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Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2, ff 1-157

Record Id:

041-003419929

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001101582

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100062807835.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100064602101.0x000002

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2, ff 1-157

Title:

A collection of hagiographical texts

Scope & Content:

Contents:

f. 1r: Vita S. Marie Magdalene (Life of St Mary Magdalene), continued from Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/1.

ff. 1r-6v: Vita S. Audoeni (The Life of St Auduin).

ff. 6v-9r: Gennadius of Marseilles (fl. late 5th century), Vita S. Hieronymi (The Life of St Jerome).

ff. 9r-10r: Pseudo-Sebastian of Monte Cassino, Vita S Hieronymi.

ff. 10r-13r: Vita S. Leonardi (The Life of St Leonard).

ff. 13r-24v: Pseudo-Aurelianus, Vita S. Martialis (The Life of St Martial).

ff. 24v-27v: Pseudo-Deodatus, Vita S. Taurini (The Life of St Taurinus).

f. 27v: Passio S. Eusebii (The Passion of St Eusebius).

ff. 27v-31r: Vita S. Philiberti (The Life of St Philibert).

ff. 31r-33r: Vita S. Petri (The Life of St Peter).

ff. 33r-33v: De Imagine Salvatoris (On the Figure of the Saviour).

ff. 33v-37r: Passio S. Apollinaris (The Passion of St Apollinaris).

ff. 37r-40v: Passio S. Pantaleonis (The Passion of St Pantaleon).

ff. 40v-44v: Passio S. Oswaldi (The Passion of St Oswald).

ff. 44v-50r: Passio S. Adriani (The Passion of St Adrian).

ff. 50r-54v: Passio Sanctorum Eugenie, Proti et Iacincti (The Passion of St Eugenia, Protus and Iacentus).

ff. 54v-105v: John the Deacon of Rome (b. 940, d. 1009), Vita S. Gregorii Magni (The Life of St Gregory the Great).

ff. 105v-111r: Vita S. Birini (The Life of St Birinus).

ff. 111r-112r: Vita S. Swithuni (The Life of St Swithun).

ff. 112r-121v: Miracula S. Swithuni (The Miracles of St Swithun).

ff. 121v-130v: Wulfstan of Winchester (fl. 1000), Vita S. Æthelwoldi (The life of St Aethelwold).

ff. 130v-145r: Osbern of Canterbury (b. c. 1050, d. c. 1090), Vita S. Dunstani (Life of St Dunstan).

ff. 145r-153r: Osbern of Canterbury, Miracula S. Dunstani (Miracles of St Dunstan).

ff. 153r-154r: Miracula S. Laurentii (Miracles of St Lawrence).

ff. 154r-157r: Continuation of Miracula S. Laurentii.

The manuscript contains a later addition:

f. 157v: medieval memoranda in 13th-century hands.

[f. 88v is blank].

Decoration:

Numerous large arabesque initials in red, green, blue, purple or ochre, some on a blue background, ornamented with yellow and green; display capitals in red and blue; numerous small initials in red; red rubrics and highlights, occasional yellow and light blue highlights.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Cotton Collection
England and France 700-1200 Project

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001101582
040-003419927
041-003419929

Is part of:

Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2 : A collection of hagiographical texts

Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2, ff 1-157 : A collection of hagiographical texts

Hierarchy:

032-001101582[1386]/040-003419927[0001]/041-003419929

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1100

End Date:

1199

Date Range:

12th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Script: Protogothic (ff. 1r-154r); Gothic (ff. 154r-157r).

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

? The Benedictine Cathedral Priory of St Saviour, St Peter, and St Paul, Bath: the note: ‘ego sum bonus puer quem Deus amat’ to which another 15th-century hand added ‘quod Willelmus Gylys’ (Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/1, f. 115v); a certain William Gilys/Gylys is attested at Bath Cathedral around 1468/1499, see Greatrex, Bibliographical Register (1997), p. 25.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Subjects:

Hagiography

Places:

England