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2641. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 107–165

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 107–165
Title:
Helperic of Auxerre, De Computo; Collatio Compoti Romani et Arabici; Herman of Reichenau, Computus Abbreviates; computistical argumenta
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the treatise on the computus by Helperic of Auxerre, copied in the late 11th century. To this part were added two further computistical works dated to the middle of the 12th century (ff. 143v–147v) and the 2nd half of the 12th century (ff. 148r–165v). It featur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII

2642. Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 2–85

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 2–85
Title:
Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Edmundi; Herman the Archdeacon, Miracula Sancti Edmundi
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-19v: Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Edmundi (Passion of St Edmund), beginning: 'Dorobernensium aecclesiae archiepiscopo Dunstano, vere moribus et aetate maturo'; ending: 'ut nos cum sibi digne famulantibus expiet a peccatis quibus meremur supplicium per eum qui vivit et regnat i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Tiberius B II

2643. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 129–209

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 129–209
Title:
Adrevald of Fleury, Aduentus et Exceptio Sancti Benedicti et Scholastice; Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book I (imperfect); Thierry of Fleury (Amorbach), Translatio Corporis Sancti Benedicti, §ii; Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book i (continued); Aimoin of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti; Vita Sancte Marie Magdalene; Translatio Sancte Marie Magdalene; arms of Robert Steward, prior of Ely (1522–1539), with the date 1531; Passio Sancte Katerine Virginis; Vis...
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various hagiographical texts. All of these folios were copied in the 1st half of the 12th century, apart from Translatio Sancte Marie Magdalene (Translation of St Mary Magdalene), copied in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century and the account of the vision of the monk of Eyns...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

2644. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 38–171

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 38–171
Title:
Collection of canon law texts, including the Collectio Dacheriana; canons of the council of Trosly, 909; Isidore Mercator (Pseudo-Isidore of Seville), Epistula ad Leudefredum Episcopum; Isidore Mercator, Collectio Canonum; Quadripartitus; St Gregory the Great, Libellus Responsionum and Registrum (excerpts); St Augustine of Hippo, De Coniugiis Adulterinis, book ii; and Fulbert of Chartres, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a collection of canon law, possibly copied in the region that is now France in the 2nd half of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 38r-39v: Modus Tenendi Synodos in Anglia Primaevis Temporibus, including prayers for a synod beginning 'Adsumus sancte spiritus adsumus peccati q...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII

2645. Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2, ff 1-157

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2, ff 1-157
Title:
A collection of hagiographical texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Vita S. Marie Magdalene (Life of St Mary Magdalene), continued from Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/1. ff. 1r-6v: Vita S. Audoeni (The Life of St Auduin). ff. 6v-9r: Gennadius of Marseilles (fl. late 5th century), Vita S. Hieronymi (The Life of St Jerome). ff. 9r-10r: Pseudo-Sebasti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2

2646. Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 162–285

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 162–285
Title:
Bartholomew de Cotton, Historia Anglicana; a bull of Pope Gregory X addressed to the bishops of London and Ely
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains a section of the Historia Anglicana (English History) (books II-III) by Bartholomew de Cotton (d. ?1298). The rest of the original manuscript is now British Library, Royal 14 C I, ff. 20-137, of which book I of the Historia Anglicana taken from Geoffrey of Mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-Mid 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C V

2647. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112
Title:
Lanfranc of Canterbury, Epistolae; Epitaph for Lanfranc; A recipe for making red and blue dye; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae (imperfect at the end)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-39v: Lanfranc of Canterbury (b. 1005 , d. 1089), Epistolae (Letters). f. 40r: Epitaph for Lanfranc, beginning: ‘hic tumulus claudit’. f. 40v: A recipe for making red and blue dye. ff. 41r-112v: Anselm of Canterbury (b. 1033, d. 1109), Epistolae (imperfect at the end). Decoration: Nu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

2648. Cotton MS Nero D VIII, ff 3r–175v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D VIII, ff 3r–175v
Title:
A collection of historical texts including the Historia regum Brittaniae and Historia Normannorum
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r–63r: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britannie; ff. 63r–71r: Historia Brittonum (Gildas recension); ff. 72r–135v: Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Historia Normannorum; ff. 135v-146v: Gesta Normmanorum ducum (redaction A); ff. 147r–159v: Robert de Torigni, Gesta Normmanorum ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

2649. Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 187–244

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 187–244
Title:
A collection of scientific texts
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains a number of scientific and medical texts. Among them, there is the earliest surviving copy of the De Aere, Aqua et Regionibus (The Book on Water, Air and the Regions) by Hippocrates (b. c. 460 BC, d. c. 380 BC) and the only extant copy of the chapter entitled...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Galba E IV

2650. Cotton MS Galba B XI/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B XI/2
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy
Scope & Content:
ff. 203r–398r: A volume of letters and papers concerning Germany and Belgium, from the mid to late sixteenth century. ff. 203r–206v: A brief discourse of W. Erle's [William Herle's] expedition into the land of Holstein, addressed to the Lords of Council, 5 April 1559. ff. 207r–212v: Original ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid-late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

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