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Cotton MS Vespasian B XI
- Record Id:
- 040-001103238
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0002ad
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064365827.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B XI
- Title:
- The Hagnaby Chronicle; The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Marguerite de Baux and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol; The Dover Chronicle; Vita Abbatum Croylandiae; a fragment of a rental; Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris, De Genealogia Regum Anglorum; a Franciscan chronicle; a verse chronicle; a theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 2r-61v: The Hagnaby Chronicle.
ff. 62r-71v: The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (b.1390, d. 1433), Marguerite de Baux (b. 1394, d. 1469), and Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol (b. 1418, d. 1475).
ff. 72r-79r: The Dover Chronicle.
ff. 80r-82v: Vitae Abbatum Croylandiae (History of the Abbots of Crowland Abbey).
f. 83v: A fragment of a rental.
ff. 84r-108v: Aelred of Rievaulx (b. 1109, d. 1167), Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris (The Life of St Edward the Confessor).
ff. 109r-125r: Aelred of Rievaulx, De Genealogia Regum Anglorum (The Genealogy of the Kings of England).
ff. 126r-137v: A Franciscan chronicle known as the 'Kilkenny Chronicle'.
ff. 139r-144r: A verse chronicle.
ff. 145r-158v: A theological treatise concerning vices and virtues.
[ff. 1v, [61]recto, [61]verso, 72v, 73v, 74v, 75v, 76v, 77v, 78v, 79v, [83]recto, [83]verso, [125]recto-[125]verso, 125v, 126v, 129v, 130v, 131v, 132v, 138r, 139v, 140v, 141v, 142v, 143v, 144v are blank].
Decoration:
See Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 2-61, Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 62-71, Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 72-79, Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 80-82, Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, f 83, Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 84-125, Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 126-137, Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 139-144, Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 145-158.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103238 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI : The Hagnaby Chronicle; The pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, Marguerite de Baux and Louis de… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 2–61 : Hagnaby Chronicle
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 62–71 : Pedigree of Pierre de Luxembourg, comte de Saint-Po, Marguerite de Baux and Louis de Luxembourg, comte…
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 72–79 : The Dover Chronicle
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 80–82 : Vita Abbatum Croylandiae
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, f 83 : A fragment of a rental
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 84–125 : Aelred of Rievaulx, Vita S. Edwardi Regis et Confessoris; De Genealogia Regum Anglorum
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 126–137 : A Franciscan chronicle known as the 'Kilkenny Chronicle'
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 138–144 : A verse chronicle
Cotton MS Vespasian B XI, ff 145–158 : A theological treatise concerning vices and virtues
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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_100064365827.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1150
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century-2nd half of the 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Materials: Parchment; Paper (f. 138).
Dimensions: 260 × 190 mm (text space: 200 x 140 mm [ff. 2-61]; 200 x 130 mm [ff. 62-71]; 230 x 120 mm [ff. 72-79]; 190 x 130 mm [ff. 80-82]; 21 x 160 mm [f. 83]; 220 x 160 mm [ff. 84-125]; 250 x 150 mm [ff. 126-137]).
Foliation: ff 158 (+ 4 unfoliated flyleaves at the beginning + 3 at the end); f[iv] is a medieval parchment flyleaf; f [60], [61], [83], [125] are medieval parchment leaves.
Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house.
- 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. 177-78); table of contents added on f. 1r; his bookplate (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:
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Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, deposited in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1802), p. 440.
The Libraries of King Henry VIII, ed. by James P. Carley, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues 7 (London: British Library, 2000), pp. 198 (n. H2.1146), 258 (n. H4.48).
Carley, James P, 'The Royal Library as a Source for Sir Robert Cotton's Collection: a Preliminary List of Acquisitions', Electronic British Library Journal (1992), 52-73 (p. 61-62) [accessed 14 August 2018].
Hiatt, Alfred, The Making of Medieval Forgeries: False Documents in Fifteenth-Century England (London: British Library, 2004), p. 41.
Hoste, Anselm, Bibliotheca Aelrediana: A Survey of the Manuscripts, Old Catalogues, Editions and Studies concerning St. Aelred of Rievaulx, Instrumenta Patristica, 2 (Steenbrugge: Abbey of Saint Peter, 1962), p. 124.
Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, deposited in the British Museum, ed. by Joseph Planta (London: Hanson, 1802), p. 440.
Ker, N. R., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 94.
Ker, N. R. and Andrew G. Watson, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books. Supplement to the Second Edition (London: Royal Historical Society, 1987), p. 38.
Tite, Colin G., The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library. Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), pp. 177-78.
Williams, Bernadette, 'The Kilkenny Chronicle' in Colony and Frontier in Medieval Ireland: Essays Presented to J. F. Lydon, ed. by Terry B. Barry, Robin Frame and Katherine Simms (London: Hambledon, 1995), pp. 75-95.
- 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.