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Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82
- Record Id:
- 041-001102599
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0001f5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100063493318.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82
- Title:
- Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r-39r: Philippe de Thaon (fl. 1113-1150), Comput (Anglo Norman) [added Latin title ‘lib[er] de creaturis’, in a 15th-century script].
ff. 40v-41r: Two short Latin texts on the Computus (beginning ‘In anno quo ciclus’ and ‘Quicumque adventum domini celebrare desiderat’).
ff. 41r-82v: Philippe de Thaon, Bestiarius (Anglo Norman, with an introduction and rubrics in Latin).
Decoration:
The Comput and Bestiarius contain spaces that have been left open for drawings: the first text contains one drawing in black ink on f. 5r: a man holding a flask; ff. 5v-6r has spaces and captions for six roundels (outlined in lead-point) displaying Signs of the Zodiac; f. 62v has a drawing of a ‘Serra’, added in lead-point.
Large and medium initials in blue and red with penwork decoration in the same colours. Marginal pen-flourishes in black ink (e. g. 24v, 30v). Rubrics in red. Quire letters in brown ink, added in a 16th- or 17th-century script.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102598
041-001102599 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Nero A V : Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius; Elias of Evesham, Quadrilogus de Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis
Cotton MS Nero A V, ff 1–82 : Philippe de Thaon, Comput; Bestiarius - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0608]/040-001102598[0001]/041-001102599
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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A part of Cotton MS Nero A V
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Nero_A_V (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1150
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 160 x 120 mm (text space: approximately 130 x 85 mm).
Script: Protogothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Abbeytown, Northern England.
Provenance:
The Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin, Holme Cultram (now Abbeytown), founded in 1150 by Melrose Abbey: their ownership inscription on f. 1r (‘Liber sancte Marie de Holmo’) and f. 82v (‘Liber sancte Marie de Holmcolt[ra]n’, added in a 14th- or 15th-century script.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)