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Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 86–138
- Record Id:
- 041-001103007
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0002ad
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060270598.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 86–138
- Title:
- Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i–ii
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 86-138: Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i-ii.
Decoration:
Initials in red throughout. Display capitals in red (f. 86r). Marginal drawing of heads (ff. 93v, 100v, 106v, 123v). Manicula (ff. 105v, 116v, 122v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103004
041-001103007 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vitellius C III : (1) Old English Illustrated Herbal and Medicina de quadrupedibus in Old English; (2) Peter of Poitiers, Compendium…
Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff 86–138 : Macrobius, Saturnalia, books i–ii - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0831]/040-001103004[0003]/041-001103007
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C III
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 0850
- End Date:
- 0874
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 9th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Origin: Northern France.
Provenance:
? England, 10th or 11th century (see Lapidge, The Anglo-Saxon Library, p. 170).
Added drawings of heads and manicula in the margins (ff. 93v, 100v, 105v, 106v, 116v, 122v, 123v).
- Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Theodosius Macrobius, Ambrosius, c 370-c 435,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000011624565X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/39387062 - Subjects:
- Classical Literature
- Places:
- Northern France