Cotton MS Claudius D II, ff 4–27, 33–43, 45–118, 127–138, 269–280
Title:
Statutes of England, Ine of Wessex (688–726)–Edward II (1307–1327), including the Tribal Hidage (4v) (‘Liber Legum Regum Antiquorum’)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Anglo-Norman French (134r–136r, 269r–278v, 280r–v) Dated: 1st quarter of the 14th century; 1st quarter of the 17th century (278v–279r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
John Washington, Libellus de exordio et statu ecclesie cathedralis quondam Lindisfarnensis (3r–89v); Reginald of Durham, Libellus de admirandis beati Cuthberti uirtutibus, prologue (90r–v: BHL 2032); extracts on the history of Durham (91r–115v)
Contents: ff. 1r-5v: Decretals with marginal glosses (imperfect). Decoration: Several small initials in red and blue with some pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red.
Contents: ff. 7v-239v: Collectio Lanfranci (Lanfranc's Collection), beginning: ‘Clemens urbis romae episcopus Iacobo hyerosolimorum episcopo’ preceded by two rubrics ‘incipiunt excerpta ex decretis Romanorum pontificum’ and ‘Epistola Clementis Papae ad Iacobum Ierosolimorum episcopum’. Decorat...
ff. 6r–9v: Drawings of the kings of Britain and England to Henry III (1216–1272). ff. 10v–12r: Chronicle of English history. [f. 12v: Map of Great Britain: bound separately, Cotton MS Claudius D. vi/1.] ff. 13r–98v: Matthew Paris, Abbreuiatio chronicorum, 1000–1255. Decoration: Drawings by ...
ff. 101r–118v: William Rishanger, Narratio de duobus bellis apud Lewes et Euesham. ff. 119r–137v: William Rishanger, Opus chronicorum, 1259–1297. ff. 138r–v: William Rishanger, De controuersia habita super electione regni Scotie. ff. 139r–164v: William Rishanger, Annales regni Scotie. ff. 16...
ff. 218r–219r: Liturgical calendar, with names of saints associated with St Albans. Decoration: Multicoloured vertical borders in style of other St Albans sections of manuscript. Feasts marked in blue and red. Enlarged headings to each month alternating betwen blue and red, with penwork decora...