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101. Cotton MS Vespasian C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1154-1603
Scope & Content:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning England and Spain. From the reigns of King Henry II (1154–1189) to Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) of England, including: records of the Spanish government, 1574–1577 (5r–178v); ordinance of King Philip II of Spain (1556–1598) concerning ti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1154-1603
Extent:
1 volume

102. Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning Anglo-Spanish relations, 1587-1603
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of transcripts and original documents. A number of documents are identified as gifts, or translations from the papers of, the Spanish Ambassador (Gondomar) in 1615 ((ff. 11*r, 276r-v, 281r-284r, 289r-293v). Some of the documents probably came from Robert Beale. The document...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1587-1631
Extent:
1 volume

103. Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI/1
Title:
The draft will of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1577
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r–7v: The draft will of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587), written by her secretary, Claude Nau, and with her autograph notes, February 1577, Sheffield. In French. This item was removed and bound separately from Cotton MS Vespasian C XVI in 1855.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1577
Extent:
1 volume

104. Cotton MS Vespasian D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D X
Title:
A collection of chronicles and historical material including Ralph of Coggeshall, Chronicon Anglicanum and Ralph Niger, Chronica
Scope & Content:
Contents: Chronicles and other historical material copied in the 13th to the 16th centuries, bound together in the early modern period from three formerly separate parts (see Tite: The Early Records (2003), p. 183). ff. 1-3: Flyleaves with lists of contents in an early modern hand; ff. 4-39:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-1549
Extent:

A parchment codex

105. Cotton MS Vespasian F III

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian F III
Title:
Correspondence and other documents written or attested by various monarchs
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other documents written or attested by the kings, queens and rulers of England, France, Scotland, Castile, Aragon, Spain, Portugal, Florence, Tuscany, the Holy Roman Empire, Bohemia, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and Russia, including William I of England (1066–1087) and his succes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

106. Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII/1
Title:
Les roys de Engeltere
Scope & Content:
ff. i–v: Five rectangles of red linen, formerly used as curtains for the miniatures. ff. 3–6: Eight miniatures of the kings of England from Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) to Edward I (r. 1272–1307); each one except the last is accompanied by a short account of their reign in Anglo-Norman p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
Date Range:
c 1280-c 1300
Extent:
4 parchment leaves and 5 rectangles of fabric in frames

107. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Title:
(1) Old English adaptations of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia and other texts (known as the 'Southwick Codex'); (2) Beowulf, The Marvels of the East, Judith, and other texts in Old English (known as the 'Nowell Codex')
Scope & Content:
This volume, containing the unique medieval copy of Beowulf and other important texts in Old English, comprises two manuscripts of different origin and date, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The so-called 'Southwick Codex' (ff. 4–93), named after its medieval home, was ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
990s-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

108. Cotton MS Vitellius B IV/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B IV/1
Title:
Bull of Pope Leo X conferring on King Henry VIII of England the title Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith)
Scope & Content:
This parchment leaf originally formed Article 105 of Cotton MS Vitellius B IV, a volume of records and papers concerning England and Rome, dating between 1519 and 1522. It was damaged by fire in 1731 and the remaining fragments were removed and bound separately. Bull of Pope Leo X (1513–1521) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
11 October 1521
Extent:
1 leaf

109. Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius B XXI
Title:
Records and papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545
Scope & Content:
Papers concerning England and Germany, 1526-1545. f. 1r: Title-page. f. 2r: Paper containing intelligence concerning a treaty between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and King Francis I of France. January 31 1526. Latin. ff. 3r-4v: Two papers of intelligence concerning the retreat of King Ferd...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1526-1545
Extent:
1 volume

110. Cotton MS Vitellius C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C VII
Title:
Works of John Dee
Scope & Content:
Collection of works by John Dee (1527-1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary. Including his autobiographical ‘Compendious Rehearsal of John Dee’, geometric and mathematical observations, and his work ‘Of Famous and Rich Discoveries’. f. 1r Table of contents. ff. 2r-13r John Dee, ‘The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

1 volume.

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