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61. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 2–58

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Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 2–58
Title:
Old English Homilies, coronation oath, translation of the Pater Noster, and translation of the Apostles' Creed
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Old English homilies and liturgy in Old English, possibly created for Bishop Leofric and his cathedral at Exeter in about the 3rd quarter of the 11th century. ff. 2r–55v: Old English Homilies, included some from Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies, some from the Vercelli Book, and s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII (parchment codex)

62. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 59–90

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Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 59–90
Title:
Vita sancti Dunstani by B; rhymed responsory from an office for Gregory the Great
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the first Vita of St Dunstan (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2342), composed by an author known only as 'B'. This text does not include the prologue found in other copies of B's Vita. The text in these folios was probably copied at the beginning of the eleventh century. On...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII

63. Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 91–157

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Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 91–157
Title:
De gestis Britonum et Anglorum,attributed to Peter of Ickham, with continuations
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a history of the kings of Britain and England, beginning 'Non solum audiendis scripturae sacrae', which has been attributed to Peter of Ickham, with further continuations into the 14th century. There are at least three phases of continuation, and one set of changes of scribe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII

64. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI
Title:
Ancrene Riwle; songs and prayers; a leaf from a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): (i) f. 1r-1v: A leaf from a Book of Hours with a miniature of the Annunciation; (ii) ff. 2r-203v: Ancrene Riwle; poems and prayers in Middle English, Anglo-Norman French and Latin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1420
Extent:

A parchment codex consisting of 2 items.

65. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 1r-1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 1r-1v
Title:
Leaf of a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
Miniature of the Annunciation attributed to the Master of the Harvard Hannibal (a Parisian artist active in the early 15th century named after Cambridge (MA), Harvard College Library, Houghton Library, MS Richardson 32), with a gold frame and foliate borders (f. 1r); lines from the Te Deum and t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1415-c 1420
Extent:
1 folio, bound together in a single volume with the remainder of this manuscript.

66. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 2r–203v

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Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 2r–203v
Title:
Ancrene Riwle, with added poems and prayers
Scope & Content:
Ancrene Riwle (Ancrene Wisse) in Middle English (ff. 4r–199r: Boffey 734.5, 1820, 1917, 2285, 3568): this is one of the two oldest surviving manuscripts of the text. Added in the 2nd half of the 13th century to 2nd half of the 14th century (ff. 9v lower margin, 57v, 199r–202v): Prayers in Lat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

202 folios, bound together in a single volume with f. 1 of this manuscript.

67. Cotton MS Cleopatra D VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra D VII
Title:
John of Hildesheim, Historia Trium Regum; Des grantz geanz; Brut Chronicle (Short Version); Lamentation of Our Lady; four minor works by Geoffrey Chaucer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of works in Latin, Middle English and Anglo-Norman French. The core of the manuscript (ff. 80-189) dates to the middle of the 14th century, with subsequent additions up to the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. The contents include the Historia Trium Regum, a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
Middle of the 14th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

68. Cotton MS Cleopatra F II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra F II
Title:
Papers relating to ecclesiastical jurisdiction
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers relating to ecclesiastical jurisdiction, principally from the 16th and early 17th centuries. ff. 1r-2*v: Table of contents. f. 2r: Title page. f. 3r-3v: Second table of contents. ff. 4r-38v: Discourse concerning causes of ecclesiastical cognizance, acknowledged and confi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1500-1650
Extent:
1 volume

69. Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 2–55

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 2–55
Title:
Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés's Bella Parisiace urbis, book 3 followed by glosses on a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Computistical tables; a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Bede, De die iudicii; a Latin colophon of three hexameters, a recipe in Old English and a list of books.
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 2r: at the top of the leaf the four disciplines of the quadrivium are enunciated in Latin with a translation in Old English above each one. They are followed by the enumeration of the four main sciences presented in Latin and in Old English in the same way. f. 2r: Bede the Vener...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A I

70. Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 56–160

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 56–160
Title:
Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae; Gerald of Wales Descriptio Cambriae; Gerald of Wales Retractationes; Gerald of Wales Catalogus brevior librorum suorum; Annales Cambriae; Life of David fitz Gerald (Vita David secundi); Cognacio Brychan.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 56r-58r: Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae, Preface. Rubric: 'Stephano Cantuariensi archiepiscopo in Odoporion Giraldi prefatio prima'. Incipit: 'Sicut variis rerum motibus et mutacionibus tempora moventur'. ff. 58r-v: Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae. Table of chapter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-Mid 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A I.

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