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Cotton MS Vespasian B VII
- Record Id:
- 040-001103231
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0002a9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B VII
- Title:
- List of the kings of Wessex and England (4r–v); statutes of England (4v–99v); Modus tenendi Parliamentum (100r–104v); tract on the steward of England (104v–105v); tract on the marshal of England (105v–107r)
- Scope & Content:
- Dated: last quarter of the 14th century, with occasional additions to 1st half of the 16th century
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103231 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian B VII : List of the kings of Wessex and England (4r–v); statutes of England (4v–99v); Modus tenendi Parliamentum… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0929]/040-001103231
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1375
- End Date:
- 1549
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 14th century-1st half of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: intact
Materials: parchment; paper (f. 2)
Dimensions: approximately 255 × 175 mm
Foliation: fos. i + 107 + ii; i (f. i: early modern endleaf) + 1 (f. 1) + 1 (f. 2: Cottonian title-page) + 105 (ff. 3-107) + ii (ff. ii-iii: early modern endleaves)
Binding: British Museum 1959, reusing the 1st half of the 17th century Cottonian boards
- Custodial History:
- Previously owned by: Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)
- Administrative Context:
- Origin: England
- Publications:
- Clarke, M. V., Medieval Representation and Consent: A study of early parliaments in England and Ireland, with special reference to the “Modus tenendi Parliamentum” (London, 1936), pp. 359–60, 367
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)