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1282. Cotton MS Augustus III/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus III/1
- Title:
- A collection of drawings, maps and diagrams from the reign of Henry VIII; prints belonging to or associated with the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a miscellaneous collection of drawings of armies, men-at-arms and landscapes, maps, and what are thought to be the original designs for King Henry VIII’s tents for the Field of Cloth of Gold. The second volume is now bound as Cotton MS Augustus III/2. Cotton MS Augustus...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, German, and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1500-c 1577
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1283. Cotton MS Caligula D V
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula D V
- Title:
- Original documents relating to England and France in the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI of England
- Scope & Content:
- Bound fragments from a volume which originally consisted of 219 leaves, containing documents relating to the transactions between England and France in the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI of England. The volume was badly damaged in the Cotton Library fire of 1731 and some of the leaves were lost ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman, English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 15th century-1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1284. Cotton MS Vespasian D XI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XI
- Title:
- Lawrence of Durham, Consolatio de Morte Amici; Hypognosticon; Oratio pro Laurentio; Oratio pro Naufragis; Oratio pro Iuvenibus Compeditis (imperfect); Oratio pro Milone (imperfect); Maledictio
- Scope & Content:
- This 12th-century manuscript contains works by Lawrence of Durham (b. c. 1110, d. 1154), poet, hagiographer, and prior of Durham Cathedral Priory. The manuscript primarily contains the Hypognosticon (‘Abbreviation’), a poem that recounts the biblical history of mankind from its creation until pr...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex
1285. Cotton MS Tiberius A II
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius A II
- Title:
- The four Gospels ('Athelstan' or 'Coronation' Gospels)
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript consists of 3 separate items: ff. 1r-1v: A cutting from the Breviary of Margaret of York; ff. 2r-2v: Cottonian list of contents; ff. 3r-218v: The four Gospels with prefatory texts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter 9th century-4th quarter 15th century
- Extent:
-
A parchment codex consisting of 3 items: 218 folios
1286. Cotton MS Domitian A I
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A I
- Title:
- Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés's Bella Parisiace urbis, book 3 followed by glosses on a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Computistical tables; a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Bede, De die iudicii; a Latin colophon of three hexameters, a recipe in Old English and a list of books; Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae; Gerald of...
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains: ff. 2r-55v: Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés's Bella Parisiace urbis, book 3 followed by glosses on a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Comp...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- mid-10th century- mid-16th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
1287. Cotton MS Nero D IV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero D IV
- Title:
- Gospel-book (‘Lindisfarne Gospels’)
- Scope & Content:
- Contents: ff. 3r-5v: St Jerome, Epistle to Pope Damasus ('Novum opus'). ff. 5v-8r: St Jerome, prologue to the Gospels ('Plures fuisse'). ff. 8r-9r: Eusebius, letter to Carpianus. ff. 10r–17v: Canon tables. ff. 18v-19r: Preface to the Gospel of St Matthew. ff. 19r-23v: Chapter lists t...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 700
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1288. Cotton MS Augustus II 26 and 27
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Augustus II 26 and 27
- Title:
- Grant of King Offa of Mercia (d. 796) to Abbot Stithberht; with confirmation by Pilheard, comes of King Coenwulf of the Mercians (d. 821)
- Scope & Content:
- Cotton MS Augustus II 27 (f. 1r): King Offa of Mercia grants 30 hides (manentes) between Harrow(-on-the-Hill) and the Lidding (Wealdstone Brook), Middlesex, and east of the Lidding, to Abbot Stithberht, in exchange for 30 hides at Wicham in Ciltinne; dated 767 (Sawyer, no. 106). Cotton MS Augus...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 8th century
- Extent:
-
Parchment leaf
1289. Cotton MS Faustina B IX
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Faustina B IX
- Title:
- Chronicle of Melrose Abbey; Chronicles of Tynemouth Priory
- Scope & Content:
- A composite manuscript composed of two parts (ff. 2-75, 76-244), both owned by John Leland (b. c. 1503, d. 1552), poet and antiquary, and probably bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The first part (ff. 2-75) was made at Melrose Abbey in Scotland between c. 1174 and the 1st...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Middle and Latin
- Date Range:
- c 1174-1st quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
1290. Cotton MS Nero A X/1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero A X/1
- Title:
- Works of Justus de Justis and theological excerpts
- Scope & Content:
- Cotton MS Nero A X originally contained 4 items, which were bound together by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631) and separated into 2 volumes in 1964. The texts are often referred to as articles 1-6, following the numbering in Thomas Smith, Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptum Bibliothecae Cottonianae (Oxfo...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 1250-1475
- Extent:
-
Parchment codex