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Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 2–11
- Record Id:
- 041-001102202
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x000109
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064193254.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 2–11
- Title:
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Calendar of Saints; computistical tables; lunar calendar with prognostics; solar and lunar tables; instructions for determining the dates of liturgical feasts from the Temporal cycle
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 2r-7v: Calendar of Saints.
ff. 8r-8v: Computistical tables (Dominical Letters).
ff. 9r-10r: A Lunar calendar with prognostics, followed by solar and lunar tables.
f. 10v: Instructions for determining the dates of liturgical feasts from the Temporal cycle.
The manuscript contains later additions:
f. 11r: Two memoranda, one dated to the year 1512, about deeds of the monks under Thomas Goldstone II, prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, between 1495-1517.
f. 1r: A table of contents, added by Richard James (b. 1592, d. 1638), librarian for Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631).
[ff. 1v and 11v are empty].
Decoration:
2 computistical tables outlined by linear and foliate decoration in red and blue (ff. 8r-8v). 3 frames in blue or purple with foliate motifs for tables on ff. 9r-10r: the table on f. 9r contains four arches in yellow and red. Large ‘KL’ initials in red and blue with penwork decoration in red and blue (ff. 1r-7v). Small initials in blue, green, ochre and red. Medium initials in red and blue with penwork decoration in the other colour and rubrics in red (f. 10r only); Small (one-line) initials higlighted in red and paraph markers in red (f. 11r only). Text written in blue, green, ochre and red on f. 10r only. Rubrics in red and blue. Roman numerals and names of feasts in red, blue and green.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102201
041-001102202 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Tiberius B III : Calendar of Saints; computistical tables; lunar calendar with prognostics; solar and lunar tables; instructions…
Cotton MS Tiberius B III, ff 2–11 : Calendar of Saints; computistical tables; lunar calendar with prognostics; solar and lunar tables;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0447]/040-001102201[0001]/041-001102202
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Tiberius B III
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1224
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: approximately 250 x 170 mm (text space: approximately 220 x 140 mm).
Script: Protogothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Canterbury, Southeastern England.
Provenance:
The cathedral priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, owned in the 15th and 16th centuries: the Calendar contains features that are typical for Canterbury Calendars (see Gasquet and Bishop, The Bosworth Psalter (1908), pp. 27 n. 2, 29-30, 34, 36, 69, 71); its additions; including an obit for King Edward IV (b. 1442, d. 1483) and the consecration of John Morton (b. 1420, d. 1500), Archbishop of Canterbury (1486-1500) on f. 4v; ‘Leonellus Power’ (d. 1445), armiger of Christ Church on f. 4v [listed in their martyrology see ChristChurch, Canterbury: I.The Chronicle of John Stone, Monk of Christ Church 1415-1471; II. Lists of the Deans, Priors, and Monks of Christ Church Monastery, ed. by William George Searle (Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1902) p. 37]; Johannes Sarysbury (Salisbury), prior of Christ Church, Canterbury in 1438-1446 (f. 5r); Thomas Goldstone II, prior of Christ Church Canterbury in 1495–1517 (f. 6r); obit for Joan de Burghersh, Dame de Mohun of Dunster (b. c. 1319, d. 1404/5), buried at Christ Church, Canterbury [also recorded in Christ Church’s Martyrology: Arundel MS 68, f. 61r].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Liturgy
- Places:
- Canterbury, England