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Container Reference (shelfmark) Cotton MS Caligula A VIII Place Northern England Digitised Content No

1. Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 28–58
Title:
Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu ending with an epitome of Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum; De VII Mirabilibus Mundi; Historia Brittonum (‘Gildasian’ recension, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
These folios contain various historical texts copied in the north of England in the 3rd quarter of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 28r–43r: Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu (The Book about the First Arrival of the Saxons or Normans). ff. 36r–43r: An epitome of Symeon of Dur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

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