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Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 129–209

Record Id:

041-001102333

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100066409375.0x000001

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Cotton MS Caligula A VIII, ff 129–209

Title:

Adrevald of Fleury, Aduentus et Exceptio Sancti Benedicti et Scholastice; Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book I (imperfect); Thierry of Fleury (Amorbach), Translatio Corporis Sancti Benedicti, §ii; Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book i (continued); Aimoin of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti; Vita Sancte Marie Magdalene; Translatio Sancte Marie Magdalene; arms of Robert Steward, prior of Ely (1522–1539), with the date 1531; Passio Sancte Katerine Virginis; Vision of the Monk of Eynsham

Scope & Content:

These folios contain various hagiographical texts. All of these folios were copied in the 1st half of the 12th century, apart from Translatio Sancte Marie Magdalene (Translation of St Mary Magdalene), copied in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century and the account of the vision of the monk of Eynsham, copied in the 1st half of the 14th century. These folios were once joined with ff. 59-120 of the current volume, and ff. 121-128 of the current volume were the medieval endleaves of the manuscript containing ff. 58-120 and 129-209.

Contents:

ff. 129r–135r: Adrevald of Fleury, Adventus et Exceptio Sancti Benedicti et Scholastice.

ff. 135v–152v: Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book I (The Miracles of St Benedict).

ff. 153r–159v: Thierry of Fleury (Amorbach), Translatio corporis sancti Benedicti (The Translation of the body of St Benedict)

ff. 159v–161r: Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti, book i (continued).

ff. 161r–162r: Aimoin of Fleury, Miracula Sancti Benedicti.

ff. 163r–166r: Vita Sancte Marie Magdalene.

ff. 166r–168r: Translatio Sancte Marie Magdalene (The Translation of St Mary Magdalene), copied in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century.

f. 168v: arms of Robert Steward, prior of Ely (1522–1539), with the date 1531.

ff. 169r–191r: Passio Sancte Katerine Virginis (The Passion of St Katherine)

ff. 192r–209v: Vision of the Monk of Eynsham, copied in the 1st half of the 14th century.

Decoration:

Initials and display capitals in red, blue, green, black and/or purple, with penwork decoration (ff. 129r, 133v, 169r). Monochrome drawing of an arm carrying the arms of Robert Steward (f. 168v). Initials in red and green throughout.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-001102327
041-001102333

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 129–209 : Adrevald of Fleury, Aduentus et Exceptio Sancti Benedicti et Scholastice; Adrevald of Fleury, Miracula…

Hierarchy:

032-001101582[0496]/040-001102327[0006]/041-001102333

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Caligula A VIII

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1100

End Date:

1349

Date Range:

1st half of the 12th century-1st half of the 14th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Script: Protogothic.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

Ely Cathedral Priory: inscribed with ex libris and arms of Robert Steward, Prior of Ely, and date 1531 (f. 168v; see Love, Goscelin (2004), p. lxix).

Publications:

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis, Subsidia Hagiographica, 6, 2 vols (Brussels, 1898–1901; repr. 1992).

D’Ardenne, S. R. T. O., and E. J. Dobson, eds, Seinte Katerine: Re-Edited from MS Bodley 34 and the other Manuscripts, Early English Text Society, s.s., 7 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981), pp. xxi–xxv, 133.

Ker, N. R., ed., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, 2nd edn (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 78;

Lapidge, Michael, and Michael Winterbottom, eds and trans., Wulfstan of Winchester: The Life of St Æthelwold (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991), pp. clxii, clxxi–clxxv.

Love, Rosalind C., ed. and trans., Goscelin of Saint-Bertin: The Hagiography of the Female Saints of Ely (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004), pp. xlix–l.

Ward, H. L. D., and J. A. Herbert, Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 3 vols (London, 1883–1910), II, pp. 503–04.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Adrevald of Fleury, d 879,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000039034313X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/283957509
Aimoin of Fleury, c 960-c 1010,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000382220535,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/264880813
Thierry of Fleury, c 950-1027,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000468776972,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/54270986

Subjects:

Hagiography

Places:

England

Related Material:

Ff. 59-120 and ff. 129-209 are parts of the same manuscript, with ff. 121-128 being the medieval endleaves.