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711. Cotton MS Caligula A VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VII
Title:
Heliand and a charm
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of only two non-fragmentary surviving manuscripts of the poem Heliand, an account of the life of Jesus in Old Saxon epic verse. It ends imperfectly, in the middle of the account of the journey to Emmaus. The volume includes: f. 1: part of a memorandum dated 1371-72 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, Latin, and Saxon, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 10th century - the 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

712. Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
Title:
Painted miniatures probably from a Psalter
Scope & Content:
Contents: These leaves were formerly part of Cotton MS Caligula A VII, foliated: ff. 3r-10v.; they were removed in 1931 and are now stored separately as Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1. The eight leaves originally probably formed part of a prefatory cycle in a Psalter were originally bound as a pre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Parchment leaves

713. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII
Title:
Beauchief obituary calendar; Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu; an epitome of Symeon of Durham's Historia Regum; De VII Mirabilibus Mundi; Historia Brittonum; hagiography and lections composed by Eadmer of Canterbury, Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, and others; imperfect copies of Vita Beati Birini Episcopi and Wulfstan of Winchester's Vita Sancti Æthelwoldi; hagiography relating to Benedict of Nursia, Mary Magdalene and the account of the vision of the monk of Eynsham
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 3r: a medieval leaf with an early modern table of contents. ff. 4r-27v: an obituary calendar from the Premonstratensian abbey at Beauchief, compiled between the mid-13th century and the 1st half of the 16th century. ff. 28r-58v: historical texts copied in the 3rd quarter of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century - 1st half of the 16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

714. Cotton MS Caligula A XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XIV
Title:
Two Tropers (including the 'Caligula Troper'); a Proser; Homilies from Ælfric's Lives of the Saints; Life of St Mildred
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains: ff. 1r-36v: An illustrated, imperfect troper (a musical collection known as the Cotton Troper or the Caligula Troper) made in the mid-11th century. ff. 37r-92v: A Troper and a Proser, possibly made at Worcester in the late 12th century. ff. 93r-130r: Ælfr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century - 4th quarter of 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

715. Cotton MS Caligula A XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XV
Title:
Jerome, De viri illustribus, Jerome, Vita S Pauli, extracts from Isidore's Eymologiae, book III of Cyprian's Ad Quirinum Testimonia, De computo paschali, compustical texts, prognostic material, charms, annals of Christ Church, Canterbury, extracts from Ælfric's De temporibus anni, and notes on topics like the ages of the world.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains: ff. 1v-2v: an early modern list of contents; ff. 3-117: Jerome's De viri illustribus (Clavis Patrum Latinorum 616) and Vita S Pauli (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 6596), extracts from Isidore's Eymologiae (Books 1, 3) Clavis Patrum Latinorum 1186), book III of Cypr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 8th century - late 11th century
Extent:

1 volume

716. Cotton MS Caligula C I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C I
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1567–1570
Scope & Content:
Much of this volume relates to the exile of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), and including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Catherine de Medici, Queen Dowager of France (d. 1589); Sir William Cecil (later 1st Baron Burghley, d. 1598); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1567-1631
Extent:
1 volume.

717. Cotton MS Caligula C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland (originals and copies), 1568/9–1585, including a diary of John Lesley, bishop of Ross (d. 1596), 1571 (4r–40r); letters of Mary, queen of Scots (1542-67; d. 1587) (ff. 171, 244–248, 261–262, 423, 618, 620); and the pleading of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk (d. 1572) (f. 189)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 597. 1. A tract in 12mo. entitled, "Commentaria diurna Jo. Leslie episcopi Rossensis:" being the bishop’‘s journal, in his own hand, from April 11 to Oct. 16, 1571. 1. 2. Various papers and memorandums on the affairs of Scotland, and the nobility ther...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1571-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

718. Cotton MS Claudius A III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A III
Title:
Miscellany, including Pontificals, a Benedictional, Law Codes, documents, and miniatures
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a compilation, containing parts of three separate Pontificals copied between late 10th or early 11th and 12th centuries (two of which include coronation ordos); some records pertaining to Christ Church which were originally copied into the Gospel-book in Cotton Tiberius A II be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
11th century-15th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

719. Cotton MS Claudius A V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A V
Title:
Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368; William of Malmesbury Gesta Pontificum Anglorum; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi; genealogy of King Henry II of England; Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi; Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Vita Sancti Neoti Abbatis; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Wulfstani Episcopi
Scope & Content:
This is a composite manuscript of three parts. The first part, ff. 2r-45r, is a copy of the Peterborough Chronicle, copied in the 2nd half of the 14th century with a continuation added in the 17th century. The second part, ff. 46r-134r, includes William of Malmesbury's (b. c. 1080, d. 1143) Gest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

720. Cotton MS Claudius A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A VI
Title:
Cartulary of Boxgrove Priory; Ivo of Chartres, Sermones; Epistolae; Marbod of Rennes, Epistola V; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistola X; anonymous monk ('G') of Pontlevoy, three letters
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts that were separately produced at different locations and periods of time. The first part (ff. 1-155) contains the Latin cartulary of the Benedictine priory of St Mary and St Blaise at Boxgrove in the diocese of Chichester that was written by several s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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