London, British Library, Cotton Domitian A. vii

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Domitian A. vii

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General Information

Ker

147

Gnuess/Lapidge

327

Summary

Documents were added to the Liber Vitae of Durham between s. ix and s. xii. An Old English document added in s. ximed is a manumission in 12 lines, now imperfect. The first line of the text was deleted and a twelfth-century hand overwrote the female name 'Geatfleda'. As Ker (1957, p. 187) notes: 'the Liber Vitae was kept on the high altar at Durham'.

Digital Surrogate

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_domitian_a_vii_f…

Manuscript Items
  1. Item: fol. 47r

    • Title (B.16.8.3): Congregation of St Cuthbert: Manumissions

      Incipit: (fol. 47r) [...] geaf freols for godes lufa

      Bibliography:

      Ker 1957, item 147

      Birch 1885-93, no.1254

  2. Item: fol. 47v

    • Title (B.16.8.2): Congregation of St Cuthbert: Grants

      Incipit: (fol. 47v) Her is gemearcod hu manega hyda landes þureð eorl betæht hafað into sancte cuðberht[es] stoƿe

      Note: A grant of land by Eorl Þyreð

      Bibliography:

      Ker 1957, item 147

      Robertson 1939, no.60

  3. Item: fol. 47v

    • Title (B.16.8.2.1.EM): Congregation of St Cuthbert: Grants [second part]

      Incipit: (fol. 47v) Her syleð norðman eorl into sancte cuðberhte

      Note: Grants of land by 'norðman eorl' and by 'ulfcytel osulfes sunu'

      Bibliography:

      Ker 1957, item 147

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Described by Takako Kato with the assistance of Johanna Green, with reference to published scholarship (2010; 2013).

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History

Provenance

Durham

Bibliography

Birch, Walter de Gray, ed., Cartularium Saxonicum: A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History (London: Whiting and Company; Chas J. Clark, 1885-93)

Ker, N. R., Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957; repr. 1990), item 147

Robertson, A. J, Anglo-Saxon Charters, 2nd edn (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939)

Catalogue Entry Authored By

Takako Kato

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