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1382. Cotton MS Julius F VI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Julius F VI
- Title:
- Historical and topographical collections, 1529-1640
- Scope & Content:
- Collection of historical letters and papers, principally from the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI and I. From the collection of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Partly assembled by Cotton and William Camden (1551–1623), historian an...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1529-1640
- Extent:
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1 volume
1383. Cotton MS Galba D III
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Galba D III
- Title:
- Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1588–1589
- Scope & Content:
- Records and papers concerning England and the Low Countries, 1588-1589. ff. 3r-4v Letter from Sir William Russell to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Reporting the dangers he apprehends for Flushing. Flushing, January 2 1587-8. ff. 5r-6v Memorandum for Joachim Ortell, agent sent from the Stat...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1588-1589
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1384. Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian C VIII
- Title:
- Records and papers (originals and transcripts) concerning Anglo-Spanish relations, 1587-1603
- Scope & Content:
- This is a collection of transcripts and original documents. A number of documents are identified as gifts, or translations from the papers of, the Spanish Ambassador (Gondomar) in 1615 ((ff. 11*r, 276r-v, 281r-284r, 289r-293v). Some of the documents probably came from Robert Beale. The document...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1587-1631
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1385. Cotton MS Vespasian D II
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D II
- Title:
- Penitential and similar texts including excerpts from Gennadius of Marseilles, Liber Ecclesiasticorum Dogmatum, and Bernard of Clairvaux, Parabolae; Canones Penitentiales Secundum Ieronimum; Fulbert of Chartres, De Peccatis Capitalibus; anonymous penitential texts; Adso of Montier-en-Der, De Ortu et Tempore Antichristi; Pseudo-Jerome, Quindecim Signa Ante Iudicium; a collection of sermons for liturgical feasts, including sermons by St Wulfstan, St Augustine of Hippo, St John Chrysostom, and ...
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a large collection of penitential texts, papal decrees, conciliar canons, liturgical and theological treatises, sermons, miracles and exempla. Although the manuscript has previously been dated to the 11th or 12th century, the identification of sermons by Geoffrey Babio (...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
- Extent:
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A parchment codex
1386. Cotton MS Titus B VII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Titus B VII
- Title:
- Letters to the Earls of Leicester, Sussex and others
- Scope & Content:
- Letters to the earls of Leicester, Sussex, and others, mainly from the reign of Elizabeth I and James I (1558-1625). f. 1r partial contents list of letters. ff. 2r-3v Letter from Robert Zinzan to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Reporting his delivery of the Queen’s present of horses to King ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1558-1625
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1387. Cotton MS Caligula C II
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula C II
- Title:
- Records and papers (primarily originals) concerning England and Scotland, 1569–1572.
- Scope & Content:
- This volume is a rich source of materials for Anglo-Scottish relations and the issue of Mary, Queen of Scots in English and Scottish politics between 1570 and 1572 (there is one document, and possibly another, from 1569). It includes original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots (r: 1542–1567;...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
- Date Range:
- 1570-1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume.
1388. Cotton MS Otho E IV
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Otho E IV
- Title:
- Letter-book of Sir Henry Brooke alias Cobham (d. 1592) as English Ambassador in France, 1580-1582
- Scope & Content:
- This is the letter-book (1580-1582) of Sir Henry Brooke alias Cobham (1537-1592), English Ambassador in France. (Cobham preferred to use the family title of Cobham as surname rather than the actual family name of Brooke). The volume was badly damaged in the fire of the Cotton MSS in 1731, so na...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1580-1582
- Extent:
- 1 volume.
1389. Cotton MS Vespasian C XII
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian C XII
- Title:
- Records and papers concerning England and Spain, 1262-1509
- Scope & Content:
- Papers concerning England and Spain, 1262-1509. Including the marriage contract of Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486-1502), and Katherine of Aragon (1485–1536) in 1497 (ff. 227r-237v), and the marriage contract of Prince Henry, later King Henry VIII (1491–1547), and Katherine of Aragon in 1502 (ff. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Latin, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 1262-1509
- Extent:
- 1 volume
1390. Cotton MS Vespasian F III
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian F III
- Title:
- Correspondence and other documents written or attested by various monarchs
- Scope & Content:
- Correspondence and other documents written or attested by the kings, queens and rulers of England, France, Scotland, Castile, Aragon, Spain, Portugal, Florence, Tuscany, the Holy Roman Empire, Bohemia, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and Russia, including William I of England (1066–1087) and his succes...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Danish, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 11th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume