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Cotton MS Claudius D VI, ff 5–100
- Record Id:
- 041-001102535
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0001c9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058666294.0x000006
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Claudius D VI, ff 5–100
- Title:
- Matthew Paris, chronicles
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 6r–9v: Drawings of the kings of Britain and England to Henry III (1216–1272).
ff. 10v–12r: Chronicle of English history.
[f. 12v: Map of Great Britain: bound separately, Cotton MS Claudius D. vi/1.]
ff. 13r–98v: Matthew Paris, Abbreuiatio chronicorum, 1000–1255.
Decoration:
Drawings by Matthew Paris of kings (ff. 6r–12v) and various marginal shields and hats (ff. 94v–98r). Pages given an border with vertical lines separating each column in green, golden, and blue, somewhat in the form of a roll. Running heads in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102532
041-001102535 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Claudius D VI : Chronicles of England
Cotton MS Claudius D VI, ff 5–100 : Matthew Paris, chronicles - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0588]/040-001102532[0003]/041-001102535
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
Part of a parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1250
- End Date:
- 1259
- Date Range:
- c 1255-1259
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Custodial History:
- Origin: Benedictine abbey of St Alban, Hertfordshire. Associated with work of Matthew Paris.
- Publications:
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Ker, N. R. (ed.), Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books (London, 2nd edn., 1964), p. 166.
Morgan, Nigel, Early Gothic Manuscripts, 1190–1285, 2 vols (London, 1982–88), no. 93.
Vaughan, Richard, Matthew Paris (Cambridge, 1958), p. 36.
Watson, Andrew G., Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c. 700-1600 in The Department of Manuscripts The British Library, 2 vols (London, 1979), no. 520.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- f. 12 is boxed separately, Cotton MS Claudius D vi/1.