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Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124
- Record Id:
- 041-001103237
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x000343
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064192293.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124
- Title:
- Cosmographia (Comosgraphy of Aethicus Ister), with Latin and Old English glosses.
- Scope & Content:
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The Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister) was written in the first part of the 8th century, perhaps at Salzburg. The work purports to be an abbreviation by St Jerome (d. 420) of a cosmography made by an Istrian philosopher named Aethicus. Aethicus relates his travels to islands in the North and East where he meets Amazons and other creatures. Numerous passages deal with the legend of Alexander the Great (d. 323 BC). The author also offers descriptions of natural phenomena such as earthquakes.
Interlinear and marginal Old English glosses appear on ff. 31v, 33v, 34r, 40r. They are nearly contemporary with the text, see: Neil R. Ker, Catalogue of manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon, 1964, p. 268. Latin glosses also appear throughout the manuscript.
ff. 31r-124: Cosmographia (Cosmography of Aethicus Ister).
Decoration:
Rustic initials with internal pen work.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103234
041-001103237 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian B X : Benedeit, 'Voyage of St Brendan'; Navigatio sancti Brendani; Vita Longini martyris; De quindecim signis diei…
Cotton MS Vespasian B X, ff 31–124 : Cosmographia (Comosgraphy of Aethicus Ister), with Latin and Old English glosses. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0932]/040-001103234[0003]/041-001103237
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vespasian B X.
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- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Vespasian_B_X (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0975
- End Date:
- 1024
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 10th century-1st quarter of the 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Origin: Worcester, England.
Provenance:
The Benedictine priory of St Mary the Virgin, Worcester: likely the copy of the Cosmography of Aethicus Iter seen by John Leland (b. c. 1503, d. 1552) at Worcester (see: Neil R. Ker Catalogue of manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon, 1964, p. 268).
Peddar, deacon of the Cathedral of Rochester: he apparently gave this volume to John Dee according to the ownership inscription cited below.
John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer and antiquary: his autograph ownership inscriptions referring to Worcester 'Ioannes Dee 1565 februarii 21 Wigorniae ex dono Decani Ecclesiae Mr Peddar' (f. 31r) and his signature with the date '1565' (f. 122v).
- Publications:
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Gneuss, Helmut, Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: A List of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100 (Toronto: Toronto University Press, 2001), no. 386.
Hartzell, K. D., Catalogue of manuscripts Written or Owned in England up to 1200 containing Music (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2006), no. 144.
Herren, Michael (ed.), The Cosmography of Aethicus Ister: Edition, Translation, and Commentary (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2011).
Ker, Neil, R, Catalogue of manuscripts containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957), no. 206.
Ker, Neil R and Andrew Watson (eds.), Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books (London: Royal Historical Society,1964), p. 207.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)