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171. Cotton MS Claudius C VI

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Cotton MS Claudius C VI
Title:
Polemius Silvius, Nomina Provinciarum Omnium; Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Galliae; letters of Popes Leo I and Zosimus; a tree of consanguinity; Burchard of Worms, Decretum; a bull of Pope Leo IX; obituary of William I, king of England (1066–87); confraternity agreements; obituaries of Prior Conrad of St Benet of Hulme (d. 1127), and Priors Wibert (d. 1167) and Honorius (d. 1188) of Christ Church, Canterbury; obituary of Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury (1070–89); lectionary fragment; ...
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts. The first part (ff. 5-169), produced in the 2nd half of the 11th century in France (ex. info Michael Gullick), contains a collection of historical and legal works, predominantly the Decretum (Decretals) − a collection of canon law − by Burchard (b. c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century - 1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

172. Cotton MS Claudius D III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius D III
Title:
Bede, Martyrology; bilingual Rule of St Benedict; obituary calendar of Wintney Priory
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: an index to the Rule of St Benedict (ff. 52r-140v), A-H, written in the hand of Robert Cotton’s librarian, Richard James (b. 1592, d. 1638), with an additional list of contents (f. 2r). f. 3r: a rejected leaf from a martyrology, written in Latin. f. 3v: Simon of Waverl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1220-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

173. Cotton MS Claudius D IX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius D IX
Title:
Decretals; Collectio Lanfranci
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript consists of two parts that were written at different periods of time. The first part (ff. 1-5) was produced in England in the second half of the 13th century and contains parts of papal and conciliar decretals. The second part (ff. 7-239) was perhaps produced at Bath in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century - 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

174. Cotton MS Claudius D VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius D VI
Title:
Chronicles of England
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Abbreviatio compendiosa chronicorum Anglie (Brief Abridgement of the Chronicles of England), Matthew Paris's summary of his Historia Anglorum, covering the history of England from 1000 to 1255. The rest of the manuscript is predominantly made up of fragmented historical ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1255-1259
Extent:

Parchment codex

175. Cotton MS Claudius E I

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Cotton MS Claudius E I
Title:
Theological tracts, including Anselm of Canterbury's treatises, Arnold of Bonneval, De Operibus Sex Dierum; Arnold of Bonneval, De Sex Verbis Domini in Cruce; Peter the Chanter, Verbum Abbreviatum; Liber Esdrae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-12v: St Augustine, De Genesi Contra Manicheos (On the Genesis, against Manicheans). ff. 12v-26r: Arnold of Bonneval, De Operibus Sex Dierum (On the works of the six days). ff. 26r-33v; 146r-147r: Arnold of Bonneval, De Sex Verbis Domini in Cruce (On the six words of God on t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

176. Cotton MS Claudius E III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius E III
Title:
Ralph of Diceto, Abbreviationes Chronicorum, Ymagines Historiarum; Winchester Chronicle; Henry Knighton, Chronicon; William Rishanger, Opus Chronicorum; Tito Livio Frulovisi, Vita Henrici Quinti; Robert Grosseteste, Epistola
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made out of four parts. The first part contains the Abbreviationes Chronicorum (Abbreviations of Chronicles) and the Ymagines Historiarum (Images of Histories) by Ralph of Diceto (b. c. 1130, d. 1202), as well as the Winchester Chronicle. The second part was made in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1197-1450
Extent:

A parchment codex

177. Cotton MS Claudius E V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius E V
Title:
Notitia Provinciarum; Pseudo-Isidore, Decretales; excerpts from Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum; Pseudo-Gregory the Great, Decreta; Cartulary of Christ Church, Canterbury; Ralph d'Escures, Letter
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-2v: Notitia Regionum et Provinciarum (Names of Regions and Provinces), beginning: 'Incipiunt Nomina .XI. regionum continentium infra se provincias CXIII'. ff. 2v-231v: Pseudo-Isidore (Isidore Mercator), Decretales (Decretals), preceded by a preface (ff. 2v-4r), beginning: 'In ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

178. Cotton MS Cleopatra A III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A III
Title:
Latin-Old English glossaries
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1, 4: Parchment flyleaves with contents. ff. 5-117: Three Latin-Old English glossaries. ff. 5r-75v: Alphabetical glossary from A-P, beginning: 'Anhelantium eþgiendra', ending: 'Palpitraret clæpette', also in Cotton MS Otho E I. ff. 76r-91v: Glossary arranged mainly by subjec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

179. Cotton MS Cleopatra A III/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A III/1
Title:
Augustine of Hippo, De consensu euangelistarum (iii.18–23, iii.25, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This codex contains two folios from St Augustine of Hippo's De consensu evangelistarum, copied in England in the second half of the 8th century.These 2 folios were formerly folded and used separately as flyleaves in Cotton Vitellius A XIX and Cotton Cleopatra A III. They were removed from the ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 8th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

180. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII
Title:
Treatise on the singing of the Psalms (fragment); Chronicle from the conception of Christ until 1062; Chronicle of Tewkesbury Abbey to 1263 (imperfect); Cartulary of Tewkesbury Abbey; Helperic of Auxerre, De Computo; Collatio Compoti Romani et Arabici; Herman of Reichenau, Computus Abbreviates; computistical argumenta
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains four parts (ff. 1, 3-69, 70-106, 107-165) that were written separately between the late 11th and 2nd half of the 13th centuries. Two parts were certainly written at and for the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin at Tewkesbury, as these contain the annals a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

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