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1211. 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

1212. Cotton MS Galba C I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba C I
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1558-1564
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1558-1564. f. 2 Queen Elizabeth I: minutes of her instructions to Thomas Gresham: to travel to Antwerp, and liquidate some debts. December 1558 and March 5, 1558-9. f. 3 Queen Elizabeth I: her commission to William Howard, Earl of E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1558-1564
Extent:
1 volume

1213. Cotton MS Augustus II 82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 82
Title:
Grant of King Swæfred of Essex (fl. 693/4) and Pæogthath, comes, to Bishop Waldhere of London (fl. 694–704/5)
Scope & Content:
King Swæfred of Essex and Pæogthath, comes, with the consent of Æthelred, king of Mercia, grant land at Twickenham, Middlesex, to Bishop Waldhere of London; dated 13 June 704. Confirmation by Kings Coenred and Ceolred of the Mercians; dated 709 × 716, Arcencale (Sawyer, no. 65). Endoresed in a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 8th century-1st half 9th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1214. Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII
Title:
Liber Pontificalis (Pontifcal of Glasgow); The Coronation Book of Charles V, King of France
Scope & Content:
Contents: Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/1 (Pontifical of Glasgow) and Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2 (The Coronation Book of Charles V, King of France) were formerly bound together by Cotton in the 17th century as Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century-14th century
Extent:

2 parchment volumes

1215. Cotton MS Augustus I ii 65

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I ii 65
Title:
Chart of the English Channel from Land’s End to Dover and from Brittany to Calais, drawn by Jean Rotz (d. in or after 1560)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1543
Extent:
1 item

1216. 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

1217. Cotton MS Augustus V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus V
Title:
Le Trésor des Histoires or Le Trésor de Sapience
Scope & Content:
Le Trésor des Histoires or Trésor de Sapience is an anonymous historical compilation in prose from Creation to the pontificate of Clement VI. The version of the Trésor in the manuscript is rare and has a Parisian origin. The only other copy of this version of the text is contained in Paris, BnF,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex.

1218. Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2
Title:
Coronation Book of Charles V, King of France
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a presentation copy of the Coronation Book of Charles V (r. 1364–1380), King of France, comprising the French coronation order commissioned by him in 1365 (see his colophon on f. 74v). The order was subsequently supplemented with texts of several oaths, probably sometime...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1365-1380
Extent:

1 volume

1219. Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Fragments XXXII/5
Title:
Burnt fragments from Cotton MS Tiberius E I
Scope & Content:
These 12 fragments formerly belonged to Cotton MS Tiberius E I, part of the collection of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1570/1, d. 1631), which was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Now bound in two volumes, the manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
12 fragments

1220. Cotton MS Julius C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius C IV
Title:
An Abstracte or Memoriall of such courses as haue beene used in militarye affayres bothe at lande and sea for defence and offence
Scope & Content:
Language(s): English, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, Middle English Dated: last quarter of the 16th century to 1st half of the 17th century; 15th century (ff. 85, 139–140, 212, 337v–340r); 14th century (ff. 199–201, 203, 207, 209–211, 216, 236–259, 287–291)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
14th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

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