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1791. Cotton MS Nero E I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I
Title:
‘Cotton-Corpus legendary’, volume 1 and volume 2 (imperfect); ‘Wulfstan Cartulary’/‘Nero-Middleton Cartulary’/‘Oswald Cartulary’, including a list of the estates of Worcester Cathedral (184v); Office lections; law-code IV Edgar (excerpt); another Legendary (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscripts, now bound in two volumes, contains hagiographical material and documents from 11th- and 12th-century England, including: Cotton Nero E I/1: Part of the first volume of the earliest surviving, substantial legendary from England, known as the Cotton-Corpus Legendary since fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 11th century - 2nd quarter 12th century
Extent:

2 parchment codices

1792. Cotton MS Nero E I/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/1
Title:
‘Cotton-Corpus legendary’, volume 1, part 1
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the first part of the first volume of the earliest surviving, substantial legendary from England. Together with Cotton Nero E I/2, ff. 1-165, 166-80, 187-188 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 9, pp. 61-458, these folios originally formed two volumes with 150 texts cov...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

1793. Cotton MS Nero E I/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/2
Title:
‘Cotton-Corpus Legendary’, volume 1, part 2 ; ‘Cotton-Corpus Legendary’, volume 2 (imperfect); ‘Wulfstan Cartulary’/‘Nero-Middleton Cartulary’/‘Oswald Cartulary’, including a list of the estates of Worcester Cathedral; Office lections; law-code IV Edgar (excerpt); another Legendary (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains part of the Cotton-Corpus Legendary, the oldest substantial legendary from England, along with parts of a cartulary, office lections and part of a law code which were inserted into the lectionary much later. It contains: ff. 1-180, 187-188: part of the first volume of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

1794. Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 1-180, 187-188

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 1-180, 187-188
Title:
‘Cotton-Corpus legendary’, volume 1 (imperfect) and volume 2 (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of the earliest surviving, substantial legendary from England. Together with Cotton Nero E I/1, and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 9, pp. 61-458, these folios originally formed two volumes with 150 texts covering the liturgical year. Part of the first volume is co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2

1795. Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 181-184

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 181-184
Title:
‘Wulfstan Cartulary’/‘Nero-Middleton Cartulary’/‘Oswald Cartulary’, including a list of the estates of Worcester Cathedral (184v)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a fragment of a Worcester cartulary, copied in the second half of the 11th century. Another leaf and a few strips of this cartulary is now Add MS 46204. The leaf from Add MS 46204 would originally have been placed between ff. 182 and 183, while the strips coming from an earl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half 11th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2

1796. Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 185-186

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 185-186
Title:
Office lections; law-code IV Edgar (excerpt)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain office lections in Latin (f. 185r) and excerpts from the law-code IV Edgar (ff. 185v–186v), copied in the late 10th or early 11th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 10th-early 11th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2

1797. Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 189-222

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 189-222
Title:
Legendary (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of a legendary copied in the late 12th or early 13th century, covering saints whose feast days are in May, July, and August. Its contents include: f. 189r–v: Passio sanctorum Petri, Andree, Pauli et Dionisie martyrum (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 6716). ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
late 12th-early 13th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2

1798. Cotton MS Nero E II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E II
Title:
Les grandes chroniques de France, to AD 1388 (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): French; Latin (part II, 234v–237r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1799. Cotton MS Nero E III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E III
Title:
Les anciennes chroniques de Flandres (Boffey 2408.50)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): French; Middle English (305v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and French
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1800. Cotton MS Nero E IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E IV
Title:
Cosmography (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Dated: 1st quarter of the 16th century; 3rd quarter of the 16th century (169r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

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