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741. Cotton MS Domitian A IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A IX
Title:
Alphabets; Dionysius Exiguus, computistical letter addressed to Boniface and Bonus; fragment of an Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, AD 1113–1114 (imperfect); Runic alphabet; extracts from the Old English translation of Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; runic alphabet; Aldhelm, Epistola ad Heahfridum; Verses on the calendar and other computistical notes; Revelatio beate Hildegardis; (?)John Thwing of Bridlington, Versus prophetiales, with commentary by John Ergome; Verse account of those who...
Scope & Content:
This is a composite manuscript composed of fragments bound together in the early modern period. These include: f. 1r-v: early modern table of contents; f. 2r: blank, apart from the inscriptions 'Mitte nob. hist. bede de gestis anglor[um]' (in a 12th-century hand) and 'Bind this... and put 4 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 8th century-16th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

742. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A VIII
Title:
Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu; Letter of Pope Paschal II; Concordat of Worms; Planctus of Oedipus; Hildebert of Le Mans, De sancta Trinitate; Chronicle from Noah to Louis the Pious; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, F-text; Robert de Torigni, Chronicle, AD 1153–1179 (imperfect); Quadripartitus (imperfect); Henry of Huntingdon, De contemptu mundi (Historia Anglorum, book viii), Coronation charter of King Henry I of England (imperfect); List of Welsh cantrefi, Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Angl...
Scope & Content:
This codex contains: f. 1*: an early modern list of contents; between f. 1* and f. 2r there are two blank folios; ff. 2r-15v: Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu, letter of Pope Paschal II, Concordat of Worms; Planctus of Oedipus; Hildebert of Le Mans, De sancta Trinitate, followed by two blank ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, English, Old, English., and Welsh
Date Range:
4th quarter 11th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

743. Cotton MS Domitian A XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A XII
Title:
Chronicle from Brutus to AD 1335/6; Cronica de Kirkstall; Ivo of Chartres, Sermo de Dedicatione Ecclesie; Sermo de Sacramentis Neophitorum
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains three parts that were produced in different places and periods of time. The first part (ff. 3-54) contains a chronicle from Brutus to AD 1335/6. The second part (ff. 57-140) contains another chronicle from Brutus to 1430, with the added title Cronica de Kirksta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

744. Cotton MS Faustina A IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A IX
Title:
Homilies, including Ælfric, Catholic Homilies (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A 16th-century title and notes. f. 1v: A 16th-century copy of the beginning of a sermon for the second Sunday after Epiphany, incipit 'Iohannes se godspellere cwaeð...' ff. 2r-11r: A continuation of a sermon for the second Sunday after Epiphany, from the second series of Æl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

745. Cotton MS Faustina A V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A V
Title:
Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury; petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury; a letter of Pope John XXII; sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension (macaronic), and All Saints; Richard Rolle, Emendatio Vitae; Simeon of Durham, De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis; Pseudo-Jerome, De Quindecim Signis ante Diem Iudicii; Liber de Antichristo; sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12 (partially macaronic)
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains five parts that were written in England during the 12th and 14th centuries (ff. 3-12; 13-24; 25-98; 99-102; 103-106). The larger part of the manuscript (ff. 25r-97r), copied in the first quarter of the 12th century, contains the De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

746. Cotton MS Faustina A X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina A X
Title:
Ælfric, Grammar (imperfect); Ælfric, Glossary; proverbs and maxims; grammatical dialogue; Old English translation of the Rule of St Benedict; account known as 'King Edgar's Establishment of the Monasteries' (incomplete)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains texts written in the late 11th century on ff. 3r-101v, with many later annotations. Meanwhile, the second half of the manuscripts (ff. 102r-151v) contains 12th-century copies of Old English works which have been attributed to Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester (d. 984), or ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

747. Cotton MS Faustina B III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina B III
Title:
List of Roman and Byzantine emperors to Constantine V (d. 775); Regularis Concordia; Life of St Edith; Chronicle of Wilton Abbey; Life of St Æthelthryth; Cartulary of Peterborough Abbey
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite manuscript. It includes: ff. 1r-57v: documents pertaining to Peterborough Abbey, compiled in the early 15th century; ff. 158r–v: a list of Roman and Byzantine emperors to Constantine V (d. 775) (imperfect); ff. 159r–198r: the Regularis Concordia; ff. 199r–26...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
mid-11th century-1st half 15th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

748. Cotton MS Galba A XIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba A XIV
Title:
Prayer book, including computus tables and medical recipes
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Table of contents by Richard James (d. 1638). f. 1v: Blank f. 2r–v: Computus tables, ‘Incipit computatio Grecorum de mensibus anni … Omnes uero menses octo idus habent.’ ff. 3r–4v: Prayer to God the Father, ‘Domine deus omnipotens rex regum … in aduersariis meis domine deus ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

749. Cotton MS Galba B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B VIII
Title:
Correspondence and papers concerning England and Burgundy, 1514–1525
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other records concerning England and Burgundy, 1514–1525, including letters in the hands of Charles V, King of Spain (1516–1556) and Holy Roman emperor (1519–1556; d. 1558), and Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), lord chancellor, humanist and martyr. f. 1r: Cottonian title-page. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1514-1525
Extent:
1 volume

750. Cotton MS Galba E IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba E IV
Title:
Memoriale Multorum Henrici Prioris; a collection of scientific texts
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made up of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-186v) was produced at Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury in the 1st half of the 14th century. It contains the Register of Henry of Eastry, prior of Christ Church, Canterbury (b. 1285, d. 1331). The second part (ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1175-1350
Extent:

A parchment codex

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