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Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 1-16
- Record Id:
- 041-001607759
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001990.0x000394
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064825088.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 1-16
- Title:
- Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral, AD 1-1178; List of bishops
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r-16r: A chronicle of Chichester from the birth of St John the Baptist to 1164, with additions from the 1170s and 1220; largely based on the works of the Benedictine monks and historians Bede (b. 672/3, d. 735) and William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1090, d. in or after 1142), and the source used for the 'Winchester Annals' and the 'Annals of Lewes'.
f. 16v: A list of bishops present at a great council.
[ff. i recto, i verso, ii verso are empty].
Decoration:
Tables drawn in red ink. Small (one-line) initials highlighted in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001102977
041-001607759 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII : Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral; List of bishops; Osbert of Clare, Epistolae; anonymous poems about the Passion and…
Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII, ff 1-16 : Chronicle of Chichester Cathedral, AD 1-1178; List of bishops - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0807]/040-001102977[0001]/041-001607759
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1145
- End Date:
- 1155
- Date Range:
- c 1150
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Script: Protogothic.
Dimensions: 210 x 145 mm (text space: 180 x 125 mm).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Chichester, Southern England.
Provenance: The Cathedral church of Holy Trinity, Chichester: the manuscript contains its annals (see Ker, Medieval Libraries (1964), p. 51).
- Publications:
- See the bibliography in Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- History
- Places:
- Chichester, England