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1. Cotton Ch VI 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VI 4
Title:
Grant of King Æthelberht of the West Saxons (d. 865) to Bishop Deora of Rochester (765×72–781×85)
Scope & Content:
King Æthelberht of Wessex grants land near Rochester to Bishop Deora of Rochester; dated 761, altered to 781, spurious (Sawyer, no. 266). Endorsed in a 15th-century hand, ‘Ethelbertus de redditu Roffensi’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 9th century
Extent:

1 leaf

2. Cotton Ch VIII 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch VIII 26
Title:
Physician's folding almanac
Scope & Content:
Contents: A portable physician's folding almanac consisting of a calendar, tables and diagrams: ff. 1r-8r: Kalendarium for January to December; f. 9r: Diagram of a Zodiac man with animals; f. 9v: Explanation of the calendar; f. 10r: Diagram of lunar and solar eclipses; f. 11r: Table of mov...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1469
Extent:
6 folios, each folded into eight parts

3. Cotton MS Appendix XLV/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix XLV/13
Title:
Notes of manuscripts lent by Sir Thomas Cotton
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a set of notes concerning manuscripts lent from the Cotton library by Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), broadly arranged in chronological order, and dating from 1638 to 1641, 1646 or 1647, and 1650 to 1661. The entries are frequently written in the hand of the borrow...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1637-1661
Extent:
1 volume

4. Cotton MS Augustus I i 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 4
Title:
Drawing of a gallery intended to be built for King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 3–117

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 3–117
Title:
Jerome, De viris illustribus and Vita Sancti Pauli; extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (i.21–27, 37); extract from Cyprian, Ad Quirinum Testimonia, book iii; computistical texts; and Easter tables
Scope & Content:
This collection of patristic writings appears to have been originally written in the second half of the 8th century at a monastery in the north of what is now France, at a centre with insular links. Some capitula and computus material were added in the first half of the 9th century, especially o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 8th century-1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

6. Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 120–153

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 120–153
Title:
A collection of computistical texts and tables (imperfect), charms, prognostics, Easter-table annals for Christ Church, Canterbury, and extracts from Ælfric's De temporibus anni
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a variety of computistical and prognostic material and charms, as well as an image depicting God and an angel giving a scroll to St Pachomius. It also contains annals next to its Easter table, which link the manuscript's production to Christ Church, Canterbury. Originall...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-13th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

7. Cotton MS Caligula B VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula B VII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–513v: A volume of original documents and copies concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556, several of which relate to a potential marriage between Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots. f. 1r: Title page. ff. 2r–v, 3v: Original letter from Dr Magnus to Cardinal Wolsey, reporting that he ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

8. Cotton MS Caligula C IX/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C IX/1
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1581–1587
Scope & Content:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1581–1587.The remainder of this volume has been bound as Cotton MS Caligula C IX/2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English., French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1581-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

9. Cotton MS Claudius A I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A I
Title:
Passio sancti Cypriani (imperfect); Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (imperfect); Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae Wilfridi; papal, episcopal and royal letters; various hagiographies, including Paulinus, Vita sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Inventio sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii; Inventio sancti Nazarii; Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino, Vita sancti Hieronymi; Venantius Fortunatus, Vita sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episcopi and Miracula sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episc...
Scope & Content:
This codex contains items from 4 originally separate medieval manuscripts, copied between the mid-10th and 14th century. f. 1r-v: Passio Sancti Cypriani (compare Biblioteca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2037, imperfect) and Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (1r–v: imperfect), copied in the 14th century. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
mid-10th century-14th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

10. Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 1r-v, 158r-v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 1r-v, 158r-v
Title:
Passio sancti Cypriani (imperfect); Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These flyleaves were taken from the same original manuscript and have been bound sideways into Cotton MS Claudius A I. They contain: f. 1r, 158v: Passio sancti Cypriani (compare BHL 2037, imperfect); f. 1r-v, 158r: Raban Maur, Homilia lxx (imperfect). Decoration: initials in red and blue, wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A I

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