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81. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XII
Title:
Computistical memoranda; Ecgberht of York, Dialogus Ecclesiasticæ Institutionis; Abbo of Fleury, De Differentia Circuli et Spherae; Hrabanus Maurus, De Computo; Eight computistical poems; De Septem Miraculis Mundi; De Duobus Verticibus Mundi; De Diebus Aegyptiacis; Ordo Librorum Catholicorum in Circulo Anni Legendorum; De Vocibus Litterarum; Greek and Hebrew alphabets with interpretations; Untitled computistical tract; De Sex Aetatibus Hominis; Isidore of Seville (Pseudo-Gildas), De Natura R...
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscripts contains six parts (f. 3; ff. 4-77; ff. 79-86; ff. 87-107; ff. 109-135 and ff. 136-185) that were produced between the late 11th and late 12th centuries. The six parts perhaps may all have been written in England and were probably joined together in the library of Sir ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-4th quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

82. Cotton MS Augustus II 33

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Cotton MS Augustus II 33
Title:
Grant of King Eadwig of England (r. 955–959) to Ælfhere, comes
Scope & Content:
King Eadwig of England grants of 20 hides (mansi) at Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, to Ælfhere, his comes: dated 956, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 587). Endorsed by the scribe of the main text, ‘Þis is seo lanboc to Cuþenes dune to þan tƿentigan hidan þe Eadƿig cync gebocede Ælfhere his ealdormen ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

83. Cotton MS Augustus II 39

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Cotton MS Augustus II 39
Title:
Grant of King Edgar of England (r. 959–975) to Abingdon Abbey
Scope & Content:
King Edgar of England grants 22 hides (cassati) at Ringwood, Hampshire, to Abingdon Abbey; dated 961, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 690). Endorsed in a late 12th-century hand, ‘Carta regis Eadgari de Rimecuda’; and in a 14th-century hand, ‘Carta regis Eadgari de Rimecuda’, with a another han...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

84. Cotton MS Augustus II 69

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 69
Title:
Grant of King Cnut of England (r. 1016-1035) to Æthelric, minister
Scope & Content:
King Cnut grants a half hide (mansa) at Meavy, Devon, to Æthelric, minister: dated 1031, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 963). Endorsed in the hand of the charter, ‘Þis is þære healfan hide landboc to mæƿi þe cnut het gebocian æþelrice his þegene on ece yrfe.’; and in a 12th-century hand, ‘.la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
c 1031
Extent:

Parchment leaf

85. Cotton MS Augustus II 5

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Cotton MS Augustus II 5
Title:
Grant and confirmation of King Wulfhere of the Mercians (d. 675) to St Peter’s, Medeshamstede
Scope & Content:
King Wulfhere of the Mercians confirms and grants to St Peter’s Minster, Medeshamstede land at Peterborough (Medeshamstede), Thorpe Hall, Dogsthorpe, Eastfield near Peterborough, Newark, Garton End, Eye, Werrington, Gunthorpe, Peakirk, Glinton, Deeping Gate, Peakirk Marsh, Eye Marsh, the hermita...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

86. Cotton MS Titus D XVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus D XVI
Title:
Prudentius, Psychomachia; poem in praise of St Laurence; Gilbert Crispin, Disputatio Iudei cum Christiano; Altercatio Ecclesie contra Synagogam; 'Master Rufus', Vita Sancte Afre metrice
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of four originally separate parts perhaps bound together between c. 1250 and c. 1300 (see Thomson, Manuscripts from St Albans Abbey (1982), no.19). Contents: ff. 2r-34r: Prudentius, Psychomachia. ff. 34v-35r: A poem in praise of St Laurence. ff. 37r-69v: Gilbert Cris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century-13th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

87. Cotton MS Claudius C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius C VI
Title:
Polemius Silvius, Nomina Provinciarum Omnium; Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Galliae; letters of Popes Leo I and Zosimus; a tree of consanguinity; Burchard of Worms, Decretum; a bull of Pope Leo IX; obituary of William I, king of England (1066–87); confraternity agreements; obituaries of Prior Conrad of St Benet of Hulme (d. 1127), and Priors Wibert (d. 1167) and Honorius (d. 1188) of Christ Church, Canterbury; obituary of Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury (1070–89); lectionary fragment; ...
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two parts. The first part (ff. 5-169), produced in the 2nd half of the 11th century in France (ex. info Michael Gullick), contains a collection of historical and legal works, predominantly the Decretum (Decretals) − a collection of canon law − by Burchard (b. c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century - 1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

88. Cotton MS Vespasian B VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian B VI
Title:
Bede, De temporum ratione; lists of Carolingian rulers, Popes and Byzantine emperors; lunar calendar; fragment of a computistical table. Tables of Greek and Roman Numerals; Notes by John Joscelyn; William of Newburgh, Historia rerum Anglicarum.
Scope & Content:
This codex contains: ff. 1r-102r: Bede, De temporum ratione, copied in France (possibly in Saint Denis) in the 9th century.In the early 11th century the manuscript was in England, where interlinear and marginal glosses in Latin and three glosses in Old English were added (ff. 33r, 39v). This m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
9th century -16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

89. Cotton MS Augustus II 54

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 54
Title:
Charter of King William I of England (r. 1066–1087), confirming the lands and privileges of Westminster Abbey
Scope & Content:
King William I of England (r. 1066–1087) confirms to Hugh d'Orevalle (d. 1084/5), Bishop of London, Geoffrey de Mandeville (d. c. 1100) the sheriff [of Middlesex], and all the sheriffs [of Middlesex] that come after him, the privileges of the Abbey of St Peter, Westminster, and the freedom of al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 leaf

90. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX
Title:
Leaves from a Book of Hours, the Libellus Æthelwoldi, documents relating to Ely, excerpts from the Liber Eliensis, fragments of Ely annals, Goliardic Poems, Orderic Vitalis's Historia Ecclesiastica
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a variety of texts bound together, including: ff. 1, 28, 103: leaves from a Book of Hours, made in France c. 1415-1420; ff. 2-27: the Libellus Æthelwoldi (copied at Ely in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century); ff. 29-51: excerpts from the Liber Eliensis, copied in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c.1125-1450
Extent:

Parchment codex, composite, containing 9 items

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