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1121. 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

1122. 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

1123. Cotton MS Titus D XXIV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus D XXIV
Title:
Compilation of verse; extracts from Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum; De Romanis imperatoribus; a series of epitaphs; De coloribus et mixtionibus; computistical texts; formulas for the visitation of the sick; Gloria in excelsis; commentary on Juvenal, Satires.
Scope & Content:
The manuscript consists of a main part, and two fragmentary sections (one at the beginning and one at end) that were probably added as flyleaves at some point after the second half of the 14th century. The main part (ff. 5-156) is a diverse compilation written roughly in the last quarter of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 12th century-2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1124. 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

1125. Cotton MS Augustus I i 19

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus I i 19
Title:
Plan of the town of Dover and its proposed new harbour, perhaps drawn by Vincenzo Volpe (Vincent Wolff)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1126. Cotton MS Augustus II 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 1
Title:
William Vertue (?), Design for a proposed funerary monument for King Henry VI of England (r. 1422–1461, 1470–1471) at Westminster Abbey
Scope & Content:
Design in pen and grey-brown washes for a monument proposed for the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey constructed by King Henry VII, linked to an effort to canonize Henry VI. The shrine was never built: a tomb for Henry VII and his queen was instead erected on the site. Inscribed in a 17th-centu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1510-1515
Extent:

Parchment leaf

1127. Cotton MS Claudius C IV

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius C IV
Title:
Extracts from the Red Book of the Exchequer (London, The National Archives, E 164/2) and other records, including excerpts from the Strata Florida Chronicle (248r–258v) and the Neath Chronicle (259r–v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; French (244r–v, 246r–v); English (267r)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

1128. Cotton MS Titus A XXI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus A XXI
Title:
Mariale (2r–45v); prayer for healing a sick person (46r: Dean 440); prayers and Psalms (46r–90r); hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary (90v–91r); verse on courtly virtues (Dean 251: 91v)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Latin; Latin and Anglo-Norman French (46r); Anglo-Norman French (91v) Dated: last quarter of the 12th century; middle of the 13th century (46r); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century (90v–91v) Description of music from Augustus Hughes-Hughes, Catalogu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
1 item

1129. Cotton MS Titus D XXVI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Titus D XXVI
Title:
Liturgical and computistical collection (‘Ælfwine’s Prayerbook’), including rules of confraternity
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Titus D XXVII and Cotton MS Titus D XXVI originally formed one manuscript which began with Cotton MS D XXVII and was followed by Cotton MS D XXVI (see Henel, De temporibus anni (1942)). Contents: f. 1r-v: An early modern table of contents. f. 2r-v: Directions for devotions added in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
3rd decade of the 11th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

1130. Cotton MS Augustus II 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Augustus II 28
Title:
Grant of King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons (d. 858) to Dudda (Ithda)
Scope & Content:
King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons, the men of Kent, and all the southern people grants a vill in Canterbury with 22 appurtenant acres (iugera) to Dudda (Ithda); dated 839 (Sawyer, no. 287). With a confirmation by King Alfred of the West Saxons, and note of the purchase of this estate by Lulla f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 9th century-2nd half 10th century
Extent:

Parchment leaf

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