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Cotton MS Domitian A I
- Record Id:
- 040-001103629
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0003e2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060430469.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A I
- Title:
- Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés's Bella Parisiace urbis, book 3 followed by glosses on a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Computistical tables; a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Bede, De die iudicii; a Latin colophon of three hexameters, a recipe in Old English and a list of books; Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae; Gerald of Wales Descriptio Cambriae; Gerald of Wales, Retractationes; Gerald of Wales Catalogus brevior librorum suorum; Annales Cambriae; a Life of David fitz Gerald (Vita David secundi); Cognacio Brychan.
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript contains:
ff. 2r-55v: Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés's Bella Parisiace urbis, book 3 followed by glosses on a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Computistical tables; a commentary on Priscian's Institutio de nomine, pronomine et verbo; Bede, De die iudicii; a Latin colophon of three hexameters, a recipe in Old English and a list of books, copied between the mid-10th century and the 1st quarter of the 12th century.
ff. 56r-160v: Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae; Gerald of Wales Descriptio Cambriae; Gerald of Wales, Retractationes; Gerald of Wales Catalogus brevior librorum suorum; Annales Cambriae; a Life of David fitz Gerald (Vita David secundi); Cognacio Brychan, 4th quarter of the 13th century and the mid-16th century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103629 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Domitian A I : Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo of… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 2–55 : Bede the Venerable, De natura rerum (excerpt); Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; a glossary to Abbo…
Cotton MS Domitian A I, ff 56–160 : Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae; Gerald of Wales Descriptio Cambriae; Gerald of Wales…
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- 032-001101582[1146]/040-001103629
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100060430469.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0940
- End Date:
- 1560
- Date Range:
- mid-10th century- mid-16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 215x160mm. Text block varies.
Foliation: ff. 160 (+ 2 unfoliated parchment flyleaves at the beginning and 1 at the end and 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 1 at the end).
Binding: Post-1600.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Canterbury, England (ff. 2r-55v); St Davids, Wales (ff. 56rr-160v).
Provenance:
John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer and antiquary: many annotations in his hand. See John Dee's Library Catalogue, ed. by Julian Roberts and Andrew G. Watson (London: Bibliographical Society, 1990), p. 162, no. DM26.
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.
- Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/
- Publications:
- Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War, ed. by Claire Breay and Joanna Story (London: The British Library, 2018), no. 103 [exhibition catalogue].
- Exhibitions:
- Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War, British Library, London, 19 October 2018 - 19 February 2019
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)