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31. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI, ff 2r–53v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI, ff 2r–53v
Title:
Donatus, Ars maior; Interrogationes; poem on Gregory the Great attributed to John the Deacon; De formis qualiter causarum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a series of grammatical treatises and a poem. It includes: ff. 2r–31r: Donatus, Ars maior; ff. 31v–47r: Interrogationes; ff. 47r–48r: a poem on Gregory the Great attributed to John the Deacon (Schaller and Köngsen, Initia (1977), no. 5725); ff. 48r–53r: De formis q...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI

32. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI, ff 54–106, ii-iii

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI, ff 54–106, ii-iii
Title:
Croniques de London, covering the years 1259–1343
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the unique copy of the Anglo-Norman Croniques de London, covering the years 1259–1343.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra A VI

33. Cotton MS Cleopatra B I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra B I
Title:
A composite miscellany of hagiographic, devotional, and prophetic texts in Latin.
Scope & Content:
A composite miscellany containing five parts with hagiographic, devotional and prophetic texts in Latin, probably brought together in the library of Sir Robert Cotton. The miscellany contains one of the three extant copies of the canonisation dossier of Gilbert of Sempringham (d. 1190), founder ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1300 - c 1500
Extent:

Parchment codex

34. Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 1-23

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 1-23
Title:
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-23r: De Expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum, excerpted from Ralph of Coggeshall's Chronicon Anglicanum. Decoration: Large initials in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex.

35. Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 24-31

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Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 24-31
Title:
Scope & Content:
ff. 24r-31v: Vita sancti Edmundi archiepiscopi Cantuarensis, 'Beatus eadmundus cantuariensis archiepiscopus' (imperfect); the text contains parts from a vita that is attributed to Eustace of Faversham (fl. c. 1250), prior of the Benedictine priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Martin in Dover, in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex.

36. Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 32-170

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 32-170
Title:
Scope & Content:
ff. 33r-167r: Canonization dossier of Gilbert of Sempringham: a vita followed by letters of the bishops of Norwich, Winchester and elsewhere relating to lay brethren of the order of Sempringham, the Ordo of Gilbert's canonization, an account of his translation, letters concerning his canonizatio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:
Part of a parchment codex.

37. Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 171-176

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 171-176
Title:
Scope & Content:
ff. 173r-178r: Verses on the life of Henry V, followed by prayers for his commemoration, 'Intencio auctoris edita ad laudem dei . et commendacionem Regis Henrici Quinti'. Decoration: Small initials in blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex.

38. Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 177-184

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra B I, ff 177-184
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Scope & Content:
ff. 179r-182v: Fragment of the Meditationes Vitae Christi attributed to Bonaventure: 'Explicit liber aureus vite passionis resurrectionis et ascencionis domni nostril ihesu Christi secundum domini Boneventuram curie Romane Cardinalem'. ff. 182v-183r: Prophecy of Thomas of Canterbury: a vision i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 15th century-1st quarter 16th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex.

39. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 2–58

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 2–58
Title:
Old English Homilies, coronation oath, translation of the Pater Noster, and translation of the Apostles' Creed
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Old English homilies and liturgy in Old English, possibly created for Bishop Leofric and his cathedral at Exeter in about the 3rd quarter of the 11th century. ff. 2r–55v: Old English Homilies, included some from Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies, some from the Vercelli Book, and s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII (parchment codex)

40. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 59–90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 59–90
Title:
Vita sancti Dunstani by B; rhymed responsory from an office for Gregory the Great
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the first Vita of St Dunstan (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2342), composed by an author known only as 'B'. This text does not include the prologue found in other copies of B's Vita. The text in these folios was probably copied at the beginning of the eleventh century. On...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII

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