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1051. Cotton MS Vespasian B X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B X
Title:
Benedeit, 'Voyage of St Brendan'; Navigatio sancti Brendani; Vita Longini martyris; De quindecim signis diei judicii; Robert Kilwardby, De ortu scientiarum; Pseudo-Aristotle, De morte Aristotelis sive de pomo; Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister).
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains three main parts (ff. 1-24; ff. 24-30; ff. 31-124), joined in the early modern period in the library of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). Among the manuscript's contents is the Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister), an 8th-century work that describ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1052. Cotton MS Vespasian C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VII
Title:
Correspondence and other records (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, May 1471–June 1588, including letters of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547), Charles V, king of Spain (1516–1556) and Holy Roman emperor (1519–1556; d. 1558), King Philip II of Spain (1556–1598) and Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558–1603), and incorporating Considerations necessaires sur un Traicté de Paix avec l’Espagnol, 1587 (ff. 3–14: printed text)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): primarily Latin, English and Spanish, partly in cipher, with occasional items in French, Portuguese and Italian Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 487. 1. A printed tract, entitled, "Considerations necessaires sur un traicté de paix avec l'Espagnol." 1587. 3.2. Edward IV;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1053. Cotton MS Appendix LVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVII
Title:
Tables on the weights and measures of coinage in France (2r–3r, 4r–12r, 18v–21r, 23v–40v), with notes relating to coinage in England and elsewhere (3v–4r, 12v–18r, 21v–23r, 24v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): French (2r–3r, 4r–12r, 18v–21r, 23v–40v); English (3v–4r, 12v–18r, 21v–23r, 24v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1054. Cotton MS Caligula D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D IX
Title:
Correspondence and other records (all originals) concerning England and France, 1525–1526, including letters in the hand of King Francis I of France (1515–47)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 322. 1. Francis I, to the Dss. of Angouleme? about the military proceedings in the Milanese. (Fr. a fragment.) 1525. [25 Oct. 1524.] 1.2. A treaty of peace and friendship between Henry VIII, and the lady regent [Louise Duchess of Angouleme] of France;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1525-1526
Extent:
1 item

1055. Cotton MS Vespasian B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B VII
Title:
List of the kings of Wessex and England (4r–v); statutes of England (4v–99v); Modus tenendi Parliamentum (100r–104v); tract on the steward of England (104v–105v); tract on the marshal of England (105v–107r)
Scope & Content:
Dated: last quarter of the 14th century, with occasional additions to 1st half of the 16th century
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1056. Cotton MS Vespasian F IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian F IX
Title:
Miscellaneous papers, including the statutes of St George’s College, Windsor (2r–18r), and a record of its visitation, 1570 (18v–22r); ordinances for the Augustinian canons in England, 1519 (23r–32v); letters and papers concerning precedency (39r–93r, 100r–113r); record of the autopsy performed on Prince Henry of England (d. 1612) (136r); Articles concerning the Admiralty of England, 1591 (ff. 173–174: printed text); topographical notes by John Leland (d. 1552) (198r–199r); historical memoran...
Scope & Content:
A paper volume in folio, consisting of 309 leaves, besides an imperfect table of contents at the beginning. 1. Statuta ecclesiae collegiatae castri de Windsor, confirmata ex auctoritate Clementis VI. papae: with a table of contents at fol. 15, and some of the oaths administered. 1. 2. Injunctio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1384-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1057. Cotton MS Augustus I i 23

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 23
Title:
Plan of the harbour, town and castle of Dover, perhaps drawn by Sir Richard Lee (d. 1575)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1538
Extent:
1 item

1058. Cotton MS Augustus I ii 70

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I ii 70
Title:
Plan of the harbour and road of Calais (Pas-de-Calais), perhaps drawn by Sir Richard Lee (d. 1575)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1059. Cotton MS Claudius A XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A XIII
Title:
Cartulary of the Woodford family of Brentingby (Leicestershire), including a list of the kings of England to Henry VI (1422–61, 1470–71)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin, Middle English and Anglo-Norman French
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1449
Extent:
1 item

1060. Cotton MS Julius B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius B III
Title:
Medieval endleaves (ff. 1–2); chronicle of the Popes to Gregory XI (1370–78) (3r–25v); chronicle of the Holy Roman emperors to Charles IV (1355–78) (27r–31r); chronicle of the archbishops of Canterbury to William Whittlesey (1369–74) (31v–42r); lists of bishoprics (42v–50v); chronicle of English history, Brutus–1367 (51v–115v); medieval endleaf (f. 116)
Scope & Content:
Dated: 2nd half of the 14th century; 1st quarter of the 15th century (2r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

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