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1. Cotton MS Vespasian D X

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D X
Title:
A collection of chronicles and historical material including Ralph of Coggeshall, Chronicon Anglicanum and Ralph Niger, Chronica
Scope & Content:
Contents: Chronicles and other historical material copied in the 13th to the 16th centuries, bound together in the early modern period from three formerly separate parts (see Tite: The Early Records (2003), p. 183). ff. 1-3: Flyleaves with lists of contents in an early modern hand; ff. 4-39:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1200-1549
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 4–39

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Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 4–39
Title:
Ralph Niger, Chronicle
Scope & Content:
Contents: Ralph Niger, Chronicle to 1161, with a continuation to 1178
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

3. Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 40–45

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Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 40–45
Title:
Annalistic chronicle, a note on Emperor Justinian, a list of the kings of Wessex and England
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 40r-44r: Annalistic chronicle, 1114–1158. A note in the upper margin of f. 40r in an early-modern hand states, 'Additiones monachi de Cogishale', but this chronicle is believed to have been compiled by the Augustinian cannons of St Osyth's, Essex as a continuation of the precedin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century-1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

4. Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 46–131

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Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 46–131
Title:
Ralph of Coggeshall, Chronicon Anglicanum
Scope & Content:
Contents: Ralph of Coggeshall, Chronicon Anglicanum, from 1066 to 1224; this is the earliest surviving copy of the text, believed to be a working copy as it is written in various hands, one of which was probably Ralph's; there are numerous additions in the margins and on inserted slips of parc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 13th century-Mid 16th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

5. Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 132–137

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Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 132–137
Title:
Cartulary of the Honour of Leicester
Scope & Content:
Contents: Cartulary of the Honour (Feudal Barony) of Leicester
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

6. Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 138–143

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Cotton MS Vespasian D X, ff 138–143
Title:
Irish historical memoranda
Scope & Content:
Contents: Irish historical memoranda, including: f. 138v: obits of the Butler family, 1285–1515; ff. 139r-140v: Dublin Chronicle, 948–1165; f. 142r: Notes referring to Sligo f. 143: Notes referring to the de Lacy; family. Decoration: Pen-flourished initials in brown (ff. 139r-140v), 142r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of a parchment codex

7. 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

8. Cotton MS Vespasian D XII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XII
Title:
Glossed Hymnal
Scope & Content:
Contents: [f. 1r: Removed 16 December 1912 and bound with other leaves as Royal MS 13 D. i*. Table of contents by William Dugdale on 1v.] f. 2r: Fragment of an account roll (wardrobe?) f. 3r: Table of contents by Richard James. f. 4r: Introductory note, from Isidore, De ecclesiasticis offici...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 11th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

9. Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f 2
Title:
Fragment of an account roll (wardrobe?)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D. xii.

10. Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f 157

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Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f 157
Title:
Fragment of a missal
Scope & Content:
f. 157: Leaf of a Missal including a fragment for an office of St Nectan.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D. xii.