This volume contains fragments from two leaves of a Latin prose text, most likely a 14th-century chronicle of English history, which was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731. The first four leaves of the volume contained part of a chronicle of the city of London, 1194-1316/17, at...
This manuscript contains a presentation copy of the Panegyricus ad Cardinalem, a prose work written by John Leland, English poet and antiquary (b. c. 1503, d. 1552), and dedicated to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (b. 1473, d. 1530), Archbishop of York. The text features in a list of Leland's collected ...
This volume contains fragments of five leaves from a journal recording an English account of a voyage to the East Indies in 1611, which was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731. The names of ships mentioned in the journal include the 'Release', the 'Darling' and the 'Peppercorn',...
These two fragments formerly belonged to Cotton MS Otho B V, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. The manuscript contains a 14th-century copy of the Flores Historiarum (Flowers of History), written by the Englis...
This fragment formerly belonged to an unidentified manuscript from the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Contents: Fragment 1: Language: Latin; Script: Gothic Cursive; Date: 14th century (?).
These eight fragments most likely belonged to Cotton MS Otho B XI, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. The manuscript contains copies of the Old English version of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ...
These eight fragments formerly belonged to Cotton MS Otho D VIII, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. The composite manuscript is made up of six parts that were produced at separate times in England between the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
These 12 fragments formerly belonged to Cotton MS Tiberius E I, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Now bound in two volumes, the manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae...
These 35 fragments formerly belonged to Cotton MS Tiberius E VII, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House Fire of 1731. Now bound in two volumes, the manuscript contains a number of religious texts written in Middle English, inc...
These 97 fragments formerly belonged to Cotton MS Vitellius E XIII, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. The manuscript is made up of two main parts: a 14th-century chronicle of English history, covering the per...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century-1st half of the 14th century