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Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 242–251
- Record Id:
- 041-001102714
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x000242
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165366947.0x000007
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 242–251
- Title:
- Miscellaneous historical texts, including De mirabilibus Anglie
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
Miscellaneous historical texts, including:
ff. 242v-243v: List of English monarchs from Aethelbert to Edward I in Anglo-Norman French;
f. 243v: A brief list of Scottish monarchs;
f. 244r: Genealogy of Aethelwulf;
ff. 245v-246v: De mirabilibus Anglie;
ff. 247r-248r: A list of English kings from Brutus to Richard II;
f. 248v-251v: A list of archbishops and bishops of Canterbury, Rochester, London, Winchester, Salisbury, Bath, Durham, York and others;
Decoration: A marginal image of a robed figure (f. 243v). Initials in blue or brown with penwork decoration in red, some with pen-flourishing in brown, including a human head in profile (f. 245v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102709
041-001102714 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Nero D II : Chronicle of Rochester Cathedral Priory, List of donations to Holme St Benets Priory, John of Oxnead Chronicle, Chronicle…
Cotton MS Nero D II, ff 242–251 : Miscellaneous historical texts, including De mirabilibus Anglie - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0646]/040-001102709[0005]/041-001102714
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Nero D. ii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Origin: England, S., the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester.
Provenance:
Arthur Agard, bought by him for Sir Robert Cotton from an unknown source, together with ff. 242-251 and ff. 297-305 (see Tite Records (2003), p. 136).
- Publications:
- Ker, N. R. (ed.), Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books (London, 2nd edn., 1964), p. 161.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- Other parts of the same manuscript are ff. 2-214 and ff. 297-305.