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Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 158-228
- Record Id:
- 042-003315170
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100032522428.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061333591.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 158-228
- Title:
- Life of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury (Quadrilogus II)
- Scope & Content:
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These folios include an early copy of the second Quadrilogus, a composite life of Thomas Becket (Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, no. 8194). The text was composed by Brother 'E', a monk of Evesham who worked under the auspices of Henry de Longchamp, abbot of Crowland, according to the dedicatory epistle. This copy was made in the 1st half of the 13th century.
Decoration: Initial in red, blue, and green (f. 158r). Marginal sketch of a face (f. 195r); Initials in red, blue, or green. Rubrics in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103026
041-001607560
042-003315170 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vitellius C XII : Cotton Manuscript Vitellius C XII
Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2 : Letter of Pope Innocent III addressed to the bishops of Ely, London and Worcester; Quadrilogus II; De indulgencia…
Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2, ff 158-228 : Life of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury (Quadrilogus II) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0840]/040-001103026[0003]/041-001607560[0002]/042-003315170
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- SubItem
- Extent:
- Part of Cotton MS Vitellius C XII/2
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1249
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England
Provenance:
Thomas Allen (d. 1615), archivist and antiquary (see Watson, 'Allen of Oxford' (1978), p. 310).
- Former Internal References:
- Cotton MS Vitellius C XII part 2, ff 158-228
- Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts.
- Publications:
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Bibliotheca Hagiographica Antiquae et Mediae Aetatis, Subsidia Hagiographica, 6, 2 vols (Brussels, 1898–1901; repr. 1992), no. 8194.
Duggan, Anne J., Thomas Becket: Friends, Networks, Texts and Cult (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007), pp. 111, 136.
Watson, A. G., 'Thomas Allen of Oxford and his Manuscripts', in Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts and Libraries: Essays Presented to N. R. Ker, ed. by Malcolm B. Parkes and Andrew G. Watson (London: Scolar Press, 1978), p. 310.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)