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31. Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 5r–36v

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Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 5r–36v
Title:
Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae beati Wilfridi
Scope & Content:
These folios include: f. 5r: Alcuin's Carmen xviii, copied in the second half of the 10th century; 5v–36v: Frithegod's Breviloquium Vitae beati Wilfridi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, numbers 8891–92), copied in the mid-10th century, soon after the text was composed for Oda, archbishop of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-2nd half of the 10th century
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32. Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 37r–40v

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Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 37r–40v
Title:
Papal, episcopal and royal letters, from Popes Gregory VII, Paschal II, Gelasius II, Anastasius IV and Lucius III, Alexander I, king of Scots, Eadmer of Canterbury and others, including the Concordat of Worms, 1122
Scope & Content:
These folios include papal, episcopal and royal letters, from Popes Lucius III (r. 1181–1185), Paschal II (r. 1099–1118), Gelasius II (r. 1118–1119), Gregory VII (r. 1073–1085), Anastasius IV (r. 1153–1154) and , Alexander I, king of Scots (r. 1107–1124), Eadmer of Canterbury (d. c. 1126) and oth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
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33. Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 41r–157v

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Cotton MS Claudius A I, ff 41r–157v
Title:
Paulinus, Vita sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Inventio sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii; Inventio sancti Nazarii; Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino, Vita sancti Hieronymi; Venantius Fortunatus, Vita sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episcopi and Miracula sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episcopi; Pseudo-Hilary of Poitiers, De spiritali prato; Pseudo-Hilary of Poitiers, Epistola ad Abram filiam suam; Hilary of Arles, Sermo in depositione sancti Honorati episcopi; Libellus de nativitate sancte Dei genetricis Mari...
Scope & Content:
This item includes a variety of haiographical works, written in the late 11th or early 12th century. These include: ff. 41r–43r: Paulinus, Vita sancti Ambrosii episcopi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no.377); ff. 43r–46r: Inventio sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii (Bibliotheca Hagiographica...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
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34. Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 8

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Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 8
Title:
Miniature of St Dunstan enthroned
Scope & Content:
This folio contains a miniature labelled 'Dunstani archiepiscopi'. It depicts a figure (presumably St Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury) seated in a building, with two figures kissing his feet and another figure, a monk, kneeling between them. The entire image is framed with an inhabited, foliate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1120
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35. Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 9a

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Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 9a
Title:
Papal letters
Scope & Content:
This folio, copied in the 1st quarter of the 12th century, contains papal letters. Like ff. 2r-7v, it was excised from Cotton Tiberius A II, a Gospel-book which belonged to Christ Church by the mid-10th century. It includes: f. 9*r: the end of a letter, which mentions 'frater Bertualdus Cantua...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
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36. Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 30

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Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 30
Title:
Miniature of a man seated at a writing-desk and medieval memoranda
Scope & Content:
This folio includes: f. 30r: a miniature of a man (Burchard of Worms?) seated at a writing-desk, created in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century; f. 30v: medieval memoranda, including a verse inscription and a Greek alphabet, some of which were copied in the middle of the 12th century and som...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
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37. Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 2–7

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Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 2–7
Title:
Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman documents
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a series of documents pertaining to Christ Church which originally formed part of a Gospel-book which belonged to Christ Church (Cotton MS Tiberius A II). All the documents are in Latin, apart from those on ff. 4r-6r, and they were copied in the 11th century. They include: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
11th century-1st quarter of 12th century
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Part of Cotton MS Claudius A III

38. Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 9b–18

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Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 9b–18
Title:
Pontifical (‘Claudius Pontifical II’, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios, along with ff. 87-105, contain part of a Pontifical, copied between the second quarter and third quarter of the 11th century. This Pontifical includes a litany and the second English Coronation ordo.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A III

39. Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 19–29

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 19–29
Title:
Third English Coronation Order (‘Claudius Pontifical III’)
Scope & Content:
These folios describe the coronation of Henry I of England and include his Coronation Ordo and were copied in the 12th century. It may originally have been part of a Pontifical. A later medieval image depicting a coronation was added to the top of f. 19r.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-15th century
Extent:

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40. Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 31–38

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A III, ff 31–38
Title:
Thureth; Anglo-Saxon lawcode VI Æthelred, in Latin and Old English
Scope & Content:
These folios, copied between 1008 (when the lawcode was issued) and 1023 (when Wulfstan, archbishop of York, who may have annotated it, died), contain: f. 31v: Thureth, an Old English verse preface written from the point of view of a 'halgungboc' (a benedictional or pontifical); ff. 32r-35r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

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