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Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 46–134
- Record Id:
- 041-001102442
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x00018d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064193543.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 46–134
- Title:
- William of Malmesbury, Gesta Pontificum Anglorum; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi; genealogy of King Henry II of England (1154–89)
- Scope & Content:
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This copy of William of Malmesbury’s Gesta Pontificum Anglorum is part of the first recension of the text.
Contents:
ff. 46r-129v: William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1080, d. 1143), Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (Deeds of the Bishops of the English)
ff. 129v-133v: William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi (Life of St Aldhelm, Bishop).
f. 134r: Genealogy of King Henry II of England (1154-1189).
[f. 134v is blank].
Decoration:
Large decorated initials in red, blue and green ink throughout.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102440
041-001102442 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Claudius A V : Pseudo-John of Peterborough, Peterborough Chronicle, AD 654-868, 890-1368; William of Malmesbury Gesta Pontificum…
Cotton MS Claudius A V, ff 46–134 : William of Malmesbury, Gesta Pontificum Anglorum; William of Malmesbury, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi Episcopi;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0555]/040-001102440[0002]/041-001102442
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Claudius A V
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1130
- End Date:
- 1224
- Date Range:
- Mid 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 250 × 170 mm (text space: 215 x 145 mm).
Script: Protogothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Belvoir, Midlands, England.
Provenance:
The Benedictine priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Belvoir, founded in 1076: the ex libris of Belvoir Priory and a book curse occurs on f. 86v, 'Hic est liber sancte Marie de Belvero quem qui alienaverit anathema sit'. An illegible ownership inscription (‘Liber sancte Marie de (…)’) is found in the upper margin of f. 46r.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- William of Malmesbury, historian and monk, c 1080-1143,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000447076272,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/205295992 - Subjects:
- Hagiography
History - Places:
- Belvoir, England