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61. Cotton MS Vespasian D XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XI
Title:
Lawrence of Durham, Consolatio de Morte Amici; Hypognosticon; Oratio pro Laurentio; Oratio pro Naufragis; Oratio pro Iuvenibus Compeditis (imperfect); Oratio pro Milone (imperfect); Maledictio
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript contains works by Lawrence of Durham (b. c. 1110, d. 1154), poet, hagiographer, and prior of Durham Cathedral Priory. The manuscript primarily contains the Hypognosticon (‘Abbreviation’), a poem that recounts the biblical history of mankind from its creation until pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

62. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 53–70

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 53–70
Title:
Ely Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 53r-70v: Ely Chronicle (from the birth of John the Baptist to 1218), beginning: ‘Nativitas sancti Iohannis baptiste’. Decoration: Headings in red and green.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1150-1218
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

63. Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 71–82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 71–82
Title:
An Easter-table Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 71r-82r: An Easter-table chronicle, beginning: '‘Ciclus vius decemnovenalis incipit’. Decoration: Red headings, tables and highlights.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

64. Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 4–102

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 4–102
Title:
The Annals of Burton Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-102r: The Annals of Burton Abbey including the Provisions of Oxford of 1258 in Latin and French (ff. 91r-93v), beginning: ‘Anno ab incarnatione domini Mo.iiiio indictione secunda’. [f. 102v is blank]. Decoration: Numerous large initials in red and blue, some with pen-flouris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian E III

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

66. Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 171–178

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Cotton MS Vespasian E III, ff 171–178
Title:
Invectivum Contra Regem Iohannem
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 171r-178v: Invectivum Contra Regem Iohannem (The Barons’ Insult against King John), beginning: ‘Mater cum omnibus'. Decoration: Numerous small large initials in red and blue, some with pen-flourishing. Numerous large initials in red and blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian E III

67. Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 1-16

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 1-16
Title:
Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral, AD 1-1178; List of bishops
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16r: A chronicle of Chichester from the birth of St John the Baptist to 1164, with additions from the 1170s and 1220; largely based on the works of the Benedictine monks and historians Bede (b. 672/3, d. 735) and William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1090, d. in or after 1142), and the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1150
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII

68. Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 5–10
Title:
Peter of Poitiers, Compendium in Genealogia Christi
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a fragment of the Compendium in Genealogia Christi by Peter of Poitier (b. c. 1130, d. 1205), ending with a diagram of Jesus, his apostles, Paul and Barnabas. These folios were copied in the late 12th or early 13th century. Chapter titles pertaining to Macer's De viribus her...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III

69. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 4–21

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 4–21
Title:
Peter Abelard, Versus ad Astralabium Filium Suum; an incomplete copy of Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia; a chronicle of England, AD 162–1121.
Scope & Content:
These texts, copied in the last quarter of the 12th century at Rievaulx Abbey, originally formed one manuscript with the folios now contained in Royal MS 6 C VIII. The texts contained in Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII include: f. 4r: the last words of the closing rubric of Orosius, Historia Advers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

70. Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 143–156

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff 143–156
Title:
Domesday abbreviation for Kent
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a 12th-century copy of an abbreviation of the Domesday survey of Kent. These membranes originally formed a roll, but have been cut apart and rearranged in book form (see Clarke, 'Condensing and Abbreviating' (2016), p. 258). Contents: ff. 143r-156r: Domesday abbreviation ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII

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