Cotton Library

charter of rights agreed between King John of England and the nobility in 1215

set of related medieval English chronicles

late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance

manuscript

Asser (; ; died 909) was a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. After spending a year at Caerwent because of illness, Asser accepted.

thumb|Heliand excerpt from the German Historical Museum

Middle English poem by an unknown author

manuscript collection

Old English poem

sole surviving manuscript of Beowulf

Greek illuminated manuscript

Middle English poem

monastic rule for female anchoresses written in the early 13th century

medieval Latin manuscript relating the early history of the Isle of Man

literary form with examples in Old English, Old Norse, and Icelandic

medieval chronicle

11th-century biblical translation

Old English poem

creative work and scholarly article by David Dumville

11th century manuscript

medieval English cartulary