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1. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 59–120

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 59–120
Title:
Eadmer of Canterbury, Vita Sancti Wilfridi Archiepiscopi; Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Vita Sancte Werburge Virginis; Lectiones in Festivitate Sancte Werburge; Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Lectiones in Festivitate Beate Sexburge Regine; Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Lectiones in Natale Sancte Eormenhilde; Passio Sancte Margarete Virginis; Miracula Sancte Wihtburge Virginis; Vita Beate Sexburge Regine
Scope & Content:
These folios contains various hagiographical works related to St Wilfrid, St Margaret and saints associated with Ely, by Eadmer of Canterbury, Goscelin of Saint-Bertin and others. All of these texts were copied in the 1st half of the 12th century, except for Miracula Sancte Wihtburge Virginis (T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century-Mid 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

2. 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

3. Cotton MS Caligula A XIV, ff 93–130

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XIV, ff 93–130
Title:
Ælfric, Life of St Martin (imperfect); Ælfric, Life of St Thomas; Life of St Mildred (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Old English hagiographical works copied in the mid-11th century. Contents: ff. 93r–111v, 125r–130v: Ælfric (b. 955, d. 1010), Life of St Martin (imperfect). ff. 111v–121v: Ælfric, Life of St Thomas. ff.121v–124v: Life of St Mildred (imperfect). Decoration: Initials...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd to 3rd quarter of 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A XIV

4. Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero A II, ff 46–108
Title:
Bede the Venerable, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (excerpt); Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (imperfect); Excerpta de Vita et Miraculis Sancti Cuthberti
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 46r-47r: Bede the Venerable (b. 672/3, d. 735), Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People), Book 4.32 [healing miracle of St Cuthbert]. ff. 47r-85v: Translatio et Miracula Sancti Cuthberti (Translation and Miracles of St Cuthbert), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero A II

5. Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118

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Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 83–118
Title:
Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 83r-118v: Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis. This part of the manuscript contains a later addition: f. 118v: A list of readings for liturgical feasts (‘oblaciones’) with folio numbers, added in a 13th-century script. Decoration: Medium and smal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero A V

6. 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

7. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 2–9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 2–9
Title:
William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-9r: William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali (The Passion of Saints Alban and Amphibalus), preceded by a prologue (f. 2r); beginning of the prologue: 'Quisquis beatorum martyrum gloriosa certamina'; beginning of the Vita (Life): 'Incipit passio sancti Albani a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

8. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 10–28

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 10–28
Title:
Vita Sancti Augustini Cantuariensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 10r-28v: Vita Sancti Augustini Cantuariensis (Life of St Augustine of Canterbury), beginning: 'Anno siquidem millesimo quingentesimo lxxxxo sexto, sanctus episcopus Gregorius'. Decoration: One large initial 'A' for 'anno' at the beginning, in red and blue with penwork decoratio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

9. Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 130–168

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 130–168
Title:
Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita Sancti Edwardi Regis et Confessoris
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the Life of St Edward the Confessor by Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1109, d. 1167). This manuscript includes a table of chapters and prefatory letters addressed to King Henry II of England (r. 1154-1189) and Laurence, abbot of Westminster (d. 1173). All these text are listed in Bi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Otho A VI

10. 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

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