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201. Cotton MS Julius B XIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius B XIII
Title:
Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronicle; Chronicle of Melrose Abbey, AD 1-249; Gerald of Wales, De principis instructione
Scope & Content:
A composite manuscript composed of two parts (ff. 2-47, 48-173), both owned by John Leland (b. c. 1503, d. 1552), poet and antiquary, and bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The first part (ff. 2-47) was made at Melrose Abbey in Scotland between c. 1174 and c. 1208 and cont...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1174-2nd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

1 volume

202. Cotton MS Julius C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius C III
Title:
A collection of original letters addressed to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the correspondence of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), first Baronet, of Conington Hall in Huntingdonshire, antiquarian and founder of the Cottonian Library. Whereas the British Museum’s catalogue describes this manuscript as a ‘collection of 328 original Lett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1592-1649
Extent:

1 volume

203. Cotton MS Julius D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius D IX
Title:
South English Legendary
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-307r: South English Legendary; with original marginal annotations in Latin; and added chapter numbers by a different 15th-century hand. The manuscript contains a few later additions: f. [iii]recto: A title inscription: ‘Tractatus Festialis, in rithomo anglicano’; added in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

204. Cotton MS Julius D VII/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius D VII/1
Title:
Matthew Paris, Map of Britain
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a map of Britain by the English artist and chronicler Matthew Paris (b. c. 1200, d. 1259). Originally drawn on a single folio, it was folded and cut into four leaves and became ff. 50r-53v of Cotton MS Julius D VII, the only surviving copy of the collectanea of John of W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1250-1260
Extent:

1 leaf

205. Cotton MS Julius E IV/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius E IV/3
Title:
The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is the third volume of Cotton MS Julius E IV. The other volumes are Cotton MS Julius E IV/1 and Cotton MS Julius E IV/2. This volume contains the only surviving copy of a Middle English illustrated biography of Richard Beauchamp (b. 1382, d. 1439), 13th Earl of Warwick during the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

206. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108
Title:
Bede the Venerable, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (excerpt); Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (imperfect); Excerpta de Vita et Miraculis Sancti Cuthberti
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 46r-47r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672/3, d. 735), Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People), Book 4.32 [healing miracle of St Cuthbert]. ff. 47r-85v: Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (Translation and Miracles of St Cuthbert), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

207. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118
Title:
Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 83r-118v: Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis. This part of the manuscript contains a later addition: f. 118v: A list of readings for liturgical feasts (‘oblaciones’) with folio numbers, added in a 13th-century script. Decoration: Medium and smal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A V

208. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131
Title:
Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; excerpts from William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum, Agobard of Lyons, De Picturis et Imaginibus and Iunianus Iustinus, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus’ lost Historiae Philippicae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 113r-120r: Henry of Saltrey (fl. c. 1184), Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Treatise on Saint Patrick's Purgatory), beginning: ‘Patri suo in Christo praeoptato H, abbati de Sartis’. ff. 120r-122v: Alexander of Canterbury (fl. 1109), Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselm (On the Sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

209. Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 3–161

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 3–161
Title:
Marianus Scottus, Chronicon, with a continuation to AD 1087; computistical tables and texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-161r: Marianus Scottus (b. 1028, d. 1082/3), Chronicon (Chronicle) with a continuation to 1087 AD including computistical tables (ff. 160v-161r). [ff. 4r, 159v are blank] Decoration: Several large initials in red; numerous small initials in red, sometimes with simple ornamen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C V

210. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 2–9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 2–9
Title:
William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-9r: William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali (The Passion of Saints Alban and Amphibalus), preceded by a prologue (f. 2r); beginning of the prologue: 'Quisquis beatorum martyrum gloriosa certamina'; beginning of the Vita (Life): 'Incipit passio sancti Albani a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

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