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Cotton MS Titus D XVIII, ff 1–12
- Record Id:
- 041-001103582
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x0003ba
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152540994.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Titus D XVIII, ff 1–12
- Title:
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Abecedarium;Versus Sibille de adventu Domini; verses on the zones of the Earth, the seasons and related topics; a Greek litany
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
f. 1*: Contents list in the hand of William Dugdale (1605-1686)
ff. 1v-8v: Abecedarium (ff. 1v–8v), including Hebrew (ff. 2r–v), Greek (ff. 3r–5r), Gothic (f. 6v), Runic (f. 7v) and English (f. 8v) alphabets;
ff. 9r–v: Versus Sibille de adventu Domini, a Sibyl's prophecy (Walther, Initia Carminum, 9907);
ff. 10r-12v: Verses on the zones of the Earth, the seasons and related topics;
f. 12v: Greek litany.
Decoration: A circular diagram of the zones of the Earth in red and brown (f. 10r). Tables, symbols and script in red or brown. Rubrics in red capitals.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103581
041-001103582 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Titus D XVIII : The Katherine Group of Middle English texts; an Abecedarium and other verses; lists of Archbishops
Cotton MS Titus D XVIII, ff 1–12 : Abecedarium;Versus Sibille de adventu Domini; verses on the zones of the Earth, the seasons and related topics;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[1108]/040-001103581[0001]/041-001103582
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of a parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English, Middle
Greek, Ancient
Hebrew
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1350
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Script: Gothic cursive.
Dimensions: 165 × 120 mm (text space: 120/5 x 90/5 mm).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance: Thomas Allen of Oxford (d. 1632): his name inscribed on f. 1v.
Andreas Davidsonus: his name inscribed on f. 1r.
- Administrative Context:
- Origin: England
- Publications:
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McCarren, Vincent P., & Robert N. Mory, ‘The Abecedarium from British Museum Cotton MS. Titus D 18’, Modern Philology, 87 (1990), 266–71.
Walther, Hans, Initia Carminum ac Versuum Medii Aevi Posterioris Latinorum, I (Göttingen, 1969), no. 9907.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)