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442. Cotton MS Augustus II 110
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 110
- Title:
- Bull of Pope Clement V, naming Robert of Stamford prior of Huntingdon
- Scope & Content:
- Notification of Pope Clement V (b. c. 1264, d. 1314; reg. 1305–1314) to the Priory of St Mary, Huntingdon, of provision of Robert of Stamford (d. 1322), prior of Newstead, to be prior in place of Walter de Evenley (d. 1308). At Poitiers, 4th Kalends of February (29 January 1308).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1308
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
443. Cotton MS Caligula A IX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A IX
- Title:
- Layamon’s Brut, The Owl and the Nightingale, religious and historical texts in Middle-English and Anglo-Norman French
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 3r-194v: Layamon’s Brut (Boffey, no. 295), the most complete surviving copy of this work, composed in alliterative verse by Layamon, a priest at Areley Kings in Worcestershire, at the beginning of the 13th century. A second copy, much abbreviated, is found in Cotton MS Otho C XII...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and English, Middle
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 13th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex
444. 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
445. Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
- Title:
- Painted miniatures probably from a Psalter
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: These leaves were formerly part of Cotton MS Caligula A VII, foliated: ff. 3r-10v.; they were removed in 1931 and are now stored separately as Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1. The eight leaves originally probably formed part of a prefatory cycle in a Psalter were originally bound as a pre...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaves
446. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A VIII
- Title:
- Beauchief obituary calendar; Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu; an epitome of Symeon of Durham's Historia Regum; De VII Mirabilibus Mundi; Historia Brittonum; hagiography and lections composed by Eadmer of Canterbury, Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, and others; imperfect copies of Vita Beati Birini Episcopi and Wulfstan of Winchester's Vita Sancti Æthelwoldi; hagiography relating to Benedict of Nursia, Mary Magdalene and the account of the vision of the monk of Eynsham
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: f. 3r: a medieval leaf with an early modern table of contents. ff. 4r-27v: an obituary calendar from the Premonstratensian abbey at Beauchief, compiled between the mid-13th century and the 1st half of the 16th century. ff. 28r-58v: historical texts copied in the 3rd quarter of the ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 12th century - 1st half of the 16th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
447. Cotton MS Caligula A XIV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A XIV
- Title:
- Two Tropers (including the 'Caligula Troper'); a Proser; Homilies from Ælfric's Lives of the Saints; Life of St Mildred
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript contains: ff. 1r-36v: An illustrated, imperfect troper (a musical collection known as the Cotton Troper or the Caligula Troper) made in the mid-11th century. ff. 37r-92v: A Troper and a Proser, possibly made at Worcester in the late 12th century. ff. 93r-130r: Ælfr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 11th century - 4th quarter of 12th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
448. Cotton MS Caligula A XV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A XV
- Title:
- Jerome, De viri illustribus, Jerome, Vita S Pauli, extracts from Isidore's Eymologiae, book III of Cyprian's Ad Quirinum Testimonia, De computo paschali, compustical texts, prognostic material, charms, annals of Christ Church, Canterbury, extracts from Ælfric's De temporibus anni, and notes on topics like the ages of the world.
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains: ff. 1v-2v: an early modern list of contents; ff. 3-117: Jerome's De viri illustribus (Clavis Patrum Latinorum 616) and Vita S Pauli (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 6596), extracts from Isidore's Eymologiae (Books 1, 3) Clavis Patrum Latinorum 1186), book III of Cypr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- late 8th century - late 11th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
449. Cotton MS Caligula B VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula B VII
- Title:
- Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 1r–513v: A volume of original documents and copies concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556, several of which relate to a potential marriage between Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots. f. 1r: Title page. ff. 2r–v, 3v: Original letter from Dr Magnus to Cardinal Wolsey, reporting that he ha...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
- Date Range:
- 16th century-17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
450. Cotton MS Caligula C I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula C I
- Title:
- Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1567–1570
- Scope & Content:
- Much of this volume relates to the exile of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), and including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Catherine de Medici, Queen Dowager of France (d. 1589); Sir William Cecil (later 1st Baron Burghley, d. 1598); ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
- Date Range:
- 1567-1631
- Extent:
- 1 volume.
