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2. Cotton MS
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS
- Title:
- Cotton Manuscripts
- Scope & Content:
- The Cotton Manuscripts contains a variety of material, much of it relating to the history, literature and culture of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. It is particularly rich in: (a) manuscripts written in Old English; (b) monastic cartularies; (c) saints’ Liv...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Cipher, Coast Miwok, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, Middle, English, English, Middle, English, Old, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Inuit, Irish, Irish, Middle, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Low German, Occitan, Old, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Saxon, Old, Scots, Scots, Spanish, Temne, and Welsh
- Date Range:
- 5th century-19th century
- Extent:
- 1,429 manuscripts
3. Cotton MS Caligula A VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A VII
- Title:
- Heliand and a charm
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains one of only two non-fragmentary surviving manuscripts of the poem Heliand, an account of the life of Jesus in Old Saxon epic verse. It ends imperfectly, in the middle of the account of the journey to Emmaus. The volume includes: f. 1: part of a memorandum dated 1371-72 ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Old, Latin, and Saxon, Old
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 10th century - the 3rd quarter of the 14th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
4. Cotton MS Caligula A VII, ff 11–175
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A VII, ff 11–175
- Title:
- Heliand
- Scope & Content:
- These folios contain a copy of the Heliand, an Old Saxon Biblical epic copied perhaps in England in the middle or 2nd half of the 10th century (ff. 11r–175v). It is the longest Old Saxon text that survives. Apart from fragments, only one other substantial medieval copy of the Heliand survives (M...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Saxon, Old
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 10th century
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VII
5. Harley MS 439
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 439
- Title:
- Heliand
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 1*recto: A title-page: ‘Codex quatuor Evangeliorum quadrunus Franco-Theotiscus, Sive Harmonia Evangeliorum Francice Scripta. Bibl. Cotton. Thesaurus pretiosissimus Caligula A 7. I.’. ff. 1r-131r: Heliand, copied from Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin and Saxon, Old
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
6. Harley MS 6532, f 99v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6532, f 99v
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- Saxon alphabet.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Saxon, Old
- Date Range:
- 1683-1693
- Extent:
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1 folio