The current codex transmits a historiographic tract composed by the tenth-century Melkite patriarch of Alexandria, Saʿīd ibn Batṛīq/Eutychius of Alexandria (877-940 CE). In this tract, ibn Batṛīq drew on historical accounts in Patristic times, as well as on Muslim chronography, hagiography etc...
The Cotton Manuscripts contains a variety of material, much of it relating to the history, literature and culture of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. It is particularly rich in: (a) manuscripts written in Old English; (b) monastic cartularies; (c) saints’ Liv...