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1071. Cotton MS Augustus II 83

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 83
Title:
Grant of King Eadred of England (d. 955) to Oswig, minister
Scope & Content:
King Eadred grants 20 hides (mansae) at Merstham, Surrey, to Oswig, minister; dated 947, with English bounds (Sawyer, no. 528). Endorsed in the hand of the charter, ‘+ Þis is þara tƿentiga hida boc æt mearsætham þe eadred cing gebocode oswige his þegne on ece yrfe.’; and in a 12th-century hand,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
947
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1072. Cotton MS Augustus II 100

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 100
Title:
Grant of King Cuthred of Kent (d. 756) to Æthelnoth, prefectus
Scope & Content:
King Cuthred of Kent grants three sulungs (aratra) at Eythorne, Kent, to Æthelnoth, prefectus, in return for 3000 pence; dated 805 × 807 (Sawyer, no. 41). Endorsed in a 10th-century hand, ‘Hegyðe ðorn. ðreo sulunga’; in a 12th-century hand, ‘Cudred rex cantiae. Edelnoðo. prefecto’; in another 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 9th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1073. Cotton MS Augustus III/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus III/2
Title:
A collection of prints from or associated with the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the second and larger part of a collection of engravings and woodcuts of ancient Roman architecture and art as it was found in 16th-century Rome (the first part is found in Cotton MS Augustus III/1). The collection features prints by Dutch, French, German and Italian art...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1515-c 1602
Extent:
1 volume

1074. Cotton MS Claudius B V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B V
Title:
Acts of the Council of Constantinople with an additional pasted miniature
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4-134: Acts of the Council of Constantinople (680), dated to the 2nd quarter of the 9th century; f. 134v: A pasted-in miniature from a Gospel-book or Gospel lectionary, of the Annunciation to Zacharias (Luke I:11), dated to the 4th quarter of the 8th century or 1st quarter of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
8th century-14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1075. Cotton MS Augustus I i 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 17
Title:
Map of the course of the Rivers Thames and Medway, and of the coasts of Kent and Sussex (to Shoreham), with an account of the tides, probably drawn by William Borough (d. 1598)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1570s
Extent:
1 item

1076. Cotton MS Augustus I i 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 53
Title:
Chart of the mouth of the Rivers Thames and Medway and part of the coasts of Essex and Kent, made by Sir Richard Gernon alias Cavendish of Trimley St Martin (d. 1554)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1540
Extent:
1 item

1077. Cotton MS Claudius B IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius B IV
Title:
Old English Hexateuch (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains portions of the Hexateuch, in Old English: ff. 1r-1v: Ælfric’s preface to Æthelwærd (imperfect). ff. 1v-72v: Genesis. ff. 72v-105v: Exodus. ff. 105v-110v: Leviticus. ff. 111r-128r: Numbers. ff. 128v-140r: Deuteronomy. ff. 140v-156v: Joshua. The Old English text wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 11th century-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

1078. Cotton MS Augustus II 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 4
Title:
Grant of King Offa of the Mercians (d. 796) to Dudda, minister
Scope & Content:
King Offa of the Mercians grants to Duddonus (Dudda), minister, 4 hides (cassatae) near Salmonsbury in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire; dated 779, Hartleford, Gloucestershire, confirmed at Gumley, Leicestershire (Sawyer, no. 114). Endorsed in a 9th- or 10th-century hand, ‘burhtunes boc’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
779
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1079. Cotton MS Augustus II 80

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 80
Title:
Writ of King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) concerning Bury St Edmunds
Scope & Content:
Writ of King Edward, addressed to his bishops, earls and thegns, declaring that Abbot Leofstan and the brethren of Bury St Edmunds are to have sake and soke over all their own men, both within and without their borough; 1044 × 1065, probably 1044 (Sawyer, no. 1071). Endorsed in a 12th-century h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Mid 11th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1080. Cotton MS Augustus I ii 66

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I ii 66
Title:
Chart of the English Channel from Land’s End to Dover and from Brittany to Calais, drawn by Jean Rotz (d. in or after 1560)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1543
Extent:
1 item

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