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21. Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff 5–169

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Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff 5–169
Title:
Polemius Silvius, Nomina Provinciarum Omnium; Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Galliae; letters of Popes Leo I and Zosimus; a tree of consanguinity; Burchard of Worms, Decretum; a bull of Pope Leo IX
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 5r: Polemius Silvius, Nomina Provinciarum Omnium, an excerpt from the so-called Laterculus [see Chronica Minora, ed. by Mommsen (1892), pp. 535-42]. ff. 5r-6r: Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Galliae [see Chronica Minora, ed. by Mommsen (1892), pp. 584-612]. ff. 6r-7v: Letters ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C VI

22. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 107–165

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Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 107–165
Title:
Helperic of Auxerre, De Computo; Collatio Compoti Romani et Arabici; Herman of Reichenau, Computus Abbreviates; computistical argumenta
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the treatise on the computus by Helperic of Auxerre, copied in the late 11th century. To this part were added two further computistical works dated to the middle of the 12th century (ff. 143v–147v) and the 2nd half of the 12th century (ff. 148r–165v). It featur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII

23. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 1–82

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Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 1–82
Title:
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De architectura; Extracts from Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata ex Sententiis Sancti Augustini; Vitalis's epitaph
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: A page-title written by a modern hand: 'Vitruvius/ Vegetius, de re militari'. f. 2v: Preface of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura followed by a table of chapters numbered in Roman numerals. ff. 3r-82r: Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura (About Architecture) (10 b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

24. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 83–128

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Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 83–128
Title:
Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De Re Militari
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 83r-83v: Table of contents for the 4 books of Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De Re Militari (Concerning Military Matters) followed by the table of chapters of the 1st book. ff. 83v-91v: Vegetius, De Re Militari, 1st book. ff. 92r-101r: Vegetius, De Re Militari, 2nd book, preceded by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

25. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 129–197

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Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 129–197
Title:
Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 129v: A table of contents written by a 15th-century hand. ff. 130r-197v: Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Mirabilium (Collection of Wonderful Things). Decoration: Large decorated initial at the beginning in red and green (f. 130r). Decorated initials in red and green. Simple initials...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

26. Cotton MS Domitian A II, ff 2–7

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Cotton MS Domitian A II, ff 2–7
Title:
John Somer, Chronicle; computistical tables
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-7r: John Somer, Chronicle entitled ‘Cronica quedam brevis ffratris Iohannis Somour ordinis sancti Ffrancisci de conventu ville Briggewalter’. f. 7v: computistical tables. Decoration: Highlighting in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-Mid 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A II

27. Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 187–244

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Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 187–244
Title:
A collection of scientific texts
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains a number of scientific and medical texts. Among them, there is the earliest surviving copy of the De Aere, Aqua et Regionibus (The Book on Water, Air and the Regions) by Hippocrates (b. c. 460 BC, d. c. 380 BC) and the only extant copy of the chapter entitled...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Galba E IV

28. Cotton MS Julius A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius A VI
Title:
A calendar, computistical texts and tables, Expositio Hymnorum, canticles and poems
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two discrete parts, which were joined together in the medieval period. One part (ff. 2r–17v), copied in the first half of the 11th century, includes a calendar and computistical material. The second part (ff. 18r–80v) contains an early version of the Expositio Hymnorum (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

29. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 3–13

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Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 3–13
Title:
Calendar; Computistical texts; Hymns and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-8v: Calendar, with the so-called Dog Days (dies canicularis). f. 9r: A computistical table. f. 9v: Instructions for the computus, beginning: ‘Si vis scire quot concurrentes in anno sunt’. f. 10r: Instructions for calculating the age of the moon, beginning: ‘Hec sunt .vii.tem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

30. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82

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Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82
Title:
Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-39r: Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), Comput (Anglo Norman) [added Latin title ‘lib[er] de creaturis’, in a 15th-century script]. ff. 40v-41r: Two short Latin texts on the Computus (beginning ‘In anno quo ciclus’ and ‘Quicumque adventum domini celebrare desiderat’). ff. 41r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A V

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