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81. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 62–71

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Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 62–71
Title:
Pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, comte de Saint-Po, Marguerite de Baux and Louis de Luxembourg, comte de Saint-Po
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 62r-71v: The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (b.1390, d. 1433), Marguerite de Baux (b. 1394, d. 1469), and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol (b. 1418, d. 1475). Decoration: 1 full-page coat of arms of the counts of Luxembourg; 2 sets of 12 heraldic shi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

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82. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 72–79

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 72–79
Title:
The Dover Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 72r-79r: The Dover Chronicle (from Creation to 1189). The chronicle is written only on the rectos, the versos are left blank. Decoration: 1 large decorated initial in brown ink with foliate elements (f. 72r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

83. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 80–82

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 80–82
Title:
Vita Abbatum Croylandiae
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 80r-82v: Vitae Abbatum Croylandiae (History of the Abbots of Crowland Abbey). Decoration: Rubrics in red. Spaces left blank for initials.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

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84. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 84–125

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Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 84–125
Title:
Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris; De Genealogia Regum Anglorum
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains the Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (The Life of Saint Edward the Confessor) and the De Genealogia Regum Anglorum (On the Genealogy of the Kings of England) by the English historian Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1109, d. 1167). The rest of the initial manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

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85. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 126–137

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Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 126–137
Title:
A Franciscan chronicle known as the 'Kilkenny Chronicle'
Scope & Content:
This part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI contains the 14th-century 'Kilkenny Chronicle', also known as the the 'Chronicle of Castledermot' and the Annales Hibernie ab anno 1264 ad annum 1330 (Annals of Ireland from 1264 to 1330 AD). The folios were originally in roll form. The chronicle text is inc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

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86. Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 138–144

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Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 138–144
Title:
A verse chronicle
Scope & Content:
This part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI contains an anonymous verse chronicle, originally in roll form. Contents: ff. 139r-144r: An anonymous verse-chronicle, with a later addition of a memorandum of the chronicle on ff. 139r-144r in a 17th-century hand. ff. 138r, 139v, 140v, 141v, 142v, 143v, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century-2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:

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87. Cotton MS Vespasian B XX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XX
Title:
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Lives of the Canterbury saints etc; charters and privileges allegedly granted to the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r–v: Charter of Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury (between 597-604), granting privileges to the Benedictine monastery of St Peter and St Paul (St Augustine’s, Canterbury). ff. 3r–18v: Goscelin of Saint-Bertin (Canterbury), Historia minor de adventu sancti Augustini, preceded b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

88. Cotton MS Vespasian B XXV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B XXV
Title:
Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Mirabilium; Priscian, De Situ Orbis; Pseudo-Dares, De Excidio Troiae Historia; Pseudo-Jerome, De Mobilitate Mentis Humanae; Prophetia Sybillae; Pseudo-Ausonius, Sententiae Septem Sapientum; (?) Segardus junior of St Omer, De Miseria Hominis; Roger of Caen, De Contemptu Mundi (excerpt); Hildebert of Lavardin, De Mysterio Missae (excerpts); De Tribus Mortibus; Pseudo-Nennius, Historia Brittonum; Pseudo-Bede, De Quindecim Signis ante Diem Iudicii; De Septem Miraculis ...
Scope & Content:
This 12th-century manuscript of historical, theological and prophetic texts was owned and possibly produced at the Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury (Ker, Medieval Libraries (1964), p. 36). The exemplar of this manuscript was a manuscript, extant in two pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

89. 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

90. 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:

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