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41. Cotton MS Caligula C VI

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Cotton MS Caligula C VI
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1580–1581
Scope & Content:
A volume of records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1580–1581. It includes items in the hand of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (d. 1598). ff. 2r–v: Robert Bowes, to William Cecil, reporting a plot of Esmé Stuart , Earl of Lennox and his friends to ruin Mor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, and French
Date Range:
1580-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

42. Cotton MS Caligula C VII

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Cotton MS Caligula C VII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1582–1584, including correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of original documents - including many reports from the English Ambassador in Edinburgh, Robert Bowes, as well as letters from James VI, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Catherine de Medici - alongside scribal copies from the early 17th century. Many of the originals of these copie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1582-1631
Extent:

1 volume

43. Cotton MS Caligula C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VIII
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1584–1586
Scope & Content:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, from the years 1584 to 1586. ff. 3r-4v: Letter from Robert Bowes to Francis Walsingham, principal secretary. Informing him of reports at Edinburgh that John Erskine, 2nd Earl of Marr, and Sir Thomas Lyon, Master of Glamis have returned from Ir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1586
Extent:
1 volume

44. Cotton MS Caligula D I

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Cotton MS Caligula D I
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1587–1589
Scope & Content:
Volume of records and papers concerning England and Scotland, mainly between 1587 and 1589. Damaged and many sheets lost (see Planta). Harley MS 4647, Add MS 4248, and Harley MS 6680-4684 contain transcripts from many of these papers. ff. 1r-26v: Fragment of a treatise, titled ‘Detectio Maria...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1587-1589
Extent:
1 volume

45. Cotton MS Caligula D II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D II
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1590–1603
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–468r: A volume of records and papers concerning England and Scotland, 1590–1603. f. i: Note about transcripts of the volume. [See Rymer, vol. XVI. 68, 81, 100, 107-110, 136, 148, 183, 186, 190-193, 197, 198, 209, 219, 222, 224, 225, 229, 230, 238, 240, 242, 244, 247, 248, 250-263, 269, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

46. Cotton MS Caligula D V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula D V
Title:
Original documents relating to England and France in the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI of England
Scope & Content:
Bound fragments from a volume which originally consisted of 219 leaves, containing documents relating to the transactions between England and France in the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI of England. The volume was badly damaged in the Cotton Library fire of 1731 and some of the leaves were lost ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

47. Cotton MS Claudius A I

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Cotton MS Claudius A I
Title:
Passio sancti Cypriani (imperfect); Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (imperfect); Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae Wilfridi; papal, episcopal and royal letters; various hagiographies, including Paulinus, Vita sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Inventio sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii; Inventio sancti Nazarii; Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino, Vita sancti Hieronymi; Venantius Fortunatus, Vita sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episcopi and Miracula sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episc...
Scope & Content:
This codex contains items from 4 originally separate medieval manuscripts, copied between the mid-10th and 14th century. f. 1r-v: Passio Sancti Cypriani (compare Biblioteca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2037, imperfect) and Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (1r–v: imperfect), copied in the 14th century. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
mid-10th century-14th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

48. Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 1r-v, 158r-v

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Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 1r-v, 158r-v
Title:
Passio sancti Cypriani (imperfect); Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These flyleaves were taken from the same original manuscript and have been bound sideways into Cotton MS Claudius A I. They contain: f. 1r, 158v: Passio sancti Cypriani (compare BHL 2037, imperfect); f. 1r-v, 158r: Raban Maur, Homilia lxx (imperfect). Decoration: initials in red and blue, wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A I

49. Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 5r–36v

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Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 5r–36v
Title:
Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae beati Wilfridi
Scope & Content:
These folios include: f. 5r: Alcuin's Carmen xviii, copied in the second half of the 10th century; 5v–36v: Frithegod's Breviloquium Vitae beati Wilfridi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, numbers 8891–92), copied in the mid-10th century, soon after the text was composed for Oda, archbishop of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-2nd half of the 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A I

50. Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 37r–40v

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Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 37r–40v
Title:
Papal, episcopal and royal letters, from Popes Gregory VII, Paschal II, Gelasius II, Anastasius IV and Lucius III, Alexander I, king of Scots, Eadmer of Canterbury and others, including the Concordat of Worms, 1122
Scope & Content:
These folios include papal, episcopal and royal letters, from Popes Lucius III (r. 1181–1185), Paschal II (r. 1099–1118), Gelasius II (r. 1118–1119), Gregory VII (r. 1073–1085), Anastasius IV (r. 1153–1154) and , Alexander I, king of Scots (r. 1107–1124), Eadmer of Canterbury (d. c. 1126) and oth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A I

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