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Cotton MS Vespasian D XX
- Record Id:
- 040-001103368
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0002e0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060438502.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XX
- Title:
- Fragments of Ovid's Metamorphoses on medieval endleaves; Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against toothache.
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments of Ovid's Metamorphoses on medieval endleaves; Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against toothache.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103368 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian D XX : Fragments of Ovid's Metamorphoses on medieval endleaves; Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, f 1 : Ovid, Metamorphoses.
Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 2–93 : Penitential manual; Confessional prayer; charm against toothache.
Cotton MS Vespasian D XX, ff 94–95 : Ovid, Metamorphoses.
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- 032-001101582[0984]/040-001103368
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A Parchment codex, 95 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100060438502.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0950
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- mid-10th century-late 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: parchment
Dimensions: 190 × 140 mm.
Foliation: ff. 95 (+ 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves: 2 at the beginning and 2 at the end). Between f. 15 and f. 16 a short blank unfoliated parchment flyleaf.
Binding: BM/BL in-house.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
?Henry Savile of Banke (b. 1568, d. 1617), collector of manuscripts: the manuscript was likely described in one of the catalogues of Henry Savile of Banke (see: J. P. Gilson 'The library of Henry Savile of Banke', Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, 9 (1908), no. 112); the word 'liber penitentialis' on f. 93v is of 16th century (see: Neil R. Ker, Catalogue of manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon, p. 278).
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and grandson, Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet, who bequeathed the entire 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.
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- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)