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162. Cotton MS Augustus II 97
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 97
- Title:
- Grant of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821) to Oswulf, dux and minister; grant of Oswulf, dux, to Lyminge minster
- Scope & Content:
- King Coenwulf of the Mercians grants land at Hremping wiic (Hafingseota) to Oswulf, dux and minister, in exchange for land at Bobingseata; dated 798. Oswulf, dux, grants this marshland to Lyminge minster; dated 796 × c.821 (Sawyer, no.153). Endorsed by the scribe, ‘Hafing seotan boec’; in a 12t...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 9th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
163. Cotton MS Faustina A X
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Faustina A X
- Title:
- Ælfric, Grammar (imperfect); Ælfric, Glossary; proverbs and maxims; grammatical dialogue; Old English translation of the Rule of St Benedict; account known as 'King Edgar's Establishment of the Monasteries' (incomplete)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains texts written in the late 11th century on ff. 3r-101v, with many later annotations. Meanwhile, the second half of the manuscripts (ff. 102r-151v) contains 12th-century copies of Old English works which have been attributed to Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester (d. 984), or ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
- Extent:
- 1 parchment codex
164. Cotton MS Nero D VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero D VII
- Title:
- The Benefactors' Book of St Albans Abbey (‘the Golden Book of St Albans’)
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains the names and portraits of benefactors to the Abbey of St Albans with details of their gifts. The preface states that the register was established as part of the grant of confraternity set up by Abbot Thomas and was to be kept on the Abbey's high altar (f. 2r-v). The m...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1380-c 1540
- Extent:
-
1 volume
165. Cotton MS Tiberius A XIII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius A XIII
- Title:
- Two cartularies of Worcester Cathedral Priory (including ‘Hemming’s Cartulary’) and supplementary material, including a homily and an account of Bishop Wulfstan II of Worcester
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains two cartularies pertaining to Worcester Cathedral Priory, one written in the early eleventh century and the other written in the late eleventh century. The earlier cartulary contains notes possibly in the hand of Wulfstan, archbishop of Worcester-York (d. 1023). The seco...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 11th century-16th century
- Extent:
- 1 parchment codex
166. Cotton MS Claudius D VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius D VI
- Title:
- Chronicles of England
- Scope & Content:
- 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 ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1255-1259
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex
167. Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
- Title:
- Painted miniatures probably from a Psalter
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: These leaves were formerly part of Cotton MS Caligula A VII, foliated: ff. 3r-10v.; they were removed in 1931 and are now stored separately as Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1. The eight leaves originally probably formed part of a prefatory cycle in a Psalter were originally bound as a pre...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaves
168. Cotton MS Faustina A V
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Faustina A V
- Title:
- Letters of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the archbishop of Canterbury; petitions of the clergy of the province of Canterbury; a letter of Pope John XXII; sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins, the Ascension (macaronic), and All Saints; Richard Rolle, Emendatio Vitae; Simeon of Durham, De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis; Pseudo-Jerome, De Quindecim Signis ante Diem Iudicii; Liber de Antichristo; sermons on the Assumption of Mary and Luke 12.12 (partially macaronic)
- Scope & Content:
- This composite manuscript contains five parts that were written in England during the 12th and 14th centuries (ff. 3-12; 13-24; 25-98; 99-102; 103-106). The larger part of the manuscript (ff. 25r-97r), copied in the first quarter of the 12th century, contains the De Exordio Ecclesiae Dunelmensis...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle, English, Old, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 12th century-2nd half of the 14th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
169. Cotton MS Augustus II 110
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 110
- Title:
- Bull of Pope Clement V, naming Robert of Stamford prior of Huntingdon
- Scope & Content:
- Notification of Pope Clement V (b. c. 1264, d. 1314; reg. 1305–1314) to the Priory of St Mary, Huntingdon, of provision of Robert of Stamford (d. 1322), prior of Newstead, to be prior in place of Walter de Evenley (d. 1308). At Poitiers, 4th Kalends of February (29 January 1308).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1308
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
170. Cotton MS Augustus II 75
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 75
- Title:
- Grant of King Ceolwulf of the Mercians (r. 821–823) and of the men of Kent to Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832)
- Scope & Content:
- King Ceolwulf of the Mercias and of the men of Kent grants land at Canterbury to Archbishop Wulfredy, in return for a gold and silver vessel of five and a half pounds; dated 26 May 823, Werburgingwic (Sawyer, no. 187). Endorsed by the scribe of the text, ‘londboc minra ƿica ⁊ ðritiges æcra be n...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- Early 9th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
