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Cotton MS Tiberius B II
- Record Id:
- 040-001102198
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x00024d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059905241.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius B II
- Title:
- Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Edmundi; Hermann the Archdeacon, Miracula Sancti Edmundi; Survey of the manors of the bishop of Ely; Miscellaneous documents
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
This manuscript consists of two different parts, written at different time. Both parts were bound together in the early modern period.
The first part was written in the late 11th century-early 12th century (after 1097) and contains the Passion of St Edmund by Abbo of Fleury and the Miracles of St Edmund by Hermann the Archdeacon.
The second part was produced in Ely in the 2nd quarter of the 13th century, and is related to privileges and other documents of Ely Cathedral.
ff. 2r-19v: Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Edmundi (Passion of St Edmund).
ff. 20r-85v: Hermann the Archdeacon, Miracula Sancti Edmundi (Miracles of St Edmund), long version (imperfect).
ff. 86r-233v: Survey of the manors of the bishop of Ely.
ff. 234v-259v: Account documents related to Ely cathedral.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102198 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Tiberius B II : Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Edmundi; Hermann the Archdeacon, Miracula Sancti Edmundi; Survey of the manors of the bishop… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 2–85 : Abbo of Fleury, Passio Sancti Edmundi; Herman the Archdeacon, Miracula Sancti Edmundi
Cotton MS Tiberius B II, ff 86–259 : A survey of the manors of the bishop of Ely; Account documents related to Ely cathedral.
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- 032-001101582[0446]/040-001102198
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100059905241.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1299
- Date Range:
- 11th century-13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment
Foliation: ff. 259 (+ 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 5 at the end; + 1 unfoliated parchment flyleaf at the beginning).
Binding: British Museum/ British Library, in-house, 1971.
- Custodial History:
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Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: Cotton's shelfmark (f. [v] verso); a table of content written by him (f. 1r); his signature (f. 86r); cited in his catalogues Harley MS 6018 no. 189; Add MS 36789, f. 157r) Add MS 36682 (see Tite, The Early Records (2003)).
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 at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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Blum, Pamela, 'The Saint Edmund Cycle in the crypt at Saint-Denis', in Bury St. Edmunds: Medieval Art, Architecture, Archaelogy and Economy, ed. by Pamela Grandsen (London: British Archeological Association, 1998), pp. 57-68 (p. 67).
Davis, G. R. C., Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain: A Short Catalogue (London: Longmans, 1958), no. 358.
Gameson, Richard, 'The Material Fabric of Early British Books' in The History of the Book in Britain, I: 400-1100 ed. by Richard Gameson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 13-93 (pp. 61, 91).
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. 371.
Gransden, Antonia, ‘The composition and authorship of the De miraculis Sancti Eadmundi attributed to “Hermann the Archdeacon”’, Journal of Medieval Latin, 5 (1995), 1-52 (pp. 2–4).
Ker, N. R., Catalogue of Manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957), p. 210.
Ker, N. R. (ed.), Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, 2nd edn. (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 20.
Licence, Tom, Bury St Edmunds and the Norman Conquest (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2014), p. 158.
Pinner, Rebecca, The Cult of St Edmund in Medieval East Anglia (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2015), pp. 63-64, 58.
Rouse, R. H., 'Bostonus Buriensis and the Author of the Catalogus Scriptorum Ecclesie', Speculum, 41 (1966), 471-99 (p. 484).
Sharpe Richard and Willoughby James, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain (Oxford: The Bodleian Libraries, 2015) [accessed 20 March 2017].
Thomson, R. M., 'The Library of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in the Eleventh and Twelfth centuries', Speculum, 47 (1972), 617-45 (p. 626).
Tite, Colin, The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library (London: The British Library, 2003), p. 106.
Watson, Andrew G., Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c. 700-1600 in The Department of Manuscripts The British Library, 2 vols (London: British Library, 1979), nos. 553 and 554.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This manuscript is part of The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project: Manuscripts from the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, 700-1200.