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Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Tiberius A III, ff 2–173
Title:: Miniature of Æthelwold, Edgar and Dunstan; Regularis Concordia; collection of prognostics; confessional prayers; prayers and devotions; Ælfric, Colloquy; prognostics; Bede, De Temporibus, revised by Ælfric; Life of St Margaret; Ælfric, homily for Palm Sunday; miscellaneous texts including a collection of homilies; contents page; miniature of St Benedict, enthroned; Rule of St Benedict; various texts including capitula of the Council of Aachen, 817
Scope & Content:: These folios contain an 11th-century copy of Regularis Concordia, the Rule of St Benedict, prognostics, prayers, homilies, other texts and two miniatures. It may have originally formed a miscellany for a churchman or archbishop (see Cooper, Monk-Bishops (2015), p. 263). Late 11th- or early 12th-...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Old and Latin
Date Range:: Mid 11th century-Mid 12th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A III

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 175–180
Title:: Junillus Africanus, Instituta regularia divine legis (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 175r-180v: Junillus Africanus (d. 548/9), Instituta regularia divine legis, copied possibly in the south of England in the late 7th or early 8th century. The leaves have been rebound out of order. The correct order is ff. 177, 179–180, 176, 175, 178. Decoration: Some letters f...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 7th century-1st quarter of the 8th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A XV

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Tiberius A XV, ff 181–194
Title:: Richard Rolle, Super Apocalypsim; Richard Rolle, Super Mulierem Fortem; Officium de Sancto Ricardo Heremita; Vita et Miracula Sancti Ricardi Heremite
Scope & Content:: These folios include a series of works written by or about the hermit Richard Rolle (d. 1349), copied in the late 14th or early 15th century. Contents: ff. 181r–189v: Richard Rolle, Super apocalypsim. f. 190r–v: Richard Rolle, Super mulierem fortem. f. 191r: Officium de sancto Ricardo here...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Tiberius A XV

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 152–203
Title:: Odo of Cluny, Collationes (imperfect)
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 152r–203v: Odo of Cluny, Collationes (imperfect). Decoration: Medium initials in red and green, sometimes with arabesque motifs. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: Mid 12th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B III

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2, ff 158-166
Title:: Æthelwulf, De Abbatibus
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 158r-166v: Æthelwulf (fl. 9th century), De Abbatibus (On the Abbots). f. 166r: ‘Hieronimus Dicit de Situ Babylonis’ (Jerome Says about the Location of Babylon), beginning: 'Babylonem fuisse potentissimam’. f. 166v: ‘Orosius Autem hoc Modo Refert de Eadem Ciuitate’ (Orosius Writ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 12th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton Tiberius D IV/2

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Titus D XVI, ff 2-34
Title:: Prudentius, Psychomachia (illustrated); Poem in praise of St Laurence
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. i verso: Modern notes related to Prudentius: 'Prudentius, poeta, vir Christianus'. f. 1r: An early 14th-century table of contents including modern additions, followed by some lines dedicated to Prudentius. ff. 2r-34r: Prudentius, Psychomachia with drawings (see 'Decoration'), be...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Titus D XVI

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Titus D XVI, ff 37r-69v
Title:: Gilbert Crispin, Disputatio Iudei cum Christiano
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 37r-69v: Gilbert Crispin, Disputatio Iudei cum Christiano including modern annotations in the lower margin. Decoration: Initials an rubrics in red. Some initials are highlighted in red. Numerous words underlined in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Titus D XVI

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Titus D XVI, ff 70r-111r
Title:: Altercatio Ecclesie contra Synagogam
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 70r-111r: Altercatio Ecclesie contra Synagogam with some later annotations in the margins. Decoration: Pencil-drawing of a human face. Initials an rubrics in red. Some initials are highlighted in red.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Titus D XVI

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 145–158
Title:: A theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
Scope & Content:: Other portions of the same medieval manuscript are now Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff. 1, 205, Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII, ff. 157–164, Cotton MS Cleopatra E I, ff. 184, 188, 312, and Cotton MS Cleopatra E IV, ff. 1, 475 Contents: ff. 145r-158v: A theological treatise concerning vices and virtues...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 15th century
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B XI

Reference (shelfmark):: Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 1–52
Title:: Nigel Witeker, Versus; An anonymous poem
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 2r-51r: Nigel Witeker (d. after 1206) [also known as Nigel of Longchamps], Versus (Poems). f. 52r: An anonymous poem, beginning ‘Vitam claudit hominum paucitas dierum, nec est inter’. [ff. 1r, 51v, 52v are blank]. Decoration: Numerous small initials in red, blue or green, som...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1175-1215
Extent:: Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX

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