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1371. Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 3–57

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 3–57
Title:
Anglo-Saxon law-codes I Cnut; II Cnut; II-III Edgar; law codes of Alfred and Ine; Romscot; Judex
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a series of law codes associated with Anglo-Saxon kings or writers, including the earliest known copies of I and II Cnut. These texts include: ff. 3r-16r: I Cnut (3r–16r); ff. 16r-41r: II Cnut; ff. 42r-44v: II-III Edgar; ff. 45r-48r, 51r-57v: law codes of Alfred and Ine...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A I

1372. Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 58–69

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 58–69
Title:
Anglo-Saxon law codes of Alfred and Ine, in the hand of John Joscelyn (d. 1603)
Scope & Content:
This item completes the imperfect copy of the law-code of Alfred and Ine in ff. 3-57.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A I

1373. Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 70–177

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 70–177
Title:
Wulfstan of York, Institutes of Polity; Wulfstan of York, Homilies, including Sermo lupi ad Anglos; various additions, including an Easter-table for 1100–1152, Anglo-Saxon law-codes I Æthelstan, I Edmund, III Edgar (imperfect), V Æthelred, law-code on Grið, VIII Æthelred, excerpts on the role of a bishop (imperfect), Excerptiones Ecgberti (1st recension), excerpts on canon law
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a series of legal texts copied in the early eleventh century in the circle of Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester and archbishop of York. Wulfstan's own hand has been detected adding to and correcting texts, for example on f. 120r (see Ker, Catalogue (1957), p. 164). Later 12th ce...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century-13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A I

1374. Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 178–180

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 178–180
Title:
Early modern index (E–V)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A I

1375. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82
Title:
Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-39r: Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), Comput (Anglo Norman) [added Latin title ‘lib[er] de creaturis’, in a 15th-century script]. ff. 40v-41r: Two short Latin texts on the Computus (beginning ‘In anno quo ciclus’ and ‘Quicumque adventum domini celebrare desiderat’). ff. 41r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A V

1376. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118
Title:
Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 83r-118v: Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis. This part of the manuscript contains a later addition: f. 118v: A list of readings for liturgical feasts (‘oblaciones’) with folio numbers, added in a 13th-century script. Decoration: Medium and smal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A V

1377. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112
Title:
Lanfranc of Canterbury, Epistolae; Epitaph for Lanfranc; A recipe for making red and blue dye; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae (imperfect at the end)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-39v: Lanfranc of Canterbury (b. 1005 , d. 1089), Epistolae (Letters). f. 40r: Epitaph for Lanfranc, beginning: ‘hic tumulus claudit’. f. 40v: A recipe for making red and blue dye. ff. 41r-112v: Anselm of Canterbury (b. 1033, d. 1109), Epistolae (imperfect at the end). Decoration: Nu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

1378. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131
Title:
Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; excerpts from William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum, Agobard of Lyons, De Picturis et Imaginibus and Iunianus Iustinus, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus’ lost Historiae Philippicae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 113r-120r: Henry of Saltrey (fl. c. 1184), Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Treatise on Saint Patrick's Purgatory), beginning: ‘Patri suo in Christo praeoptato H, abbati de Sartis’. ff. 120r-122v: Alexander of Canterbury (fl. 1109), Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselm (On the Sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

1379. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 132-157

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 132-157
Title:
Córus bretha neimhedh
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 132r-157v: Córus bretha neimhedh (Judgments of Privileged Classes’) (imperfect), written by the scribe Matha O Luinín. Decoration: Several large initials with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in black and red ink. Numerous small initials in black with red highlighting.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish, Old
Date Range:
1571
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

1380. Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 1r-1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 1r-1v
Title:
Breviary (the 'Breviary of Margaret of York'), fragment
Scope & Content:
A leaf from the Breviary of Margaret of York, duchess of Burgundy (now Cambridge, St John's College, ms H. 13), used as a frontispiece. The original border includes an image of King David praying, painted by the Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy, the coat of arms of Margaret of York impaling tho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1475-1480
Extent:

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