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61. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 71r–94v

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Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 71r–94v
Title:
Robert de Torigni, Chronicle (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Robert de Torigni's chronicle for the years 1153–1179. Folio 71r contains a letter from Robert of Torigni to Roger, abbot of Bec and a note recounting part of the history of these folios. Decoration: manicula (ff. 75r, 76v, 81v); arches in red in the margins (ff. 77v, 89v,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

62. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 95r–110v

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Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 95r–110v
Title:
Quadripartitus (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain the oldest surviving copy of the Quadripartitus, a collection of laws-- particularly Latin translations of pre-Conquest lawcodes-- compiled in early twelfth-century England. It is also the only manuscript of the Quadripartitus to contain all known prefaces. It ends imperfectly.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

63. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 111r–119v

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Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 111r–119v
Title:
Henry of Huntingdon, De contemptu mundi (Historia Anglorum, book viii); coronation charter of King Henry I of England (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This item is identical in script and format to ff. 16-29, together comprising quires I, II and VII of the same original codex. These folios contain: ff. 111r–119r: Henry of Huntingdon, De contemptu mundi (Historia Anglorum, book viii); f. 119r: a coronation-charter of King Henry I of Englan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

64. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 120r–125v

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Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 120r–125v
Title:
List of Welsh cantrefi; Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Anglorum (imperfect); genealogical chronicle of the dukes of Normandy and kings of England; memorandum of the children of King Edward II of England; memorandum of the battles fought under King Edward III of England
Scope & Content:
These folios contain: ff. 120r-121v: list of Welsh cantrefi in Middle Welsh, copied in the 2nd half of the 15th century; f. 122r: Aelred of Rievaulx, Genealogia regum Anglorum (imperfect), copied in the 4th quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century; ff. 122r-124r: genea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Welsh
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

6 folios

65. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 126r–161v

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Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 126r–161v
Title:
Gloucester Chronicle and record of grants to St Peter’s Abbey, Gloucester
Scope & Content:
These folios contain: ff. 126v-144v: the Gloucester Chronicle, from AD 681 to the abbacy of Walter Froucester (d. 1412); ff. 145v-161v: record of grants to St Peter’s Abbey, Gloucester.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

66. Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 162r–174v

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Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 162r–174v
Title:
Scutum Dei triangulum (162r); abecedarium (162v–168v); calendar (169r–174v)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain: f. 162r: diagrams of the Scutum Dei triangulum in Latin and Middle English; ff. 162v-168v: an abecedarium in Latin and Middle English; ff. 169r-174v: a calendar. Decoration: initials, diagrams, lines, and rubrics in red throughout.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Domitian A VIII

67. Cotton MS Domitian A XVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Domitian A XVII
Title:
Psalter (‘Psalter of Henry VI’)
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was made around 1405-1410, possibly for Louis, duke of Guyenne and Dauphin of France; in c. 1420 it was supplemented with a set of computistical tables (ff. 8r-11r); and in c. 1430-1431 the Psalter was possibly adapted for king Henry VI of England. At this stage the English arms ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
c 1405-c 1430
Extent:

288 folios.

68. Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 1–157

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Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 1–157
Title:
Cartulary of Peterborough Abbey
Scope & Content:
These folios (ff. i, 1-157) contain a cartulary of Peterborough abbey, written in Latin and Anglo-Norman French. It was apparently compiled for the sacrist George Fraunceys (fl. c. 1393-1407) at the beginning of the 15th century, with later additions (Briston and Halliday, Pilsgate (2009), p. xi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century-1st half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina B III

69. Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 158–198

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Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 158–198
Title:
A list of Roman and Byzantine emperors to Constantine V (d. 775) (imperfect); the Regularis concordia (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of a mid-11th century copy of the Regularis Concordia (probably composed by St Æthelwold (d. 984), bishop of Winchester or his associates). The Regularis Concordia was intended to help standardise monastic practice in Britain in the late 10th century. The rest of the ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina B III

70. Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 199–280

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Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 199–280
Title:
Life of St Edith; Chronicle of Wilton Abbey; Life of St Æthelthryth
Scope & Content:
These folios contain Middle English hagiographies and a Latin chronicle of Wilton abbey: ff. 199r–263r: a verse Life of St Edith (Boffey and Edwards, A New Index (2005), no. 243); ff. 263r–264v: a chronicle of Wilton Abbey; ff. 265r–279v: a Life of St Æthelthryth (Boffey and Edwards, A New...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Faustina B III

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