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1171. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 3r-3v

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 3r-3v
Title:
Medieval end-leaf, containing historical memoranda
Scope & Content:
This folio contains a medieval end-leaf, with historical memoranda copied in Latin in the 1st half of the 15th century (f. 3r) and in French in the 2nd half of the 16th century (f. 3v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

1172. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v
Title:
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

1173. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v
Title:
The 'Nowell Codex', containing a homily on St Christopher; The Marvels of the East; Letter of Alexander to Aristotle; Beowulf; Judith
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Nowell Codex', contain several works in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the very late 10th century or the early decades of the 11th century. The hands of two scribes can be distinguished, responsible for writing ff. 94r–175v (line 3) and f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
990s or 1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

1174. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 1-16

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 1-16
Title:
Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral, AD 1-1178; List of bishops
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16r: A chronicle of Chichester from the birth of St John the Baptist to 1164, with additions from the 1170s and 1220; largely based on the works of the Benedictine monks and historians Bede (b. 672/3, d. 735) and William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1090, d. in or after 1142), and the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1150
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII

1175. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 17-166

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 17-166
Title:
Osbert of Clare, Epistolae; anonymous poems about the Passion and the Virgin Mary; Latin proverbs
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 17v-164v: Osbert of Clare (d. after 1139), Epistolae (Letters), with an interpolation containing two treatises that have been attributed to Eadmer [Edmer] of Canterbury (b. c. 1060, d. in or after 1126), De Conceptione Sancte Marie (On the Conception of the Virgin Mary); the rubr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII

1176. Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 1–56

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 1–56
Title:
Chronicle of British history to AD 1347, with a continuation to AD 1348 (55v–56r)
Scope & Content:
Dated: 2nd half of the 15th century; 1st half of the 17th century (55v–56r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

1177. Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 57–66

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 57–66
Title:
Bernard of Clairvaux, De consideratione (57r–65r: excerpts); Peter of Blois, Epistola xiv (65r–66v: incomplete)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 item

1178. Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 67–242

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 67–242
Title:
Uita Wærmundi regis (67r–70r); miscellaneous texts (70r–76v) including a list of the abbots of St Albans to John of Hertford (1235–1263) (74r–v); chronicle of English history, AD 1066–1246 (77r–108v: imperfect?); chronicle of world history, AM 1–AD 1347 (109v–132r); Roger of Howden, Chronicle, AD 1066–1201 (133r–238v); description of relics at Constantinople (239r); Miracula sanctorum patrum qui in ecclesia Hagustaldensi requiescunt (239v–242r: BHL 3749)
Scope & Content:
Dated: middle of the 13th century (67r–74v, 77r–108v); 2nd half of the 13th century (75v–76v); middle of the 14th century (109v–242r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century-Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 item

1179. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10
Title:
Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a fragment of the Compendium in Genealogia Christi by Peter of Poitier (b. c. 1130, d. 1205), ending with a diagram of Jesus, his apostles, Paul and Barnabas. These folios were copied in the late 12th or early 13th century. Chapter titles pertaining to Macer's De viribus her...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

1180. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 11–85

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 11–85
Title:
Old English Illustrated Herbal; Medicina de Quadrupedibus
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the Old English Illustrated Pharmacopoeia, contain an illustrated Herbal, comprising Latin texts translated into Old English, along with texts called Medicina de quadrupedibus, also translated into Old English. These folios were copied in the first quarter of the 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

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