Life of St John the Evangelist (118r: Boffey 2932, imperfect); Life of Thomas Becket (118r-149v: Boffey 907, 3064); Life of St Theophilus (149v-151v: Boffey 3266); Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary (151v-155v: Boffey 50, 56, 58, 59, 1788); Life of St Cecilia (155v-158v: Boffey 2873); Life of St Gregory (158v-166v: Boffey 204)
This folio contains a miniature labelled 'Dunstani archiepiscopi'. It depicts a figure (presumably St Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury) seated in a building, with two figures kissing his feet and another figure, a monk, kneeling between them. The entire image is framed with an inhabited, foliate...
These folios contain an imperfect Pontifical, including a Litany and the second English coronation ordo. It was copied between the second and third quarters of the 11th century. These folios were part of the same Pontifical as ff. 9-18
Unidentified documentary text (177r); unidentified historical text (177v–178v); unidentified theological text (177v)
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Dated: last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century (177r); 8th century or 9th century (177v–178v); 1st quarter of the 12th century (177v)
Contents: ff. 12r-142v: Benedictional. [ff. 87v and 142v are empty]. Decoration: 1 large initial (‘O’) in green with rosette-shaped foliate decoration in blue, green, ochre and red inside the letter (f. 12r). 1 large initial ‘D’ in green, pink and gold with a medium initial ‘S’ in purple ...
Papers relating to the Dissolution of the monasteries
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ff. 233–474: Papers relating to the Dissolution of the monasteries. f. 475r–v: Fragment of a treatise on the virtues and vices. Other portions in Cotton MS Cleopatra E IV/1, f. 1; Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff. 1, 205; Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 157–164; Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff. 145–58;...