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1. Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 91–111

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Cotton MS Appendix LVI, ff 91–111
Title:
Computistical tables; Calendar; Computistical treatises; Historia Francorum; Philippe de Thaon, Comput
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 91r-91v: Computistical tables, the second one for the years 1133-1177. ff. 92r-97v: Calendar, adapted for the use of Canterbury. ff. 98r-108v: Computistical treatises. f. 109r: Genealogy of kings in Anglo-Norman, beginning ‘Hic est Istoria Francorum’ (Anglo-Norman). ff. 10...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Appendix LVI

2. Cotton MS Caligula A VII, ff 176-178

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Cotton MS Caligula A VII, ff 176-178
Title:
Æcerbot charm
Scope & Content:
These folios include a charm for fields and to ensure fruitful land (Æcerbot), added in the 1st half of the 11th century. It is primarily in Old English, with some Latin phrases. Contents: ff. 176r-178r: a charm for fields and to ensure fruitful land known as Æcerbot. [f. 178v is blank].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VII

3. Cotton MS Claudius A XII, ff 3–83

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Cotton MS Claudius A XII, ff 3–83
Title:
Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Historia Normannorum; Marbod of Rennes, De Lapidibus
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-78v: Dudo of Saint-Quentin (b. c. 965), Historia Normannorum (History of the Normans), beginning: 'Totius namque molis orbe descripto'. ff. 78v-83r: Marbod of Rennes (b. 1035, d. 1123), De Lapidibus (About Stones), beginning: 'Evax rex Arabum legitur scripsisse Neroni’. The m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton Claudius A XII

4. 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

5. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 107–165

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Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 107–165
Title:
Helperic of Auxerre, De Computo; Collatio Compoti Romani et Arabici; Herman of Reichenau, Computus Abbreviates; computistical argumenta
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the treatise on the computus by Helperic of Auxerre, copied in the late 11th century. To this part were added two further computistical works dated to the middle of the 12th century (ff. 143v–147v) and the 2nd half of the 12th century (ff. 148r–165v). It featur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII

6. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 1–82

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Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 1–82
Title:
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De architectura; Extracts from Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata ex Sententiis Sancti Augustini; Vitalis's epitaph
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: A page-title written by a modern hand: 'Vitruvius/ Vegetius, de re militari'. f. 2v: Preface of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura followed by a table of chapters numbered in Roman numerals. ff. 3r-82r: Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura (About Architecture) (10 b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

7. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 83–128

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Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 83–128
Title:
Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De Re Militari
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 83r-83v: Table of contents for the 4 books of Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De Re Militari (Concerning Military Matters) followed by the table of chapters of the 1st book. ff. 83v-91v: Vegetius, De Re Militari, 1st book. ff. 92r-101r: Vegetius, De Re Militari, 2nd book, preceded by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

8. Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 129–197

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Cotton MS Cleopatra D I, ff 129–197
Title:
Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 129v: A table of contents written by a 15th-century hand. ff. 130r-197v: Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Mirabilium (Collection of Wonderful Things). Decoration: Large decorated initial at the beginning in red and green (f. 130r). Decorated initials in red and green. Simple initials...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra D I

9. Cotton MS Domitian A II, ff 2–7

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Cotton MS Domitian A II, ff 2–7
Title:
John Somer, Chronicle; computistical tables
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-7r: John Somer, Chronicle entitled ‘Cronica quedam brevis ffratris Iohannis Somour ordinis sancti Ffrancisci de conventu ville Briggewalter’. f. 7v: computistical tables. Decoration: Highlighting in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-Mid 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A II

10. Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 187–244

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba E IV, ff 187–244
Title:
A collection of scientific texts
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains a number of scientific and medical texts. Among them, there is the earliest surviving copy of the De Aere, Aqua et Regionibus (The Book on Water, Air and the Regions) by Hippocrates (b. c. 460 BC, d. c. 380 BC) and the only extant copy of the chapter entitled...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Galba E IV

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