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1. Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 1–186

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Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 1–186
Title:
Memoriale Multorum Henrici Prioris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-186v: Memoriale Multorum Henrici Prioris (The Register of Henry of Eastry, Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury (d. 1331)). The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 182v: verses on the death of Edward VI, king of England (r. 1553-1558) in a late 16th-century hand, followed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Galba E IV

2. Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 1–173

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Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 1–173
Title:
Alcuin, Epistolae and various other letters
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a series of letters copied in early 11th century, possibly at Canterbury. They were damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731 and are illegible in some parts. The bulk of the manuscript contains around 126 letters of Alcuin (ff. 1-144v). Further letters by various authors...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A XV

3. Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 2–11

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Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 2–11
Title:
Calendar of Saints; computistical tables; lunar calendar with prognostics; solar and lunar tables; instructions for determining the dates of liturgical feasts from the Temporal cycle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-7v: Calendar of Saints. ff. 8r-8v: Computistical tables (Dominical Letters). ff. 9r-10r: A Lunar calendar with prognostics, followed by solar and lunar tables. f. 10v: Instructions for determining the dates of liturgical feasts from the Temporal cycle. The manuscript c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B III

4. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 129–197

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Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 129–197
Title:
Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 129v: A table of contents written by a 15th-century hand. ff. 130r-197v: Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Mirabilium (Collection of Wonderful Things). Decoration: Large decorated initial at the beginning in red and green (f. 130r). Decorated initials in red and green. Simple initials...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

5. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 1–52

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 1–52
Title:
Nigel Witeker, Versus; An anonymous poem
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-51r: Nigel Witeker (d. after 1206) [also known as Nigel of Longchamps], Versus (Poems). f. 52r: An anonymous poem, beginning ‘Vitam claudit hominum paucitas dierum, nec est inter’. [ff. 1r, 51v, 52v are blank]. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red, blue or green, som...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1175-1215
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

6. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 91–111

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Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 91–111
Title:
Computistical tables; Calendar; Computistical treatises; Historia Francorum; Philippe de Thaon, Comput
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 91r-91v: Computistical tables, the second one for the years 1133-1177. ff. 92r-97v: Calendar, adapted for the use of Canterbury. ff. 98r-108v: Computistical treatises. f. 109r: Genealogy of kings in Anglo-Norman, beginning ‘Hic est Istoria Francorum’ (Anglo-Norman). ff. 10...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

7. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 4–37

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Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 4–37
Title:
Prudentius, Psychomachia; Pseudo-Columbanus, Precepta Vivendi (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain an illustrated copy of Prudentius's Psychomachia made between the late 10th and early 11th century, with Old English titles and glosses added in the early 11th century. Contents: ff. 4r-37r: Prudentius, Psychomachia, with Old English titles and glosses added in the early ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII

8. Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 2–55

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Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 2–55
Title:
Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés's Bella Parisiace urbis, book 3 followed by glosses on a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Computistical tables; a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Bede, De die iudicii; a Latin colophon of three hexameters, a recipe in Old English and a list of books.
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: at the top of the leaf the four disciplines of the quadrivium are enunciated in Latin with a translation in Old English above each one. They are followed by the enumeration of the four main sciences presented in Latin and in Old English in the same way. f. 2r: Bede the Vener...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A I

9. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 29–79

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Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 29–79
Title:
Passionale (Lives of Saints), imperfect
Scope & Content:
This part consists of a Passionale (Lives of Saints) written in the Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury and which covered the liturgical year. It was originally bound with Harley MS 315 (ff. 1r-39r) and Harley MS 624 (ff. 84r-143v). This volume formed part of a Passionale...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

10. Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 174–177

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Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 174–177
Title:
St Æthelwold, Regularis concordia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 174r-177v: Regularis Concordia, probably composed by St Æthelwold (d. 984), bishop of Winchester or his associates. The rest of the manuscript is in Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff. 158-198. The text seems to have been dismembered by Robert Cotton. Using wormholes and an early modern...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A III

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