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1. Cotton MS Caligula B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B VII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–513v: A volume of original documents and copies concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556, several of which relate to a potential marriage between Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots. f. 1r: Title page. ff. 2r–v, 3v: Original letter from Dr Magnus to Cardinal Wolsey, reporting that he ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Cotton MS Claudius A I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A I
Title:
Passio sancti Cypriani (imperfect); Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (imperfect); Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae Wilfridi; papal, episcopal and royal letters; various hagiographies, including Paulinus, Vita sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Inventio sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii; Inventio sancti Nazarii; Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino, Vita sancti Hieronymi; Venantius Fortunatus, Vita sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episcopi and Miracula sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episc...
Scope & Content:
This codex contains items from 4 originally separate medieval manuscripts, copied between the mid-10th and 14th century. f. 1r-v: Passio Sancti Cypriani (compare Biblioteca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2037, imperfect) and Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (1r–v: imperfect), copied in the 14th century. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
mid-10th century-14th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Claudius B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B IV
Title:
Old English Hexateuch (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains portions of the Hexateuch, in Old English: ff. 1r-1v: Ælfric’s preface to Æthelwærd (imperfect). ff. 1v-72v: Genesis. ff. 72v-105v: Exodus. ff. 105v-110v: Leviticus. ff. 111r-128r: Numbers. ff. 128v-140r: Deuteronomy. ff. 140v-156v: Joshua. The Old English text wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

4. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI
Title:
Donatus, Ars maior; Interrogationes; a poem on Gregory the Great attributed to John the Deacon ; De formis qualiter causarum; Croniques de London, covering the years 1259–1343
Scope & Content:
This codex contains: f. 1r: early modern table of contents; ff. 2r-31r: Donatus, Ars maior; ff. 31v-47r: Interrogationes; ff. 47r–48r: poem on Gregory the Great attributed to John the Deacon; ff. 48r–53r: De formis qualiter causarum; f. 53v: blank; ff. 54r–106v: Croniques de London, co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
mid-10th century-mid-14th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

5. Cotton MS Cleopatra B I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra B I
Title:
A composite miscellany of hagiographic, devotional, and prophetic texts in Latin.
Scope & Content:
A composite miscellany containing five parts with hagiographic, devotional and prophetic texts in Latin, probably brought together in the library of Sir Robert Cotton. The miscellany contains one of the three extant copies of the canonisation dossier of Gilbert of Sempringham (d. 1190), founder ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300 - c 1500
Extent:

Parchment codex

6. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI
Title:
Ancrene Riwle; songs and prayers; a leaf from a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): (i) f. 1r-1v: A leaf from a Book of Hours with a miniature of the Annunciation; (ii) ff. 2r-203v: Ancrene Riwle; poems and prayers in Middle English, Anglo-Norman French and Latin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1420
Extent:

A parchment codex consisting of 2 items.

7. Cotton MS Domitian A VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A VII
Title:
Gospel extracts; ‘Durham Liber Vitae’
Scope & Content:
Gospel extracts (ff. 4r–14v), in Latin, middle of the 12th century (Matthew ff. 4r–5v; Mark ff. 6r–8v; Luke ff. 9r–11v; John ff. 12r–14v); Liber Vitae (‘Durham Liber Vitae’) (ff. 15r–83v), in Latin and Old English (ff. 47r–v), 1st half of the 9th century to 1st half of the 16th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 parchment volume

8. Cotton MS Domitian A XVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A XVII
Title:
Psalter (‘Psalter of Henry VI’)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was made around 1405-1410, possibly for Louis, duke of Guyenne and Dauphin of France; in c. 1420 it was supplemented with a set of computistical tables (ff. 8r-11r); and in c. 1430-1431 the Psalter was possibly adapted for king Henry VI of England. At this stage the English arms ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1405-c 1430
Extent:

288 folios.

9. Cotton MS Galba A XVIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba A XVIII
Title:
Gallican Psalter (‘Athelstan’ or ‘Galba Psalter’), with additions including a metrical calendar, computistical texts and tables and liturgical texts. A Cottonian composite frontispiece, from the Breviary of Margaret of York.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): f. 2r: Cottonian composite frontispiece, formed of cuttings from two devotional manuscripts, pasted to the back of the first folio of the following item. f. 2v-200v: Gallican Psalter (‘Athelstan' or ‘Gal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Parchment codex.

10. Cotton MS Galba C I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba C I
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1558-1564
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1558-1564. f. 2 Queen Elizabeth I: minutes of her instructions to Thomas Gresham: to travel to Antwerp, and liquidate some debts. December 1558 and March 5, 1558-9. f. 3 Queen Elizabeth I: her commission to William Howard, Earl of E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1558-1564
Extent:
1 volume