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Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 224–225
Title:: Rental of Nailsbourne and Holway and other memoranda
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 224r-225r: A rental of Nailsbourne and Holway (f. 224r) followed by several memoranda. Decoration: No decoration.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho A VI
Title:: Old English prose and verse translation of Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae; Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita Sancti Edwardi Regis et Confessoris; fragment of an account of a pilgrimage to Edward the Confessor's shrine
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript contains two parts, bound together in the 17th century. Contents: ff. 1r-129v: the only surviving copy of an Old English translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae in alternating prose and verse. These folios were copied in the mid-10th century. ff. 130r-...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 10th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 130–168
Title:: Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita Sancti Edwardi Regis et Confessoris
Scope & Content:: These folios contain the Life of St Edward the Confessor by Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1109, d. 1167). This manuscript includes a table of chapters and prefatory letters addressed to King Henry II of England (r. 1154-1189) and Laurence, abbot of Westminster (d. 1173). All these text are listed in Bi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Otho A VI

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho C V
Title:: Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark (part of the 'The Otho-Corpus Gospels') (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: This codex contains part of an Insular Gospel-book which was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Contents: ff. 1r–64v: The Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark (imperfect). The Gospels of St Luke and St John are contained in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 197B and possibly ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 7th century-1st quarter of the 8th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho D VIII
Title:: Calendar; Passional (February–March), comprising: Passio Sancti Ignatii; Vita Sancte Brigide Virginis; Passio Sancti Blasii Episcopi; Passio Sancti Triphonis Martyris; Passio Sancte Agathe Virginis et Martyris; Alcuin, Vita Sancti Vedasti Episcopi; Haiminus of Saint-Vaast, Miracula Sancti Vedasti Episcopi; Baudemundus, Vita Sancti Amandi Traiectensis Episcopi; Vita Sancti Ansberti episcopi; Vita Sancte Austroberte Virginis; Vita Sancte Euphrasie Virginis; Passio Sancti Valentini Martyris; Pa...
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript contains six parts (ff. 2-7; ff. 8-173; ff. 174-233; ff. 234-254; f. 255; ff. 256-269) that were produced at separate times in England. The largest part of the manuscript (ff. 8-173) contains a Passionary or Legendary (featuring the lives of saints for liturgical read...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 12th century - 4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho D VIII, f 255
Title:: Record of the peace made between Henry III and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of Gwynedd, 25 September 1267
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 255r-255v: Record of the peace made between King Henry III (r. 1216–1272) and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd of Gwynedd (d. 1282), 25 September 1267. Decoration: No decoration.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Otho D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 2–7
Title:: Calendar
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-7v: Calendar, imperfect due to fire damage. Decoration: 20 of the originally 24 roundels with the Labours of the Month and Symbols of the Zodiac in blue, red and white, against a gold background in frames of blue and purple; several are damaged by fire. Partial (three-side...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Otho D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 8–173
Title:: Passional (February–March), comprising: Passio Sancti Ignatii; Vita Sancte Brigide Virginis; Passio Sancti Blasii Episcopi; Passio Sancti Triphonis martyris; Passio Sancte Agathe Virginis et Martyris; Alcuin, Vita Sancti Vedasti Episcopi; Haiminus of Saint-Vaast, Miracula Sancti Vedasti Episcopi; Baudemundus, Vita Sancti Amandi Traiectensis Episcopi; Vita Sancti Ansberti Episcopi; Vita Sancte Austroberte Virginis; Vita Sancte Euphrasie Virginis; Passio Sancti Valentini Martyris; Passio Sanct...
Scope & Content:: This part of the manuscript contains a Passionary or Legendary, containing the lives of saints for feasts in the period of February–March. Contents: ff. 8r-12r: Passio Sancti Ignatii (The Martyrdom of St Ignatius) [Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 4256]. ff. 12r-26v: Vita Sancte Brigid...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Otho D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 174–233
Title:: Nicholas Trevet, Annales Sex Regum Anglie; Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Seculi; ‘Hermerus’, Lilium Regnans
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 174r-231r: Nicholas Trevet (b. c. 1258, d. c. 1334), Annales Sex Regum Anglie (Annals of Six Kings of England), 1136–1307. ff. 231v-233v: Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Seculi (On the Beginning and the End of this Age). f. 233v: ‘Hermerus’, a political prophecy known as Li...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Otho D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 234–254
Title:: Chronicle of English history, 1341–1399
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 234r-254v: Chronicle of English history, 1341–1399 Decoration: No decoration.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Otho D VIII

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