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Cotton MS Vespasian B XXIII
- Record Id:
- 040-001103262
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0002b9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B XXIII
- Title:
- John de Hauteville, Architrenius (2r–52r: Walther 20057); Ps.-Ovid, De vetula (53r–77v: Walther 12886); Proba, Cento (Centones Virgiliani) (77v–83v: Schaller 7487, Walther 9696); Alan of Lille, De planctu Nature (84r–110v: Walther 8957); Alexander Nequam, Nouus Æsopus (110v–118v: Walther 9348); Simon Chèvre d’Or of Saint-Victor, Excidium Troianum (118v–122v: Walther 11856); Symphosius, Epigrammatica tristicha aenigmatica (123r–126r: Schaller 5984, Walther 7578)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103262 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian B XXIII : John de Hauteville, Architrenius (2r–52r: Walther 20057); Ps.-Ovid, De vetula (53r–77v: Walther 12886); Proba,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0945]/040-001103262
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1350
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 14th 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 270 × 120 mm
Foliation: fos. ii + 126 + iii
Binding: British Museum 1962
- Custodial History:
- Previously owned by: the Austin friary, York; Henry Ferrers (d. 1633); Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)
- Administrative Context:
- Origin: John Erghome, OSA (fl. 1353–1386)
- Publications:
- Ker, N. R. (ed.), Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books (London, 2nd edn., 1964), p. 218; Schaller, Dieter, & Ewald Könsgen, Initia carminum Latinorum saeculo undecimo antiquiorum: Bibliographisches Repertorium für die lateinische Dichtung der Antike und des früheren Mittelalters (Göttingen, 1977); Walther, Hans, Initia Carminum ac Versuum Medii Aevi Posterioris Latinorum, I (Göttingen, 1969); Ward, H. L. D., & J. A. Herbert, Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 3 vols (London, 1883–1910), I, p. 33, II, pp. 347–51
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Neckam, Alexander, scholar and abbot of Cirencester, 8 Sep 1157-31 Mar 1217