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151. Cotton Ch XVII 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVII 6
Title:
Grant by Eleanor of Provence, Queen of England, to William, bishop of Ely, of lands, fisheries and rents in Upwell and Outwell
Scope & Content:
Grant by Eleanor of Provence (b. c. 1223, d. 1291), Queen of England, to William [de Kilkenny] (d. 1256), bishop of Ely, of lands, fisheries, rents and other rights in Upwell and Outwell, Cambridgeshire. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘cart[a] Alionora regina [illegible] de piscares [?] et h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1255-1256
Extent:
1 leaf

152. Cotton Ch XXIII 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XXIII 2
Title:
Grant by Margaret Basset to Roger Burt, clerk, of lands and tenements that Ralph Burt held of her in Quorndon
Scope & Content:
Grant by Margaret Basset to Roger Burt, clerk, of custody of all the lands and tenements that Ralph Burt held of her in Quorndon [Leicestershire], and the capital messuage and its appurtenances. Endorsed: in a 13th-century hand, ‘Sc[r]iptum Margarete Basset'; in a 15th-century hand, ‘to / Quern...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 13th century
Extent:
1 leaf

153. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, f 112

Reference (shelfmark):
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

154. 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

155. 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

156. 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

157. Cotton MS Appendix XLV/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Appendix XLV/13
Title:
Notes of manuscripts lent by Sir Thomas Cotton
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a set of notes concerning manuscripts lent from the Cotton library by Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), broadly arranged in chronological order, and dating from 1638 to 1641, 1646 or 1647, and 1650 to 1661. The entries are frequently written in the hand of the borrow...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1637-1661
Extent:
1 volume

158. Cotton MS Caligula A VII, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VII, f 1
Title:
Medieval memorandum, dated 1371–72; early modern instructions for binding
Scope & Content:
This folio contains a memorandum in Anglo-Norman French, dated 1371-72. It also contains instructions for binding a manuscript, in an early modern hand, and the shelfmark 'Caligula A. 7.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VII

159. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 59–120

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 59–120
Title:
Eadmer of Canterbury, Vita Sancti Wilfridi Archiepiscopi; Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Vita Sancte Werburge Virginis; Lectiones in Festivitate Sancte Werburge; Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Lectiones in Festivitate Beate Sexburge Regine; Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Lectiones in Natale Sancte Eormenhilde; Passio Sancte Margarete Virginis; Miracula Sancte Wihtburge Virginis; Vita Beate Sexburge Regine
Scope & Content:
These folios contains various hagiographical works related to St Wilfrid, St Margaret and saints associated with Ely, by Eadmer of Canterbury, Goscelin of Saint-Bertin and others. All of these texts were copied in the 1st half of the 12th century, except for Miracula Sancte Wihtburge Virginis (T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-Mid 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

160. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 129–209

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 129–209
Title:
Adrevald of Fleury, Aduentus et Exceptio Sancti Benedicti et Scholastice; Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book I (imperfect); Thierry of Fleury (Amorbach), Translatio Corporis Sancti Benedicti, §ii; Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book i (continued); Aimoin of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti; Vita Sancte Marie Magdalene; Translatio Sancte Marie Magdalene; arms of Robert Steward, prior of Ely (1522–1539), with the date 1531; Passio Sancte Katerine Virginis; Vis...
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various hagiographical texts. All of these folios were copied in the 1st half of the 12th century, apart from Translatio Sancte Marie Magdalene (Translation of St Mary Magdalene), copied in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century and the account of the vision of the monk of Eyns...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

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