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Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 67–242
- Record Id:
- 041-001102983
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0002aa
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 67–242
- Title:
- Uita Wærmundi regis (67r–70r); miscellaneous texts (70r–76v) including a list of the abbots of St Albans to John of Hertford (1235–1263) (74r–v); chronicle of English history, AD 1066–1246 (77r–108v: imperfect?); chronicle of world history, AM 1–AD 1347 (109v–132r); Roger of Howden, Chronicle, AD 1066–1201 (133r–238v); description of relics at Constantinople (239r); Miracula sanctorum patrum qui in ecclesia Hagustaldensi requiescunt (239v–242r: BHL 3749)
- Scope & Content:
- Dated: middle of the 13th century (67r–74v, 77r–108v); 2nd half of the 13th century (75v–76v); middle of the 14th century (109v–242r)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102980
041-001102983 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vitellius A XX : Cotton Manuscript Vitellius A XX
Cotton MS Vitellius A XX, ff 67–242 : Uita Wærmundi regis (67r–70r); miscellaneous texts (70r–76v) including a list of the abbots of St… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0810]/040-001102980[0003]/041-001102983
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1230
- End Date:
- 1370
- Date Range:
- Mid 13th century-Mid 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- Previously owned by: Tynemouth Priory; Sir Robert Cotton (d. 1631)
- Administrative Context:
- Origin: St Albans Abbey (ff. 67–74, 77–108); Tynemouth Priory (ff. 75–76, 109–242)
- Publications:
- Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis [BHL], Subsidia Hagiographica, 6, 2 vols (Brussels, 1898–1901; repr. 1992), & Henricus Fros (ed.), Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis: Novum Supplementum, Subsidia Hagiographica, 70 (Brussels, 1986); Ciggaar, Krijnie N., ‘Une description anonyme de Constantinople du XIIe siècle’, Revue des études byzantines, 31 (1973), 335–54; Ker, N. R. (ed.), Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books (London, 2nd edn., 1964), p. 191; 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. 576
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)