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221. Cotton MS Appendix LIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LIX
Title:
James Hall, Account of the Danish expedition to Greenland, 2 May–10 August 1605, including ‘A tophigraphicall discription of the land as I did discover the same’ (7r–v) and ‘The forme and maner of the langage ussid amonges their savage people’ (English–Inuit glossary) (10r–v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English; English and Inuit
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greenlandic
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

222. Cotton MS Appendix LV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LV
Title:
Roll of a view of frankpledge of lands in Devon, temp. Henry VI (1422–1461, 1470–1471) (imperfect)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
1 item

223. Cotton MS Appendix LVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI
Title:
St Augustine of Hippo, De Doctrina Christiana (imperfect); Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Celestianos; Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, De Processione Spiritus Sancti; Pope Paschal II, Epistolae; A record of the primacy of Canterbury, 1072; Acts of the Council of Rome, 1112; 'Aethicus Ister', Cosmographia; Computistical tables; Calendar; Computistical treatises; Historia Francorum; Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Leaf of a Psalter; Medieval endleaf; Book of Genesis,...
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains seven parts (ff. 1-4; ff. 5-60; ff. 61-90; ff. 91-111; f. 112; f. 113; ff. 114-122) that were most likely produced at different locations in England and in different periods of time. These parts were joined together in the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

224. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, f 112

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Cotton MS Appendix LVI, f 112
Title:
Leaf of a Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 112r-112v: The Book of Psalms, excerpt: Psalms 6-7, imperfect at the end. Decoration: 2 medium initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in the opposite colour; small initials in blue or red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

225. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 1–4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 1–4
Title:
St Augustine of Hippo, De Doctrina Christiana (incomplete)
Scope & Content:
This part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI was part of the same medieval manuscript as Cotton MS Vespasian E IV, ff. 203-210 (see Watson, Savile (1969), pp. 48-49 (no. 158); Tite, The Early Records (2003), p. 230). Contents: ff. 1r-4v: St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430), De Doctrina Christiana (O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

226. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 5–60

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 5–60
Title:
Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Celestianos; Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, De Processione Spiritus Sancti; Pope Paschal II, Epistolae; A record of the primacy of Canterbury, 1072; Acts of the Council of Rome, 1112
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-32r: Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Celestianos (Hypomnesticon Against the Pelagians and Celestinans). ff. 32r-56r: Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit), extracts. ff. 56v-57r, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

227. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 61–90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 61–90
Title:
'Aethicus Ister', Cosmographia (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 61r-90r: 'Aethicus Ister' and Pseudo-Jerome (translator), Cosmographia, imperfect at the beginning and end: the text ends with Aethicus Ister’s alphabet. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 90v: Latin notes, added in the (?) 15th century. [f. 90v is blank]. Decorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

228. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 91–111

Reference (shelfmark):
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

229. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 114–122

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 114–122
Title:
Book of Genesis, excerpt; De Conceptione Beate Marie Virginis
Scope & Content:
This part was written by two scribes: the first scribe worked in the last quarter of the 14th century or 1st quarter of the 15th century (114r-120v); the second scribe worked in the 1st half of the 15th century (120v-122r). Contents: ff. 114r-120v: Excerpt from the Book of Genesis, excerpt (Ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

230. Cotton MS Appendix LVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix LVII
Title:
Tables on the weights and measures of coinage in France (2r–3r, 4r–12r, 18v–21r, 23v–40v), with notes relating to coinage in England and elsewhere (3v–4r, 12v–18r, 21v–23r, 24v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): French (2r–3r, 4r–12r, 18v–21r, 23v–40v); English (3v–4r, 12v–18r, 21v–23r, 24v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

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