[Regia-NA] Anglo Saxon Manuscripts?
Chris Boulton
list-regia-na@lig.net
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:24:00 +0100
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Bill wrote...
>That is a Cotton Manuscript (MS =3D manuscript...MSS =3D =
manuscripts...and Cott =3D Cotton). These were manuscripts originally =
collected by Sir Robert Cotton. His collection (now in the BM) includes =
a lot of the famous manuscripts: Julius, Vespasian, Tiberius, etc. So =
you manuscript should also have another name and number associated with =
it, as well as a "folio" number to indicate where in the manuscript the =
reference is made, i.e. Cotton Nero D.iv, f. 210v=20
For clarification, Sir Robert Cotton kept the manucripts in bookcases, =
and on top of each bookcase he had a bust of a Roman emperor. Thus, when =
he came to index his manuscripts, he listed them first by which bookcase =
they were in - identified by whose bust was on the relevant bookcase - =
then which section of the bookcase, which shelf, etc, etc.
Oh yes - and BM - short for British Museum.
Chris.
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collected by Sir=20
Robert Cotton. His collection (now in the BM) includes a lot =
of the=20
famous manuscripts: Julius, Vespasian, Tiberius, etc. So you =
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should also have another name and number associated with it, as well as =
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"folio" number to indicate where in the manuscript the reference is =
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kept the=20
manucripts in bookcases, and on top of each bookcase he had a bust of a =
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emperor. Thus, when he came to index his manuscripts, he listed them =
first by=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Oh yes - and BM - short for British=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris.</FONT></DIV>
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