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1. Cotton MS Caligula C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C V
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1575–1579
Scope & Content:
ff. 3r–200r: A volume of records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1575–1579, including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots, and drawings by John Dunstall (ff. 73r–75r), including 'Certaine Emblemes upon a clock of the Q. of Scots' (f. 74r). ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1575-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Cotton MS Caligula C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C IV
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1568–1575
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–330v: Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1568–1575. Includes the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–67; d. 1587); the instructions issued by Sir William Drury (d. 1579), High Marshal of Berwick and General of Her Majesty’s Force...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and French
Date Range:
1573-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Cotton MS Augustus V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus V
Title:
Le Trésor des Histoires or Le Trésor de Sapience
Scope & Content:
Le Trésor des Histoires or Trésor de Sapience is an anonymous historical compilation in prose from Creation to the pontificate of Clement VI. The version of the Trésor in the manuscript is rare and has a Parisian origin. The only other copy of this version of the text is contained in Paris, BnF,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex.

4. 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

5. Cotton MS Nero D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D II
Title:
Chronicle of Rochester Cathedral Priory, List of donations to Holme St Benets Priory, John of Oxnead Chronicle, Chronicle of Battle Abbey, miscellaneous historical and heraldic texts, Robert Grosseteste, Constitutiones, Jean Froissart, Chroniques.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a variety of texts bound together, including: f. 1v: Cottonian list of contents; ff. 2r–214r: Chronicle of Rochester Cathedral Priory to 1377; ff 215r–216v: Annalistic chronicle to1089 (imperfect); ff. 217r–v: List of donations to Holme St Benets Priory, imperfect f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c.1100-c.1650
Extent:
Parchment codex, composite, containing 11 items

6. Cotton MS Caligula D V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D V
Title:
Original documents relating to England and France in the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI of England
Scope & Content:
Bound fragments from a volume which originally consisted of 219 leaves, containing documents relating to the transactions between England and France in the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI of England. The volume was badly damaged in the Cotton Library fire of 1731 and some of the leaves were lost ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. 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

8. Cotton MS Galba C II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba C II
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1564–1567
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1564-1567. ff. 2r-3r Notes by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Titled ‘A memorial for things appertaining to the colloquy’. 1565. ff. 4r-17v Articles titled ‘A collection of certain reasons which may be used in the question of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1564-1567
Extent:
1 volume.

9. Cotton MS Titus C XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus C XII
Title:
Papers relating to Scotland, c. 1558-1569
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers concerning Scotland, and Mary (1542–1587), Queen of Scots. From c. 1558-1569. Formerly owned by William Dugdale (1605–1686), antiquary and herald. Contents: f. 1r: Partial contents list, covering the first four items in the manuscript. In the hand of William Dugdale. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1558-1569
Extent:

1 volume

10. Cotton MS Vespasian C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C III
Title:
Correspondence concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–156r: Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526, principally of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530). Primarily English and Latin, partly in cipher, with occasional items in Spanish and Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1525-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume