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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Name Athelstan, King of the Anglo-Saxons, 924-939 Level [40] File

1. Cotton MS Galba A XVIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Galba A XVIII
Title:
Gallican Psalter (‘Athelstan’ or ‘Galba Psalter’), with additions including a metrical calendar, computistical texts and tables and liturgical texts. A Cottonian composite frontispiece, from the Breviary of Margaret of York.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains 2 separate items bound together for Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631): f. 2r: Cottonian composite frontispiece, formed of cuttings from two devotional manuscripts, pasted to the back of the first folio of the following item. f. 2v-200v: Gallican Psalter (‘Athelstan' or ‘Gal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 9th century
Extent:

Parchment codex.

2. Cotton MS Tiberius A II

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Tiberius A II
Title:
The four Gospels ('Athelstan' or 'Coronation' Gospels)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript consists of 3 separate items: ff. 1r-1v: A cutting from the Breviary of Margaret of York; ff. 2r-2v: Cottonian list of contents; ff. 3r-218v: The four Gospels with prefatory texts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 9th century-4th quarter 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex consisting of 3 items: 218 folios

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