1. Cotton MS Otho B X
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Otho B X
- Title:
- 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 fragments w...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Old
- Date Range:
- Middle of the 10th century-Middle of the 11th century
- Extent:
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1 volume