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81. Cotton MS Titus D IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus D IV
Title:
Thomas More's coronation suite; a chronicle from Brutus to Edward the Confessor; Hermann of Carinthia, De essentiis
Scope & Content:
A composite volume in three parts, put together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631), containing: (1) the presentation copy of Thomas More's coronation ode; (2) a chronicle from Brutus to Edward the Confessor; (3) Hermann of Carinthia, De essentiis. Contents: Cottonian endleaves: ff. i–ii: Parc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century-1st half 16th century
Extent:

1 volume

82. Cotton MS Vespasian A I/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A I/1
Title:
Leaf from a Psalter
Scope & Content:
This leaf from a Psalter was inserted into Cotton MS Vespasian A I, probably during the 17th century when they were owned by Sir Robert Cotton. It is now mounted and kept separately. Decoration: f. 1r: a full-page framed miniature in colours on a gold ground, depicting Christ in Majesty with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1220
Extent:
A parchment leaf

83. Cotton MS Vespasian A VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A VIII
Title:
Refoundation charter of the New Minster, Winchester
Scope & Content:
f. 2v: Frontispiece depicting King Edgar of England offering his charter to Christ. ff. 3v–33v: Charter of King Edgar refounding the New Minster, Winchester; dated 966 (Sawyer, no. 745). ff. 34r–37r: Charter of King Edgar for the New Minster, 966 (Sawyer, no. 746). ff. 37v–38v: Charter of Kin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 10th century-1st quarter 13th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

84. Cotton MS Vespasian B XVIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XVIII
Title:
New Testament Lectionary (Gregory-Aland l23; Scrivener apost. 2, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
f. 2r: Extracts from liturgical prayers with commemorations of patriarchs and abbots with no names with a later, 13th-century hand. f. 2v: List of liturgical canticles (prokimena) ff. 3r-230v: New Testament Lectionary (Apostol) Decoration: Illuminated initials and decorated headpieces.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
Parchment codex.

85. Cotton MS Vespasian C II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C II
Title:
Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, April 1522–October 1524
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–382r: Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, April 1522–October 1524, principally of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530), some in the hand of Charles V, king of Spain (1516–1556) and Holy Roman emperor (1519–1556; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1522-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

86. Cotton MS Vespasian C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C III
Title:
Correspondence concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–156r: Correspondence (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain, February 1525–December 1526, principally of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547) and Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey (d. 1530). Primarily English and Latin, partly in cipher, with occasional items in Spanish and Fre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1525-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

87. Cotton MS Vespasian C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C IV
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1527-1529
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, between January 1527 and December 1529. Principally correspondence of Thomas Wolsey (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, and Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland, with some papers of Charles V (1500-1558...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1527-1529
Extent:
1 volume

88. Cotton MS Vespasian C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1154-1603
Scope & Content:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain. From the reigns of King Henry II (1154–1189) to Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) of England, including: records of the Spanish government, 1574–1577 (5r–178v); ordinance of King Philip II of Spain (1556–1598) concerning ti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1154-1603
Extent:
1 volume

89. Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning Anglo-Spanish relations, 1587-1603
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of transcripts and original documents. A number of documents are identified as gifts, or translations from the papers of, the Spanish Ambassador (Gondomar) in 1615 ((ff. 11*r, 276r-v, 281r-284r, 289r-293v). Some of the documents probably came from Robert Beale. The document...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1587-1631
Extent:
1 volume

90. Cotton MS Vespasian D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D X
Title:
A collection of chronicles and historical material including Ralph of Coggeshall, Chronicon Anglicanum and Ralph Niger, Chronica
Scope & Content:
Contents: Chronicles and other historical material copied in the 13th to the 16th centuries, bound together in the early modern period from three formerly separate parts (see Tite: The Early Records (2003), p. 183). ff. 1-3: Flyleaves with lists of contents in an early modern hand; ff. 4-39:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-1549
Extent:

A parchment codex