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1. Cotton MS Faustina B IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina B IX
Title:
Chronicle of Melrose Abbey; Chronicles of Tynemouth Priory
Scope & Content:
A composite manuscript composed of two parts (ff. 2-75, 76-244), both owned by John Leland (b. c. 1503, d. 1552), poet and antiquary, and probably bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The first part (ff. 2-75) was made at Melrose Abbey in Scotland between c. 1174 and the 1st...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
c 1174-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Cotton MS Julius D III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Julius D III
Title:
Cartulary of St Albans Abbey; Ralph of Dunstable, Vita Sancti Albani; Golliardic stanzas; Versus de Motu et Pena Peccandi; Versus de Mensibus Anni; Versus de Virtutibus Imitandis et Earum Distinctionibus; Vita Beati Thome Martiris Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis; Hildebert of Lavardin, Biblical Epigrams; Alain de Lille, Anticlaudianus (excerpt)
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two parts that were produced at different periods of time but potentially at the same location. The first part (ff. 1-124) contains the cartulary of the Sacrist of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans that was written after 1393 and contains additions to the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
13th century-16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Titus D XVI, ff 2-34

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus D XVI, ff 2-34
Title:
Prudentius, Psychomachia (illustrated); Poem in praise of St Laurence
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. i verso: Modern notes related to Prudentius: 'Prudentius, poeta, vir Christianus'. f. 1r: An early 14th-century table of contents including modern additions, followed by some lines dedicated to Prudentius. ff. 2r-34r: Prudentius, Psychomachia with drawings (see 'Decoration'), be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Titus D XVI

4. Cotton MS Titus D XVI, ff 37r-69v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus D XVI, ff 37r-69v
Title:
Gilbert Crispin, Disputatio Iudei cum Christiano
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 37r-69v: Gilbert Crispin, Disputatio Iudei cum Christiano including modern annotations in the lower margin. Decoration: Initials an rubrics in red. Some initials are highlighted in red. Numerous words underlined in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Titus D XVI