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Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 2–9
- Record Id:
- 041-001101595
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x000067
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060767893.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 2–9
- Title:
- Bede, De temporum ratione
- Scope & Content:
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Contents: Bede, De temporum ratione, books lxvi–lxx (imperfect).
Decoration: Numbers and initials in red, some with penwork decoration.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001101594
041-001101595 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Julius A II : Bede, De temporum ratione; Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary; Disticha Catonis
Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 2–9 : Bede, De temporum ratione - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0002]/040-001101594[0001]/041-001101595
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of a parchment codex, 8 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Julius_A_II (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1124
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Annotations in the margins in the hand of Patrick Young (b. 1584, d. 1652), librarian and biblical scholar and writer (ff. 4-6).
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician, the three components were acquired separately and bound together while in his library: listed as unbound when loaned by him to Henry Spelman in c.1615 (London, British Library, Harley 6018, fol. 159r). The collection was augmented by Sir Robert's son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet: in the catalogue dated before 1654, British Library, Additional MS 36682a, f. 14 (see Tite, The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library, pp. 49, 93).
Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet and grandson of Sir Robert Cotton 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.
- Publications:
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Gameson, Richard, The Manuscripts of Early Norman England (c. 1066-1130) (Oxford, 1999), no. 388.
Laistner, M. L. W., & H. H. King, A Hand-List of Bede Manuscripts (Ithaca, NY, 1943), p. 152.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)