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Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 4–27
- Record Id:
- 041-001102329
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x000157
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100066409375.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 4–27
- Title:
- Beauchief obituary calendar
- Scope & Content:
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These folios contain the obituary calendar of the Premonstratensian Abbey at Beauchief, compiled between the mid-13th century and the 1st half of the 16th century.
Contents:
ff. 4r-27v: the obituary calendar of the Premonstratensian Abbey at Beauchief.
Decoration:
Each month begins with large initials 'KL' in red and green. Other initials and rubrics in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102327
041-001102329 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII : Beauchief obituary calendar; Libellus de Primo Saxonum vel Normannorum Adventu; an epitome of Symeon of Durham's…
Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 4–27 : Beauchief obituary calendar - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0496]/040-001102327[0002]/041-001102329
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1230
- End Date:
- 1549
- Date Range:
- Mid 13th century-1st half of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
- Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Sheffield, Midlands, England.
Provenance:
Premonstratensian Abbey of St Mary and St Thomas, Beauchief (now in Sheffield).
- Publications:
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Addy, Sidney Oldall, Historical Memorials of Beauchief Abbey (Oxford: James Parker, 1878), pp. 22–60.
Colvin, H. M., The White Canons in England (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951), p. 387.
Hey, David, Lisa Liddy and David Luscombe, eds, A Monastic Community in Local Society: The Beauchief Abbey Cartulary, Camden Series 5, 40 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. 32-33.
Ker, N. R., ed., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, 2nd edn (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 8.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Liturgy
- Places:
- Sheffield, England