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2511. Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 185-186

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 185-186
Title:
Office lections; law-code IV Edgar (excerpt)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain office lections in Latin (f. 185r) and excerpts from the law-code IV Edgar (ff. 185v–186v), copied in the late 10th or early 11th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
late 10th-early 11th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2

2512. Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 2–45

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 2–45
Title:
Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-45r : Pseudo-John of Peterborough (fl. 1369), Peterborough Chronicle from AD 654-868, 890-1368, copied in the 2nd half of the 14th century. A continuation from AD 869-899 (ff. 5v-9r), is copied in an early modern hand from the 1st quarter of the 17th century. This manuscript c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A V

2513. Cotton MS Faustina C I, ff 94–123

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Faustina C I, ff 94–123
Title:
The Rule of St Benedict
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 94r-123r: The Rule of St Benedict [Regula Sancti Benedicti], entitled: ‘Admonitio Sancti Benedicti Abbatis Ad Monachos’. Decoration: 1 large (6-line) arabesque green initial with penwork decoration in red and purple (f. 94r); large (3- or 4-line) arabesque initials in green, pu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton Faustina C I

2514. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 80–84

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 80–84
Title:
Annals of Thorney Abbey and an Easter-table 961–1421
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains some pages of the annals or notes of important events of the Benedictine abbey St Mary the Virgin and St Botolph of Thorney. Entries were placed next to the years in a chart used for calculation of the date of Easter. These five leaves were originally bound together with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century-Mid 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

2515. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 224–225

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 224–225
Title:
Rental of Nailsbourne and Holway and other memoranda
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 224r-225r: A rental of Nailsbourne and Holway (f. 224r) followed by several memoranda. Decoration: No decoration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

2516. Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 306–313

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 306–313
Title:
Jean Froissart, Chroniques (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 306r-313r: Jean Froissart, Chroniques, a fragment recounting the 1366 expedition of Edward the Black Prince to restore Pedro of Castille ('the Cruel') to his throne, beginning, 'et de la communaulte de Castelle', ending 'Responst cyl dist le capitaine'. Decoration: Initials in g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero D. ii.

2517. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v
Title:
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

2518. Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 1-180, 187-188

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero E I/2, ff 1-180, 187-188
Title:
‘Cotton-Corpus legendary’, volume 1 (imperfect) and volume 2 (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain part of the earliest surviving, substantial legendary from England. Together with Cotton Nero E I/1, and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 9, pp. 61-458, these folios originally formed two volumes with 150 texts covering the liturgical year. Part of the first volume is co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero E I/2

2519. Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 3–117

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 3–117
Title:
Jerome, De viris illustribus and Vita Sancti Pauli; extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (i.21–27, 37); extract from Cyprian, Ad Quirinum Testimonia, book iii; computistical texts; and Easter tables
Scope & Content:
This collection of patristic writings appears to have been originally written in the second half of the 8th century at a monastery in the north of what is now France, at a centre with insular links. Some capitula and computus material were added in the first half of the 9th century, especially o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 8th century-1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

2520. Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77
Title:
Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note of the age of the world; 'Kentish Psalm' (Old English paraphrase of Psalm 50); Disticha Catonis (incomplete); hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various Biblical texts, notes, and hymns in Latin and Old English. Apart from the additions on ff. 76v–77v, most of this text may have been copied between the middle of the 10th century to 2nd half of the 10th century. These folios include: ff. 2r–37v: Book of Proverbs (Par...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 10th century-1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D VI

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