[Regia-NA] Anglo Saxon Manuscripts?
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I had forgotten all about how the emperors had became associated with the naming process...what a cool quirk to the story. :o)
Bill
Message date : Oct 20 2003, 05:25 PM
>From : Chris Boulton
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Subject : Re: [Regia-NA] Anglo Saxon Manuscripts?
Bill wrote...
>That is a Cotton Manuscript (MS = manuscript...MSS = manuscripts...and
Cott = 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
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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<P>I had forgotten all about how the emperors had became associated with the naming process...what a cool quirk to the story. :o)</P>
<P>Bill<BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill wrote...</FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV>>That is a Cotton Manuscript (MS = manuscript...MSS = manuscripts...and <BR>Cott = Cotton). These were manuscripts originally collected by Sir <BR>Robert Cotton. His collection (now in the BM) includes a lot of the <BR>famous manuscripts: Julius, Vespasian, Tiberius, etc. So you manuscript <BR>should also have another name and number associated with it, as well as a <BR>"folio" number to indicate where in the manuscript the reference is made, i.e. <BR>Cotton Nero D.iv, f. 210v </DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For clarification, Sir Robert Cotton kept the <BR>manucripts in bookcases, and on top of each bookcase he had a bust of a Roman <BR>emperor. Thus, when he came to index his manuscripts, he listed them first by <BR>which bookcase they were in - identified by whose bust was on the relevant <BR>bookcase - then which section of the bookcase, which shelf, etc, <BR>etc.</FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh yes - and BM - short for British <BR>Museum.</FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris.</FONT></DIV><BR>
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