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Cotton MS Caligula A XV
- Record Id:
- 040-001102356
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x0002c6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058106204.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A XV
- Title:
- Jerome, De viri illustribus, Jerome, Vita S Pauli, extracts from Isidore's Eymologiae, book III of Cyprian's Ad Quirinum Testimonia, De computo paschali, compustical texts, prognostic material, charms, annals of Christ Church, Canterbury, extracts from Ælfric's De temporibus anni, and notes on topics like the ages of the world.
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript contains:
ff. 1v-2v: an early modern list of contents;
ff. 3-117: Jerome's De viri illustribus (Clavis Patrum Latinorum 616) and Vita S Pauli (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 6596), extracts from Isidore's Eymologiae (Books 1, 3) Clavis Patrum Latinorum 1186), book III of Cyprian's Ad Quirinum Testimonia (Clavis Patrum Latinorum 39), De computo paschali (once attributed to Cassiodorus), and computus texts, written in the region around northeastern France in the second half of the 8th century;
ff. 118-120: blank leaves;
ff. 120-53: compustical and prognostic material, charms, annals of Christ Church, Canterbury, extracts from Ælfric's De temporibus anni, and notes on topics like the ages of the world, and written at Chirst Church, Canterbury, in the late 11th century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102356 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Caligula A XV : Jerome, De viri illustribus, Jerome, Vita S Pauli, extracts from Isidore's Eymologiae, book III of Cyprian's Ad… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 3–117 : Jerome, De viris illustribus and Vita Sancti Pauli; extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae…
Cotton MS Caligula A XV, ff 120–153 : A collection of computistical texts and tables (imperfect), charms, prognostics, Easter-table annals for…
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- 032-001101582[0503]/040-001102356
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058106204.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
Runic - Start Date:
- 0760
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- late 8th century - late 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment and ink.
Dimensions: 230 × 220 mm (text block ranges from 175 x 130 mm to 200 x 165 mm).
Foliation: ff. 153 (ff. 1-2 and 118-19 are early modern endleaves, + 2 unfoliated modern paper leaves at the beginning and 2 unfoliated parchment and 1 unfoliated paper leaves at the end).
Script: pre-Caroline French minuscule, Caroline minuscule, English vernacular minuscule, early Protogothic.
Binding: BM/BL in-house, July 1957.
- Custodial History:
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Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: owned; his name, a note, and the date '1602' are inscribed on f. 3r; loaned to Francis Tate, John Selden, and William le Neve in the 1st half of the 17th century (see Tite, Early Records (2003), p. 116).
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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Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in theBritish Museum, II, Latin (London, 1884), p. 66.
Tite, Colin C. G., The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: the British Library, 2003), p. 116.
Watson, Andrew G.,Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c. 700-1600 in The Department of Manuscripts The British Library , 2 vols (London, 1979), no. 517.
'London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A xv', at 'Innovating Knowledge', ed. by Evina Steinová ((Huygens Institute, Amsterdam, 2021), online at https://db.innovatingknowledge.nl/#detail/M0171 [accessed 28.01.2022].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)