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2091. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 25–98

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Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 25–98
Title:
Simeon of Durham, De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 24r-97r: Simeon of Durham, De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (Concerning the Beginning of the Church of Durham), including Bede’s Death Song in Old English and written in an imitative Anglo-Saxon vernacular minuscule, beginning: ‘Forþam neodfere nenig wyrtheð’. The manuscript cont...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina A V

2092. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 2–9

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Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 2–9
Title:
William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-9r: William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali (The Passion of Saints Alban and Amphibalus), preceded by a prologue (f. 2r); beginning of the prologue: 'Quisquis beatorum martyrum gloriosa certamina'; beginning of the Vita (Life): 'Incipit passio sancti Albani a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

2093. Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 130–168

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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

2094. Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 217–237

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 217–237
Title:
Donations to Holme St Benet's Abbey; John of Oxnead Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 217r-v: A list of donations to Holme St Benet's Abbey (imperfect); ff. 218r-237r: John of Oxnead (d. after 1292), Chronicle. Decoration: Paraphs in red or blue. Dates and rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero D. ii

2095. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108
Title:
Bede the Venerable, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (excerpt); Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (imperfect); Excerpta de Vita et Miraculis Sancti Cuthberti
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 46r-47r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672/3, d. 735), Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People), Book 4.32 [healing miracle of St Cuthbert]. ff. 47r-85v: Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (Translation and Miracles of St Cuthbert), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

2096. Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 3–161

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Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 3–161
Title:
Marianus Scottus, Chronicon, with a continuation to AD 1087; computistical tables and texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-161r: Marianus Scottus (b. 1028, d. 1082/3), Chronicon (Chronicle) with a continuation to 1087 AD including computistical tables (ff. 160v-161r). [ff. 4r, 159v are blank] Decoration: Several large initials in red; numerous small initials in red, sometimes with simple ornamen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C V

2097. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 1r-1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 1r-1v
Title:
Leaf of a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
Miniature of the Annunciation attributed to the Master of the Harvard Hannibal (a Parisian artist active in the early 15th century named after Cambridge (MA), Harvard College Library, Houghton Library, MS Richardson 32), with a gold frame and foliate borders (f. 1r); lines from the Te Deum and t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1415-c 1420
Extent:
1 folio, bound together in a single volume with the remainder of this manuscript.

2098. Cotton MS Domitian A XII, ff 141–158

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A XII, ff 141–158
Title:
Ivo of Chartres, Sermo de Dedicatione Ecclesie; Sermo de Sacramentis Neophitorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 141r-151r: Ivo of Chartres, Sermo de Dedicatione Ecclesie (Sermon on the Dedication of the Church). ff. 151r–158v: Ivo of Chartres, Sermo de Sacramentis Neophitorum (Sermon on the Sacraments of the Neophytes). Decoration: 1 large historiated initial in red, blue and green, fe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A XII

2099. Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 24–30

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 24–30
Title:
Robert Kilwardby, De ortu scientiarum; Pseudo-Aristotle, De morte Aristotelis sive de pomo, translated by Manfred of Sicily.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 24r-27r: Robert Kilwardby, De Ortu Scientiarum (On the rise of the sciences), imperfect. ff. 27v-30r: Pseudo-Aristotle, De morte Aristotelis sive de pomo (On the death of Aristotle, or the apple), translated by Manfred of Sicily. f. 30v: table of contents in a modern hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B X.

2100. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58
Title:
Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu ending with an epitome of Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum; De VII Mirabilibus Mundi; Historia Brittonum (‘Gildasian’ recension, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various historical texts copied in the north of England in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 28r–43r: Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu (The Book about the First Arrival of the Saxons or Normans). ff. 36r–43r: An epitome of Symeon of Dur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

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