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2731. Cotton MS Vitellius C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C V
Title:
Old English Homilies, including the first series of Ælfric, Catholic Homilies
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the first series of Ælfric's Catholic Homilies copied in last quarter of the 10th century or 1st quarter of the 11th century. In the 1st half of the 11th century, further sermons, including sermons from the second series and other homilies in the style of Ælfric, were in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century-1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

2732. Cotton MS Vitellius C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VI
Title:
Cartulary of Meaux Abbey, including a book-list (242v–246r)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Anglo-Norman French (130r–v, 131v–132r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2733. Cotton MS Vitellius C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VII
Title:
Works of John Dee
Scope & Content:
Collection of works by John Dee (1527-1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary. Including his autobiographical ‘Compendious Rehearsal of John Dee’, geometric and mathematical observations, and his work ‘Of Famous and Rich Discoveries’. f. 1r Table of contents. ff. 2r-13r John Dee, ‘The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume.

2734. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
Title:
Peter Abelard, Versus ad Astralabium Filium Suum; Dares Phrygius, De Bello Troiano (incomplete); a chronicle of England, AD 162–1121 (Chronica de Anglia); Lines on Egyptian days, a fragment of Ælfric, De Temporibus, notes on Septuagesima, Lent, Easter, epacts and concurrents; the letters of Adam Marsh; Paul, Epistulae, with glosses derived from Pelagius; Domesday abbreviation for Kent; Boncompagnus da Signa, Boncompagnus, Bernard of Meung, Ars Dictaminis; a theological treatise on vices and v...
Scope & Content:
Royal MS 6 C VIII originally formed part of the same manuscript from Rievaulx as the folios now in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 4r-21v. The remainder of the 8th-century, Northumbrian manuscript in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 85r-90v is now Cambridge, Trinity College, B. 10. 5. Other leave...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
8th century-16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2735. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 4–21

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 4–21
Title:
Peter Abelard, Versus ad Astralabium Filium Suum; an incomplete copy of Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia; a chronicle of England, AD 162–1121.
Scope & Content:
These texts, copied in the last quarter of the 12th century at Rievaulx Abbey, originally formed one manuscript with the folios now contained in Royal MS 6 C VIII. The texts contained in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII include: f. 4r: the last words of the closing rubric of Orosius, Historia Advers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

2736. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 22-25

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 22-25
Title:
Lines on Egyptian days; a fragment of Ælfric, De Temporibus; rules for finding Septuagesima, Lent and Easter; a note on epacts and concurrents
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Old English texts on calculating days and times, a fragment of a 'Winchester computus' (see Chardonnens, Anglo-Saxon Prognostics, p. 36): f. 22r: A text on prayers and liturgy to be said in the morning, beginning 'þonne þu on morgen...' (edited in Ker, Catalogue (1957), p. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

2737. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 26-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 26-84
Title:
Adam Marsh, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the largest collection of letters of Adam Marsh or Adam de Marisco (d. 1259), a Franciscan friar and biblical scholar. The last letter ends imperfectly. Decoration: Initials and rubrics in red or brown (f. 26r, 61v). Text in three columns (f. 57r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd third of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

2738. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90
Title:
Paul, Epistulae, with a gloss derived from Pelagius's commentary
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of the Pauline epistles with a gloss derived from Pelagius and were copied perhaps in Northumbria in the 8th century. These folios once formed a larger volume with Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.5. A fragment of an old title in a Gothic hand, beginning with a red in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 8th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

2739. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 91–142

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 91–142
Title:
Boncompagnus da Signa, Boncompagnus; Bernard of Meung, Ars Dictaminis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 91r-130v: Boncompagnus da Signa (b. c. 1165, d. c. 1240), Boncompagnus, beginning: 'Boncompagnus nomine compositoris appellator'. ff. 131r-142v: Bernard of Meung (fl. 1133), Ars Dictaminis (The Art of Writing). Decoration: Rubrics and headings in red (ff. 91r-130v). The ink c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

2740. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 143–156

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 143–156
Title:
Domesday abbreviation for Kent
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a 12th-century copy of an abbreviation of the Domesday survey of Kent. These membranes originally formed a roll, but have been cut apart and rearranged in book form (see Clarke, 'Condensing and Abbreviating' (2016), p. 258). Contents: ff. 143r-156r: Domesday abbreviation ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

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