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891. Cotton MS Claudius A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A VI
Title:
Cartulary of Boxgrove Priory; Ivo of Chartres, Sermones; Epistolae; Marbod of Rennes, Epistola V; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistola X; anonymous monk ('G') of Pontlevoy, three letters
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts that were separately produced at different locations and periods of time. The first part (ff. 1-155) contains the Latin cartulary of the Benedictine priory of St Mary and St Blaise at Boxgrove in the diocese of Chichester that was written by several s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

892. Cotton MS Titus B VIII

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Cotton MS Titus B VIII
Title:
Miscellaneous papers, AD 729–1618 (originals and copies), including the instructions given by Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603) to Henry Herbert, 2nd earl of Pembroke (d. 1601), Lord President of the council in the Marches of Wales, 1586 (1r–49v); a narrative of English naval expeditions, 1588–1603 (96r–156v: imperfect); Sir Walter Raleigh, Journal of his second voyage to Guiana, 1617–1618 (162r–175v); Richard Madox, Journal of a voyage to discover a passage to Cathay, 1582 (180r–221r)...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English, French, Latin, and cipher; (?)the dialect of Coast Miwok Indians (191r); Javanese (191v); Middle English (323r–324r); Latin, English, Dutch, Spanish, Hebrew, Greek, Italian and French (f. 351) Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 373. 1. Instructions given by Q. El...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Coast Miwok, Dutch, English, English, Middle, French, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Javanese, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

893. Cotton MS Julius E VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius E VII
Title:
Ælfric, Lives of Saints; Ælfric, Interrogationes Sigewulfi in Genesin; De falsis diis
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of the earliest known copies of Ælfric's Lives of the Saints, along with two other texts associated with Ælfric and four possibly anonymous saints' lives (Euphrosyne, Eustace, Mary of Egypt, and the Seven Sleepers). All of these texts were apparently intended as a si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st third of the 11th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

894. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV
Title:
Calendar, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, 'Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto, and an Altercatio inter Urbanum et Clementem; Letter-book of Archbishop Wulfstan
Scope & Content:
This is a composite manuscript, containing texts made between the early 11th and late 12th century. These include: ff. 1-105: a calendar, Latin-Old Cornish glossary, documents pertaining to Wales, and lives of Welsh saints ('Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'), which was copied in the 2nd half of 12th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of 11th century-2nd half 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

895. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI
Title:
The Hagnaby Chronicle; The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Marguerite de Baux and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol; The Dover Chronicle; Vita Abbatum Croylandiae; a fragment of a rental; Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris, De Genealogia Regum Anglorum; a Franciscan chronicle; a verse chronicle; a theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-61v: The Hagnaby Chronicle. ff. 62r-71v: The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (b.1390, d. 1433), Marguerite de Baux (b. 1394, d. 1469), and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol (b. 1418, d. 1475). ff. 72r-79r: The Dover Chronicle. ff. 80r-82v: Vitae Ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

896. Cotton MS Vespasian E III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E III
Title:
Annals of Burton Abbey; an account of the Council of Oxford of 1222; St Cyprian, Confessio; Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Saeculi; Alexander of Stainsby, Constitutiones; Honorius Augustodunensis, Imago Mundi; Invectivum Contra Regem Iohannem; Reginald of Canterbury, Vita Sancti Malchi
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made out of six parts that were produced separately in England. The first part (ff. 4-102) was produced at Burton Abbey in the early 13th century and contains the Annals of Burton Abbey. The second part (ff. 103-108) is an account of the Council of Oxford of 1222. Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
10th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

897. Cotton MS Tiberius C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius C III
Title:
Honorius of Autun, Gemma animae sive De divinis officiis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-3v: Leaf of a noted liturgical book (imperfect) ff. 4r-91r: Honorius of Autun (b. c. 1080, d. c. 1155), Gemma animae sive De divinis officiis (Gem of the Soul or on Divine Services), an allegorical treatise on the liturgy, beginning: 'Incipit liber de divinis officiis venerabi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

898. Cotton MS Augustus II 97

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 97
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Oswulf, dux and minister; grant of Oswulf, dux, to Lyminge minster
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants land at Hremping wiic (Hafingseota) to Oswulf, dux and minister, in exchange for land at Bobingseata; dated 798. Oswulf, dux, grants this marshland to Lyminge minster; dated 796 × c.821 (Sawyer, no.153). Endorsed by the scribe, ‘Hafing seotan boec’; in a 12t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

899. Cotton MS Faustina A X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A X
Title:
Ælfric, Grammar (imperfect); Ælfric, Glossary; proverbs and maxims; grammatical dialogue; Old English translation of the Rule of St Benedict; account known as 'King Edgar's Establishment of the Monasteries' (incomplete)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains texts written in the late 11th century on ff. 3r-101v, with many later annotations. Meanwhile, the second half of the manuscripts (ff. 102r-151v) contains 12th-century copies of Old English works which have been attributed to Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester (d. 984), or ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

900. Cotton MS Nero D VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D VII
Title:
The Benefactors' Book of St Albans Abbey (‘the Golden Book of St Albans’)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the names and portraits of benefactors to the Abbey of St Albans with details of their gifts. The preface states that the register was established as part of the grant of confraternity set up by Abbot Thomas and was to be kept on the Abbey's high altar (f. 2r-v). The m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1380-c 1540
Extent:

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