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Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 1–17
- Record Id:
- 041-001103373
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0003cf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061304267.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 1–17
- Title:
- Historia Brittonum (Harleian recension)
- Scope & Content:
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These folios contain the 'Harleian recension' of Historia Brittonum, copied at Rochester in first half of the 12th century. The remainder of this text is now Royal 15 A XXII.
Decoration: Initials in red and green.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103372
041-001103373 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI : Historia Brittonum; Old English translation of Felix, Vita S Guthlaci; Sedulius, Paschale carmen; Sedulius, Hymnus…
Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, ff 1–17 : Historia Brittonum (Harleian recension) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0985]/040-001103372[0001]/041-001103373
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Vespasian_D_XXI (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1149
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Origin: The Cathedral Priory of St Andrew, Rochester
Provenance:
The Cathedral Priory of St Andrew, Rochester: an erased inscription in leaves that originally formed part of the same manuscript states, ''Liber sancti Andree apostoli Roucestrie, qui eum alienaverit anathema sit', (Royal 15 A XXII f. 1v).
Thomas Wybarn, monk of Rochester: inscribed in a 15th-century hand, 'Qui seruare libris preciosis nescit honorem, illius a manibus sit procul iste liber. T[homas Wybarn] supprior' (Royal 15 A XXII f. 1v).
Henry VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (see Carley, The Libraries of King Henry VIII (2000), p. 120).
- Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts.
- Publications:
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Carley, J. P. (ed.), The Libraries of King Henry VIII, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 7 (London: The British Library, 2000), p. 120.
Carley, J. P., 'The Royal Library as a Source for Sir Robert Cotton's Collection: A Preliminary List of Acquisitions' in Sir Robert Cotton as Collector, ed. by C. J. Wright (London: British Library 1997), pp. 208-229 (pp. 220-21).
Dumville, David, 'St Patrick and the Historia Brittonum: three texts', in St Patrick, AD 493-1993, ed. by David Dumville and Lesley Abrams (Woodbridge: Boydell, 1993), pp. 221-32 (pp. 222-23).
Gameson, Richard, The Manuscripts of Early Norman England (c. 1066-1130) (Oxford, 1999), no. 560.
Ker, N. R. (ed.), Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books (London, 2nd edn., 1964), p. 161.
Ker, N. R., English Manuscripts in the Century after the Norman Conquest (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960) pp. 15, 31.
Rowley, Richard, Historia Britonum: The History of the Britons attributed to Nennius (Lampeter: Llanerch Press, 2005) [includes a translation].
Sharpe, R. and others (eds), English Benedictine Libraries: The Shorter Catalogues, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4 (London: The British Library,1996), B.77.91, B.79.100.
Waller, Katharine Mary, 'The Library, Scriptorium and Community of Rochester Cathedral Priory c. 1080-1150' (unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Liverpool, 1980), pp. 270, 322-23, 360.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)