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Cotton MS Claudius A V
- Record Id:
- 040-001102440
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x00030a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100063642775.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius A V
- Title:
- Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368; William of Malmesbury Gesta Pontificum Anglorum; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi; genealogy of King Henry II of England; Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi; Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Vita Sancti Neoti Abbatis; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Wulfstani Episcopi
- Scope & Content:
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This is a composite manuscript of three parts. The first part, ff. 2r-45r, is a copy of the Peterborough Chronicle, copied in the 2nd half of the 14th century with a continuation added in the 17th century. The second part, ff. 46r-134r, includes William of Malmesbury's (b. c. 1080, d. 1143) Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (Deeds of the Bishops of the English) and Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi (Life of the Blessed Bishop Aldhelm) and a genealogy of King Henry II of England (r. 1154-1189), copied between the 4th quarter of the 12th century and 1st quarter of the 13th century. The third part, ff. 135r-199v, is a collection of saints' lives, copied between the 4th quarter of the 12th century and 1st quarter of the 13th century.
ff. 2r-45r : Pseudo-John of Peterborough (fl. 1369), Peterborough Chronicle from AD 654-868, 890-1368.
ff. 46r-129v: William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1080, d. 1143), Gesta Pontificum Anglorum.
ff. 129v-133v: William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi.
f. 134r: Genealogy of King Henry II of England (1154-1189).
ff. 135r-138r: Anonymous, Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi (Life of the Blessed Bishop Erkenwald).
ff. 138r-141r: Anonymous, Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis (Life of the Blessed Virgin Winifred).
ff. 141r-145v: Anonymous, Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis (Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Winifred).
ff. 145v-160v: Anonymous, Vita Sancti Neoti Abbatis (Life of the Blessed Abbot Neot).
ff. 160v-199v: William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1080, d. 1143), Vita Sancti Wulfstani Episcopi (Life of the Blessed Bishop Wulfstan).
The manuscript contains a few later additions:
f. 1r: An early modern table of contents, added in the so-called 'Stylized Hand' in the library of Sir Robert Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631).
ff. 5v-9r: A continuation of the Peterborough Chronicle for the years AD 869-899, copied in the 1st quarter of the 17th century.
f.45v: Texts and pen trials in Latin and Middle English, added in the 15th and 16th centuries.
f. 200r: A note with date and foliation added in 1876.
[ff. 1v, 134v, 200v are blank].
Decoration:
See Cotton MS Claudius A V ff. 2r-45v, Cotton MS Claudius A V ff. 46r-134r, Cotton MS Claudius A V ff. 135r-199v.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102440 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Claudius A V : Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368; William of Malmesbury Gesta Pontificum… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 2–45 : Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368
Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 46–134 : William of Malmesbury, Gesta Pontificum Anglorum; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi;…
Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 135–199 : Vita Sancti Erkenwaldi Episcopi; Vita Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Miracula Sancte Wenefrede Virginis; Vita…
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1175
- End Date:
- 1624
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Intact.
Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: approximately 250 × 170 mm (text space: approximately 215 x 145 mm [ff. 2r-45v]; approximately 215 x 145 mm [ff. 46r-134r]; approximately 215 x 145 mm [ff.135r-199v]).
Foliation: ff. 200 (+ 2 unfoliated early modern parchment endleaves at the beginning and at the end).
Binding: Post-1600. Cottonian 1st half of the 17th century, repaired at the British Museum in 1839. Brown, gold-tooled leather, the spine is inscribed in gold at the British Museum: 'CHRONICON PETOBURGENSE AD ANN. 1368. WILL. MALMESBUR. HIST. PONTIFIC. ET VITA ALDELMI. VITAE ERKENWALDI WENFREDAE, NEOTI, ET WOLSTANI. MUS. BRIT. BIBL/ COTTON CLAUDIUS A V'.
- Custodial History:
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Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: the table of contents on f. 1r was added by the so-called 'Stylized Hand'; Robert Cotton's name is inscribed on f. 2r; cited in catalogues (see Tite, The Early Records (2003), p. 121).
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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A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library Deposited in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1802), pp. 202-03.
Chronicon Angliæ Petriburgense, ed. by J. A. Giles, Caxton Society (London: Nutt, 1845).
Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores Varii, ed. by Joseph Sparke, 2 vols (London, Bowyer, 1723), pp. 1–114.
Kay, Richard, ‘Walter of Coventry and the Barnwell Chronicle’, Traditio, 54 (1999), 161–63 (p. 166).
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, ed. by Neil Ripley Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 9, 102, 151.
The Saint of London: The Life and Miracles of St. Erkenwald, ed. and trans. by E. Gordon Whatley, Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, (Binghampton, NY: Medieval and Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1989), pp. 1–2.
Summerson, Henry. 'Peterborough, John of (supp. fl. 1369), supposed chronicler and Benedictine monk. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography' «http://www.oxforddnb.com/» [accessed 18 June 2018].
Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae, ed. and trans. by Arthur W. Wade-Evans (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1944), pp. xvi–xvii.
Winterbottom, Michael, ‘A new passage of William of Malmesbury’s Gesta Pontificum’, Journal of Medieval Latin, 11 (2001), 50–59.
William of Malmesbury, Saints' Lives: Lives of Saints Wulfstan, Dunstan, Patrick, Benignus and Indract, ed and trans by Michael Winterbottom and Rodney Malcom Thomson (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002) pp. 3–6.
Willelmi Malmesbiriensis Monachi De Gestis Pontificum Anglorum Libri Quinque, ed. by Nicholas Esterhazy Stephen Armytage Hamilton, Rolls Series 52 (London: Longman, 1870), pp. xx–xxi.
- 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.