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Project / Collection England and France 700-1200 Project Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Place Northern England

1. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58
Title:
Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu ending with an epitome of Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum; De VII Mirabilibus Mundi; Historia Brittonum (‘Gildasian’ recension, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various historical texts copied in the north of England in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 28r–43r: Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu (The Book about the First Arrival of the Saxons or Normans). ff. 36r–43r: An epitome of Symeon of Dur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

2. Cotton MS Otho C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho C V
Title:
Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark (part of the 'The Otho-Corpus Gospels') (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This codex contains part of an Insular Gospel-book which was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731. Contents: ff. 1r–64v: The Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark (imperfect). The Gospels of St Luke and St John are contained in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 197B and possibly ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 7th century-1st quarter of the 8th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 85–90
Title:
Paul, Epistulae, with a gloss derived from Pelagius's commentary
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of the Pauline epistles with a gloss derived from Pelagius and were copied perhaps in Northumbria in the 8th century. These folios once formed a larger volume with Cambridge, Trinity College MS B.10.5. A fragment of an old title in a Gothic hand, beginning with a red in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 8th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

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