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Cotton MS Nero A VII
- Record Id:
- 040-001102604
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001246.0x000381
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100062968260.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero A VII
- Title:
- Lanfranc, Epistolae; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae; Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi; Bretha Nemed toísech
- Scope & Content:
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This composite manuscript is made out of three parts of different origins, written at different times. The first part (ff. 1-112) was produced in England, probably at Rochester, or Normandy in the last quarter of the 11th century and contains the Epistolae (Letters) of Lanfranc (b. 1005 , d. 1089), theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury. It also includes the Epistolae (Letters) of Anselm of Aosta (b. 1033, d. 1109), theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury. It is the earliest manuscript of Anselm's letters containing only those of his priorate and abbacy at Bec. The second part (ff. 113-131) is a compilation of texts containing the Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Treatise on Saint Patrick's Purgatory) by Henry of Saltrey (fl. c. 1184), several chapters of the Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselmi (The Book on the Sayings of Blessed Anselm) by Alexander of Canterbury (fl. 1109), excerpts from the Gesta Regum Anglorum (The History of the Kings of England) by William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1090, d. c. 1142), De Picturis et Imaginibus (On Paintings and Images) by Agobard of Lyons (c. 779, d. 840) and the Epitome of Pompeius Trogus’ lost Historiae Philippicae (The Histories of King Philip) by Iunianus Iustinus (fl. 3rd century). The third part (ff. 132-157) is a manuscript written in 1571 which contains a legal tract in Old Irish known as Córus bretha neimhedh (Judgments of Privileged Classes).
Contents:
ff. 1r-39v: Lanfranc, Epistolae.
f. 40r: Epitaph for Lanfranc, beginning: ‘hic tumulus claudit’.
f. 40v: A recipe for making red and blue dye.
ff. 41r-112v: Anselm, Epistolae (imperfect at the end).
ff. 113r-120r: Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii, beginning: ‘Patri suo in Christo praeoptato H, abbati de Sartis’.
ff. 120r-122v: Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati Anselm, Chapters 22- 25 of the Miracula (Miracles), an appendix to Alexander’s work.
ff. 123r-131v: William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum, Book 1, Chapter 99 - Book 4, Chapter 368.
f. 131v: Agobard of Lyons, De Picturis et Imaginibus (chapter 20);
f. 131v: Marcus Iunianus Iustinus, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus's lost Historiae Philippicae.
ff. 132r-157v: Córus bretha neimhedh.
Decoration:
See Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff. 1-112, ff. 113-131, ff. 132-157.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102604 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Nero A VII : Lanfranc, Epistolae; Anselm of Canterbury, Epistolae; Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 1-112 : Lanfranc of Canterbury, Epistolae; Epitaph for Lanfranc; A recipe for making red and blue dye; Anselm of…
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 113-131 : Henry of Saltrey, Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii; Alexander of Canterbury, Liber ex Dictis Beati…
Cotton MS Nero A VII, ff 132-157 : Córus bretha neimhedh
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- 032-001101582[0610]/040-001102604
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- 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_100062968260.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Irish, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1075
- End Date:
- 1576
- Date Range:
- c 1075-c 1571
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment (ff. 1*, 1–132, 135–137, 142–143, 148, 152–155, 157); Paper (ff. 133–134, 138–141, 144–147, 149–151, 156).
Dimensions: ff. 1-112: 150 x 120 mm (text space: 120 x 85 mm); ff. 113-131: 150 x 120 mm (text space: 125 x 110 mm); ff. 132-157: 150 x 120 mm (text space: 125 x 100 mm).
Foliation: 1* + ff. 157 (+ 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning + 4 flyleaves at the end); f. 1* is an early modern parchment leaf.
Binding: Post-1600. Gold-tooled brown leather binding with Cotton’s bookplate gold-stamped on the upper cover.
- 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; table of content written by his librarian Richard James (f. 1*r); his arms (front outside 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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Gneuss, Helmut and Michael Lapidge, Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: A List of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014), p. 268.
Making the Medieval Book: Techniques of Production, ed. by Linda L. Brownrigg, Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of The Seminar in the History of the Book to 1500, Oxford, July 1992 (Los Altos Hills, California: Anderston-Lovelace, 1995), p. 60 (fig. 1).
Brown, Michelle P., A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990), p. 70 (pl. 24).
Southern, Richard W., Saint Anselm: A Portrait in a Landscape (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), p. 459 (as 'N').
O’Grady, Standish Hayes, and Robin Flower, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1926), I, pp. 141-46.
A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, Deposited in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1802), p. 203.
- 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.