Cotton MS Vitellius A XV

E493768

Cotton MS Vitellius A XV is the famous medieval manuscript in the British Library that contains the only surviving copy of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, along with other important texts.

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Cotton MS Vitellius A XV canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English manuscript ⓘ
codex ⓘ
medieval manuscript ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beowulf manuscript ⓘ
Nowell Codex ⓘ
associatedWith Laurence Nowell ⓘ
Sir Robert Cotton ⓘ
cataloguedAs Vitellius A XV in Cotton’s bust-and-shelf system ⓘ
catalogueNumber Cotton MS Vitellius A XV ⓘ
collection Cotton Library ⓘ
containsOnlySurvivingCopyOf Beowulf ⓘ
containsWork Beowulf ⓘ
Judith ⓘ
Letter of Alexander to Aristotle ⓘ
Saints’ Lives ⓘ
linked to: Lives of Saints

The Passion of Saint Christopher ⓘ
The Wonders of the East ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
currentLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
dateWritten early 11th century ⓘ
late 10th century ⓘ
digitizedBy British Library ⓘ
hasDigitalSurrogate British Library Digitised Manuscripts website ⓘ
hasPart first codicological unit (prose texts including Wonders of the East) ⓘ
second codicological unit (Beowulf and Judith) ⓘ
heldBy British Library ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
material parchment ⓘ
origin Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
partOf Cotton collection of manuscripts ⓘ
physicalCondition fire-damaged ⓘ
fragile ⓘ
repositoryShelfmark British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A XV ⓘ
scriptorium likely monastic scriptorium in southern England ⓘ
scriptoriumAttribution possibly produced for a monastic or ecclesiastical audience ⓘ
scriptType Insular script ⓘ
shelfmark Vitellius A XV ⓘ
linked to: Vitellius
significance major witness to Old English literature ⓘ
primary source for the text of Beowulf ⓘ
subject Germanic heroic legend ⓘ
biblical narratives ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
wonders and marvels literature ⓘ
sufferedDamageIn 1731 Ashburnham House fire ⓘ
writingMedium ink on parchment ⓘ
writingSystem Insular minuscule ⓘ

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Cotton Vitellius A XV → shelfmark → Cotton MS Vitellius A XV ⓘ
Cotton MS Vitellius A XV → catalogueNumber → Cotton MS Vitellius A XV ⓘ