Manuscripts

London, British Library, MS Cotton Vespasian A xiv Cottonian vocabulary

Latin
s. xi-xii composite manuscript
Cornish manuscripts, English manuscripts
vellum

General
Contents

Identifiers

Location

England London, British Library

Collection: Cotton manuscripts

Shelfmark

Cotton Vespasian A xiv

Title

Cottonian vocabulary

Type

lexicology and lexicography

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Latin

Date

s. xi-xii

s. xi-xii.

Hands, scribes

Codicological information

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

composite manuscript

Material

vellum

Distinct units

ff. 1-105

London, British Library, … 001-105 [s. xii]

ff. 106-113

London, British Library, … 106-113

ff. 114-179

London, British Library, … 114-179

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Cornish manuscripts, English manuscripts