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1. Cotton MS Domitian A XVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A XVII
Title:
Psalter (‘Psalter of Henry VI’)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was made around 1405-1410, possibly for Louis, duke of Guyenne and Dauphin of France; in c. 1420 it was supplemented with a set of computistical tables (ff. 8r-11r); and in c. 1430-1431 the Psalter was possibly adapted for king Henry VI of England. At this stage the English arms ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1405-c 1430
Extent:

288 folios.

2. Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 1r-1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 1r-1v
Title:
Breviary (the 'Breviary of Margaret of York'), fragment
Scope & Content:
A leaf from the Breviary of Margaret of York, duchess of Burgundy (now Cambridge, St John's College, ms H. 13), used as a frontispiece. The original border includes an image of King David praying, painted by the Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy, the coat of arms of Margaret of York impaling tho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1475-1480
Extent:

1 folio.

3. Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 2r-2v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 2r-2v
Title:
Cottonian list of contents in the "stylized" hand
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 folio

4. Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 3r–218v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 3r–218v
Title:
The four Gospels ('Athelstan' or 'Coronation' Gospels)
Scope & Content:
The four Gospels with prefatory texts. The detailed contents are as follows: 1. Jerome, Epistula ad Damasum (ff. 3r-5v); 2. Prologue to the Gospels (ff. 5v-8r); 3. Letter from Eusebius to Carpianus (ff. 8r-9r); 4. Jerome, Epistula ad Damasum, II (ff. 9r-9v); 5. Argumentum Evangelii secundum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 9th century-1st quarter 12th century
Extent:

216 folios