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Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 91–157
- Record Id:
- 041-001103759
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001660.0x00004b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060663571.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 91–157
- Title:
- De gestis Britonum et Anglorum,attributed to Peter of Ickham, with continuations
- Scope & Content:
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These folios contain a history of the kings of Britain and England, beginning 'Non solum audiendis scripturae sacrae', which has been attributed to Peter of Ickham, with further continuations into the 14th century. There are at least three phases of continuation, and one set of changes of scribe are divided by a blank side (f. 155r). There are marginal notes throughout the manuscript, some of which have been cut off when the folios were cut down in size.
Decoration: large red initial (f. 91r); red manicula and sketch of a face in red (f. 99r); red rubrics, red lines, red boxes around marginal text, red highlights to the text throughout.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103756
041-001103759 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII : Old English homilies and other liturgy; the earliest Vita S Dunstani and a rhymed responsory for an office for Gregory…
Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII, ff 91–157 : De gestis Britonum et Anglorum,attributed to Peter of Ickham, with continuations - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[1192]/040-001103756[0003]/041-001103759
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra B XIII
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Cleopatra_B_XIII (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1301
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 14th century-15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Origin: England: the first part of the text (ff. 91r-153v) may have been largely written by one scribe. At least two later scribes added brief continuations (ff. 153v-157; see Hardy, Descriptive Catalogue (2012), p. 277).
Marginal notes and sketches in Gothic cursive have been added throughout the manuscript.
- Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts.
- Publications:
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Hardy, Thomas Duffus, Descriptive Catalogue of Materials Relating to the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the End of the Reign of Henry VIII, Volume 3: From A.D. 1200 to A.D. 1327 (Cambridge: 1871, reprinted 2012), no. 495 (pp. 276-77).
Sharpe, Richard, A Handlist of the Latin Writers of Great Britain and Ireland before 1540 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2001), p. 427.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)