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Cotton MS Claudius E III
- Record Id:
- 040-001102560
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x000375
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100062813572.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius E III
- Title:
- Ralph of Diceto, Abbreviationes Chronicorum, Ymagines Historiarum; Winchester Chronicle; Henry Knighton, Chronicon; William Rishanger, Opus Chronicorum; Tito Livio Frulovisi, Vita Henrici Quinti; Robert Grosseteste, Epistola
- Scope & Content:
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This composite manuscript is made out of four parts. The first part contains the Abbreviationes Chronicorum (Abbreviations of Chronicles) and the Ymagines Historiarum (Images of Histories) by Ralph of Diceto (b. c. 1130, d. 1202), as well as the Winchester Chronicle. The second part was made in the 15th century and includes the Chronicon (Chronicle) of Henry Knighton (d. 1396). The third part contains the Opus Chronicorum (Chronicle Work) attributed to William Rishanger (b. 1250, d. 1312). The fourth part preserves the Vita Henrici Quinti (Life of Henry V) by Tito Livio Frulovisi (b. c. 1400, d. c. 1456) and Robert Grosseteste's (b. 1175, d. 1253) Epistola (Letter) to Pope Innocent IV.
Contents:
ff. 3v-62v: Ralph of Diceto, Abbreviationes Chronicorum, beginning: 'In opusculo sequenti trium temporum scilicet ante legem'.
ff. 63r-153r: Ralph of Diceto, Ymagines Historiarum, beginning: 'Henricus Gaufridi Plantegenest comitis Andegavorum'.
ff. 154r-168r: Winchester Chronicle, beginning: 'Ab incarnatione Domini nostri Ihesu Christi quid per annos mille'.
ff. 169r-307r: Henry Knighton, Chronicon, beginning: 'Hoc opusculum post preclaros retroactorum eventuum in regno Anglie et eius confinibus luculentos cronografos'.
ff. 308r-333r: William Rishanger (b. 1250, d. 1312), Opus Chronicorum, beginning: '[A]nno gracie millesimo ducentesimo quinquagesimo nono rex Anglorum Henricus'.
ff. 334r-355r: Tito Livio Frulovisi (b. c. 1400, d. c. 1456), Vita Henrici Quinti, beginning: 'Cum a primis annis de parente meo suis et equalibus'.
ff. 356r-356v: Robert Grosseteste (b. 1175, d. 1253), Epistola (no. 128 to Pope Innocent IV), beginning: '‘[D]omino pape et cardinalibus. Noverit discretion'.
[ff. 1r, 1v, 2v, 3r, 168v are blank].
Decoration:
See Cotton Claudius E III, ff. 3v-168, 169-307, 308-333, 334-356.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102560 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Claudius E III : Ralph of Diceto, Abbreviationes Chronicorum, Ymagines Historiarum; Winchester Chronicle; Henry Knighton, Chronicon;… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 3–168 : Ralph of Diceto, Abbreviationes Chronicorum, Ymagines Historiarum; Winchester Chronicle
Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 169–307 : Henry Knighton, Chronicon
Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 308–333 : William Rishanger, Opus Chronicorum
Cotton MS Claudius E III, ff 334–356 : Tito Livio Frulovisi, Vita Henrici Quinti; Robert Grosseteste, Epistola
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- 032-001101582[0598]/040-001102560
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
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A parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100062813572.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
English, Middle
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1197
- End Date:
- 1450
- Date Range:
- 1197-1450
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Intact.
Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 415 x 295 mm (text space: ff. 3-168: 238-321 x 180-250 mm; ff. 169-307: 285-290 x 170-180 mm; ff. 308-333: 280-290 x 175-180 mm; ff. 334-356: 275-280 x 180 mm).
Script: ff. 3-168: Gothic, above top line; ff. 169-356: Gothic cursive.
Foliation: ff. 356 (+ 2 unfoliated early modern flyleaves at the beginning + 2 at the end).
Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house. Rebound in 1983.
- Custodial History:
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Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: cited in Cotton's catalogues (see Tite, Early Records (2003), p. 128-29); table of contents written by his librarian Richard James (f. 2r); his bookplate (upper and lower cover).
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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Carley, James P., ‘William Rishanger’s Chronicles and History Writing at St. Albans’, in A Distinct Voice: Medieval Studies in Honor of Leonard E. Boyle, O.P., ed. by Jacqueline Brown and William P. Stoneman (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 1997), pp. 71-102.
Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Cottonianæ (Oxford: Sheldon, 1696), pp. 44-45.
Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, deposited in the British Museum (London: British Museum. 1802), p. 198.
Galbraith, Vivian H., ‘The chronicle of Henry Knighton’, in Fritz Saxl 1890-1948: A Volume of Memorial Essays From his Friends in England, ed. by Donald J. Gordon (London: Nelson, 1957), pp. 136-48.
Greenway, Diana E., ‘Historical writing at St Paul’s’, in St Paul’s: The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004, ed. by Derek Keene (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004), pp. 151-56.
Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge, English Historical Literature in the Fifteenth Century (Oxford: Franklin, 1913), pp. 50-56.
Mantello, Frank A. C., ‘“Optima epistola”: a Critical Edition and Translation of Letter 128 of Bishop Robert Grosseteste’, in A Distinct Voice: Medieval Studies in Honor of Leonard E. Boyle, O.P., ed. by Jacqueline Brown and William P. Stoneman (Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University, 1997), pp. 277-301.
Martin, Geoffrey, ‘Knighton’s Lollards’, in Lollardy and the Gentry in the Later Middle Ages, ed. by Margaret Aston and Colin Richmond (Stroud: Sutton, 1997), pp. 28-40.
Möhring, Hannes, ‘Zwei aiyübidische Briefe an Alexander III. und Lucius III. bei Radulf de Diceto zum Kriegsgefangenproblem’, Archiv für Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel- und Wappenkunde, 46 (2000), 197-216.
Previté-Orton, Charles W., ‘The Earlier Career of Titus Livius de Frulovisiis’, English Historical Review, 30 (1915), 74-78.
Radulfi de Diceto Decani Lundoniensis Opera Historica. The Historical Works of Master Ralph de Diceto, ed. by William Stubbs, Rolls Series, 2 vols (London: Longman, 1876), I, pp. xc-xci.
Tite, Colin G. C., The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), pp. 128-29.
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), no. 521.
Weiss, Roberto, Humanism in England During the Fifteenth Century, 3rd. edn (Oxford: Blackwell, 1967), pp. 41-45.
Weiss, Roberto, ‘Humphrey Duke of Gloucester and Tito Livio Frulovisi’, in Fritz Saxl 1890-1948: A Volume of Memorial Essays from His Friends in England, ed. by Donald J. Gordon (London: Nelson, 1957), pp. 218-27.
- 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.