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2. 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
3. Cotton MS Caligula C I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula C I
- Title:
- Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1567–1570
- Scope & Content:
- Much of this volume relates to the exile of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), and including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Catherine de Medici, Queen Dowager of France (d. 1589); Sir William Cecil (later 1st Baron Burghley, d. 1598); ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
- Date Range:
- 1567-1631
- Extent:
- 1 volume.
4. 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
5. Cotton MS Caligula C III
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula C III
- Title:
- Records and papers concerning England and Scotland (originals and copies), 1568/9–1585, including a diary of John Lesley, bishop of Ross (d. 1596), 1571 (4r–40r); letters of Mary, queen of Scots (1542-67; d. 1587) (ff. 171, 244–248, 261–262, 423, 618, 620); and the pleading of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk (d. 1572) (f. 189)
- Scope & Content:
- Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 597. 1. A tract in 12mo. entitled, "Commentaria diurna Jo. Leslie episcopi Rossensis:" being the bishop’‘s journal, in his own hand, from April 11 to Oct. 16, 1571. 1. 2. Various papers and memorandums on the affairs of Scotland, and the nobility ther...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1571-1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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