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Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 102–125
- Record Id:
- 041-001103352
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0003a3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101145604.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 102–125
- Title:
- Amalarius, De ecclesiasticis officiis (excerpts, imperfect), with medieval endleaves including further excerpts from De ecclesiasticis officiis.
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 102r-120v: excerpts from Amalarius, Liber officialis (Retractatio prima). Rubric: 'De signis quibus congregamur ad ecclesiam'. Beginning: 'Signorum usus a veteri testamento sumptus est'.
ff. 120v-121r: exegesis and rhyming version of the Pater Noster beginning: 'Pater noster qui est in celis'.
ff. 121r-v: text on the duties of the priest beginning: 'Presbiter est benedictus ad adnuntiandum verbum divinum.
Decoration:
Initials and rubrics highlighted in red.
ff. 109r; 113r: pieces of parchment added in the margin, contemporary with the copy (Mid 10th century).
Dated to the last quarter of the 10th century or the 1st quarter of the 11th century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103347
041-001103352 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian D XV : Pontifical, with medieval endleaves; a penitential manual including Isidore of Seville, Sententiarum; and St Jerome,…
Cotton MS Vespasian D XV, ff 102–125 : Amalarius, De ecclesiasticis officiis (excerpts, imperfect), with medieval endleaves including… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0979]/040-001103347[0005]/041-001103352
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XV.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Vespasian_D_XV (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0930
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- Mid 10th century-End of the 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: text space 190x120mm.
Script: Caroline minuscule.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: W. England (Worcester?).
Provenance:
? The Benedictine Worcester Cathedral Priory, based on the script which is the same as Harley 3346: see Dumville, English Caroline Script, 1993,p. 55 n242.
- Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/
- Publications:
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Dumville, David N, English Caroline Script and Monastic History: Studies in Benedictinism, A. D. 950-1030, Studies in Anglo-Saxon History, 6 (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1993),pp. 55, 149-150.
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. 394
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)