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BL Cotton MS Julius B XIII

BL Cotton MS Faustina B IX

  • Brief introduction and summary of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People from AD 731 (Faustina B IX ff.2-75)
  • Example of verses relating to kings of Scots being squeezed into the available space at the relevant annals (Faustina B IX f.8v)
  • Memorandum about the abbot of Dundrennan borrowing the chronicle (Faustina B IX f.11v)
  • An account of Scottish kings descended from Mael Coluim III and Margaret to the birth of Alexander II (Faustina B IX f.14r)
  • Addition to AD 1133 on the consecration of Nigel as bishop of Ely, possibly added at Thorney Abbey in the 14th century (Faustina B IX f.18r)
  • Foundation of Melrose Abbey, noted in red ink at AD 1136 (Faustina B IX f.18r)
  • AD 1171, the point where the chronicle's 'growth' begins (Faustina B IX f.21r)
  • An account of the transformation of the moon in a letter from the abbot of Glenluce (Faustina B IX f.33v)
  • An inserted folio containing the first part of a letter describing the capture of Damietta in 1219 (Faustina B IX f.38r)
  • A list of burials at Melrose Abbey in the 1180s to 1260s (writing extremely faint from subsequent rubbing) (Faustina B IX f.38v)
  • A note that the abbot of Dundrennan 'received on loan the rest of the chronicle', read more discussion here (Faustina B IX f.46v)
  • Copies of letters relating to the sacking of Jerusalem under AD 1244 (Faustina B IX f.47r)
  • Letters of Emperor Frederick II and Pope Innocent IV on imperial-papal relations under AD 1245 (Faustina B IX f.50r)
  • An inserted folio containing summaries of relations between kings of Scotland and England (Faustina B IX f.54r)
  • An account of some miracles at Melrose (Faustina B IX f.61r)
  • A list of the abbots of Melrose from 1136 to 1273, and those appointed to a bishopric (Faustina B IX f.63v)
  • The declared end of the 'little work' on Simon de Montfort (there is no stated beginning) (Faustina B IX f.73v)
  • Current end of the chronicle, finishing mid-sentence in the 1270 annal (Faustina B IX f.75v)

 

BL Cotton MS Julius B XIII

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BL Cotton MS Faustina B IX

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