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Cotton MS Vespasian A X
- Record Id:
- 040-001103171
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000294
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian A X
- Title:
- Alan of Lille, Anticlaudianus (2r–45r); Brutus, dedicated to Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (1153–95) (45v–52r: Walther 3231); summarium of Anticlaudianus (52v–53v)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103171 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian A X : Alan of Lille, Anticlaudianus (2r–45r); Brutus, dedicated to Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (1153–95)… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0908]/040-001103171
- 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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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: intact
Materials: paper (ff. i, 1, 54); parchment (ff. 2–53)
Dimensions: approximately 265 × 140 mm
Foliation: fos. i + 54; i + 1 (ff. i, 1: early modern endleaves) + 52 (ff. 2–53) + 1 (f. 54: early modern endleaf)
Binding: British Library 1984
- Custodial History:
- Previously owned by: John Dee (d. 1609); the Cotton family, Bts, Conington, 17th century
- Administrative Context:
- Origin: British Isles
- Publications:
- Gibson, Margaret, & Nigel F. Palmer, ‘Manuscripts of Alan of Lille, “Anticlaudianus” in the British Isles’, Studi Medievali, 3e series, 28 (1987), pp. 964–65; Walther, Hans, Initia Carminum ac Versuum Medii Aevi Posterioris Latinorum, I (Göttingen, 1969); Ward, H. L. D., & J. A. Herbert, Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 3 vols (London, 1883–1910), I, pp. 277–78
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)