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1. Cotton MS

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS
Title:
Cotton Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The Cotton Manuscripts contains a variety of material, much of it relating to the history, literature and culture of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. It is particularly rich in: (a) manuscripts written in Old English; (b) monastic cartularies; (c) saints’ Liv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Cipher, Coast Miwok, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, Middle, English, English, Middle, English, Old, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Inuit, Irish, Irish, Middle, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Low German, Occitan, Old, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Saxon, Old, Scots, Scots, Spanish, Temne, and Welsh
Date Range:
5th century-19th century
Extent:
1,429 manuscripts

2. Cotton MS Appendix XLV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix XLV
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Appendix XLV
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
3 items

3. Cotton MS Appendix XXXIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix XXXIX
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Appendix XXXIX
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, German, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
6 items

4. Cotton MS Vespasian F I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian F I
Title:
Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England, Hungary, Poland, Genoa, Venice, Transylvania, the Hanse merchants, Rhodes and Moldavia, including letters patent of Leonardo Lauredano, doge of Venice (1501–1521) (ff. 113–114)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 250. 1. Instructions of K. Henry IV. to ambassadors sent to Sigismund K. of Hungary. (Lat. the beginning wanting.) Windsor, April 29, 1411. 1. 2. Instructions of K. Henry IV. to Hortank van Clux and John Stokes, sent ambassadors to Sigismund K. of Hun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1241-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Cotton MS Vespasian B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B VIII
Title:
Statutes and Ordinances of the Hanseatic Steel-yard in London, 1554 (3r–88v); charters of Kings Henry III (1216–1272) and Edward I (1272–1307) of England for German merchants (89r–91r)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): German; Latin (89r–91r) Dated: c. 1554; 1st half of the 17th century (89r–91r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
c 1554-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Cotton MS Nero B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero B III
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Denmark, 1364/5–1589, including letters of King Henry IV of England (1399–1413)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 382. 1. Titles of two state papers, between England and Denmark. 1364 and 6. 7.2. A treaty between Henry IV, and Eric X. of Denmark, &c. (Lat. imperf.) 1403. a marriage between Henry Pr. of Wales, and Catherine a sister of Eric, is here mentioned....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Cotton MS Nero B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero B VIII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Russia, Greece, Turkey, Venice and Morocco, temp. Henry VI (1422–1461, 1470–1471) to temp. Elizabeth I (1558–1603), including letters of Ivan IV, Tsar of Russia (1547–1584), Feodor I, Tsar of Russia (1584–1598), and Abdallah al-Ghalib Billah, sultan of Morocco (1557–1574), and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (d. 1598); letter of Germanus, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1537–1579), addressed to King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547), ...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin, English, German, Russian, Greek (ff. 44–45), Arabic (ff. 46, 49, 61–62, 67, 70), Italian and Spanish Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 68. 1. The czar Iwan IV. Vassiliewitch, to Q. Elizabeth; desiring her to permit some of his merchants to purchase several article...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, Russian, and Spanish
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Cotton MS Nero B IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero B IX
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England, Germany and Hungary, temp. Edward I (1272–1307) to temp. James I (1603–1625), including a letter of Elizabeth I, queen of England (1558–1603), addressed to Rudolph II, Holy Roman emperor (1576–1612), 8 November 1595 (ff. 176–177: STC 9201.5, printed paper)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 215. [B. IX. See Rymer, vol. XVI. 212, 219, 252, 284, 289, 301.] 1. A table of the princes of Germany at the latter end of the 16th century. (Lat.) 1. 2. Notes concerning the declaring in, and absolving from the ban of the empire. (Lat. collected by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Low German, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Cotton MS Appendix XLVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix XLVI
Title:
John Dee, Mysteriorum libri (Conference with Angels); letter of Raph Jennyngs to Mr Widdrington, 26 July 1656 (part II, f. 51); copy by Raph Jennyngs of part of Mysteriorum libri (part II, ff. 244–250)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English and Latin; German (part II, 150r–v) Dated: 1583–1587; 1607 (part II, f. 227); 1656 (part II, ff. 51, 244–250)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1583-1656
Extent:
1 item

10. Cotton MS Augustus III/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus III/1
Title:
A collection of drawings, maps and diagrams from the reign of Henry VIII; prints belonging to or associated with the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a miscellaneous collection of drawings of armies, men-at-arms and landscapes, maps, and what are thought to be the original designs for King Henry VIII’s tents for the Field of Cloth of Gold. The second volume is now bound as Cotton MS Augustus III/2. Cotton MS Augustus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1500-c 1577
Extent:
1 volume