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Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 10–135
- Record Id:
- 041-001101596
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x000068
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060767893.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Julius A II, ff 10–135
- Title:
- Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary; grammatical treatise
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 10r–120v: Ælfric, Grammar ( imperfect);
ff. 120v–130v: Ælfric, Glossary;
ff. 131r–135v: Grammatical treatise, beginning ‘Sum verbum substantium’.
Decoration: Initials in red, some with penwork decoration in the same colour. Numerous small initials with penwork decoration in brown and/or highlighting in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001101594
041-001101596 - 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 10–135 : Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary; grammatical treatise - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0002]/040-001101594[0002]/041-001101596
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of a parchment codex, 125 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:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1030
- End Date:
- 1070
- Date Range:
- Mid 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
A note in a hand of the late 12th century, 'karissimo domino suo et amico thorn of hamton' (f. 135v).
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: Oxford University Press, 1998), no. 388.
Gneuss, Helmut and Michael Lapidge, A Bibliographical Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: A List of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014), no. 336.
Ker, N. R., Catalogue of Manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford, 1957; repr. 1990), no. 158.
Scragg, Donald G., A Conspectus of Scribal Hands writing English, 960-2012 (Cambridge: Brewer, 2012), no. 492
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)