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Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 1–105
- Record Id:
- 041-001103181
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x00031f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100063238427.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 1–105
- Title:
- Calendar; Latin-Old Cornish glossary; De situ Brecheniauc; Vita sancti Gundleii regis; Vita et passio sancti Cadoci; Vita sancti Iltuti abbatis; Geoffrey (alias Stephen) of Llandaff, Vita sancti Teliaui episcopi; De primo statu Landauensis ecclesie; Vita sancti Dubritii archiepiscopi; Rhygyfarch ap Sulien, Vita sancti Davidis episcopi; Genealogia and mass for St David; Benedict of Gloucester, Vita sancti Dubritii archiepiscopi; Vita sancti Bernaci; Vita sancti Paterni episcopi; Vita sancti Clitauci regis; Vita sancti Kebii episcopi; Vita sancti Tathei; Vita sancti Carantoci; Vita sancti Kebii episcopi; Vita sancti Aidui (Maidoci) episcopi; Navigatio sancti Brendani
- Scope & Content:
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These folios contain a calendar, a Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, and series of hagiographical materials related to Welsh and Western British saints, in Latin. These include:
ff. 1r–6v: calendar;
ff. 7r–10r: Latin-Old Cornish glossary;
ff. 10v–11v: De situ Brecheniauc;
f. 12r: blank;
f. 12v: list of 'capit[u]la in vita sanctorum walensium';
ff. 13r–17r: Vita sancti Gundleii regis (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 3701);
ff. 17r–43v: Vita et passio sancti Cadoci (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 1491–92);
ff. 43v–52r: Vita sancti Iltuti abbatis (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 4268);
ff. 52r–55v: Geoffrey (alias Stephen) of Llandaff, Vita sancti Teliaui episcopi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 7997);
ff. 56r–58v: De primo statu Landauensis ecclesie;
ff. 58v–61r: Vita sancti Dubritii archiepiscopi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no.2339);
ff. 61r–70v: Rhygyfarch ap Sulien, Vita sancti Davidis episcopi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2107);
f. 70v: Genealogia (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2112) and mass for St David;
ff. 71r–77r: Benedict of Gloucester, Vita sancti Dubritii archiepiscopi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 2340);
ff. 77v–80v: Vita sancti Bernaci (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no.1186);
ff. 80v–84v: Vita sancti Paterni episcopi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 6480);
ff. 84v–86r: Vita sancti Clitauci regis (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 1864);
ff. 86r–88r: Vita sancti Kebii episcopi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 4639);
ff. 88v–92r: Vita sancti Tathei (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no.7987);
ff. 93r–94v: Vita sancti Carantoci (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 1563);
ff. 94v–96v: Vita sancti Kebii episcopi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 4640);
ff. 96v–104v: Vita sancti Aidui (Maidoci) episcopi (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 184);
ff. 104v–105v: Navigatio sancti Brendani (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 1438, imperfect).
Decoration: initials in red, green, and blue (throughout); rubrics in red (throughout).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103180
041-001103181 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV : Calendar, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, 'Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica…
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 1–105 : Calendar; Latin-Old Cornish glossary; De situ Brecheniauc; Vita sancti Gundleii regis; Vita et passio… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0912]/040-001103180[0001]/041-001103181
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- Languages:
- Cornish
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1150
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Origin: ? South-East Wales (perhaps Monmouth) or ? the Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Gloucester: the saints and documents featured in these folios were often connected to these areas or houses (see Hughes, 'British Museum' (1958), pp. 188-197 and Ker, Books (1985), p. 493).
Provenance:
Later medieval annotations (see, for example, f. 88r).
? Sir John Prise [Syr Siôn ap Rhys] (b. 1501/2, d. 1555), administrator and scholar: note in his hand (f. 42v; see Ker, Books (1985), pp. 487, 493).
Sir Henry Sidney (b. 1529, d. 1586), lord deputy of Ireland and courtier: owned by him (according to Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 101, art. 45).
Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archbishop of Canterbury: possibly his foliation in red (see Ker, Books (1985), p. 493).
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- Publications:
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Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis, Subsidia Hagiographica, 6, 2 vols (Brussels, 1898–1901; repr. 1992).
Breeze, Andrew, 'Arthur in Early Saints' Lives', in The Arthur of Medieval Latin literature : the development and dissemination of the Arthurian legend in Arthurian legend in Medieval Latin, Siân Echard, ed. (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011), pp. 26-44 (pp. 26, 29, 32, 37).
Hughes, Kathleen, ‘British Library MS. Cotton Vespasian A. XIV (Vita Sanctorum Wallensium): its purpose and provenance’, in Studies in the Early British Church, ed. by N. K. Chadwick and others (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1958), pp. 183-200.
Ker, N. R., Books, Collectors, and Libraries: Studies in the Medieval Heritage, ed. by Andrew G. Watson (London: Hambledon Press, 1985), pp. 487, 493.
Wade-Evans, A. W. (ed. and trans.), Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae (Cardiff: University of Wales, 1944), pp. viii–xiii.
Ward, H. L. D. and J. A. Herbert, Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, 3 vols (London, 1883–1910), II, p. 531.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)