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Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV
- Record Id:
- 040-001103180
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000298
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060437329.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV
- Title:
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Calendar, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, 'Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto, and an Altercatio inter Urbanum et Clementem; Letter-book of Archbishop Wulfstan
- Scope & Content:
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This is a composite manuscript, containing texts made between the early 11th and late 12th century. These include:
ff. 1-105: a calendar, Latin-Old Cornish glossary, documents pertaining to Wales, and lives of Welsh saints ('Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'), which was copied in the 2nd half of 12th century, possibly in Wales;
ff. 106-113: excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto, and an Altercatio inter Urbanum et Clementem, copied in England in the mid-12th century;
ff. 114-179: letter-book of Wulfstan (d. 1023), bishop of Worcester and archbishop of York, including letters by Alcuin and others. It was copied in England, with annotations and additions which may be in Wulfstan's own hand, in the first quarter of the 11th century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103180 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV : Calendar, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, 'Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 1–105 : Calendar; Latin-Old Cornish glossary; De situ Brecheniauc; Vita sancti Gundleii regis; Vita et passio…
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 106–113 : Excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto;…
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 114–179 : Letter-book of Wulfstan (d. 1023), bishop of Worcester and archbishop of York
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- 032-001101582[0912]/040-001103180
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100060437329.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Cornish
English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of 11th century-2nd half 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: parchment and ink.
Dimensions: binding 215 × 185 mm (folios 210 x 145 mm).
Foliation: fos. 1* + 179 (where 1* and the preceding unfoliated parchment folio are early modern endleaves, + 5 other unfoliated, modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and 2 at the end).
Binding: Post-1600.
- Custodial History:
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John Selden (b. 1584, d. 1654), lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar: copied extracts and described, suggesting they were joined by 1618 (see Selden, Historie of Tithes (1618), pp. 217, 218, 250, 261, 276, 277; Tite, 'Early Records' (2003), p. 174).
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: inscribed with his name (ff. 1r, 114r).
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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[Planta, J.], A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, Deposited in the British Museum (London, 1802), p. 436.
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War, ed. by Claire Breay and Joanna Story (London: The British Library, 2018), no. 140 [exhibition catalogue].
Keynes, Simon, ‘The “Canterbury letter-book”: Alcuin and after’, in Manuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Cultures and Connections, ed. by Claire Breay and Joanna Story with Eleanor Jackson (Dublin: Four Courts, 2021), pp. 119-140 (pp. 120, 133-4, 135, 136-9; fig. 9.6).
Selden, John, The Historie of Tithes, that is, the practice of payment of them (London, 1618), pp. 217, 218, 250, 261, 276, 277.
Tite, Colin, The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), p. 174.
Wilcox, Jonathan, ‘The Wolf at work: uncovering Wulfstan’s compositional method’, in Manuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Cultures and Connections, ed. by Claire Breay and Joanna Story with Eleanor Jackson (Dublin: Four Courts, 2021), pp. 141-153 (pp. 142, 143; fig. 10.1).
- Exhibitions:
- Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War, British Library, London, 19 October 2018 - 19 February 2019
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)