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1941. Cotton MS Tiberius A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VI
Title:
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, B-text (imperfect); cartulary of Ely Cathedral (imperfect), including the Inquisitio Eliensis and the Inquisitio comitatus Cantabrigiensis; a chronicle of English history between 1042-1346 (imperfect).
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 3 texts: ff. 1r-35v: the B-text of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, written in the late tenth century with additions about the True Cross and a list of archbishops of Canterbury from the late 11th or early 12th century; ff. 36r-120v: an imperfect cartulary of Ely Cathedral, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of 10th century-2nd half 14th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

1942. Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, ff 1r–35v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, ff 1r–35v
Title:
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, B-text; note on the True Cross; list of the archbishops of Canterbury and from whom they received the pallia
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the B-text of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the years 60 BC–AD 977. A note on the True Cross in Latin and a list of archbishops of Canterbury and from whom they received their pallia were added to these folios in last quarter of the 11th century or the 1st quarter of the 12t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A VI

1943. Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, ff 36r–120v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, ff 36r–120v
Title:
Cartulary of Ely Cathedral Priory (imperfect), including Inquisitio Eliensis and Inquisitio comitatus Cantabrigiensis
Scope & Content:
These folios contain an early, though imperfect, cartulary of Ely Cathedral Priory. Most of the text was written in late 12th century. There is Old English text on ff. 99r–100r, 102v–103r. These folios also contain: ff. 36r-68v: Inquisitio Eliensis; ff. 69v-70v: additions from the middle of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-Mid 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A VI

1944. Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, ff 121r–199v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, ff 121r–199v
Title:
Chronicle of English history, AD 1042–1346 (incomplete)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain an imperfect chronicle of English history, between 1042-1346. Most of the text is written in Anglo-Norman, and there is some Latin (ff. 185r–195r, 197v–198v). Decoration: large initial in gold on a red and blue background with botanical details (f. 121r); initials in red an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A VI

1945. Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1
Title:
Pilgrimage of the Life of Man, Chronicles
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a variety of texts bound together as follows: ff. 1-38: Martinus Polonus, Chronicle; musical staves with neums (38v) (4th quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 15th century); ff. 39–106v John Lydgate (?), The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man (2nd quarter of the 15th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
11th -15th century
Extent:

Parchment codex, composite, containing 4 items

1946. Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 1–38

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Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 1–38
Title:
Martinus Polonus, Chronicle (ff. 1r–38r); musical staves with neums (f. 38v)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38r: Martinus Polonus, Chronicle (13th century); f. 38r: An added paragraph from Henry of Huntington's Chronicle (15th century); f. 38v: Part of the Gloria, written above musical staves with neums (14th century). Decoration: Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1

1947. Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 39–106

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 39–106
Title:
John Lydgate (?), The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man
Scope & Content:
Contents: The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man (Boffey 4265, imperfect), a verse translation of Guillaume de Deguileville, Le Pelerinage de la vie Humaine, attributed to John Lydgate (for discussion of Lydgate's authorship, see Walls (1977) and Green 'Lydgate and Deguileville' (1978)). The text ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1

1948. Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 107–164

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 107–164
Title:
Chronicle of English history, from Ascanius to 1327
Scope & Content:
Contents: Chronicle of English history, from Ascanius to 1327, with an addition in cursive at the end (f. 164v) Decoration: One initial in gold on a rose and blue ground (f. 107r). A circular diagram of the Anglo Saxon kingdoms (f. 133r). Initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Rubrics an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1

1949. Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 165–166

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1, ff 165–166
Title:
Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata; Versus ad coniugem with Old English gloss
Scope & Content:
Contents: Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata, fragment (ff. 166r–v, 165v); Prosper of Aquitaine, Uersus ad coniugem, fragment (ff. 165v–r: Schaller Initia carminum 458 ), 3rd quarter of the 9th century, with an Old English gloss dated to the 1st half of the 11th century. The pages are misbound ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 9th century-1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/1

1950. Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A VII/2
Title:
List of archbishops of Canterbury, bishops of London and kings of Wessex and England
Scope & Content:
Content: List of the archbishops of Canterbury to Richard Bancroft (1604–1610) (ff.1r–16r); list of the bishops of London to Richard Bancroft (1597–1604) (ff. 17r–23v); list of the kings of Wessex and England to John (1199–1216) (ff. 24r–25r). 168 parchment folios containing four texts copied i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
Paper codex

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