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2471. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII/1
Title:
Les roys de Engeltere
Scope & Content:
ff. i–v: Five rectangles of red linen, formerly used as curtains for the miniatures. ff. 3–6: Eight miniatures of the kings of England from Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Edward I (r. 1272–1307); each one except the last is accompanied by a short account of their reign in Anglo-Norman p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
c 1280-c 1300
Extent:
4 parchment leaves and 5 rectangles of fabric in frames

2472. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, f. 101

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, f. 101
Title:
Cartulary of Chertsey Abbey (fragment)
Scope & Content:
One folio from the Cartulary of Chertsey Abbey containing two charters, written in a cursive hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

One folio, part of a parchment codex

2473. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff. 7-19

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff. 7-19
Title:
Laws and Genealogy of the Kings of England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 7r–18r: Laws of Kings Edward the Confessor (1042–1066) and William I (1066–1087) of England. ff. 18r–19r: Genealogy from Rollo, duke of Normandy (911–927), to Stephen, king of England (1135–1154). Decoration: Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

2474. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 20–82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 20–82
Title:
Cartulary of Chertsey Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 20r–49r: Foundation, royal, papal, and other grants to Chertsey abbey to 1260, with marginal additions in a 15th-century hand; ff. 50r–69r: Parts of further royal charters, including writs and charters of Edward the Confessor; ff. 69v–77r: Papal diplomas; ff. 79r–82r: Grants a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century - 15th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

2475. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 83–90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 83–90
Title:
Chronicle of Abingdon Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 83r–87v: Chronicle of Abingdon Abbey; ff. 87v–90v: Miscellaneous historical and liturgical texts. Decoration: Initials in green or red with pen-flourishing in red and green. Small initials in red or green. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

2476. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 91–100

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 91–100
Title:
Historia Brittonum
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 91r: Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De excidio Troie historia (this text is continued in Royal MS 15 B xi); ff. 91v–100v: Historia Brittonum. Decoration: Large initial in red and green with penwork decoration at the beginning of the Historia Brittonum (f. 91v). Initials in red or green.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

2477. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIV
Title:
Publius Faustus Andrelinus, Historia
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

2478. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIX
Title:
Bede, Vita sancti Cuthberti; Latin poems entitled 'De quattuor clavibus sapientiae'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; extract from Juvencus, Evangeliorum libri; note on 'De sacro baptismate'; hymn for St Martin and 'Alleluia' verses with musical notation; Bede, Vita metrica sancti Cuthberti
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a series of Latin texts relating to St Cuthbert, including both Bede's prose and verse vitae of Cuthbert and excerpts from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica pertaining to Cuthbert. There are Old English glosses, apparently in the same hand as the main text, added to Bede's p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

2479. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Title:
(1) Old English adaptations of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia and other texts (known as the 'Southwick Codex'); (2) Beowulf, The Marvels of the East, Judith, and other texts in Old English (known as the 'Nowell Codex')
Scope & Content:
This volume, containing the unique medieval copy of Beowulf and other important texts in Old English, comprises two manuscripts of different origin and date, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The so-called 'Southwick Codex' (ff. 4–93), named after its medieval home, was ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
990s-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2480. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 3r-3v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 3r-3v
Title:
Medieval end-leaf, containing historical memoranda
Scope & Content:
This folio contains a medieval end-leaf, with historical memoranda copied in Latin in the 1st half of the 15th century (f. 3r) and in French in the 2nd half of the 16th century (f. 3v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

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