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2551. Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 13–24

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Cotton MS Faustina A V, ff 13–24
Title:
Richard Rolle, Emendatio Vitae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 13r-24v: Richard Rolle (b. 1305x10, d. 1349), hermit and religious author, Emendatio Vitae (The Changing of One's Life). Decoration: 1 medium initial in black ink with minor penwork decoration in black and red ink (f. 17r); small (one-line) capitals highlighted in red. Rubrics ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina A V

2552. Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 238–241

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 238–241
Title:
Chronicle of Battle Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 238v–241r: Chronicle of Battle Abbey to 1206; this version is known as the 'short chronicle'; it has a rubric, 'Incipiunt anni ab Incarnatione Domini' and consists of tables of between three and five columns with dates in Roman numerals from I to MCCXX. The first entry is 'VI Her...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A. ii

2553. Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 109–116

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 109–116
Title:
Cyprian of Antioch, Confessio
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 109r-116v: Cyprian of Antioch (fl. 300), Confessio (Confession), beginning: ‘Quicumque in Christi misterus proficius meis intendite lacrimis’. Decoration: Numerous large initials in red and brown. Rubrics in red. Highlighting in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian E III

2554. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 165-212

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 165-212
Title:
Jocelin of Furness, Vita sancti Kentigerni
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the earlier of two surviving copies of Jocelin of Furness's Vita sancti Kentigerni (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis, Subsidia Hagiographica, 6, 2 vols (Brussels, 1898–1901; repr. 1992), no. 4646. It was copied in the late 12th-century. Contents: ff. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

2555. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 136–185

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 136–185
Title:
Bartholomew of Exeter, Penitential; The Lord's Prayer in Old English; Exemplum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 136r-185r: Bartholomew (d. 1184), Bishop of Exeter, Penitential, with a note in the lower margin of f. 184v that extends to f. 185r. f. 184v: The Lord’s Prayer, in Old English, beginning: ‘Fader ure be giert on heofena’. f. 185r: A Latin exemplum concerning a bishop with the ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XII

2556. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 3–13

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 3–13
Title:
Calendar; Computistical texts; Hymns and prayers
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-8v: Calendar, with the so-called Dog Days (dies canicularis). f. 9r: A computistical table. f. 9v: Instructions for the computus, beginning: ‘Si vis scire quot concurrentes in anno sunt’. f. 10r: Instructions for calculating the age of the moon, beginning: ‘Hec sunt .vii.tem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

2557. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 59–90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 59–90
Title:
Vita sancti Dunstani by B; rhymed responsory from an office for Gregory the Great
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the first Vita of St Dunstan (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2342), composed by an author known only as 'B'. This text does not include the prologue found in other copies of B's Vita. The text in these folios was probably copied at the beginning of the eleventh century. On...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII

2558. Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 158–198

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 158–198
Title:
A list of Roman and Byzantine emperors to Constantine V (d. 775) (imperfect); the Regularis concordia (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of a mid-11th century copy of the Regularis Concordia (probably composed by St Æthelwold (d. 984), bishop of Winchester or his associates). The Regularis Concordia was intended to help standardise monastic practice in Britain in the late 10th century. The rest of the ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina B III

2559. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82
Title:
Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-39r: Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), Comput (Anglo Norman) [added Latin title ‘lib[er] de creaturis’, in a 15th-century script]. ff. 40v-41r: Two short Latin texts on the Computus (beginning ‘In anno quo ciclus’ and ‘Quicumque adventum domini celebrare desiderat’). ff. 41r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A V

2560. Cotton MS Domitian A IX, ff 84–85

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A IX, ff 84–85
Title:
Verse account of those who discovered the Holy Cross; memorandum on King Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–1470, 1471–1483); names of the lordships held by the duke of York.
Scope & Content:
This folios, copied in the 2nd half of the 15th century, contain a verse account of those who discovered the Holy Cross in Latin (ff. 84r–v), a memorandum on King Edward IV of England (reigned 1461–1470, 1471–1483) in Latin (f. 85r), and the names of the lordships held by the duke of York in Mid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A IX

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