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Cotton MS Augustus II 18

Record Id:

040-001102022

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x000161

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100165156033.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Cotton MS Augustus II 18

Title:

Letter of Bishop Wealdhere of London (fl. 694–704/5) to Archbishop Berhtwald of Canterbury (c.650–731)

Scope & Content:

Letter of Bishop Wealdhere of London, addressed to Archbishop Berhtwald of Canterbury, concerning his attendance at a council to be held at Brentford, Middlesex, on a dispute which had arisen between the king of the West Saxons and the rulers of the East Saxons; 704 × 705 (Sawyer, no. 1428b).

Endorsed in a 12th-century hand, ‘Epistula inutilis.’

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Anglo-Saxon Charters
Cotton Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-001102022

Is part of:

Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts

Cotton MS Augustus II 18 : Letter of Bishop Wealdhere of London (fl. 694–704/5) to Archbishop Berhtwald of Canterbury (c.650–731)

Hierarchy:

032-001101582[0306]/040-001102022

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Parchment leaf

Digitised Content:

https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165156033.0x000001

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Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

0704

End Date:

0705

Date Range:

704-705

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 140 × 370 mm.

Script: Insular cursive minuscule.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent.

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton. Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7. Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.

Information About Copies:

Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts, https://bl.uk/manuscripts/.

Publications:

Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War, ed. by Claire Breay and Joanna Story (London: The British Library, 2018), no. 20 [exhibition catalogue].

Gameson, Richard, ‘Writing at Wearmouth-Jarrow’, in Manuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Cultures and Connections, ed. by Claire Breay and Joanna Story with Eleanor Jackson (Dublin: Four Courts, 2021), pp. 28-44 (pp. 42 n. 49, 43; fig. 3.7).

Gneuss, Helmut, Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: A List of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100 (Tempe, AZ, 2001), no. 307.4.

Kelly, S.E., ed., Charters of St Paul's, London, Anglo-Saxon Charters, X (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), pp. 221–23.

Keynes, Simon, and others, The Electronic Sawyer http://esawyer.org.uk/manuscript/965.html [accessed 1 November 2016; bibliography].

Planta, Joseph, ed., A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library Deposited in the British Museum (London: Hansard, 1802), p. 28.

Tite, Colin G.C., The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), pp. 102–03.

Whitelock, Dorothy, trans., English Historical Documents, I, c. 500-1042, 2nd edn (London: Routledge, 1979), no. 164.

Exhibitions:

Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War, British Library, London, 19 October 2018 - 19 February 2019

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)