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1. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV
Title:
(1) Old English adaptations of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia and other texts (known as the 'Southwick Codex'); (2) Beowulf, The Marvels of the East, Judith, and other texts in Old English (known as the 'Nowell Codex')
Scope & Content:
This volume, containing the unique medieval copy of Beowulf and other important texts in Old English, comprises two manuscripts of different origin and date, bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631). The so-called 'Southwick Codex' (ff. 4–93), named after its medieval home, was ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old, French, and Latin
Date Range:
990s-2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

1 volume

2. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 4r–93v
Title:
The 'Southwick Codex', containing Old English versions of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia; Gospel of Nicodemus; Debate of Saturn and Solomon (prose version); a homily on St Quintin
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Southwick Codex' due to their later medieval provenance, contain four texts in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the 2nd half of the 12th century. ff. 4r–59v: the Old English version of Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia (imperfect); ff. 60r–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

3. Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, ff 94r–209v
Title:
The 'Nowell Codex', containing a homily on St Christopher; The Marvels of the East; Letter of Alexander to Aristotle; Beowulf; Judith
Scope & Content:
These folios, sometimes called the 'Nowell Codex', contain several works in Old English, copied as a discrete unit in England in the very late 10th century or the early decades of the 11th century. The hands of two scribes can be distinguished, responsible for writing ff. 94r–175v (line 3) and f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
990s or 1st quarter of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

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