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Cotton MS Vespasian B XII
- Record Id:
- 040-001103249
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0002ae
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B XII
- Title:
- Verse prologue (3r–4r: Boffey no. 202); William Twiti, The Art of Hunting (5r–9r); Edward, 2nd duke of York (d. 1415), The Master of Game (10r–106r)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103249 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian B XII : Verse prologue (3r–4r: Boffey no. 202); William Twiti, The Art of Hunting (5r–9r); Edward, 2nd duke of York (d.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0934]/040-001103249
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English, Middle
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1430
- End Date:
- 1470
- Date Range:
- Mid 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Condition: intact
Materials: parchment
Dimensions: approximately 260 × 210 mm
Foliation: fos. 108
Binding: British Museum 1964
- Custodial History:
- Previously owned by: John Herbert, last quarter of the 15th century; King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547); the Cotton family, Bts, Conington, 17th century
- Administrative Context:
- Origin: East Anglia
- Publications:
- Boffey, Julia, & A. S. G. Edwards, A New Index of Middle English Verse (London, 2005); Carley, James P., ‘The royal library as a source for Sir Robert Cotton’s collection: a preliminary list of acquisitions’, in C. J. Wright (ed.), Sir Robert Cotton as Collector: Essays on an Early Stuart Courtier and his Legacy (London, 1997), pp. 209–11; Doran, Susan (ed.), Henry VIII: Man and Monarch (London, 2009), no. 53; Scott, Kathleen L., Later Gothic Manuscripts, 1390-1490, 2 vols (London, 1996), II, pp. 259, 308, 327
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)