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2651. Cotton MS Claudius A VI, ff 156-293

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Cotton MS Claudius A VI, ff 156-293
Title:
Ivo of Chartres, Sermones; Epistolae; Marbod of Rennes, Epistola V; Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistola X; anonymous monk ('G') of Pontlevoy, three letters
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 156r-174v: Ivo of Chartres, Sermones (Sermons). ff. 175r-284v: Ivo of Chartres, Epistolae (Letters). ff. 285r-287v: Marbodius of Rennes, Epistola V (Epistle 5). ff. 287v-290r: Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistola X (Epistle 10). ff. 290r-292v: An anonymous monk (‘G’) from the Bene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A VI

2652. Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 2–173

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 2–173
Title:
Miniature of Æthelwold, Edgar and Dunstan; Regularis Concordia; collection of prognostics; confessional prayers; prayers and devotions; Ælfric, Colloquy; prognostics; Bede, De Temporibus, revised by Ælfric; Life of St Margaret; Ælfric, homily for Palm Sunday; miscellaneous texts including a collection of homilies; contents page; miniature of St Benedict, enthroned; Rule of St Benedict; various texts including capitula of the Council of Aachen, 817
Scope & Content:
These folios contain an 11th-century copy of Regularis Concordia, the Rule of St Benedict, prognostics, prayers, homilies, other texts and two miniatures. It may have originally formed a miscellany for a churchman or archbishop (see Cooper, Monk-Bishops (2015), p. 263). Late 11th- or early 12th-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century-Mid 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A III

2653. Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff 5–169

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Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff 5–169
Title:
Polemius Silvius, Nomina Provinciarum Omnium; Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Galliae; letters of Popes Leo I and Zosimus; a tree of consanguinity; Burchard of Worms, Decretum; a bull of Pope Leo IX
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 5r: Polemius Silvius, Nomina Provinciarum Omnium, an excerpt from the so-called Laterculus [see Chronica Minora, ed. by Mommsen (1892), pp. 535-42]. ff. 5r-6r: Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Galliae [see Chronica Minora, ed. by Mommsen (1892), pp. 584-612]. ff. 6r-7v: Letters ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C VI

2654. Cotton MS Cleopatra E VI/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra E VI/1
Title:
Papers relating to the Reformation, 1533-1536
Scope & Content:
Collection of tracts and papers concerning the power of the King in ecclesiastical councils; the duties of bishops and priests; and the rights of the Church of England against the claims of the Pope. ff. 1r-15v: ‘De potestate regis’. Copy of the latter part of the book published by the authorit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1533-1536
Extent:
1 volume

2655. Cotton MS Galba B XI/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba B XI/1
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Burgundy
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–202v: A volume of letters and papers concerning Germany and Belgium, over the late-fifteenth to late-sixteenth centuries. ff. 2r–4r: Latin extracts from treaties of commerce between England and the Low Countries, from 1496 to 1564. ff. 5r–10r: A rough draft in Latin of a proclamation o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Last quarter 15th century-3rd quarter 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

2656. Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 117–170

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Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 117–170
Title:
Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem; Isidore of Seville, Synonyma; Pseudo-Methodius, De Initio et Fine Saeculi; Alexander of Stainsby, Constitutiones; Honorius of Autun, Imago Mundi
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 117r-123v: Pseudo-Basil, Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem (Admonition to a Spiritual Son), beginning: ‘Audi fili admonitionem patris tui et inclina aurem tuam’. ff. 124r-138v: Isidore of Seville (d. 636), Synonyma (Synonyms), preceded by a prologue (f. 124r), beginning: ‘In subseq...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian E III

2657. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 4–77

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 4–77
Title:
Ecgberht of York, Dialogus Ecclesiasticæ Institutionis; Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae; Hrabanus Maurus, De Computo; Eight computistical poems; De Septem Miraculis Mundi; De Duobus Verticibus Mundi; De Diebus Aegyptiacis; Ordo Librorum Catholicorum in Circulo Anni Legendorum; De Vocibus Litterarum; Greek and Hebrew alphabets with interpretations; Untitled computistical tract; De Sex Aetatibus Hominis; Isidore of Seville (Pseudo-Gildas), De Natura Rerum; T-O world map; Abbo...
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4v-8r: Ecgberht of York (d. 766), Dialogus Ecclesiasticæ Institutionis (Dialogue of Ecclesiastical Institutions). ff. 8r-10v: Abbo of Fleury (b. c. 945, d. 1004), abbot of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae (On the Difference between the Circle and the Sphere). ff. 10v-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XII

2658. Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131
Title:
Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; excerpts from William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum, Agobard of Lyons, De Picturis et Imaginibus and Iunianus Iustinus, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus’ lost Historiae Philippicae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 113r-120r: Henry of Saltrey (fl. c. 1184), Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Treatise on Saint Patrick's Purgatory), beginning: ‘Patri suo in Christo praeoptato H, abbati de Sartis’. ff. 120r-122v: Alexander of Canterbury (fl. 1109), Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselm (On the Sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
A part of Cotton MS Nero A VII

2659. Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 8–173

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho D VIII, ff 8–173
Title:
Passional (February–March), comprising: Passio Sancti Ignatii; Vita Sancte Brigide Virginis; Passio Sancti Blasii Episcopi; Passio Sancti Triphonis martyris; Passio Sancte Agathe Virginis et Martyris; Alcuin, Vita Sancti Vedasti Episcopi; Haiminus of Saint-Vaast, Miracula Sancti Vedasti Episcopi; Baudemundus, Vita Sancti Amandi Traiectensis Episcopi; Vita Sancti Ansberti Episcopi; Vita Sancte Austroberte Virginis; Vita Sancte Euphrasie Virginis; Passio Sancti Valentini Martyris; Passio Sanct...
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains a Passionary or Legendary, containing the lives of saints for feasts in the period of February–March. Contents: ff. 8r-12r: Passio Sancti Ignatii (The Martyrdom of St Ignatius) [Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 4256]. ff. 12r-26v: Vita Sancte Brigid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Otho D VIII

2660. Cotton MS Tiberius C I, ff 2r-42v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius C I, ff 2r-42v
Title:
De temporibus, Heptametron de primordio mundi, Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum, De duodecim signis
Scope & Content:
Content: This part was originally bound together with Harley MS 3667. Both are two fragments from a larger manuscript. This part was probably written between 1120-1135 at Peterborough (see Ker, 'Membra Disiecta' (1938)). Contents: f. 2r: Tables for determining the movable feasts. f. 2v: Exc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius C I

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