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51. Cotton MS Titus D XVI

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Cotton MS Titus D XVI
Title:
Prudentius, Psychomachia; poem in praise of St Laurence; Gilbert Crispin, Disputatio Iudei cum Christiano; Altercatio Ecclesie contra Synagogam; 'Master Rufus', Vita Sancte Afre metrice
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of four originally separate parts perhaps bound together between c. 1250 and c. 1300 (see Thomson, Manuscripts from St Albans Abbey (1982), no.19). Contents: ff. 2r-34r: Prudentius, Psychomachia. ff. 34v-35r: A poem in praise of St Laurence. ff. 37r-69v: Gilbert Cris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century-13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

52. Cotton MS Titus D XXVI

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Cotton MS Titus D XXVI
Title:
Liturgical and computistical collection (‘Ælfwine’s Prayerbook’), including rules of confraternity
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Titus D XXVII and Cotton MS Titus D XXVI originally formed one manuscript which began with Cotton MS D XXVII and was followed by Cotton MS D XXVI (see Henel, De temporibus anni (1942)). Contents: f. 1r-v: An early modern table of contents. f. 2r-v: Directions for devotions added in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd decade of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

53. Cotton MS Vespasian A XV

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Cotton MS Vespasian A XV
Title:
Anonymous compilation of canonical texts and decretals based on the Collectio Tripartita
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-130v: A compilation of canonical texts, false decretals and extracts from papal and episcopal correspondence; the compilation is made from the sources that are part of the canonical collection known as the Collectio Tripartita or Collectio Trium Partium (Tripartite Collection)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

54. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI
Title:
The Hagnaby Chronicle; The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Marguerite de Baux and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol; The Dover Chronicle; Vita Abbatum Croylandiae; a fragment of a rental; Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris, De Genealogia Regum Anglorum; a Franciscan chronicle; a verse chronicle; a theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-61v: The Hagnaby Chronicle. ff. 62r-71v: The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (b.1390, d. 1433), Marguerite de Baux (b. 1394, d. 1469), and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol (b. 1418, d. 1475). ff. 72r-79r: The Dover Chronicle. ff. 80r-82v: Vitae Ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

55. Cotton MS Vespasian B XX

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Cotton MS Vespasian B XX
Title:
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Lives of the Canterbury saints etc; charters and privileges allegedly granted to the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r–v: Charter of Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury (between 597-604), granting privileges to the Benedictine monastery of St Peter and St Paul (St Augustine’s, Canterbury). ff. 3r–18v: Goscelin of Saint-Bertin (Canterbury), Historia minor de adventu sancti Augustini, preceded b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

56. Cotton MS Vespasian B XXV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XXV
Title:
Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Mirabilium; Priscian, De Situ Orbis; Pseudo-Dares, De Excidio Troiae Historia; Pseudo-Jerome, De Mobilitate Mentis Humanae; Prophetia Sybillae; Pseudo-Ausonius, Sententiae Septem Sapientum; (?) Segardus junior of St Omer, De Miseria Hominis; Roger of Caen, De Contemptu Mundi (excerpt); Hildebert of Lavardin, De Mysterio Missae (excerpts); De Tribus Mortibus; Pseudo-Nennius, Historia Brittonum; Pseudo-Bede, De Quindecim Signis ante Diem Iudicii; De Septem Miraculis ...
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript of historical, theological and prophetic texts was owned and possibly produced at the Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury (Ker, Medieval Libraries (1964), p. 36). The exemplar of this manuscript was a manuscript, extant in two pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

57. Cotton MS Vespasian D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D II
Title:
Penitential and similar texts including excerpts from Gennadius of Marseilles, Liber Ecclesiasticorum Dogmatum, and Bernard of Clairvaux, Parabolae; Canones Penitentiales Secundum Ieronimum; Fulbert of Chartres, De Peccatis Capitalibus; anonymous penitential texts; Adso of Montier-en-Der, De Ortu et Tempore Antichristi; Pseudo-Jerome, Quindecim Signa Ante Iudicium; a collection of sermons for liturgical feasts, including sermons by St Wulfstan, St Augustine of Hippo, St John Chrysostom, and ...
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a large collection of penitential texts, papal decrees, conciliar canons, liturgical and theological treatises, sermons, miracles and exempla. Although the manuscript has previously been dated to the 11th or 12th century, the identification of sermons by Geoffrey Babio (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

58. Cotton MS Vespasian D XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XI
Title:
Lawrence of Durham, Consolatio de Morte Amici; Hypognosticon; Oratio pro Laurentio; Oratio pro Naufragis; Oratio pro Iuvenibus Compeditis (imperfect); Oratio pro Milone (imperfect); Maledictio
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains works by Lawrence of Durham (b. c. 1110, d. 1154), poet, hagiographer, and prior of Durham Cathedral Priory. The manuscript primarily contains the Hypognosticon (‘Abbreviation’), a poem that recounts the biblical history of mankind from its creation until pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

59. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX
Title:
Nigel Witeker, Versus; An anonymous poem; Ely Chronicle; An Easter-table chronicle; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistulae, Sermones; A theological note
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-51r: Nigel Witeker (d. after 1206), Versus (Poems). ff. 52r: An anonymous poem, beginning: 'Vitam claudit hominum paucitas dierum, nec est inter’. ff. 53r-70v: Ely Chronicle. ff. 71r-82r: An Easter-table chronicle. ff. 83r-112v: Hildebert of Lavardin (b. c. 1055, d. 1133),...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century-15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

60. Cotton MS Vespasian E III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E III
Title:
Annals of Burton Abbey; an account of the Council of Oxford of 1222; St Cyprian, Confessio; Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Saeculi; Alexander of Stainsby, Constitutiones; Honorius Augustodunensis, Imago Mundi; Invectivum Contra Regem Iohannem; Reginald of Canterbury, Vita Sancti Malchi
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made out of six parts that were produced separately in England. The first part (ff. 4-102) was produced at Burton Abbey in the early 13th century and contains the Annals of Burton Abbey. The second part (ff. 103-108) is an account of the Council of Oxford of 1222. Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
10th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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