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2012. Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 1-180, 187-188
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 1-180, 187-188
- Title:
- ‘Cotton-Corpus legendary’, volume 1 (imperfect) and volume 2 (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain part of the earliest surviving, substantial legendary from England. Together with Cotton Nero E I/1, and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 9, pp. 61-458, these folios originally formed two volumes with 150 texts covering the liturgical year. Part of the first volume is co...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half 11th century
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2
2013. Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 3–117
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 3–117
- Title:
- Jerome, De viris illustribus and Vita Sancti Pauli; extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (i.21–27, 37); extract from Cyprian, Ad Quirinum Testimonia, book iii; computistical texts; and Easter tables
- Scope & Content:
- This collection of patristic writings appears to have been originally written in the second half of the 8th century at a monastery in the north of what is now France, at a centre with insular links. Some capitula and computus material were added in the first half of the 9th century, especially o...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 8th century-1st half of the 9th century
- Extent:
-
Part of a parchment codex
2014. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77
- Title:
- Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note of the age of the world; 'Kentish Psalm' (Old English paraphrase of Psalm 50); Disticha Catonis (incomplete); hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain various Biblical texts, notes, and hymns in Latin and Old English. Apart from the additions on ff. 76v–77v, most of this text may have been copied between the middle of the 10th century to 2nd half of the 10th century. These folios include: ff. 2r–37v: Book of Proverbs (Par...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 10th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D VI
2015. Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 56–160
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 56–160
- Title:
- Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae; Gerald of Wales Descriptio Cambriae; Gerald of Wales Retractationes; Gerald of Wales Catalogus brevior librorum suorum; Annales Cambriae; Life of David fitz Gerald (Vita David secundi); Cognacio Brychan.
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 56r-58r: Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae, Preface. Rubric: 'Stephano Cantuariensi archiepiscopo in Odoporion Giraldi prefatio prima'. Incipit: 'Sicut variis rerum motibus et mutacionibus tempora moventur'. ff. 58r-v: Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae. Table of chapter...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 13th century-Mid 16th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Domitian A I.
2016. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 120r–125v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 120r–125v
- Title:
- List of Welsh cantrefi; Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Anglorum (imperfect); genealogical chronicle of the dukes of Normandy and kings of England; memorandum of the children of King Edward II of England; memorandum of the battles fought under King Edward III of England
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain: ff. 120r-121v: list of Welsh cantrefi in Middle Welsh, copied in the 2nd half of the 15th century; f. 122r: Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Anglorum (imperfect), copied in the 4th quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century; ff. 122r-124r: genea...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin and Welsh
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
6 folios
2017. Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 199–280
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 199–280
- Title:
- Life of St Edith; Chronicle of Wilton Abbey; Life of St Æthelthryth
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain Middle English hagiographies and a Latin chronicle of Wilton abbey: ff. 199r–263r: a verse Life of St Edith (Boffey and Edwards, A New Index (2005), no. 243); ff. 263r–264v: a chronicle of Wilton Abbey; ff. 265r–279v: a Life of St Æthelthryth (Boffey and Edwards, A New...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Faustina B III
2018. Cotton MS Julius C III, ff 1–414
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Julius C III, ff 1–414
- Title:
- Letters addressed to Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631) by, among others, Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (d. 1626) (ff. 10–11), Sir Thomas Bodley (d. 1613) (f. 25), William Camden (d. 1623) (ff. 58–65), John Dee (d. 1609) (ff. 135–136), Sir Edward Dering (d. 1644) (f. 143), John Donne (d. 1631) (ff. 153–154), William Laud, bishop of St Davids (1621–26) (the future archbishop of Canterbury, 1633–45) (f. 232), John Selden (d. 1654) (ff. 338–344), John Speed (d. 1629) (ff. 354–358) and James Ussher, ...
- Scope & Content:
- Language(s): English and Latin; French (ff. 161, 288–291); Italian (ff. 174, 282); Greek (f. 353) Dated: 1595–1630; 19th century (415r–418r)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1595-19th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
2019. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 129–197
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 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
2020. Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 152–203
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 152–203
- Title:
- Odo of Cluny, Collationes (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 152r–203v: Odo of Cluny, Collationes (imperfect). Decoration: Medium initials in red and green, sometimes with arabesque motifs. Rubrics in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- Mid 12th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B III