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2401. Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124

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Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124
Title:
Cosmographia (Comosgraphy of Aethicus Ister), with Latin and Old English glosses.
Scope & Content:
The Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister) was written in the first part of the 8th century, perhaps at Salzburg. The work purports to be an abbreviation by St Jerome (d. 420) of a cosmography made by an Istrian philosopher named Aethicus. Aethicus relates his travels to islands in the Nor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B X.

2402. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI
Title:
The Hagnaby Chronicle; The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Marguerite de Baux and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol; The Dover Chronicle; Vita Abbatum Croylandiae; a fragment of a rental; Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris, De Genealogia Regum Anglorum; a Franciscan chronicle; a verse chronicle; a theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-61v: The Hagnaby Chronicle. ff. 62r-71v: The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (b.1390, d. 1433), Marguerite de Baux (b. 1394, d. 1469), and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol (b. 1418, d. 1475). ff. 72r-79r: The Dover Chronicle. ff. 80r-82v: Vitae Ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2403. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, f 83

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, f 83
Title:
A fragment of a rental
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 83r-83v: A fragment of a rental. No decoration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

2404. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 2–61

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 2–61
Title:
Hagnaby Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-61v: The Hagnaby Chronicle. Decoration: Numerous large initials in red, blue or green, some with penwork decoration. Numerous small initials in red and blue. Highlighting in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton Vespasian B XI

2405. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 62–71

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 62–71
Title:
Pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, comte de Saint-Po, Marguerite de Baux and Louis de Luxembourg, comte de Saint-Po
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 62r-71v: The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (b.1390, d. 1433), Marguerite de Baux (b. 1394, d. 1469), and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol (b. 1418, d. 1475). Decoration: 1 full-page coat of arms of the counts of Luxembourg; 2 sets of 12 heraldic shi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

2406. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 72–79

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 72–79
Title:
The Dover Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 72r-79r: The Dover Chronicle (from Creation to 1189). The chronicle is written only on the rectos, the versos are left blank. Decoration: 1 large decorated initial in brown ink with foliate elements (f. 72r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

2407. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 80–82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 80–82
Title:
Vita Abbatum Croylandiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 80r-82v: Vitae Abbatum Croylandiae (History of the Abbots of Crowland Abbey). Decoration: Rubrics in red. Spaces left blank for initials.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

2408. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 84–125

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 84–125
Title:
Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris; De Genealogia Regum Anglorum
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains the Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (The Life of Saint Edward the Confessor) and the De Genealogia Regum Anglorum (On the Genealogy of the Kings of England) by the English historian Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1109, d. 1167). The rest of the initial manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

2409. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 126–137

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 126–137
Title:
A Franciscan chronicle known as the 'Kilkenny Chronicle'
Scope & Content:
This part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI contains the 14th-century 'Kilkenny Chronicle', also known as the the 'Chronicle of Castledermot' and the Annales Hibernie ab anno 1264 ad annum 1330 (Annals of Ireland from 1264 to 1330 AD). The folios were originally in roll form. The chronicle text is inc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

2410. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 138–144

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 138–144
Title:
A verse chronicle
Scope & Content:
This part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI contains an anonymous verse chronicle, originally in roll form. Contents: ff. 139r-144r: An anonymous verse-chronicle, with a later addition of a memorandum of the chronicle on ff. 139r-144r in a 17th-century hand. ff. 138r, 139v, 140v, 141v, 142v, 143v, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century-2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

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