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1. Cotton MS Nero C V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C V
Title:
Marianus Scottus, Chronicon; computistical tables and texts; Bartholomew de Cotton, Historia Anglicana; a bull of Pope Gregory X addressed to the bishops of London and Ely
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-161r: Marianus Scottus (b. 1028, d. 1082/3), Chronicon (Chronicle) with a continuation to 1087 AD including computistical tables (ff. 160v-161r). ff. 162r-285v: Bartholomew de Cotton, Historia Anglicana (English History). ff. 282r-283r: a bull of Pope Gregory X (1272-1276) a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century - 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 3–161

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 3–161
Title:
Marianus Scottus, Chronicon, with a continuation to AD 1087; computistical tables and texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 3r-161r: Marianus Scottus (b. 1028, d. 1082/3), Chronicon (Chronicle) with a continuation to 1087 AD including computistical tables (ff. 160v-161r). [ff. 4r, 159v are blank] Decoration: Several large initials in red; numerous small initials in red, sometimes with simple ornamen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C V

3. Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 162–285

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 162–285
Title:
Bartholomew de Cotton, Historia Anglicana; a bull of Pope Gregory X addressed to the bishops of London and Ely
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains a section of the Historia Anglicana (English History) (books II-III) by Bartholomew de Cotton (d. ?1298). The rest of the original manuscript is now British Library, Royal 14 C I, ff. 20-137, of which book I of the Historia Anglicana taken from Geoffrey of Mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century-Mid 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C V

4. Cotton MS Nero C VI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VI
Title:
John Wheathampstead, Granarium, part I (A–L)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Cotton MS Nero C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII
Title:
William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali; Vita Sancti Augustini Cantuariensis; A Passionale (imperfect); An Easter-table including Annals of Thorney Abbey; Rentals of the Benedictine abbey of Peterborough; an annalistic chronicle; Rental of Nailsbourne and Holway and other memoranda
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-9r: William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali. ff. 10r-28v: Vita Sancti Augustini Cantuariensis. ff. 29r-79v: A Passionale (Lives of Saints) from Christ Church, Canterbury, imperfect. ff. 80r-84v: An Easter-table including the annals of Thorney Abbey. ff. 8...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-16th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

6. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 2–9

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 2–9
Title:
William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-9r: William of St Albans, Passio Sanctorum Albani et Amphibali (The Passion of Saints Alban and Amphibalus), preceded by a prologue (f. 2r); beginning of the prologue: 'Quisquis beatorum martyrum gloriosa certamina'; beginning of the Vita (Life): 'Incipit passio sancti Albani a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

7. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 10–28

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 10–28
Title:
Vita Sancti Augustini Cantuariensis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 10r-28v: Vita Sancti Augustini Cantuariensis (Life of St Augustine of Canterbury), beginning: 'Anno siquidem millesimo quingentesimo lxxxxo sexto, sanctus episcopus Gregorius'. Decoration: One large initial 'A' for 'anno' at the beginning, in red and blue with penwork decoratio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

8. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 29–79

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 29–79
Title:
Passionale (Lives of Saints), imperfect
Scope & Content:
This part consists of a Passionale (Lives of Saints) written in the Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury and which covered the liturgical year. It was originally bound with Harley MS 315 (ff. 1r-39r) and Harley MS 624 (ff. 84r-143v). This volume formed part of a Passionale...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Nero C VII

9. 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

10. Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 85–215

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero C VII, ff 85–215
Title:
Rentals of Peterborough Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 85r-215v: Rentals of the Benedictine abbey of Peterborough, the first of which is dated 1393.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

A part of Cotton MS Nero C VII