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161. Cotton MS Caligula C I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C I
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1567–1570
Scope & Content:
Much of this volume relates to the exile of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), and including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Catherine de Medici, Queen Dowager of France (d. 1589); Sir William Cecil (later 1st Baron Burghley, d. 1598); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1567-1631
Extent:
1 volume.

162. Cotton MS Caligula C III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C III
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Scotland (originals and copies), 1568/9–1585, including a diary of John Lesley, bishop of Ross (d. 1596), 1571 (4r–40r); letters of Mary, queen of Scots (1542-67; d. 1587) (ff. 171, 244–248, 261–262, 423, 618, 620); and the pleading of Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk (d. 1572) (f. 189)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 597. 1. A tract in 12mo. entitled, "Commentaria diurna Jo. Leslie episcopi Rossensis:" being the bishop’‘s journal, in his own hand, from April 11 to Oct. 16, 1571. 1. 2. Various papers and memorandums on the affairs of Scotland, and the nobility ther...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1571-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

163. Cotton MS Claudius A III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A III
Title:
Miscellany, including Pontificals, a Benedictional, Law Codes, documents, and miniatures
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a compilation, containing parts of three separate Pontificals copied between late 10th or early 11th and 12th centuries (two of which include coronation ordos); some records pertaining to Christ Church which were originally copied into the Gospel-book in Cotton Tiberius A II be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
11th century-15th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

164. Cotton MS Claudius A V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A V
Title:
Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368; William of Malmesbury Gesta Pontificum Anglorum; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi; genealogy of King Henry II of England; Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi; Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Vita Sancti Neoti Abbatis; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Wulfstani Episcopi
Scope & Content:
This is a composite manuscript of three parts. The first part, ff. 2r-45r, is a copy of the Peterborough Chronicle, copied in the 2nd half of the 14th century with a continuation added in the 17th century. The second part, ff. 46r-134r, includes William of Malmesbury's (b. c. 1080, d. 1143) Gest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

165. Cotton MS Claudius A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A VI
Title:
Cartulary of Boxgrove Priory; Ivo of Chartres, Sermones; Epistolae; Marbod of Rennes, Epistola V; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistola X; anonymous monk ('G') of Pontlevoy, three letters
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts that were separately produced at different locations and periods of time. The first part (ff. 1-155) contains the Latin cartulary of the Benedictine priory of St Mary and St Blaise at Boxgrove in the diocese of Chichester that was written by several s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

166. Cotton MS Claudius A XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A XII
Title:
Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Historia Normannorum; Marbod of Rennes, De Lapidibus; Bury St Edmunds hosteller’s register; William de Montibus, Poeniteas Cito
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-78v: Dudo of Saint-Quentin (b. c. 965), Historia Normannorum (History of the Normans), beginning: 'Totius namque molis orbe descripto'. ff. 78v-83r: Marbod of Rennes (b. 1035, d. 1123), De Lapidibus (About Stones), beginning: 'Evax rex Arabum legitur scripsisse Neroni’. ff. 8...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century-1450
Extent:

A parchment codex

167. Cotton MS Claudius B I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B I
Title:
The Life and Revelations of Birgitta of Sweden
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains one of the two extant full-text translations of the Revelations of the mystic and saint Birgitta of Sweden (b. 1303, d. 1373), known as the Liber celestis revelationum (Heavenly Book of Revelations). Another full copy of the text now survives as Cotton MS Julius F II. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

168. Cotton MS Claudius B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B II
Title:
Alan of Tewkesbury, Collectio Epistolarum Sancti Thome Cantuariensis; John of Salisbury, Life of St Thomas Becket with Alan of Tewkesbury's prologue
Scope & Content:
Alan of Tewkesbury (d. 1202) compiled a collection of St Thomas Becket's letters from earlier collections than John of Salisbury's collection. This manuscript is the earliest extant version of Alan of Tewkesbury’s collection. It contains a number of emendations, additions and corrections indicat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

169. Cotton MS Claudius B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B V
Title:
Acts of the Council of Constantinople with an additional pasted miniature
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4-134: Acts of the Council of Constantinople (680), dated to the 2nd quarter of the 9th century; f. 134v: A pasted-in miniature from a Gospel-book or Gospel lectionary, of the Annunciation to Zacharias (Luke I:11), dated to the 4th quarter of the 8th century or 1st quarter of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
8th century-14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

170. Cotton MS Claudius C IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius C IX
Title:
Hugh of Saint-Victor, Chronicle; annalistic chronicle, AD 1–1171; William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum; Notarial copy of letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558–1603), issued at Hereford Cathedral; Charters of Kings Edward I (r. 1272–1307) and Henry III (r. 1216–72) of England for the Abingdon Abbey; Award of Norham, addressed to the abbot and convent of Battle; Liber terrarum of Abingdon Abbey and other memoranda
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of three parts that were produced separately in England during the 12th and 13th centuries. The first part (ff. 4-17), written in the 2nd half of the 12th century, contains the Chronicle of the theologian Hugh of Saint-Victor (b. c. 1096, d. 1141). The second p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-1st half of the 17th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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