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Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 53–70
- Record Id:
- 041-001103365
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0003c9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064602133.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 53–70
- Title:
- Ely Chronicle
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 53r-70v: Ely Chronicle (from the birth of John the Baptist to 1218), beginning: ‘Nativitas sancti Iohannis baptiste’.
Decoration:
Headings in red and green.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103363
041-001103365 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX : Nigel Witeker, Versus; An anonymous poem; Ely Chronicle; An Easter-table chronicle; Hildebert of Lavardin,…
Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX, ff 53–70 : Ely Chronicle - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0983]/040-001103363[0002]/041-001103365
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XIX
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1145
- End Date:
- 1218
- Date Range:
- c 1150-1218
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 200 × 135 mm (text space: 155-160 x 95-100 mm [ff. 53r-68v]; 175 x 100 mm [f. 69r]).
Script: Protogothic (ff. 53r-69v); Gothic (70r-70v).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: ? Ely, Eastern England
Provenance:
The Benedictine abbey and cathedral priory of St Peter and St Etheldreda, Ely, founded in 672: the chronicle has entries specific to the abbey (ff. 67v-68v).
?T he Benedictine Abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin and St Benedict, Ramsey, founded in 969: owned it in the 15th century: inscribed with additions to the annals on ff. 66r, 69r in a 15th-century hand.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- History
- Places:
- Ely, England