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Cotton MS Vespasian D VI
- Record Id:
- 040-001103301
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0002d2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101103367.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D VI
- Title:
- Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis ; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note on the ages of the world; 'Kentish Psalm' (a paraphrase of Psalm 50); Disticha Catonis; hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others; Stephen's Vita S Wilfridi
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript includes two parts. The first part contains a selection of biblical texts, hymns, and other notes, copied in the 10th century in the southern England (possibly at Canterbury). The second part contains Stephen's Vita S Wilfridi, copied in England in the 11th century.
The manuscript includes:
f. 1r: early modern table of contents;
ff. 2r-77v: Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis), Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis, note on Abbot Macarius, ‘Kentish hymn’, note on the ages of the world, paraphrase of Psalm 50, Disticha Catonis, hymns for St Augustine of Canterbury and others;
ff. 78r-125r: Stephen's Vita S Wilfridi (imperfect);
f. 125v: later medieval pen tests and additions, including fragments of text beginning 'Rev[ren]tissime domino suo...', 'Will., dei gra[tia] rex ang. dux...'
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103301 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian D VI : Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis ; note on Abbot Macarius; ‘Kentish hymn’; note… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 2–77 : Book of Proverbs (Parabole Salomonis); Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis; note on Abbot Macarius;…
Cotton MS Vespasian D VI, ff 78–125 : Stephen, Vita Sancti Wilfridi
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Cotton MS Vespasian D VI - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0970]/040-001103301
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100101103367.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0940
- End Date:
- 1100
- Date Range:
- Mid-10th century - late 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: parchment and ink.
Dimensions: binding 200 × 190 mm (folios 185 x 140 mm).
Foliation: ff. 125 (+ 1 unfoliated modern paper flyleaf at the beginning and 2 at the end).
Binding: BM/BL in-house, rebound in 1958.
- Custodial History:
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Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: owner (f. 1r).
James Ussher (1581–1656), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh and scholar: borrowed; annotated table of contents (f. 1r).
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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Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile, ed. by A.N. Doane and others, 4 (Binghamton, New York, 1996), no. 243.
Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts.
- Publications:
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[Planta, J.], A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, Deposited in the British Museum (London, 1802), p. 475.
Tite, Colin, The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), p. 182.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)