Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368; William of Malmesbury Gesta Pontificum Anglorum ; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi; genealogy of King Henry II of England; Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi ; Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis ; Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis ; Vita Sancti Neoti Abbatis ; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Wulfstani Episcopi
This is a composite manuscript of three parts. The first part, ff.
2r-45r, is a copy of the Peterborough Chronicle, copied in the 2nd
half of the 14th century with a continuation added in the 17th
century. The second part, ff. 46r-134r, includes William of
Malmesbury's (b. c. 1080, d. 1143) Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (Deeds
of the Bishops of the English) and Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi
(Life of the Blessed Bishop Aldhelm) and a genealogy of King Henry
II of England (r. 1154-1189), copied between the 4th quarter of the
12th century and 1st quarter of the 13th century. The third part,
ff. 135r-199v, is a collection of saints' lives, copied between the
4th quarter of the 12th century and 1st quarter of the 13th
century. ff. 2r-45r : Pseudo-John of Peterborough (fl. 1369),
Peterborough Chronicle from AD 654-868, 890-1368. ff. 46r-129v:
William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1080, d. 1143), Gesta Pontificum
Anglorum. ff. 129v-133v: William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti
Aldhelmi Episcopi. f. 134r: Genealogy of King Henry II of England
(1154-1189). ff. 135r-138r: Anonymous, Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi
Episcopi (Life of the Blessed Bishop Erkenwald). ff. 138r-141r:
Anonymous, Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis (Life of the Blessed
Virgin Winifred). ff. 141r-145v: Anonymous, Miracula Sancte
Wenefrede Virginis (Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Winifred). ff.
145v-160v: Anonymous, Vita Sancti Neoti Abbatis (Life of the
Blessed Abbot Neot). ff. 160v-199v: William of Malmesbury (b. c.
1080, d. 1143), Vita Sancti Wulfstani Episcopi (Life of the Blessed
Bishop Wulfstan). The manuscript contains a few later additions: f.
1r: An early modern table of contents, added in the so-called
'Stylized Hand' in the library of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d.
1631). ff. 5v-9r: A continuation of the Peterborough Chronicle for
the years AD 869-899, copied in the 1st quarter of the 17th
century.f.45v: Texts and pen trials in Latin and Middle English,
added in the 15th and 16th centuries. f. 200r: A note with date and
foliation added in 1876. [ff. 1v, 134v, 200v are blank].Decoration:
See Cotton MS Claudius A V ff. 2r-45v, Cotton MS Claudius A V ff.
46r-134r, Cotton MS Claudius A V ff. 135r-199v.
