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2. Cotton MS Augustus I i 4
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus I i 4
- Title:
- Drawing of a gallery intended to be built for King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. Cotton MS Caligula B VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula B VII
- Title:
- Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 1r–513v: A volume of original documents and copies concerning England and Scotland, 1525–1556, several of which relate to a potential marriage between Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots. f. 1r: Title page. ff. 2r–v, 3v: Original letter from Dr Magnus to Cardinal Wolsey, reporting that he ha...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
- Date Range:
- 16th century-17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
4. Cotton MS Claudius A I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius A I
- Title:
- Passio sancti Cypriani (imperfect); Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (imperfect); Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae Wilfridi; papal, episcopal and royal letters; various hagiographies, including Paulinus, Vita sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Inventio sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii; Inventio sancti Nazarii; Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino, Vita sancti Hieronymi; Venantius Fortunatus, Vita sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episcopi and Miracula sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episc...
- Scope & Content:
- This codex contains items from 4 originally separate medieval manuscripts, copied between the mid-10th and 14th century. f. 1r-v: Passio Sancti Cypriani (compare Biblioteca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2037, imperfect) and Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (1r–v: imperfect), copied in the 14th century. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- mid-10th century-14th century
- Extent:
-
1 parchment codex
5. Cotton MS Claudius B IV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius B IV
- Title:
- Old English Hexateuch (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript contains portions of the Hexateuch, in Old English: ff. 1r-1v: Ælfric’s preface to Æthelwærd (imperfect). ff. 1v-72v: Genesis. ff. 72v-105v: Exodus. ff. 105v-110v: Leviticus. ff. 111r-128r: Numbers. ff. 128v-140r: Deuteronomy. ff. 140v-156v: Joshua. The Old English text wa...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex
6. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI
- Title:
- Donatus, Ars maior; Interrogationes; a poem on Gregory the Great attributed to John the Deacon ; De formis qualiter causarum; Croniques de London, covering the years 1259–1343
- Scope & Content:
- This codex contains: f. 1r: early modern table of contents; ff. 2r-31r: Donatus, Ars maior; ff. 31v-47r: Interrogationes; ff. 47r–48r: poem on Gregory the Great attributed to John the Deacon; ff. 48r–53r: De formis qualiter causarum; f. 53v: blank; ff. 54r–106v: Croniques de London, co...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and Latin
- Date Range:
- mid-10th century-mid-14th century
- Extent:
-
1 parchment codex
7. Cotton MS Cleopatra B I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Cleopatra B I
- Title:
- A composite miscellany of hagiographic, devotional, and prophetic texts in Latin.
- Scope & Content:
- A composite miscellany containing five parts with hagiographic, devotional and prophetic texts in Latin, probably brought together in the library of Sir Robert Cotton. The miscellany contains one of the three extant copies of the canonisation dossier of Gilbert of Sempringham (d. 1190), founder ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1300 - c 1500
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex
8. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI
- Title:
- Ancrene Riwle; songs and prayers; a leaf from a Book of Hours
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains 2 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): (i) f. 1r-1v: A leaf from a Book of Hours with a miniature of the Annunciation; (ii) ff. 2r-203v: Ancrene Riwle; poems and prayers in Middle English, Anglo-Norman French and Latin.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1200-1420
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex consisting of 2 items.
9. Cotton MS Domitian A VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A VII
- Title:
- Gospel extracts; ‘Durham Liber Vitae’
- Scope & Content:
- Gospel extracts (ff. 4r–14v), in Latin, middle of the 12th century (Matthew ff. 4r–5v; Mark ff. 6r–8v; Luke ff. 9r–11v; John ff. 12r–14v); Liber Vitae (‘Durham Liber Vitae’) (ff. 15r–83v), in Latin and Old English (ff. 47r–v), 1st half of the 9th century to 1st half of the 16th century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 9th century-1st half of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 1 parchment volume
10. Cotton MS Domitian A XVII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A XVII
- Title:
- Psalter (‘Psalter of Henry VI’)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript was made around 1405-1410, possibly for Louis, duke of Guyenne and Dauphin of France; in c. 1420 it was supplemented with a set of computistical tables (ff. 8r-11r); and in c. 1430-1431 the Psalter was possibly adapted for king Henry VI of England. At this stage the English arms ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1405-c 1430
- Extent:
-
288 folios.