Manuscripts

London, British Library, MS Cotton Nero A vii Composite

Latin, Irish
composite manuscript
Non-Celtic manuscripts
parchment

A composite manuscript that includes matter pertaining to Anselm and Lanfranc, archbishops of Canterbury; a 16th-century Irish manuscript containing a copy of Bretha Nemed toísech; and Henry of Saltry's description of St Patrick's Purgatory.

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Identifiers

Location

England London, British Library

Collection: Cotton manuscripts

Shelfmark

Cotton Nero A vii

Type

manuscript miscellanies

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Latin, Irish

Date

Of various ages.

Hands, scribes

Codicological information

UnitCodicological unit. Indicates whether the entry describes a single leaf, a distinct or composite manuscript, etc.

composite manuscript

Material

parchment

Distinct units

ff. 132-157

London, British Library, … ff. 132-157 [1571]

Irish manuscript (1571).

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p. 67b.23: meaning page 67, second column, line 23

Non-Celtic manuscripts

Sources

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[dig. img.] British Library: digitised manuscripts, Online: British Library. URL: <http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts>.

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Secondary sources (select)

OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the [British Library, formerly the] British Museum, vol. 1, London: British Museum, 1926.

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