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1. Cotton MS Nero D VIII, ff 3r–175v

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Cotton MS Nero D VIII, ff 3r–175v
Title:
A collection of historical texts including the Historia regum Brittaniae and Historia Normannorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r–63r: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britannie; ff. 63r–71r: Historia Brittonum (Gildas recension); ff. 72r–135v: Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Historia Normannorum; ff. 135v-146v: Gesta Normmanorum ducum (redaction A); ff. 147r–159v: Robert de Torigni, Gesta Normmanorum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Nero D VIII, ff 176r–344v

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Cotton MS Nero D VIII, ff 176r–344v
Title:
Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon and other texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 176r–183r: Gerald of Wales, Descriptio Kambrie (1st recension); ff. 183r–186r: Disputacio inter clericum et militem; ff. 186r-187r: De origine gigantium; ff. 187r–v: De longitudine et latitudine Anglie; ff. 188r-344v: Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon, to AD 1376. Decoration: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Nero D VIII, ff 345r–347v

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Cotton MS Nero D VIII, ff 345r–347v
Title:
History of the foundation of Colchester Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 345r-347r: An account of the foundation of the abbey of St John, Colchester. Decoration: A tinted drawing of the abbey with a large roundel above containing a shield of arms surrounded by the inscription, 'Eudo filius Huberti de Rya fundator Monasteri' Colecestrensis' (f. 345r)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex