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Cotton MS Tiberius D III
- Record Id:
- 040-001102278
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x000287
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius D III
- Title:
- Legendary (April–June), comprising: Osbern of Canterbury, Uita, passio et translatio sancti Elphegi (1r–13r: BHL 2518–19); Eadmer of Canterbury, Uita et miracula sancti Anselmi (13r–44r: BHL 526–27, 534); Passio sancti Epipodii (44r–45v: BHL 2574); Passio sancti Georgii (45v–47r: BHL 3375); Passio sancti Alexandri (47r–48r: BHL 279, 2575); Passio sancti Marci euangeliste (48r–49v: compare BHL 5276); Caesarius of Arles, Sermones ccviii, cxliv (49v–50v); Hugh of Cluny, Uita sancti Hugonis abbatis (50v–54v: BHL 4012); Ps.-Ambrose, Passio sancti Geruasii et Protasii (Ps.-Ambrose, epistola ii) (54v–55r: BHL 3514); Passio sancti Torpetis (55r–57r: BHL 8307); Passio sancti Maximi (57r–v: BHL 5829); Uita sancti Philippi apostoli (57v–58r: BHL 6814); Inuentio sancte Crucis (58r–60v: BHL 4169); Passio sanctorum Alexandri pape, Euentii et Theodoli presbyterorum (60v–61v: BHL 269d); Passio sancti Quiriaci (61v–62v, 63v–63r: BHL 7022–25); Peter Damian, Uita sancti Odilonis abbatis (63r, 64r–69v: BHL 6282); hymn for St Odilo (69v: not in Dreves); Lectiones in natale sancti Iohannis ante portam latinam (69v–70v); Peter Damian, Sermo sancti Iohannis ante portam latinam (sermo lxiv) (70v–74v); Uita sancti Iohannis Beverlacensis (74v–75r: BHL 4346); Passio sancti Victoris (75r–77r: compare BHL 8580); Sermo in translatione sancti Andree apostoli (77r–83r: not in Schneyer); Sermo de sancto Andrea (83r–85r: not in Schneyer); Gregory of Tours, Liber de miraculis sancti Andree apostoli (85r–93r: BHL 430); foundation-legend of St Andrews, version A (93r–94r: compare BHL 436); Translatio sancti Nicholai episcopi (94r–100r); Passio sancti Gordiani et Epimachii (100r–101r: BHL 3612); Passio sancti Pancratii (101r–102r: BHL 6421); Passio sanctorum Nerei et Achillei (102r–104r: BHL 6058); Rescriptum Marcelli (104r–v: BHL 6060); Uita sanctorum Petronille et Felicule (104v–105v: BHL 6061); Passio sanctorum Nerei et Achillei (105v: BHL 6063); Passio sanctorum Eutychetis, Victorini et Maronis (105v–106r: BHL 6064); Uita sancti Seruatii Tungrensis episcopi (106r–107r: BHL 7611); Nauigatio sancti Brendani abbatis (107r–118r: BHL 1437); Ps.-Pastor, Relatio de titulo sancte Potentiane (118r–v: BHL 6991); Osbern of Canterbury, Uita et miracula sancti Dunstani archiepiscopi (118v–134v: BHL 2344–45, imperfect); Uita sancti Augustini archiepiscopi (135r–142v: imperfect); Epistola Cuthberti de obitu Bede, Insular version (142v–143r: BHL 1068); Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, v.24 and preface (143r–v: excerpts); Bede, Historia abbatum Wiremuthensis et Giruensis (143v–149r: BHL 8968); Venantius Fortunatus, Uita sancti Germani Parisiacensis episcopi (149r–156v: BHL 3468); Passio sancti Cononis (156v–157v: BHL 1912); Archanald, Uita sancti Maurilii episcopi (157v–159r: compare BHL 5731); Passio sanctorum Marcellini presbyteri et Petri exorciste (159r–161r: BHL 5231); Passio sancti Erasmi episcopi (161r–163v: BHL 2580); Passio sancti Bonifacii (163v–165v: BHL 1413); Willibald, Uita sancti Bonifacii episcopi (165v–175v: BHL 1400); Passio sancti Iuliani (175v–176r: BHL 4540); Uita sancti Medardi episcopi (176r–177v: compare BHL 5864); Passio sanctorum Primi et Feliciani (177v–179v: BHL 6922); Turgot of Durham, Uita Margarite regine Scottorum (179v–186r: BHL 5325); Aelred of Rievaulx, Uita sancti Niniani episcopi (186r–191r: BHL 6239); Miracula sancti Niniani episcopi (191r–192r: BHL 6240); Adomnán, Uita sancti Columbe episcopi (192r–216v: BHL 1886, 1888); the disciples and genealogy of St Columba (216v–217r); Simeon, Verse for St Columba (217r); Passio sancti Getulii et sociorum (217r–218r: compare BHL 3524); Uita sancti Barnabe apostoli (218r–219r: compare BHL 987); Passio sanctorum Nazarii et Celsi (219r–220v: BHL 6040); Passio sanctorum Viti, Modesti et Crescentie (220v–223v: BHL 8712b); Passio sanctorum Ciryci et Iulitte (223v: compare BHL 1806); Folcard, Uita sancti Botulfi abbatis (223v–225v: BHL 1428); Passio sancti Dioscori (225v–227r: BHL 2203e); Passio sancti Marci et Marcelliani (227r–228r: compare BHL 5302a); Ambrose, Inuentio sanctorum Geruasii et Protasii (epistola xxii) (228r–230v: BHL 3513); Uita sancti Leutfredi abbatis (230v–231v: not in BHL); Passio sancti Albani (231v–232v: compare BHL 211a); Uita sancte Etheldrithe uirginis (232v–233v: not in BHL); Maximus of Turin (Ps.-Augustine), Sermo in natiuitate sancti Iohannis baptiste (sermo lxv) (233v–234v); Ps.-Augustine, Sermo de natiuitate sancti Iohannis baptiste (235v–r); Passio sanctorum Gallicani, Iohannis et Pauli (235r, 236r–237v: BHL 3236, 3238); Passio sancti Iulii (237v–238v: BHL 4555); Passio sancte Symphorose (238v–239r: BHL 7971a); Passio sancti Irenei episcopi (239r–240v: not in BHL); Passio sanctorum Andochii, Thyrsi et Felicis (240v–241v: compare BHL 424, 426); Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Uita et miracula sancti Iuonis episcopi (241v–248r: compare BHL 4622); Epitome uite et miracule sancti Iuonis episcopi (249r–v: based on BHL 4621)
- Scope & Content:
- Dated: last quarter of the 12th century; 1st quarter of the 13th century (249r–v)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102278 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Tiberius D III : Legendary (April–June), comprising: Osbern of Canterbury, Uita, passio et translatio sancti Elphegi (1r–13r:… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0472]/040-001102278
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1175
- End Date:
- 1224
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: leaves damaged by fire in 1731
Materials: parchment
Dimensions: approximately 380 × 280 mm
Foliation: fos. 249
Binding: British Museum 1852, refurbished at the British Library 2010
- Custodial History:
- Previously owned by: Henry Savile of Banke (d. 1617); Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)
- Administrative Context:
- Origin: British Isles
- Publications:
- Anderson, Alan Orr, & Marjorie Orr Anderson, eds. and trans., Adomnán’s Life of Columba (Oxford, rev. edn., 1991), pp. lvi, lix–lx; Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis [BHL], Subsidia Hagiographica, 6, 2 vols (Brussels, 1898–1901; repr. 1992), & Henricus Fros (ed.), Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis: Novum Supplementum, Subsidia Hagiographica, 70 (Brussels, 1986); Broun, Dauvit, ‘The church of St Andrews and its foundation legend in the early twelfth century: recovering the full text of version A of the foundation legend’, in Simon Taylor (ed.), Kings, clerics and chronicles in Scotland 500-1297: Essays in honour of Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday (Dublin, 2000), pp. 108–14; Dobbie, Elliott van Kirk, The Manuscripts of Cædmon’s Hymn and Bede’s Death Song, With a Critical Text of the Epistola Cuthberti de obitu Bedæ, Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature, 128 (New York, 1937), pp. 81–82; Dreves, Guido Maria, Clemens Blume & Henry Marriott Bannister, Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, 55 vols & indices (Leipzig, 1886–1922; Bern, 1978); Schneyer, Johannes Baptist, Repertorium der lateinischen Sermones des Mittelalters für die Zeit von 1150-1350, 11 vols (Münster, 1969–90)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- it is possible that f. 249 is part of a separate medieval manuscript, subsequently added to this legendary