Cotton MS Claudius D II, ff 4–27, 33–43, 45–118, 127–138, 269–280
Title:
Statutes of England, Ine of Wessex (688–726)–Edward II (1307–1327), including the Tribal Hidage (4v) (‘Liber Legum Regum Antiquorum’)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Anglo-Norman French (134r–136r, 269r–278v, 280r–v) Dated: 1st quarter of the 14th century; 1st quarter of the 17th century (278v–279r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
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