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1441. Cotton MS Nero A V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A V
Title:
Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius; Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is composed of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-82v), dating to the 2nd half of the 12th century, contains two Anglo-Norman works by Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), the first Anglo-Norman poet. The first work is his Comput (Computus)−the oldest extant scientific tex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-Mid 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1442. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82
Title:
Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-39r: Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), Comput (Anglo Norman) [added Latin title ‘lib[er] de creaturis’, in a 15th-century script]. ff. 40v-41r: Two short Latin texts on the Computus (beginning ‘In anno quo ciclus’ and ‘Quicumque adventum domini celebrare desiderat’). ff. 41r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A V

1443. 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

1444. Cotton MS Nero A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VI
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Nero A VI
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 items

1445. Cotton MS Nero A VI, ff 3–70

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VI, ff 3–70
Title:
Chronicle of the kings of England, Ælle–AD 1289, with a continuation to AD 1400
Scope & Content:
Dated: 1st quarter of the 14th century (3v–32r); last quarter of the 14th century or 1st quarter of the 15th century (32r–70r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1446. Cotton MS Nero A VI, ff 71–197

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VI, ff 71–197
Title:
Customs and ordinances of the city of London; John Lydgate, The Order of Fools (194v–195v: Boffey 3444); Reconciliation of King Henry VI of England (1422–1461, 1470–1471) with the Yorkists, 1458 (196v–197v: Boffey 3929)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Anglo-Norman French and Latin; Middle English (156v, 165v, 177r, 193v, 194v–197v) Dated: 1st quarter of the 14th century; last quarter of the 14th century to 2nd half of the 15th century (116v–117r, 156v, 165v, 177r–197v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century-2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1447. Cotton MS Nero A VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII
Title:
Lanfranc, Epistolae; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae; Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; Bretha Nemed toísech
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made out of three parts of different origins, written at different times. The first part (ff. 1-112) was produced in England, probably at Rochester, or Normandy in the last quarter of the 11th century and contains the Epistolae (Letters) of Lanfranc (b. 1005 , d. 108...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1075-c 1571
Extent:

A parchment codex

1448. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112
Title:
Lanfranc of Canterbury, Epistolae; Epitaph for Lanfranc; A recipe for making red and blue dye; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae (imperfect at the end)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-39v: Lanfranc of Canterbury (b. 1005 , d. 1089), Epistolae (Letters). f. 40r: Epitaph for Lanfranc, beginning: ‘hic tumulus claudit’. f. 40v: A recipe for making red and blue dye. ff. 41r-112v: Anselm of Canterbury (b. 1033, d. 1109), Epistolae (imperfect at the end). Decoration: Nu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

1449. 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

1450. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 132-157

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 132-157
Title:
Córus bretha neimhedh
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 132r-157v: Córus bretha neimhedh (Judgments of Privileged Classes’) (imperfect), written by the scribe Matha O Luinín. Decoration: Several large initials with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in black and red ink. Numerous small initials in black with red highlighting.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish, Old
Date Range:
1571
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

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