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DD/Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/1

Record Id:

041-003356036

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

MDARK:

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LARK:

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Reference (shelfmark):

DD/Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/1

Title:

Liber Pontificalis (Pontifcal of Glasgow)

Scope & Content:

Contents:

This manuscript was formerly bound together with the Coronation Book of Charles V of France, numbered ff. 35-80, now Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2. The folio numbering of this part (ff. 3-34, 81-197) is that of the composite volume, bound together by Cotton in the 17th century as Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII.

This manuscript consists of a Pontifical, initially written for the diocese of Canterbury and later adapted for the diocese of Glasgow, for use at the Cathedral Church of St Mungo. Although the references to the diocese of Canterbury remained untouched, an early 14th-century hand has added 'Glasguensi' in the section related to the ordination of abbots (f. 106v).

ff. 3r-196v: Liber Pontificalis (Pontifical). The consecration of a bishop, beginning with the requirement that the bishop elect has to bind himself to obedience to the see of Canterbury: 'Decretum quod clerus et populus firmare debet de electo episcopo. Venerando sancte Cantuariensis ecclesie metropolitano'; including the mass celebrated for the ordination (ff. 5v-12r), beginning: 'Incipit examinatio ordinandi episcopi que est agenda die dominica antequam missa celebretur'; the benediction of the bishop (ff. 15v-23r) followed by the consecration of the new bishop by the archbishop with prayers (ff. 23r-28v); the benediction of the new bishop, beginning: 'Populus te honoret adiuvet te Dominus' (ff. 28v-29v), including a special mass with antiphons for the consecration of the new bishop (ff. 29v-34v); the Ordo consecrationis regis (Instructions for the consecration of a king) (ff. 79r-99v), beginning: 'Incipit consecratio regis. Consecrandum regem de conventu fidelium seniorum per manus producant ad ecclesiam et chorus decantet hanc. Amen'; the consecration of a queen (ff. 99v-105v), beginning: 'Benedictio regine dicenda in ingressu ecclesie secundum ordinem romanorum'; the Ordo abbatis (Instructions for the consecration of an abbot) (ff. 105v-111v), beginning: 'In abbatis ordinatione. Episcopus ipse missam complere et eum benedicere debet'; the Benedictio monachorum (benediction of monks) (ff. 111v-117v); the Benedictio super abbatissam (benediction of an abbess) (ff. 117v-122v); the Consecratio virginis monialis (consecration of nuns) (ff. 122v-147r); the benediction of widows and their clothes (ff. 147r-150v); the confirmation of children (ff. 151r-152r); several blessings and benedictions related to soldiers, introduced by Psalm 69 (ff. 152r-157r); trials by ordeal of iron, hot and cold water (ff. 157r-188r); an exorcism with bread and goat cheese (ff. 188v-196v), ending: 'Qui venturus est iudicare'.

Decoration:

Red, blue and green initials, some with foliated decoration. Rubrics in red.

Neumes and musical notations (ff. 29-34).

Collection Area:

Corporate Archives

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-003356033
041-003356036

Is part of:

Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII : Liber Pontificalis (Pontifcal of Glasgow); The Coronation Book of Charles V, King of France

DD/Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/1 : Liber Pontificalis (Pontifcal of Glasgow)

Hierarchy:

032-001101582[0000]/040-003356033[0001]/041-003356036

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

A parchment codex

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1150

End Date:

1174

Date Range:

3rd quarter of the 12th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Condition: outer edges of leaves damaged by water in 1731.

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 280 x 185 mm (text space 200 x 110 mm).

Foliation: ff. 196 (+ 3 unfoliated modern parchment flyleaves at the beginning and at the end, + 1 medieval unfoliated parchment flyleaf at the beginning and 3 at the end); ff. 1-2; [v]-[vii] are medieval parchment flyleaves.

Script: Protogothic.

Binding: British Museum 1899. Red leather with gold-tooled fleur-de-lys.

Custodial History:

Origin: England, S. E. (Canterbury)

Provenance:

The diocese of Canterbury: reference to Canterbury e. g., 'Venerando Sancte Cantuariensis Ecclesie metropolitano' (f. 3r).

St Mungo’s Cathedral, Glasgow: added, early 14th-century reference to Glasgow 'Glasguensi' written in the margin (f. 107r); cited in the catalogue of 1432 (see Ker, Medieval Libraries (1964) and Sharpe and Willoughby, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain (2015)); adapted for the use of Glasgow, according to J. Brückmann, 'Pontifical in England and Wales' (1973), 435; two 15th-century added titles 'Liber Pontificalis' (f. [vii] recto).

Thomas Potter (fl. 1566): his name written with the year 1566 (ff. 1r and 3r (cropped)).

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), antiquary and politician, acquired by him in 1604: his signature with the year 1604 written 'Robertus Cotton Bruceus, 1604' (f. 3r); a table of contents written by Richard James (d. 1638), Cotton's librarian (f. 2r); cited in his catalogues Harley MS 6018 (no. 191) and Add MS 36682, see Tite, The Early Records (2003), p. 107; added title 'Liber Pontificalis' (f. 1r) and the Cotton's library press-mark 'Tiberius 8' (f. [iv] verso).

Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton.

Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7. Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.

Administrative Context:

Canterbury, England

Information About Copies:

Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.

Publications:

Brückmann, J., 'Latin Manuscripts Pontificals and Benedictionals in England and Wales', Traditio, 29 (1973), 391-458 (p. 435).

The Claudius Pontificals, ed. by D. H. Turner (London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1971), pp. xl-xli.

Higgitt, John, 'Manuscripts and Libraries in the Diocese of Glasgow before the Reformation', in Medieval Art and Architecture in the Diocese of Glasgow, ed. by Richard Fawcett (Leeds: W. S. Maney and Son, 1998), pp. 102-10 (p.106).

Holmes, M. H., 'Catalogue of Liturgical Books and Fragments in Scotland before 1560', The Innes Review, 62:2 (2012), 127-212 (p. 138).

Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, ed. by N. R, Ker, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3, 2nd edn (London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 90.

Tite, Colin, The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton’s Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use (London: The British Library, 2003), p. 107.

Sharpe, Richard and Willoughby, James, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain (Oxford: The Bodleian Libraries, 2015) http://mlgb3.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/mlgb/book/2894/?search_term=Cotton%20Tiberius%20B.VIII&page_size=500 [accessed 8 November 2016].

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Notes:

This manuscript is part of The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project: Manuscripts from the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, 700-1200.