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161. Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, f 1

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, f 1
Title:
Ovid, Metamorphoses.
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r-v: Ovid, Metamorphoses, vii.491–580. Decoration: Simple letters in black ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XX.

162. Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 2–93

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 2–93
Title:
Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against toothache.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-86r: Penitential manual including the first part of the Penitentiale Sangermanense or Cantabrigiense. Liturgical part of the penitential is on ff. 2r-3v; the ordo part is on ff. 4r-86r. ff. 87r-92v: Confessional prayer in Old English. It contains a long list of sins aimed to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XX.

163. Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 94–95

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 94–95
Title:
Ovid, Metamorphoses.
Scope & Content:
Contents: From the same manuscript as f. 1r-v. ff. 94r-95v: Ovid, Metamorphoses, viii.101–288. Decoration: Simple letters in black ink.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XX.

164. Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 1–17

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 1–17
Title:
Historia Brittonum (Harleian recension)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the 'Harleian recension' of Historia Brittonum, copied at Rochester in first half of the 12th century. The remainder of this text is now Royal 15 A XXII. Decoration: Initials in red and green.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI

165. Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 18–40

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 18–40
Title:
Old English translation of Felix, Vita sancti Guthlaci
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a prose Old English translation of Felix's Vita S Guthlaci, copied in the third quarter of the 11th century. In the 12th century, an alphabet and the first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin were added to f. 40v. This text was originally copied together with works attribut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI

166. Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 41–71

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 41–71
Title:
Sedulius, Paschale carmen; Sedulius, Hymnus i; Sedulius, Hymnus ii; Prudentius, Psychomachia (excerpt)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various hymns and poems, all copied in what is now France or Germany in the first half of the 9th century: ff. 41r–68v: Sedulius, Paschale carmen (Schaller and Könsgen, Initia (1977), no. 11692); ff. 68v–70v: Sedulius, Hymnus i (Schaller and Könsgen, Initia (1977), no. 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI

167. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 3r-3v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 3r-3v
Title:
Medieval end-leaf, containing historical memoranda
Scope & Content:
This folio contains a medieval end-leaf, with historical memoranda copied in Latin in the 1st half of the 15th century (f. 3r) and in French in the 2nd half of the 16th century (f. 3v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century-2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

168. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v
Title:
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

169. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v
Title:
The 'Nowell Codex', containing a homily on St Christopher; The Marvels of the East; Letter of Alexander to Aristotle; Beowulf; Judith
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Nowell Codex', contain several works in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the very late 10th century or the early decades of the 11th century. The hands of two scribes can be distinguished, responsible for writing ff. 94r–175v (line 3) and f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
990s or 1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

170. Cotton MS Vitellius F V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius F V
Title:
Chronicle of London, 1550-1563 ('The Chronicle of Henry Machyn')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the Chronicle of Henry Machyn (b. 1496/1498, d. 1563), an English clothier and diarist based in London. The Chronicle begins in August 1550 and ends in August 1563, the year of Machyn's death, and provides an eyewitness account to events in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1550-Aug 1563
Extent:
1 volume

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