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Cotton MS Vespasian B XVI
- Record Id:
- 040-001103255
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0002b2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B XVI
- Title:
- Old Testament history (1r: Boffey 3973, from the South English Legendary); On the death of William de la Pole, duke of Suffolk, 1450 (1v–2r: Boffey 1555); Against the Lollards (2v–3v: Boffey 1926); Factum est in vigilia matutina (3v); Reconciliation of King Henry VI of England (1422–1461, 1470–1471) with the Yorkists, 1458 (4r–v: Boffey 3929); proclamation ‘To alle you I sende gretynge’, 1416 (5r); note on mensuration (5v); William Langland, Vision of Piers Plowman, version C (6r–95r: Boffey 1459); note on the Holy Blood of Hailes (95v)
- Scope & Content:
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Language(s): Middle English; Latin (3v, 95v)
Dated: last quarter of the 14th century or 1st quarter of the 15th century; 2nd half of the 15th century (1r–5v, 95v)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103255 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian B XVI : Old Testament history (1r: Boffey 3973, from the South English Legendary); On the death of William de la Pole, duke… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0938]/040-001103255
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English, Middle
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1375
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 14th century-2nd half of the 15th 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
Dimensions: approximately 280 × 195 mm
Foliation: fos. 95
Binding: British Museum 1865
- Custodial History:
- Previously owned by: the Cotton family, Bts, Conington, 17th century
- Administrative Context:
- Origin: England (?West Midlands)
- Publications:
- Boffey, Julia, & A. S. G. Edwards, A New Index of Middle English Verse (London, 2005); Doyle, A. I., ‘Remarks on surviving manuscripts of Piers Plowman’, in Gregory Kratzmann & James Simpson (eds.), Medieval English Religious and Ethical Literature: Essays in Honour of G. H. Russell (Cambridge, 1986), p. 43; Russell, George, & George Kane, eds., Piers Plowman: The C Version. Will’s Visions of Piers Plowman, Do-Well, Do-Better and Do-Best (London, 1997), pp. 8–9
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)