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2481. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v
Title:
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

2482. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v
Title:
The 'Nowell Codex', containing a homily on St Christopher; The Marvels of the East; Letter of Alexander to Aristotle; Beowulf; Judith
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Nowell Codex', contain several works in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the very late 10th century or the early decades of the 11th century. The hands of two scribes can be distinguished, responsible for writing ff. 94r–175v (line 3) and f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
990s or 1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

2483. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVI
Title:
Chronicle of London to AD 1509, incorporating John Lydgate, ‘Sotelties’ at the coronation banquet of Henry VI (91v–92v: Boffey 1929)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

2484. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII
Title:
Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral; List of bishops; Osbert of Clare, Epistolae; anonymous poems about the Passion and the Virgin Mary; Latin proverbs
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts that were produced at separate locations in England and at separate moments during the 12th century. The first part (ff. 1r-17v) contains the Annals of Chichester and was produced at the Cathedral church of Holy Trinity, Chichester. The second part (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2485. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 1-16

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 1-16
Title:
Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral, AD 1-1178; List of bishops
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16r: A chronicle of Chichester from the birth of St John the Baptist to 1164, with additions from the 1170s and 1220; largely based on the works of the Benedictine monks and historians Bede (b. 672/3, d. 735) and William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1090, d. in or after 1142), and the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1150
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII

2486. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 17-166

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 17-166
Title:
Osbert of Clare, Epistolae; anonymous poems about the Passion and the Virgin Mary; Latin proverbs
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 17v-164v: Osbert of Clare (d. after 1139), Epistolae (Letters), with an interpolation containing two treatises that have been attributed to Eadmer [Edmer] of Canterbury (b. c. 1060, d. in or after 1126), De Conceptione Sancte Marie (On the Conception of the Virgin Mary); the rubr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII

2487. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVIII
Title:
A liturgical calendar with computus tables; a Sacramentary
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: An early modern table of contents. f. 2r: A prayer beginning: 'Omnipotens sempiterne Dominus', followed by an added prayer written by a contemporary hand, beginning: 'Deus qui salutis eterne Beate Marie'. f. 2v: A lunar calendar for calculating the moveable feasts. ff. 3r-8v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2488. Cotton MS Vitellius A XX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XX
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Vitellius A XX
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
3 items

2489. Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 1–56

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 1–56
Title:
Chronicle of British history to AD 1347, with a continuation to AD 1348 (55v–56r)
Scope & Content:
Dated: 2nd half of the 15th century; 1st half of the 17th century (55v–56r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2490. Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 57–66

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 57–66
Title:
Bernard of Clairvaux, De consideratione (57r–65r: excerpts); Peter of Blois, Epistola xiv (65r–66v: incomplete)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 item

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