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Container Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII

1. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 2–58

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Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 2–58
Title:
Old English Homilies, coronation oath, translation of the Pater Noster, and translation of the Apostles' Creed
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Old English homilies and liturgy in Old English, possibly created for Bishop Leofric and his cathedral at Exeter in about the 3rd quarter of the 11th century. ff. 2r–55v: Old English Homilies, included some from Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies, some from the Vercelli Book, and s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
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Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII (parchment codex)

2. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 59–90

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Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 59–90
Title:
Vita sancti Dunstani by B; rhymed responsory from an office for Gregory the Great
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the first Vita of St Dunstan (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2342), composed by an author known only as 'B'. This text does not include the prologue found in other copies of B's Vita. The text in these folios was probably copied at the beginning of the eleventh century. On...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII

3. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 91–157

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Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 91–157
Title:
De gestis Britonum et Anglorum,attributed to Peter of Ickham, with continuations
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a history of the kings of Britain and England, beginning 'Non solum audiendis scripturae sacrae', which has been attributed to Peter of Ickham, with further continuations into the 14th century. There are at least three phases of continuation, and one set of changes of scribe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII

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