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

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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

322. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 145–158

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Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 145–158
Title:
A theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
Scope & Content:
Other portions of the same medieval manuscript are now Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff. 1, 205, Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 157–164, Cotton MS Cleopatra E I, ff. 184, 188, 312, and Cotton MS Cleopatra E IV, ff. 1, 475 Contents: ff. 145r-158v: A theological treatise concerning vices and virtues...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

323. Cotton MS Vespasian B XX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XX
Title:
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Lives of the Canterbury saints etc; charters and privileges allegedly granted to the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r–v: Charter of Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury (between 597-604), granting privileges to the Benedictine monastery of St Peter and St Paul (St Augustine’s, Canterbury). ff. 3r–18v: Goscelin of Saint-Bertin (Canterbury), Historia minor de adventu sancti Augustini, preceded b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

324. Cotton MS Vespasian B XXV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XXV
Title:
Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Mirabilium; Priscian, De Situ Orbis; Pseudo-Dares, De Excidio Troiae Historia; Pseudo-Jerome, De Mobilitate Mentis Humanae; Prophetia Sybillae; Pseudo-Ausonius, Sententiae Septem Sapientum; (?) Segardus junior of St Omer, De Miseria Hominis; Roger of Caen, De Contemptu Mundi (excerpt); Hildebert of Lavardin, De Mysterio Missae (excerpts); De Tribus Mortibus; Pseudo-Nennius, Historia Brittonum; Pseudo-Bede, De Quindecim Signis ante Diem Iudicii; De Septem Miraculis ...
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript of historical, theological and prophetic texts was owned and possibly produced at the Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury (Ker, Medieval Libraries (1964), p. 36). The exemplar of this manuscript was a manuscript, extant in two pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

325. Cotton MS Vespasian D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D II
Title:
Penitential and similar texts including excerpts from Gennadius of Marseilles, Liber Ecclesiasticorum Dogmatum, and Bernard of Clairvaux, Parabolae; Canones Penitentiales Secundum Ieronimum; Fulbert of Chartres, De Peccatis Capitalibus; anonymous penitential texts; Adso of Montier-en-Der, De Ortu et Tempore Antichristi; Pseudo-Jerome, Quindecim Signa Ante Iudicium; a collection of sermons for liturgical feasts, including sermons by St Wulfstan, St Augustine of Hippo, St John Chrysostom, and ...
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a large collection of penitential texts, papal decrees, conciliar canons, liturgical and theological treatises, sermons, miracles and exempla. Although the manuscript has previously been dated to the 11th or 12th century, the identification of sermons by Geoffrey Babio (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

326. Cotton MS Vespasian D XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XI
Title:
Lawrence of Durham, Consolatio de Morte Amici; Hypognosticon; Oratio pro Laurentio; Oratio pro Naufragis; Oratio pro Iuvenibus Compeditis (imperfect); Oratio pro Milone (imperfect); Maledictio
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains works by Lawrence of Durham (b. c. 1110, d. 1154), poet, hagiographer, and prior of Durham Cathedral Priory. The manuscript primarily contains the Hypognosticon (‘Abbreviation’), a poem that recounts the biblical history of mankind from its creation until pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

327. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX
Title:
Nigel Witeker, Versus; An anonymous poem; Ely Chronicle; An Easter-table chronicle; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistulae, Sermones; A theological note
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-51r: Nigel Witeker (d. after 1206), Versus (Poems). ff. 52r: An anonymous poem, beginning: 'Vitam claudit hominum paucitas dierum, nec est inter’. ff. 53r-70v: Ely Chronicle. ff. 71r-82r: An Easter-table chronicle. ff. 83r-112v: Hildebert of Lavardin (b. c. 1055, d. 1133),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century-15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

328. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 1–52

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 1–52
Title:
Nigel Witeker, Versus; An anonymous poem
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-51r: Nigel Witeker (d. after 1206) [also known as Nigel of Longchamps], Versus (Poems). f. 52r: An anonymous poem, beginning ‘Vitam claudit hominum paucitas dierum, nec est inter’. [ff. 1r, 51v, 52v are blank]. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red, blue or green, som...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1175-1215
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

329. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 53–70

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 53–70
Title:
Ely Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 53r-70v: Ely Chronicle (from the birth of John the Baptist to 1218), beginning: ‘Nativitas sancti Iohannis baptiste’. Decoration: Headings in red and green.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1150-1218
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

330. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 71–82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 71–82
Title:
An Easter-table Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 71r-82r: An Easter-table chronicle, beginning: '‘Ciclus vius decemnovenalis incipit’. Decoration: Red headings, tables and highlights.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

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