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Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 8
- Record Id:
- 041-001102424
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x00017d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060457614.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 8
- Title:
- Miniature of St Dunstan enthroned
- Scope & Content:
- This folio contains a miniature labelled 'Dunstani archiepiscopi'. It depicts a figure (presumably St Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury) seated in a building, with two figures kissing his feet and another figure, a monk, kneeling between them. The entire image is framed with an inhabited, foliate border. It was probably made in Canterbury around 1120.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102422
041-001102424 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Claudius A III : Miscellany, including Pontificals, a Benedictional, Law Codes, documents, and miniatures
Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 8 : Miniature of St Dunstan enthroned - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0553]/040-001102422[0002]/041-001102424
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Claudius A III
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Claudius_A_III (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1149
- Date Range:
- c. 1120
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Custodial History:
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Origin: ? Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury (see Ramsay and Sparks, Image (1988), p. 16).
- Information About Copies:
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Reproduced in Heslop, T. A., ‘“Dunstanus archiepiscopus” and painting in Kent around 1120’, The Burlington Magazine, 126, no. 973 (April 1984), 195–204, fig. 2.
Ramsay, Nigel and Margaret Sparks, The Image of St Dunstan (Canterbury: Dunstan Millenium Committee, 1988), p. 19.
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- Publications:
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Heslop, T. A., ‘“Dunstanus archiepiscopus” and painting in Kent around 1120’, The Burlington Magazine, 126, no. 973 (April 1984), 195–204, fig. 2.
Higgitt, John, ‘Glastonbury, Dunstan, monasticism and manuscripts’, Art History, 2 (1979), 285–86.
Ramsay, Nigel and Margaret Sparks, The Image of St Dunstan (Canterbury: Dunstan Millenium Committee, 1988), pp. 16-19.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)