London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. ii + Claudius A. iii, fols 2-7, 9* + Faustina B. vi, vol. 1, fols 95, 98-100

Added with other English and Latin records of Christ Church, Canterbury, of s. xi¹-xi², to the blank spaces and margins of a s. ix continental gospel-book which Æthelstan donated to Christ Church. Old English written at Christ Church, probably between the gospels of Luke and John.

All the documents in Old English and most of those in Latin were cut out by Cotton from Tiberius. The Old English texts are now part of Claudius A. iii; the Latin texts Faustina B. vi.

Digital Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_tiberius_a_ii_f0…

Tiberius A. ii

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

Claudius A. iii

(no digital surrogate for Faustina B. vi)

Manuscript Items

Item: Claudius A. iii, fols 4-6
- Title (B.15.1.48): Charters: Royal Charters: King Æthelred to Christ Church, Canterbury Sawyer 914
  Incipit: (fol. 4r) On drihtnes naman ælmihtiges godes. Ic æðelred mid Godes gyfe Angelðeode cyning, and ƿealdend eac oðra iglanda ðe her abutan licgað, cyðe Engliscum cristenum mannum hu se arƿyrða arcebisceop ælfric of his bisceoplican ƿisdome and gymenne me on Godes bebodum oft abysgud hæfð.
  Explicit: (fol. 6r) Ic Leofstan geƿitnys.
  Text Language: English (a Latin version (fols 2r-3v) precedes the Old English )
  Date: A hand of s. xi¹
  Bibliography:
  Ker 1957, p. 239
  Electronic Sawyer, S914
Item: Claudius A. iii, fols 5-6
- Title (B.15.1.96): Charters: Royal Charters: Writ of King Edward, Christ Church, Canterbury Sawyer 1090
  Incipit: (fol. 5v) Eadƿeard cyngc gret stigande ærcebisceop 7 harold eorl
  Text Language: English
  Date: The text is datable 1051-63; a hand of s. xi²
  Bibliography:
  Ker 1957, pp. 239-40
Item: Claudius A. iii, fol. 6r
- Title (B.15.2.17): Charters: Lay Charters: Lady Ælfgifu to Christ Church Sawyer 1229
  Addition: (fol. 6r) Ic Ælfgyfu seo hlæfdige Eadƿeardes cyninges modor geærndede æt Cnute cyninge minum hlaforde þæt land æt Niƿantune 7 þæt þærto hyrð into Cristes cyrcean þa Ælfric se þegen hit hæfde forƿorht þan cyninge to handan . 7 se cyning hit geaf þa into Cristes cyrcean þan hirede to fosterlande for uncre beigra saƿle.
  Text Language: English
  Date: A hand of s. xi^med
  Bibliography:
  Ker 1957, p. 240
  Electronic Sawyer, S1229
Item: Claudius A. iii, fol. 6r
- Title (B.15.3.50): Charters: Bishops' Charters: Archbishop Æthelnoth to Christ Church Sawyer 1389
  Addition: (fol. 6r) Ic æþelnoð cristes cyrcean arcebisceop gebohte þæt land æt godmæresham æt rirede eorle mid tƿam 7 hundseofontigan marcan hƿites seolfres be geƿihte . 7 geaf hit on minon halan life into Cristes cyrcean þan hirede to bigleofan into heora beodderne for mine saƿle . 7 se þe þis ƿille aƿendan . aƿende hine Crist fram heofenan rices myrhðe into helle ƿite
  Text Language: English
  Date: A hand of s. xi^med
  Bibliography:
  Ker 1957, p. 240
  Electronic Sawyer, S1389
Item: Claudius A. iii, fol. 6r
- Title (B.15.2.14): Charters: Lay Charters: Thored to Christ Church Sawyer 1222
  Addition: (fol. 6r) Ic þored geann þæt land æt horslege þam horede æt cristes cyrcean for mine saƿle sƿa full 7 sƿa forð sƿa ic sylf hit ahte
  Text Language: English
  Date: A hand of s. xi^med
  Bibliography:
  Ker 1957, p. 240
  Electronic Sawyer, S1222
Item: Claudius A. iii, fol. 6v
- Title (B.15.1.66): Charters: Royal Charters: King Edward to Christ Church, Canterbury Sawyer 1047
  Incipit: (fol. 6v) Ic eadƿerd cyng 7 englalandes ƿealdend under Criste þan heofenlican cyninge geann þæs landes æt Certham into Cristes cyrcean for mine saƿle þan hirede to fosterlande þe þærinne Gode þeoƿað
  Explicit: (fol. 6v) (ends with a witness list) Brutuƿylle
  Text Language: English
  Date: s. xi^med and s. xi² hands
  Bibliography:
  Ker 1957, p. 240
  Electronic Sawyer, S1047

Object Description

Form

Form Codex

Hand Description

Additional Information

Administration Information

Manuscript described by Takako Kato with the assistance of Owen Roberson and Sanne van der Schee, with reference to published scholarship (2013).

Surrogates

Digital surrogate for Tiberius A. ii: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_tiberius_a_ii_f003r (accessed 18 July 2018)

Digital surrogate for Claudius A. iii: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_claudius_a_iii_f002r (accessed 18 July 2018)

History

Provenance

Canterbury Christ Church

Bibliography

Ker, N. R., Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957; repr. 1990), item 185

Sawyer, Peter, The Electronic Sawyer (London: CCH, King's College London, http://www.esawyer.org.uk/, 2012; accessed in 2009)

Catalogue Entry Authored By

Takako Kato