Manuscripts

Cotton library, MS Otho A xii (pre-1731)

The composite manuscript London, British Library, MS Cotton Otho A xii as it would have been before the catastrophic fire of 1731.

Hands
See Gneuss for a detailed reconstruction.

Cotton library, MS Otho A xii/ff. 1-55

Cotton library, MS Otho A xii/ff. 57-62

ff. 63-?86:

London, British Library, MS Cotton Otho A xii 2, ff. 8-12, 14-16, 18-19

The following will not be considered:
  • f. 87: Vita S. Odonis, now lost
  • f. 100: Aelmeri Epistolae, etc., now ff. 13, 20r, 21-27.
  • f. 139: Passio XI mille virginum, now ff. 28-33.
  • f. 146: Translatio S. Wulfhildis, now. ff. 37, 39r.
  • f. 147v: Vita S. Bertini, now. f. 38.
  • f. 148v: Vita S. Wulfhildis, now ff. 35, 36, 38v.
  • f. 150v: Vita S. Aethelburgae, now ff. 40-42, 44.
  • f. 154: Vita S. Hildelithae, now ff. 43, 45.
  • f. 155v: De S. Erchenwaldo, now f. 45v.
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Sources

For bibliographical references, see the separate pages for manuscript units.