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Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII
Title:: Cotton Manuscript Vitellius A XIII
Scope & Content:: A composite manuscript comprising: ff. 1-2: Early modern flyleaves with notes and contents list; (ff. 3-6: An illustrated chronicle of the kings of England is now bound separately with ff. I-V, 5 former fabric curtains, as Cotton Vitellius A XIII/1); ff. 7-19: Laws and Genealogy of the Kings ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: 1150-1450
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII/1
Title:: Les roys de Engeltere
Scope & Content:: ff. i–v: Five rectangles of red linen, formerly used as curtains for the miniatures. ff. 3–6: Eight miniatures of the kings of England from Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Edward I (r. 1272–1307); each one except the last is accompanied by a short account of their reign in Anglo-Norman p...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman
Date Range:: c 1280-c 1300
Extent:: 4 parchment leaves and 5 rectangles of fabric in frames

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Vitellius A XIX
Title:: Bede, Vita sancti Cuthberti; Latin poems entitled 'De quattuor clavibus sapientiae'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; extract from Juvencus, Evangeliorum libri; note on 'De sacro baptismate'; hymn for St Martin and 'Alleluia' verses with musical notation; Bede, Vita metrica sancti Cuthberti
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains a series of Latin texts relating to St Cuthbert, including both Bede's prose and verse vitae of Cuthbert and excerpts from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica pertaining to Cuthbert. There are Old English glosses, apparently in the same hand as the main text, added to Bede's p...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 10th century-2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:: 1 parchment codex

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Vitellius A XVI
Title:: Chronicle of London to AD 1509, incorporating John Lydgate, ‘Sotelties’ at the coronation banquet of Henry VI (91v–92v: Boffey 1929)
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Middle
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII
Title:: Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral; List of bishops; Osbert of Clare, Epistolae; anonymous poems about the Passion and the Virgin Mary; Latin proverbs
Scope & Content:: This composite manuscript contains two parts that were produced at separate locations in England and at separate moments during the 12th century. The first part (ff. 1r-17v) contains the Annals of Chichester and was produced at the Cathedral church of Holy Trinity, Chichester. The second part (f...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Vitellius A XVIII
Title:: A liturgical calendar with computus tables; a Sacramentary
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: An early modern table of contents. f. 2r: A prayer beginning: 'Omnipotens sempiterne Dominus', followed by an added prayer written by a contemporary hand, beginning: 'Deus qui salutis eterne Beate Marie'. f. 2v: A lunar calendar for calculating the moveable feasts. ff. 3r-8v...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Vitellius B II
Title:: Records and papers concerning England and Rome, 1509–1515
Scope & Content:: Records and papers concerning England and Rome, dating between 1509 and 1515. f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2v: Fragment of a letter to King Henry VIII, from an unnamed cardinal. Sending intelligence from Italy, and reporting that Bologna has been taken by Imperial forces. Latin. f. 3r-3v: Letter fr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1509-1515
Extent:: 1 volume

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