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Cotton MS Faustina B III
- Record Id:
- 040-001103878
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001273.0x000058
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060431849.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Faustina B III
- Title:
- List of Roman and Byzantine emperors to Constantine V (d. 775); Regularis Concordia; Life of St Edith; Chronicle of Wilton Abbey; Life of St Æthelthryth; Cartulary of Peterborough Abbey
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript is a composite manuscript. It includes:
ff. 1r-57v: documents pertaining to Peterborough Abbey, compiled in the early 15th century;
ff. 158r–v: a list of Roman and Byzantine emperors to Constantine V (d. 775) (imperfect);
ff. 159r–198r: the Regularis Concordia;
ff. 199r–263r: a Life of St Edith;
ff. 263r–264v: a chronicle of Wilton Abbey;
ff. 265r–279v: a Life of St Æthelthryth.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103878 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Faustina B III : List of Roman and Byzantine emperors to Constantine V (d. 775); Regularis Concordia; Life of St Edith; Chronicle of… - Contains:
- Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 1–157 : Cartulary of Peterborough Abbey
Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 158–198 : A list of Roman and Byzantine emperors to Constantine V (d. 775) (imperfect); the Regularis…
Cotton MS Faustina B III, ff 199–280 : Life of St Edith; Chronicle of Wilton Abbey; Life of St Æthelthryth
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Cotton MS Faustina B III - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[1240]/040-001103878
- 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_100060431849.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
English, Middle
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1030
- End Date:
- 1450
- Date Range:
- mid-11th century-1st half 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: parchment and ink (ff. i, 1–2, 4–280); paper (f. 3).
Dimensions: binding 260 × 195 mm (folios 250 x 165 mm; writing space varies widely, between 230 x 140 mm to 200 x 110 mm for most folios).
Foliation: ff. i + 280 (where f. i is a parchment flyleaf + 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and the end).
Binding: BM/BL in-house, rebound in 1865, repaired in 1951.
- Custodial History:
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Provenance:
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: inscribed with his name (ff. 3r, 199r). 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:
- 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. 220.
Gullick, Michael, ‘Fragments of some Anglo-Saxon service books in Norway and Sweden’, in Manuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Cultures and Connections, ed. by Claire Breay and Joanna Story with Eleanor Jackson (Dublin: Four Courts, 2021), pp. 188-200 (p. 197 n. 40).
Tite, Colin, The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: British Library, 2003), pp. 605-06.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)