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Cotton MS Cleopatra D VIII
- Record Id:
- 040-001103813
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x00003c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Cleopatra D VIII
- Title:
- The Arms of Christ (1v: Boffey 91); verse beginning ‘That in thi mischef fosakit the no3th’ (1v: Boffey 3280); verse beginning ‘Wan y was pore than was y fre’ (1v: Boffey 3970); Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britannie (8r-94r); history of the kings of England (95r-107v); miscellaneous historical notes and verses (108r-133v)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103813 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Cleopatra D VIII : The Arms of Christ (1v: Boffey 91); verse beginning ‘That in thi mischef fosakit the no3th’ (1v: Boffey 3280);… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[1212]/040-001103813
- 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:
- 1424
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter 14th century-1st quarter 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Condition: intact
Materials: parchment
Dimensions: approximately 250 × 170 mm
Foliation: fos. 134
Binding: British Library 1985; the boards of the 1865 British Museum binding are kept separately
- Custodial History:
- Previously owned by: the Cotton family, Bts, Conington, 17th century
- Administrative Context:
- Origin: England
- Publications:
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Boffey, Julia, & A. S. G. Edwards, A New Index of Middle English Verse (London, 2005)
Crick, Julia C., The Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth, 3, A Summary Catalogue of the Manuscripts (Cambridge, 1989), no. 90
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)