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1221. Cotton MS Augustus II 91

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 91
Title:
Grant of King Æthelberht II of Kent (d. 762) to Abbot Dunn and the church of St Mary, Lyminge
Scope & Content:
King Æthelberht II of Kent grants a quarter sulung (aratrum) by the River Limen, 120 cartloads of timber, and ten iugera at Sampton (lost, in West Hythe), Kent, to Dunn, priest and abbot, and to the church of St Mary at Lyminge; dated 20 February 732, Canterbury (Sawyer, no. 23). Endorsed in a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 8th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1222. Cotton MS Tiberius B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B II
Title:
Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Edmundi; Hermann the Archdeacon, Miracula Sancti Edmundi; Survey of the manors of the bishop of Ely; Miscellaneous documents
Scope & Content:
Contents: This manuscript consists of two different parts, written at different time. Both parts were bound together in the early modern period. The first part was written in the late 11th century-early 12th century (after 1097) and contains the Passion of St Edmund by Abbo of Fleury and the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century-13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1223. Cotton MS Caligula D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D VIII
Title:
Correspondence and other records (many of them originals) concerning England and France, 1521-1524, including letters and drafts in the hands of King Francis I of France (1515–47) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530); note of the apparel of Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631), 14 October 1621 (f. 117)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 233. 1. Sir Rd. Jerningham, and sir Nic. Carew, to Card. Wolsey; respecting the negociations between the emperor and Francis I; and containing other intelligence. (Orig.) Romorantin, Jan. 8, 1521. 1.2. Hen. VIII; his instructions to Fitzwilliam and Je...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1521-1621
Extent:
1 item

1224. Cotton MS Augustus II 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 32
Title:
Grant of King Æthelbald of the Mercians (d. 757) to Wihtred, comes, and to Ansith, his wife; list of books belonging to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
King Æthelbald of Mercia grants seven hides (manentes) in the district called Geddinges (cf. Yeading), Middlesex, to Wihtred, comes, and to Ansith, his wife; dated 716 × 757 (Sawyer, no. 100). Written in the first half of the 13th century. Verso: Part of a leaf listing graduals at Christ Church...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 12th century-1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1225. Cotton MS Faustina A IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A IX
Title:
Homilies, including Ælfric, Catholic Homilies (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A 16th-century title and notes. f. 1v: A 16th-century copy of the beginning of a sermon for the second Sunday after Epiphany, incipit 'Iohannes se godspellere cwaeð...' ff. 2r-11r: A continuation of a sermon for the second Sunday after Epiphany, from the second series of Æl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1226. Cotton MS Julius E IV/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius E IV/3
Title:
The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the third volume of Cotton MS Julius E IV. The other volumes are Cotton MS Julius E IV/1 and Cotton MS Julius E IV/2. This volume contains the only surviving copy of a Middle English illustrated biography of Richard Beauchamp (b. 1382, d. 1439), 13th Earl of Warwick during the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

1227. Cotton MS Vespasian D VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D VIII
Title:
The N-town Plays
Scope & Content:
A cycle of plays known variously as the N-town plays, the Ludus Coventriae, or the Hegge plays. There are 41 plays in this cycle (labelled up to 42 by the scribe but play 17 is missing). This manuscript represents one of four surviving English Mystery play cycles. ff. 1r-9v: The Proclamation. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

Paper codex

1228. Cotton MS Nero C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C V
Title:
Marianus Scottus, Chronicon; computistical tables and texts; Bartholomew de Cotton, Historia Anglicana; a bull of Pope Gregory X addressed to the bishops of London and Ely
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-161r: Marianus Scottus (b. 1028, d. 1082/3), Chronicon (Chronicle) with a continuation to 1087 AD including computistical tables (ff. 160v-161r). ff. 162r-285v: Bartholomew de Cotton, Historia Anglicana (English History). ff. 282r-283r: a bull of Pope Gregory X (1272-1276) a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century - 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1229. 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

1230. Cotton MS Tiberius B I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B I
Title:
Old English Translation of Orosius, Historiae adversus paganos; Menologium; Maxims II; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, C-text
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises two independent portions, bound together in the 17th century, plus early modern prefatory material and medieval endleaves: f. 1r: early modern list of contents; f. 2r: Cottonian frontispiece; f. 2v: faded early modern lines; ff. 3r-111v: Old English version of Orosi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
1st half 11th century-2nd half 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

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