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Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 1r-1v
- Record Id:
- 041-001102148
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0000e3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 1r-1v
- Title:
- Breviary (the 'Breviary of Margaret of York'), fragment
- Scope & Content:
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A leaf from the Breviary of Margaret of York, duchess of Burgundy (now Cambridge, St John's College, ms H. 13), used as a frontispiece. The original border includes an image of King David praying, painted by the Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy, the coat of arms of Margaret of York impaling those of her husband Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, the initials 'C M' of the duke and the duchess, and Margaret of York's motto 'Bien en aviengne'. The border was altered by an addition of royal coats of arms and an inscription, and adapted to frame a miniature of the prince praying before Christ from the Psalter of Henry VI (Cotton MS Domitian A XVII, f. 98r). This miniature was restored to the original manuscript by Sir Frederic Madden (d. 1873), Keeper of manuscripts at the British Museum.
Other fragments of the same manuscript were inserted by Robert Cotton in Cotton MS Vespasian A I, Cotton MS Galba A XVIII, and Cotton Titus C XV (see Brown 1998).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
Royal Manuscripts Digitisation Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102147
041-001102148 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Tiberius A II : The four Gospels ('Athelstan' or 'Coronation' Gospels)
Cotton MS Tiberius A II, ff 1r-1v : Breviary (the 'Breviary of Margaret of York'), fragment - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0431]/040-001102147[0001]/041-001102148
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 folio.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Tiberius_A_II (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1470
- End Date:
- 1480
- Date Range:
- c 1475-1480
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Origin (ff. 1r-1v): Ghent.
Provenance (ff. 1r-1v): Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy (d. 1503) (see Brown 1998).
- Publications:
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ff. 1r-1v:
Brown, Michelle P., ‘Sir Robert Cotton, collector and connoisseur?’, in Michelle P. Brown & Scot McKendrick (eds.), Illuminating the Book: Makers and Interpreters. Essays in Honour of Janet Backhouse (London, 1998), pp. 285–90, 295.
McKendrick, Scot, Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts 1400–1550 (London, 2003), no. 30.
Pächt, Otto, The Master of Mary of Burgundy (London, 1948), pp. 64, 69.
Smeyers, Mauritz, Flemish Miniatures from the 8th to the mid-16th Century (Leuven, 1999), pl. 33.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)