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2621. Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 1–129

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Cotton MS Otho A VI, ff 1–129
Title:
Old English translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae
Scope & Content:
This is the only surviving copy of the Old English prose and verse translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, with alternating sections in prose and verse. Parts of the text that are now damaged were recorded in Junius's notebook (Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 12). Both this manuscr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 10th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Otho A VI

2622. Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff 170–203

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff 170–203
Title:
Obituary of William I, king of England (1066–87); confraternity agreements; obituaries of Prior Conrad of St Benet of Hulme (d. 1127), and Priors Wibert (d. 1167) and Honorius (d. 1188) of Christ Church, Canterbury; obituary of Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury (1070–89); lectionary fragment; Lanfranc of Bec, Consuetudines; obituary of Louis VII, king of France (1137–80)
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 170v: An obituary of William I, king of England (1066–87). ff. 171r-172v: Confraternity agreements (171r, 172r–v). f. 171v: Obituaries of Prior Conrad of St Benet of Hulme (d. 1127), and Priors Wibert (d. 1167) and Honorius (d. 1188) of Christ Church, Canterbury. f. 173r: An ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 12th century-4th half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C VI

2623. Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, f 157

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, f 157
Title:
Letter of Pope Innocent III addressed to the bishops of Ely, London and Worcester
Scope & Content:
The recto of this folio contains a letter of Pope Innocent III (reigned 1198-1216) addressed to the bishops of Ely, London and Worcester, copied in England in the early 13th century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2

2624. Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 334–356

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 334–356
Title:
Tito Livio Frulovisi, Vita Henrici Quinti; Robert Grosseteste, Epistola
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 334r-355r: Tito Livio Frulovis (b. c. 1400, d. c. 1456)i, Vita Henrici Quinti (Life of Henry V), beginning: 'Cum a primis annis de parente meo suis et equalibus'. ff. 356r-356v: Robert Grosseteste (b. 1175, d. 1253), Epistola (Letter), no. 128 to Pope Innocent IV, beginning: '[D]...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius E III

2625. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 1
Title:
Leaf of a Book of Hours
Scope & Content:
f. 1v: Procession to Calvary miniature, attributed to the Master of the Harvard Hannibal (a Parisian artist active in the early 15th century named after Cambridge (MA), Harvard College Library, Houghton Library, MS Richardson 32), with a gold frame and foliate borders.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1415-1420
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.

2626. Cotton MS Claudius C IX, ff 18–103

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius C IX, ff 18–103
Title:
William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum; Award of Norham, addressed to the abbot and convent of Battle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 18r-102v: William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum. The manuscript contains a later addition: ff. 102v-103r: Award of Norham, 5-6 June 1291 (attested by William March, Treasurer, 9 July 1291), addressed to the abbot and community of Battle, rubricated ‘Compositio inter domi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century-c 1291
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C IX

2627. Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 75

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f 75
Title:
Leaf of a Gospel-book in Latin, containing Old English manumissions
Scope & Content:
Two manumissions and a notice of a guild assembly at Exeter added in blank spaces of a leaf from a Northumbrian Gospel-book with the end of St Matthew's Gospel.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
8th century-1st half of the 11th century
Extent:
Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1

2628. Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 79–86

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vitellius A XII, ff 79–86
Title:
Cummian, Epistola de Controversia Paschali; Bede, Epistola ad Pleguinam de Aetatibus Saeculi
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 79r-83r: Cummian, Epistola de Controversia Paschali (Letter on the Easter Controversy). ff. 83r-86v: Bede the Venerable (d. 673, d. 735), Epistola ad Pleguinam de Aetatibus Saeculi (Letter to Plegwin about the Ages of the World). Decoration: Medium and small initials in black...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XII

2629. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 121–128

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 121–128
Title:
Vita Beati Birini Episcopi (imperfect); Wulfstan of Winchester, Vita Sancti Æthelwoldi Episcopi (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
The folios, copied in the 1st quarter of the 12th century, originally formed the endleaves to a manuscript that originally contained ff. 59-120, 129-209 of the current volume. Contents: ff. 121r–124v: Vita beati Birini episcopi (Life of Saint Birinus). ff. 125r–128v: Wulfstan of Winchester,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

2630. Cotton MS Claudius A XII, ff 84–199

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius A XII, ff 84–199
Title:
Hosteller’s register of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds; William de Montibus, Poeniteas Cito
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 84v-195v: Hosteller’s register of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds. ff. 196r-197v: William de Montibus (d. 1213), Poeniteas Cito (I Urge You to Repent), in a late 12th-century hand, with marginal gloss, beginning: '[P]eniteas cito peccator cum sit miserator'. f. 197v: A colophon: '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-1450
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius A XII

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