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Royal MS 7 D XXIV, ff 82r-162v, 166r-168v

Record Id:

041-003359259

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002105724

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100063343606.0x000003

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Royal MS 7 D XXIV, ff 82r-162v, 166r-168v

Title:

Aldhelm, De Virginitate; Aldhelm, letter to Heahfrith (imperfect)

Scope & Content:

Contents:

ff. : Aldhelm's De Virginitate, with a table of contents (ff. 82r-85v) and a sketch of a writing figure (f. 85v). One of the scribes may also have been the main hand of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 183 (see Bishop, 'Early Example' (1966), p. 247). It is followed by a copy of Aldhelm's letter to Heahfrith (Ehfrid). The medieval folios have been interpolated or replaced (on what is now ff. 163r-165v) with part of an early modern copy of Aldhelm's letter, with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young in the 17th century. Three paper leaves have been inserted between f. 167 and f. 168.

Decoration:

Initials and rubrics filled with blue, yellow, dark red and orange (ff. 82r-85r, 86r-162r). Line drawing of a figure writing (f. 85v). Zoomorphic initials with foliate details in colours (f. 86r, 87v, 88r, 89r, 89v, 90v, 91v, 92v, 94r, 95r, 96r, 97r, 99r, 100v, 101v, 102r, 103v, 104v, 105v, 107r, 108v, 110r, 111r, 113v, 115r, 116v, 117r, 118v, 120r, 121r, 124r, 124v, 126r, 137r, 138r-v, 139v, 141r, 142r, 143v, 144r, 145v, 146v, 147v, 149v, 150v, 152v, 154r, 155r, 156r, 157r, 158r, 159v, 160v, 162v). Initial encircling a face (f. 99v). Initials in ink with foliate or zoomorphic penwork decoration (f. 129v, 132v, 135r, ). Text lines in a pyramidal or trinagular shape (f. 162r).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

England and France 700-1200 Project
Royal Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002105724
040-002106264
041-003359259

Is part of:

Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 7 D XXIV : Guitmund of Aversa, De Corporis et Sanguinis Christi; Aldhelm, De Virginitate; Aldhelm, Epistola ad Ehfridum; fragment of…

Royal MS 7 D XXIV, ff 82r-162v, 166r-168v : Aldhelm, De Virginitate; Aldhelm, letter to Heahfrith (imperfect)

Hierarchy:

032-002105724[0497]/040-002106264[0003]/041-003359259

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

Part of Royal MS 7 D XXIV

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English, Old
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

0900

End Date:

0949

Date Range:

1st half of the 10th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Script: Insular minuscule.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

One of the scribes may also have been the main hand in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 183 (which contains vitae and other material relating to St Cuthbert). That manuscript has been variously attributed to Glastonbury, Wells, Winchester or another West Saxon centre (see Keynes, 'King Athelstan's Books' (1985), p. 184).

? The Benedictine cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury: an 11th-century glossing scribe may have consulted the glosses in the manuscript that is now Brussels, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België/ Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 1650, which has been associated with Canterbury (see Gwara, 'Canterbury Affiliations' (1996), p. 369). Corrections of Aldhelm's letter may also be related to readings glossed in Cotton MS Domitian A IX, which has also been linked to Canterbury (Gwara, 'Canterbury Affiliations' (1996), p. 370-71).

? The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Abingdon (see Gwara, 'Canterbury Affiliations' (1996), p. 373).

Later ? 10th- or 11th-century additions to the figural drawing

Later medieval added title, reading 'Liber de virginitate' (f. 82r).

Obliterated later text, possibly in a large Gothic script (f. 168v).

17th century: supply leaves added (ff. 163r-165v).

Patrick Young ('Junius', b. 1584, d. 1652): corrections in his hand (ff. 163r-165v).

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