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971. Cotton MS Titus A XXVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus A XXVII
Title:
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Brittaniae; Note on British genealogies; Note on place-names in the Historia Regum Brittaniae; Quadripartitus; Instituta Cnuti Aliorumque Regum Anglorum; Marbod of Rennes, De Lapidibus; ‘Prester John’, Epistola Manueli Comneno imperatori Graecorum; Anonymous chronicle of England; Gesta Alexandri Pseudo-Alexander, Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem de Situ Indie; Epitaphium Alexandri; Epigram on Alexander
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains three parts that were produced in the same style in the late 12th or early 13th century and joined together at an early stage (ff. 2v-88r; 89r-174v; 176r-217v). The manuscript most likely originates from St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury, where it was listed in a 15th-cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

972. Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI
Title:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Scotland, 1296–1584, including muster-rolls of Berwick-upon-Tweed and other English garrisons in Scotland, 1311/12, and of horses in the same garrisons; an indenture for the release of David II, 1357; libellus concerning the captivity of David II, 1363–1364; a history of Scotland, reign of Robert II–c. 1454; Archibald Whitelaw, Oratio ad regem Ricardum III, 1484; diary of the movements of Edward I in Scotland, 1296; the Red...
Scope & Content:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Scotland, 1296–1584. The will of Mary, Queen of Scots, has been bound separately as Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI/1. ff. 1r–8r: A muster roll on parchment and in Latin of military tenants at Berwick, specifying the times of their...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1312-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

973. Cotton MS Titus C XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus C XII
Title:
Papers relating to Scotland, c. 1558-1569
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers concerning Scotland, and Mary (1542–1587), Queen of Scots. From c. 1558-1569. Formerly owned by William Dugdale (1605–1686), antiquary and herald. Contents: f. 1r: Partial contents list, covering the first four items in the manuscript. In the hand of William Dugdale. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
c. 1558-1569
Extent:

1 volume

974. Cotton MS Titus B X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B X
Title:
Letter book of Sir Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland
Scope & Content:
Letter book of Sir Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland and courtier (1529-1586). Containing copies of letters sent 1575-78. With other papers relating to Ireland.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1575-1619
Extent:

2 volumes

975. Cotton MS Vespasian C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C III
Title:
Correspondence concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–156r: Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526, principally of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530). Primarily English and Latin, partly in cipher, with occasional items in Spanish and Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1525-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

976. Cotton MS Nero A X/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A X/2
Title:
Four anonymous poems in Middle English: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Nero A X originally contained 4 items, consecutively numbered, which were bound together by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631) and separated into 2 volumes in 1964. The texts are often referred to as articles 1-6, following the numbering in Thomas Smith, Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptum Biblio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1375-1424
Extent:

Parchment codex

977. Cotton MS Claudius B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B II
Title:
Alan of Tewkesbury, Collectio Epistolarum Sancti Thome Cantuariensis; John of Salisbury, Life of St Thomas Becket with Alan of Tewkesbury's prologue
Scope & Content:
Alan of Tewkesbury (d. 1202) compiled a collection of St Thomas Becket's letters from earlier collections than John of Salisbury's collection. This manuscript is the earliest extant version of Alan of Tewkesbury’s collection. It contains a number of emendations, additions and corrections indicat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

978. Cotton MS Cleopatra F I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra F I
Title:
Collection relating to ecclesiastical affairs
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers concerning ecclesiastical affairs between 1515 and 1580. f. 1r-1v: Flyleaf containing illuminated musical notation on parchment. f. 2r: Title ‘Collections concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction viz. 1 A Discourse about the Jurisdiction of the Clergy, and against their Inc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1515-1580
Extent:

1 volume

979. Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/1
Title:
A collection of hagiographical texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the first volume of Cotton MS Tiberius D IV. The other volume is Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2. Contents: ff. 1r-16v: Vita et Translatio S. Sylvestri (The Life and Translation of St Sylvester). ff. 16v-25r: Vita S. Basilii (The Life of St Basil). ff. 25r-33v: Hincmar (b. 806,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1125-1225
Extent:
A parchment codex

980. Cotton MS Titus B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus B II
Title:
Records and papers, 1547–1603
Scope & Content:
Two volumes of records and papers, from the reigns of Edward VI (1547–1553) to Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Volume I is ff. 1r–222r, Volume II is ff. 223r–514v.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
mid 16th century-1st quarter 17th century
Extent:
2 volumes

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