Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

Psalter leaf:c. 1350 to c. 1360; Latin; origin England; owned by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)
There is currently no digital coverage available for this item. The leaf has been removed to form Royal MS 13 D I*, f 37.

Cottonian endleaf:17th century; Latin; origin England; owned by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)

Medieval endleaf, containing historical memoranda:1st half of the 15th century (f 3r); 2nd half of the 16th century (f 3v); Latin (f 3r); French (f. 3v); origin England; owned by Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)

Augustine of Hippo, Soliloquia (ff 4r–59v: imperfect); Gospel of Nicodemus (ff 60r–86v: imperfect); Debate of Saturn and Solomon (ff 86v–93v); homily on St Quintin (f 93v: imperfect);2nd half of the 12th century; Old English; origin England; owned by Southwick Priory (Hampshire); Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)

Homily on St Christopher (ff 94r–98r: imperfect);Marvels of the East (ff 98v–106v);Letter of Alexander to Aristotle (ff 107r–131v);Beowulf (ff 132r–201v);Judith (ff 202r–209v: imperfect):4th quarter of the 10th century or 1st quarter of the 11th century; Old English; origin England; owned by Laurence Nowell (d. c. 1570); Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631) Decoration: A single horned sheep, facing right; two horned sheep, facing left (f 98v); A cock and a hen; a creature with two bodies, two heads and eight legs (f 99r); A double-headed serpent; a serpent on the left and a two-horned beast on the right (f 99v); A cynocephalus, a man with a dog-like head (f 100r); Three dog-like ants attacking a tethered camel, with a man in a tunic on the left with a camel, and a young camel tied to a tree (f 101r); Two elephants, resembling camels; a two-faced man (f 101v); A naked man holding a plant; two men talking, and between them a lertix, a sheep-like beast (f 102r); A man with his eyes and mouth in his chest; two snakes, each 150 feet long; a centaur with a bangle on each wrist (f 102v); Two wheels side-by-side (f 103r); A tree from which balsam grows; a donestre, a beast-headed man, on the left holding a human leg and foot, and a man on the right (f 103v); A man with ears projecting on stems, holding a (?)bow (f 104r); A long-haired man in a cloak and tunic, whose eyes shine at night like lamps; the temple called Beliobiles (f 104v); A golden vine-tree; three people talking, representing a kindly nation who rule the Red Sea, where the best pearls are found (f 105r); A bearded woman facing right, and an upright beast; a long-haired woman holding a plant (f 105v); A man sittong on a cushion under an arch; two catini, open-mouthed beasts like dogs; a robed man with a staff, extending his hand to another man (f 106r); A man lifting a woman; a tree on which gems grow; two men representing the race of Ethiopians (f 106v).