
Correspondence and other documents written or attested by various monarchs
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other documents written or attested by the kings, queens and rulers of England, France, Scotland, Castile, Aragon, Spain, Portugal, Florence, Tuscany, the Holy Roman Empire, Bohemia, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and Russia, including William I of England (1066–1087) and his succes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

40. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Title:
(1) Old English adaptations of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia and other texts (known as the 'Southwick Codex'); (2) Beowulf, The Marvels of the East, Judith, and other texts in Old English (known as the 'Nowell Codex')
Scope & Content:
This volume, containing the unique medieval copy of Beowulf and other important texts in Old English, comprises two manuscripts of different origin and date, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The so-called 'Southwick Codex' (ff. 4–93), named after its medieval home, was ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
990s-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

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