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Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 91–100
- Record Id:
- 041-001102969
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0002a3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 91–100
- Title:
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Historia Brittonum
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
f. 91r: Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De excidio Troie historia (this text is continued in Royal MS 15 B xi);
ff. 91v–100v: Historia Brittonum.
Decoration:
Large initial in red and green with penwork decoration at the beginning of the Historia Brittonum (f. 91v). Initials in red or green.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102965
041-001102969 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII : Cotton Manuscript Vitellius A XIII
Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII, ff 91–100 : Historia Brittonum - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0803]/040-001102965[0005]/041-001102969
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of a parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1150
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Custodial History:
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Origin: The Cathedral priory of St Andrew, Rochester, Kent.
Provenance:
Henry VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland, this item was in his library (Carley, Libraries of Henry VIII, 2000, H2.847).
- Publications:
- Carley, James P., The Libraries of King Henry VIII, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 7 (London: British Library, 2000), H2.847.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Royal MS 15 B XI