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Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 71r–94v
- Record Id:
- 041-001103654
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001660.0x000009
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060747426.0x000008
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 71r–94v
- Title:
- Robert de Torigni, Chronicle (imperfect)
- Scope & Content:
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These folios contain Robert de Torigni's chronicle for the years 1153–1179. Folio 71r contains a letter from Robert of Torigni to Roger, abbot of Bec and a note recounting part of the history of these folios.
Decoration: manicula (ff. 75r, 76v, 81v); arches in red in the margins (ff. 77v, 89v, 92r); marginal sketches of leaves or trees initials throughout (starting f. 79v); initials, highlights, and rubrics in red throughout.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103650
041-001103654 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Domitian A VIII : Libellus de primo Saxonum aduentu; Letter of Pope Paschal II; Concordat of Worms; Planctus of Oedipus; Hildebert of…
Cotton MS Domitian A VIII, ff 71r–94v : Robert de Torigni, Chronicle (imperfect) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[1153]/040-001103650[0004]/041-001103654
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Domitian A VIII
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Domitian_A_viii (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1175
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Origin: England: these folios were apparently copied by one scribe (see Howlett, Chronicles (1884-89), p. liv), based on chronicles from Mont-Saint-Michel (f. 71r).
Provenance:
The Cistercian priory of Long Bennington: ownership inscription (f. 71r).
Nicholas Trevet (d. in or after 1334), Dominican friar and biblical and classical scholar: used, according to inscription (f. 71r).
- Publications:
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Gransden, Antonia, Historical Writing in England : c. 550 – c. 1307 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1974), pp. 247, 261-62.
Howlett, Richard, ed., Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I, 4 vols, Rolls Series (London, 1884–89), IV, pp. xli–xliii, liv, 178–284, 359–60 [includes edition].
Pohl, Benjamin, 'The date and context of Robert of Torigni's Chronicle in London, British Library, Cotton MS Domitian A viii, fols. 71r-94v', Electronic British Library Journal (forthcoming).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)