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1241. Cotton MS Augustus II 97

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 97
Title:
Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Oswulf, dux and minister; grant of Oswulf, dux, to Lyminge minster
Scope & Content:
King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants land at Hremping wiic (Hafingseota) to Oswulf, dux and minister, in exchange for land at Bobingseata; dated 798. Oswulf, dux, grants this marshland to Lyminge minster; dated 796 × c.821 (Sawyer, no.153). Endorsed by the scribe, ‘Hafing seotan boec’; in a 12t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1242. Cotton MS Faustina A X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A X
Title:
Ælfric, Grammar (imperfect); Ælfric, Glossary; proverbs and maxims; grammatical dialogue; Old English translation of the Rule of St Benedict; account known as 'King Edgar's Establishment of the Monasteries' (incomplete)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains texts written in the late 11th century on ff. 3r-101v, with many later annotations. Meanwhile, the second half of the manuscripts (ff. 102r-151v) contains 12th-century copies of Old English works which have been attributed to Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester (d. 984), or ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

1243. Cotton MS Nero D VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D VII
Title:
The Benefactors' Book of St Albans Abbey (‘the Golden Book of St Albans’)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the names and portraits of benefactors to the Abbey of St Albans with details of their gifts. The preface states that the register was established as part of the grant of confraternity set up by Abbot Thomas and was to be kept on the Abbey's high altar (f. 2r-v). The m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1380-c 1540
Extent:

1 volume

1244. Cotton MS Tiberius A XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A XIII
Title:
Two cartularies of Worcester Cathedral Priory (including ‘Hemming’s Cartulary’) and supplementary material, including a homily and an account of Bishop Wulfstan II of Worcester
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two cartularies pertaining to Worcester Cathedral Priory, one written in the early eleventh century and the other written in the late eleventh century. The earlier cartulary contains notes possibly in the hand of Wulfstan, archbishop of Worcester-York (d. 1023). The seco...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century-16th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

1245. Cotton MS Claudius D VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius D VI
Title:
Chronicles of England
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Abbreviatio compendiosa chronicorum Anglie (Brief Abridgement of the Chronicles of England), Matthew Paris's summary of his Historia Anglorum, covering the history of England from 1000 to 1255. The rest of the manuscript is predominantly made up of fragmented historical ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1255-1259
Extent:

Parchment codex

1246. 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

1247. Cotton MS Faustina A V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A V
Title:
Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury; petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury; a letter of Pope John XXII; sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension (macaronic), and All Saints; Richard Rolle, Emendatio Vitae; Simeon of Durham, De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis; Pseudo-Jerome, De Quindecim Signis ante Diem Iudicii; Liber de Antichristo; sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12 (partially macaronic)
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains five parts that were written in England during the 12th and 14th centuries (ff. 3-12; 13-24; 25-98; 99-102; 103-106). The larger part of the manuscript (ff. 25r-97r), copied in the first quarter of the 12th century, contains the De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1248. 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

1249. Cotton MS Augustus II 75

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 75
Title:
Grant of King Ceolwulf of the Mercians (r. 821–823) and of the men of Kent to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
Scope & Content:
King Ceolwulf of the Mercias and of the men of Kent grants land at Canterbury to Archbishop Wulfredy, in return for a gold and silver vessel of five and a half pounds; dated 26 May 823, Werburgingwic (Sawyer, no. 187). Endorsed by the scribe of the text, ‘londboc minra ƿica ⁊ ðritiges æcra be n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1250. Cotton MS Augustus II 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 3
Title:
Grant of King Æthelbald of the Mercians (d. 757) to Cyneberht, comes
Scope & Content:
King Æthelbald of the Mercians and of the South Angli grants ten hides (cassati) at Ismere by the river Stour and land at Brochyl in Morfe forest, Worcestershire, to Cyneberht, comes, for the construction of a minster: dated 736 (Sawyer, no. 56). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘Norð stur.’; a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
736
Extent:

Parchment leaf

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