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991. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII
Title:
Prudentius, Psychomachia; Pseudo-Columbanus, Precepta Vivendi (imperfect); Collection of canon law, including Collectio Dacheriana; canons of the council of Trosly, 909; Pseudo-Isidore of Seville, Epistula ad Leudefredum Episcopum; Pseudo-Isidore of Seville, Collectio Canonum; Quadripartitus; Gregory the Great, Libellus Responsionum; Gregory the Great, Registrum; Augustine of Hippo, De Coniugiis Adulterinis, book ii; and Fulbert of Chartres, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains two main parts, joined in the early modern period. Contents: ff. 4r-37v: an illustrated copy of Prudentius's Psychomachia with titles for the illustrations and glosses in Old English, copied in the late 10th or early 11th century. ff. 38r-171r: a collection...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 10th century - 1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

992. Cotton MS Vitellius A VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A VI
Title:
Gildas, De excidio Britanniae (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
This codex contains one of the earliest surviving copies of the fifth or sixth century churchman Gildas's account of De excidio Britanniae, copied in the mid-10th century. (A fragment, possibly copied in the late 9th or early 10th century, survives in Bibliothèque Carnegie de Reims, MS 414.) This...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century
Extent:
1 parchment codex

993. Cotton MS Augustus II 72

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 72
Title:
Grant of Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury (d. 832) to Christ Church, Canterbury
Scope & Content:
Archbishop Wulfred of Canterbury grants to Christ Church, Canterbury, after his death, four sulungs (aratra) at Sceldesforda near Wingham, Kent, with thirty acres (iugera) of pasture, together with the reversion of 85 segetes given to Wulfred by Cyneheard the deacon and land formerly held by Dod...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

994. Cotton MS Galba E IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba E IV
Title:
Memoriale Multorum Henrici Prioris; a collection of scientific texts
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript is made up of two parts. The first part (ff. 1r-186v) was produced at Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury in the 1st half of the 14th century. It contains the Register of Henry of Eastry, prior of Christ Church, Canterbury (b. 1285, d. 1331). The second part (ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1175-1350
Extent:

A parchment codex

995. Cotton MS Titus A XVII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus A XVII
Title:
Le Sacre, Couronnement, et Entrée de Claude de France
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains Le Sacre, Couronnement, et Entrée de Claude de France, an anonymous French account of the consecration, coronation and royal entrance into Paris of Claude de France (b. 1499, d. 1524), Queen of France, and wife of Francis I (r. 1515-1547), which took place on 10-12 May 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1517
Extent:

1 volume

996. Cotton MS Claudius A I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A I
Title:
Passio sancti Cypriani (imperfect); Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (imperfect); Alcuin, Carmen xviii; Frithegod of Canterbury, Breviloquium Vitae Wilfridi; papal, episcopal and royal letters; various hagiographies, including Paulinus, Vita sancti Ambrosii episcopi; Inventio sanctorum Gervasii et Prothasii; Inventio sancti Nazarii; Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino, Vita sancti Hieronymi; Venantius Fortunatus, Vita sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episcopi and Miracula sancti Hilarii Pictavensis episc...
Scope & Content:
This codex contains items from 4 originally separate medieval manuscripts, copied between the mid-10th and 14th century. f. 1r-v: Passio Sancti Cypriani (compare Biblioteca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2037, imperfect) and Rabanus Maurus, Homilia lxx (1r–v: imperfect), copied in the 14th century. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
mid-10th century-14th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

997. Cotton MS Nero B X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero B X
Title:
Papers relating to the Hanse (copies only), Henry III (1216–1272) to Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 381. 1. A repertory of various grants made in different reigns, from Henry III. to Q. Mary, concerning trade: chiefly to the Hanseatic towns. 2. 2. An inspeximus and confirmation of Q. Elizabeth, of all the grants, treaties, &c. of her predecessor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

998. Cotton MS Augustus II 135

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 135
Title:
Inspeximus by King Edward I of England (1272–1307) of the charter by which King Henry III of England (1216–1272) granted to Edmund ‘Crouchback’ (d. 1296) the Honour of Leicester and other lands: Amesbury, 7 August 1285
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Anglo-Norman French endorsement (1v)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 item

999. Cotton MS Nero D V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D V
Title:
Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora (2r–393r), incorporating St Godric’s hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary (150v: Boffey 2988); De gestis regis Arthuri (393r–395r). Dated: last quarter of the 13th century (1v–161v); middle of the 13th century (162r–393r); middle of the 14th century (393r–395r).
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r–393r: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora. ff.150v: St Godric’s hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Boffey 2988). ff. 393r–395r: De gestis regis Arthuri. Decoration: 1 full-page map of the Mediterranean Sea, with colours (f. 1v). 4 bas-de-page scenes in outline drawing: Ramsey Abbey (f. 85v)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 13th century-Mid 14th century
Extent:
1 item

1000. Cotton MS Titus C X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus C X
Title:
Miscellaneous historical collections, mainly temp. Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and partly in the hand of William Camden (d. 1623)
Scope & Content:
Codex chartaceus, in folio, constans foliis 138. 1. A grant of K. Edward IV. of the manors of Overhall, Netherhall, Silvesters-hall, and others, in Suffolk and Essex, to the wife of sir Wm. Bourgchier, and sister to Q. Elizabeth the king's wife. (Lat.) Westm. Feb. 14, 1479. 3. 2. Notes and copi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 16th century-1st half 17th century
Extent:
1 item

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