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141. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 103

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 103
Title:
Leaf of a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
f. 103v: Miniature of the deposition and entombment of Christ, 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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1415-1420
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

142. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 2–27

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 2–27
Title:
Libellus quorundam insignium operum beati Æthelwoldi episcopi
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–27v: Libellus quorundam insignium operum beati Æthelwoldi episcopi. Account of Æthelwold’s refoundation of Ely abbey and of the properties he granted to it. ‘Incipit prologus libelli quorundam insignium operum beati æðelwoldi episcopi. Cum preteritarum notitia rerum ignorantię tenebris qu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

143. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 29–51

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Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 29–51
Title:
Liber Eliensis, excerpts
Scope & Content:
ff. 29v–51r: Liber Eliensis, excerpts from Book 3; ff. 50v–51r: List of the bishops of Ely; f. 51v: Appended annals (14th century).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

144. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 52–54

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 52–54
Title:
Fragments of Ely annals
Scope & Content:
ff. 52v–54r: Fragments of an annal relating to Ely.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

145. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 55–60

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 55–60
Title:
Goliardic poems
Scope & Content:
ff. 55r–60v: Poems written in Goliardic verse, a satirical form of poetry, beginning ‘Internus nummus rex est li tempore summus’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

146. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 61–102

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 61–102
Title:
Documents relating to Ely
Scope & Content:
ff. 61r–75r: Arbitrium between John Fordham, bishop of Ely (1388–1425), and the prior and convent of Ely, 1417; ff. 76r–98v: Names of the tenants of Ely Cathedral Priory; ff 99v–102v: Charter of King Henry VI of England (1422–1461, 1470–1471), dated 1417 and c. 1438 (f. 102r–v).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

147. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 104–121

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Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, ff 104–121
Title:
Orderic Vitalis, Historia ecclesiastica
Scope & Content:
ff. 104r–121v: Orderic Vitalis, Historia ecclesiastica, excerpts from book 7, ‘Que sequntur de uita et gestis gloriosi Guillelmi ducis normannorum ac victorissimi regis anglorum extracta fuerunt de quodam libro antiquo monasterii sancte stepgani de cadomo cuius monasterii fundator quondam extitit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

148. Cotton MS Vespasian B II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B II
Title:
Pierre Gringoire, Pageants for the Reception of Queen Mary of France in Paris
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-15v: Pierre Gringoire, Pageants for the Reception of Queen Mary of France (1514–15) in Paris, 6 November 1514; the pageants took place after the marriage of Mary Tudor (1496-1533) to Louis XII of France. Poem on Anne of Brittany, queen of France (d. 1514) on an added paper le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

149. Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 1–23

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 1–23
Title:
Benedeit, Voyage of St Brendan; Navigatio sancti Brendani; Vita Longini martyris; De signis quindecim.
Scope & Content:
The 'Voyage of St Brendan' is an Anglo-Norman French poem of the journey of St Brendan commissioned in the 12th century by Adeliza of Louvain (b. c. 1103, d. 1151), bride of King Henry I (r. 1100–1135), from a certain monk named Benedeit. This poem is presented on ff. 1r-11r. It is followed by t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B X

150. Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 24–30

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 24–30
Title:
Robert Kilwardby, De ortu scientiarum; Pseudo-Aristotle, De morte Aristotelis sive de pomo, translated by Manfred of Sicily.
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 24r-27r: Robert Kilwardby, De Ortu Scientiarum (On the rise of the sciences), imperfect. ff. 27v-30r: Pseudo-Aristotle, De morte Aristotelis sive de pomo (On the death of Aristotle, or the apple), translated by Manfred of Sicily. f. 30v: table of contents in a modern hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B X.

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