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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Language Greek, Ancient Name Cotton, Thomas, 2nd Baronet, 1594-1662

1. Cotton MS Caligula B IX/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B IX/1
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1556-1579. Volume 1 of 2. f. 1r-1v: List of titles of documents concerning the borders. ff. 2r-6v: Proceedings of Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, and other commissioners concerning the borders. Containing copies of an indenture between th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1556-1579
Extent:
1 volume

2. 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

3. Cotton MS Julius F VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius F VI
Title:
Historical and topographical collections, 1529-1640
Scope & Content:
Collection of historical letters and papers, principally from the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI and I. From the collection of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Partly assembled by Cotton and William Camden (1551–1623), historian an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1529-1640
Extent:

1 volume

4. Cotton MS Titus B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B VII
Title:
Letters to the Earls of Leicester, Sussex and others
Scope & Content:
Letters to the earls of Leicester, Sussex, and others, mainly from the reign of Elizabeth I and James I (1558-1625). f. 1r partial contents list of letters. ff. 2r-3v Letter from Robert Zinzan to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Reporting his delivery of the Queen’s present of horses to King ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1558-1625
Extent:
1 volume

5. Cotton MS Vitellius C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VII
Title:
Works of John Dee
Scope & Content:
Collection of works by John Dee (1527-1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary. Including his autobiographical ‘Compendious Rehearsal of John Dee’, geometric and mathematical observations, and his work ‘Of Famous and Rich Discoveries’. f. 1r Table of contents. ff. 2r-13r John Dee, ‘The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume.