Cotton MS Claudius D II, ff 4–27, 33–43, 45–118, 127–138, 269–280
Title:
Statutes of England, Ine of Wessex (688–726)–Edward II (1307–1327), including the Tribal Hidage (4v) (‘Liber Legum Regum Antiquorum’)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Anglo-Norman French (134r–136r, 269r–278v, 280r–v) Dated: 1st quarter of the 14th century; 1st quarter of the 17th century (278v–279r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Bede, Martyrology; bilingual Rule of St Benedict; obituary calendar of Wintney Priory
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: an index to the Rule of St Benedict (ff. 52r-140v), A-H, written in the hand of Robert Cotton’s librarian, Richard James (b. 1592, d. 1638), with an additional list of contents (f. 2r). f. 3r: a rejected leaf from a martyrology, written in Latin. f. 3v: Simon of Waverl...
John Washington, Libellus de exordio et statu ecclesie cathedralis quondam Lindisfarnensis (3r–89v); Reginald of Durham, Libellus de admirandis beati Cuthberti uirtutibus, prologue (90r–v: BHL 2032); extracts on the history of Durham (91r–115v)
This composite manuscript consists of two parts that were written at different periods of time. The first part (ff. 1-5) was produced in England in the second half of the 13th century and contains parts of papal and conciliar decretals. The second part (ff. 7-239) was perhaps produced at Bath in...
Contents: ff. 1r-5v: Decretals with marginal glosses (imperfect). Decoration: Several small initials in red and blue with some pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red.
Contents: ff. 7v-239v: Collectio Lanfranci (Lanfranc's Collection), beginning: ‘Clemens urbis romae episcopus Iacobo hyerosolimorum episcopo’ preceded by two rubrics ‘incipiunt excerpta ex decretis Romanorum pontificum’ and ‘Epistola Clementis Papae ad Iacobum Ierosolimorum episcopum’. Decorat...
This manuscript contains Abbreviatio compendiosa chronicorum Anglie (Brief Abridgement of the Chronicles of England), Matthew Paris's summary of his Historia Anglorum, covering the history of England from 1000 to 1255. The rest of the manuscript is predominantly made up of fragmented historical ...