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Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 9a
- Record Id:
- 041-001102425
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x00017e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060457614.0x000006
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius A III, f 9a
- Title:
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Papal letters
- Scope & Content:
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This folio, copied in the 1st quarter of the 12th century, contains papal letters. Like ff. 2r-7v, it was excised from Cotton Tiberius A II, a Gospel-book which belonged to Christ Church by the mid-10th century. It includes:
f. 9*r: the end of a letter, which mentions 'frater Bertualdus Cantuariorum provinciae presul';
f. 9*r-v: text purporting to be a letter from Pope Sergius to Kings Æthelred, Alfred, and Æthelwulf;
f. 9*v: letter from Pope Pascal II to Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102422
041-001102425 - 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 9a : Papal letters - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0553]/040-001102422[0003]/041-001102425
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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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)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1124
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Origin: Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury: this folio, like ff. 2–7 of this manuscript and Cotton Faustina B VI, vol. 1, ff. 95, 98–100, originally formed part of Cotton Tiberius A II (a Gospel-book which had reached Christ Church by the mid-10th century). This folio was formerly bound as Cotton Faustina B VI, f. 96
Provenance:
? Prince Henry of England (d. 1612)
Early modern annotation (f. 9*r).
- Publications:
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Davis, G. R. C., Medieval Cartularies of Great Britain: A Short Catalogue (London, 1958), no. 178.
Gneuss, Helmut and Michael Lapidge, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: A Bibliographical Handlist of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014), no. 362.
Ker, N. R. (ed.), Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books 2nd edn. (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 35.
Ker, Neil R., ‘Membra disiecta’, British Museum Quarterly, 12 (1937–38), 130–31.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)