Collection of fragmentary works in Old English, including Ælfric of Eynsham's Hexameron, saints' Lives and homilies, Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, and Gregory the Great's Regula pastoralis
Scope & Content:
Cotton MS Otho B X was badly damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731, and only fragments of around 53 of its leaves now remain. Following extensive restoration work undertaken at the British Museum by Sir Frederic Madden (b. 1801, d. 1873) and his assistant N. E. S. A. Hamilton, the fragmen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old
Date Range:
Middle of the 10th century-Middle of the 11th century
Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Old English version) (1r-38v); Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, G-text (39r-47v); Old English Laws (Æthelstan II, Alfred, Ine) (48r-53v)