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1581. Cotton MS Vitellius F IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F IV
Title:
Collections from monastic registers
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-1st quarter 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1582. Cotton MS Vitellius F IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F IX
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Vitellius F IX
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
3 items

1583. Cotton MS Vitellius F V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F V
Title:
Chronicle of London, 1550-1563 ('The Chronicle of Henry Machyn')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the Chronicle of Henry Machyn (b. 1496/1498, d. 1563), an English clothier and diarist based in London. The Chronicle begins in August 1550 and ends in August 1563, the year of Machyn's death, and provides an eyewitness account to events in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1550-Aug 1563
Extent:
1 volume

1584. Cotton MS Vitellius F VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F VI
Title:
Chronicle of English history, AM 1–reign of King Edward IV (1461–1470, 1471–1483) (1r–96v); verse ending ‘Be right indifferent iugement’ (97v–99v); verse beginning ‘Tot uideo gentes que sunt peruersa loquentes’ (99r–v: Walther 19326)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin (1r–97r, 99r–v); Middle English (97v–99r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1585. Cotton MS Vitellius F VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F VII
Title:
Ancrene Riwle; Purgatory, Hell and Heaven; The Utility of Temptations; Le Pasturel Gregoire; prayers and meditations in Anglo-Norman French
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an early Anglo-Norman French translation of the Ancrene Riwle (also known as Ancrene Wisse), an anonymous monastic rule (or manual) for anchoresses, originally composed in Middle English for three sisters who chose to enter the contemplative life. 17 surviving medieval...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

1586. Cotton MS Vitellius F VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F VIII
Title:
Historical and genealogical collections taken from monastic registers, charters and other records
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1587. Cotton MS Vitellius F X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F X
Title:
Chronicle (Vologda-Perm')
Scope & Content:
Languages: Russian Church Slavonic with very strong vernacular elements; English (f. 2r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

1588. Cotton MS Vitellius F XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F XI
Title:
Gallican Psalter with Canticles (The 'Cotton Psalter')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an illuminated Gallican Psalter, made in Ireland and dated to the first half of the 10th century (see Alexander, Insular Manuscripts (1978), no. 73). The Psalter was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731 and was initially believed to have been completely l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 10th century
Extent:
1 volume

1589. Cotton MS Vitellius F XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F XII
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Vitellius F XII
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1590. Cotton MS Vitellius F XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F XIII
Title:
Poems and prophecies, including a didactic poem (2r–65v: Boffey 3458.5, imperfect); (?)John Thwing of Bridlington, Versus prophetiales (66r–72v); a prophecy (76r–81v: Boffey 3473.5, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Middle English (2r–65r, 76r–81v); Latin (66r–75v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

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