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2591. Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 277–296

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Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 277–296
Title:
Continuation of Walter of Guisborough's chronicle or the 'Continuation of Hemingburgh'
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 277r-296v: Chronicle from 1327 to 1346, a sixteenth-century transcript of the text known as the continuation of the Walter of Guisborough's chronicle or the 'Continuation of Hemingburgh'. The original chronicle, by Walter, an Augustinian canon of the priory of Guisborough, ended ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero D. ii

2592. Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, f 174

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, f 174
Title:
Gospel of St John; A charter of Duke William II of Normandy
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 174r: a fragment from a Gospel of St John copied in the middle of the 10th century. f. 174v: a charter of William II, duke of Normandy (b. 1035, d. 1087), later King William I of England (r. 1066-1087), for the chapel of Notre Dame, Cherbourg, dated between 1063 and 1066 and copi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 10th century-2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A XV

2593. Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 3–57

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A I, ff 3–57
Title:
Anglo-Saxon law-codes I Cnut; II Cnut; II-III Edgar; law codes of Alfred and Ine; Romscot; Judex
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a series of law codes associated with Anglo-Saxon kings or writers, including the earliest known copies of I and II Cnut. These texts include: ff. 3r-16r: I Cnut (3r–16r); ff. 16r-41r: II Cnut; ff. 42r-44v: II-III Edgar; ff. 45r-48r, 51r-57v: law codes of Alfred and Ine...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A I

2594. Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 236-291

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Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 236-291
Title:
Life of St Edward the Confessor; Life of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury; Life of Edmund Rich, archbishop of Canterbury
Scope & Content:
These folios include three saints' lives, copied in the 14th century: ff. 236r-254v: Aelred of Rievaulx's vita of St Edward the Confessor (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2423); ff. 254v-280r: A vita of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury by Edward Grim (Bibliotheca Hagiographica La...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2

2595. Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 86–259

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Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 86–259
Title:
A survey of the manors of the bishop of Ely; Account documents related to Ely cathedral.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 86r-233v: A survey of the manors of the bishop of Ely, beginning: 'Incipit liber de inquisitionibus maneriorum; episcopatus Elyensis factis tempore Joannis episcopi anno consecrationis sue secundo'. ff. 234v-259v: Account documents related to Ely cathedral. Decoration: One la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B II

2596. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1
Title:
Computistical, historical and astronomical miscellany with added documents from Ely and Exeter
Scope & Content:
This codex contains a collection of texts related to timekeeping, astronomy and geography, possibly made at Canterbury in the mid-11th century, with some later additions. Into this collection have been inserted a series of 10th- and 11th-century documents pertaining to Ely and Exeter, written on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century-3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

2597. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10

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Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10
Title:
Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a fragment of the Compendium in Genealogia Christi by Peter of Poitier (b. c. 1130, d. 1205), ending with a diagram of Jesus, his apostles, Paul and Barnabas. These folios were copied in the late 12th or early 13th century. Chapter titles pertaining to Macer's De viribus her...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

2598. Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 135–199

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 135–199
Title:
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:
Contents: ff. 135r-138r: Anonymous, Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi (Life of the Blessed Bishop Erkenwald). ff. 138r-141r: Anonymous, Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis (Life of the Blessed Virgin Winifred). ff. 141r-145v: Anonymous, Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis (Miracles of the Blessed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A V

2599. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90

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Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90
Title:
Paul, Epistulae, with a gloss derived from Pelagius's commentary
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of the Pauline epistles with a gloss derived from Pelagius and were copied perhaps in Northumbria in the 8th century. These folios once formed a larger volume with Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.5. A fragment of an old title in a Gothic hand, beginning with a red in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 8th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

2600. Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 158-228

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 158-228
Title:
Life of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury (Quadrilogus II)
Scope & Content:
These folios include an early copy of the second Quadrilogus, a composite life of Thomas Becket (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 8194). The text was composed by Brother 'E', a monk of Evesham who worked under the auspices of Henry de Longchamp, abbot of Crowland, according to the dedicator...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2

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