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1501. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIV
Title:
Publius Faustus Andrelinus, Historia
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

1502. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIX
Title:
Bede, Vita sancti Cuthberti; Latin poems entitled 'De quattuor clavibus sapientiae'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; extract from Juvencus, Evangeliorum libri; note on 'De sacro baptismate'; hymn for St Martin and 'Alleluia' verses with musical notation; Bede, Vita metrica sancti Cuthberti
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a series of Latin texts relating to St Cuthbert, including both Bede's prose and verse vitae of Cuthbert and excerpts from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica pertaining to Cuthbert. There are Old English glosses, apparently in the same hand as the main text, added to Bede's p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

1503. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Title:
(1) Old English adaptations of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia and other texts (known as the 'Southwick Codex'); (2) Beowulf, The Marvels of the East, Judith, and other texts in Old English (known as the 'Nowell Codex')
Scope & Content:
This volume, containing the unique medieval copy of Beowulf and other important texts in Old English, comprises two manuscripts of different origin and date, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The so-called 'Southwick Codex' (ff. 4–93), named after its medieval home, was ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
990s-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

1504. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVI
Title:
Chronicle of London to AD 1509, incorporating John Lydgate, ‘Sotelties’ at the coronation banquet of Henry VI (91v–92v: Boffey 1929)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1505. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII
Title:
Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral; List of bishops; Osbert of Clare, Epistolae; anonymous poems about the Passion and the Virgin Mary; Latin proverbs
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts that were produced at separate locations in England and at separate moments during the 12th century. The first part (ff. 1r-17v) contains the Annals of Chichester and was produced at the Cathedral church of Holy Trinity, Chichester. The second part (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1506. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVIII
Title:
A liturgical calendar with computus tables; a Sacramentary
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An early modern table of contents. f. 2r: A prayer beginning: 'Omnipotens sempiterne Dominus', followed by an added prayer written by a contemporary hand, beginning: 'Deus qui salutis eterne Beate Marie'. f. 2v: A lunar calendar for calculating the moveable feasts. ff. 3r-8v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1507. Cotton MS Vitellius A XX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XX
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Vitellius A XX
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
3 items

1508. Cotton MS Vitellius B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B II
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1509–1515
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, dating between 1509 and 1515. f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2v: Fragment of a letter to King Henry VIII, from an unnamed cardinal. Sending intelligence from Italy, and reporting that Bologna has been taken by Imperial forces. Latin. f. 3r-3v: Letter fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1509-1515
Extent:
1 volume

1509. Cotton MS Vitellius B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1516–1518
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 262. [See Rymer xiii. 572. 573. 583. 589. 590. 593. 596. 600. 601. 603. 604. 607.] 1. Card. S. Chrysogoni, to Card. Wolsey; professing his devotedness; and about the Turks, and the affairs of Lombardy. (Orig. Lat.) Florence, Jan. 18, 1516. 1. 2. The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1510. Cotton MS Vitellius B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1519–1522
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 228, quoram 3 ultimi membran. [See Rymer XIII. 373.] 1. ........ to Card. Wolsey; congratulating and commending him on the league he had been the means of concluding. (Lat.) Saragossa, Jan. 1519. 1. 2. Fred. Gonzaga, Marq. of Mantua, to Henry VIII; n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

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