Cottonian MS Titus A.xxv
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| Cottonian MS Titus A.xxv | |
|---|---|
| British Library, London, United Kingdom | |
| File:Cot.Tit.A.xxv 105r.jpg folio 105r | |
| Hils' catalog | — |
| Leng's catalog | — |
| Type | Fencing manual |
| Date | 1450 - 1465 |
| Place of origin | Ireland (?) |
| Language(s) | Medieval Latin Middle English |
| Author(s) | Unknown |
| Material | Paper, with a British Library binding |
| Size | 138 folia |
| Script | Bastarda (?) |
| External link | Museum Data Sheet |
The Cottonian MS Titus A.xxv is a compilation manuscript containing a fencing manual, created in Ireland between 1450 and 1465.[citation needed] The original currently rests in the Titus section of Cotton Library, in the British Library in London, United Kingdom. The fencing treatise is recorded on folio 105rv of the larger manuscript. Along with the Man yt Wol and the Ledall manuscript, this is one of only three extant treatises on Medieval English martial arts.
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Provenance
The known provenance of the Cottonian MS Titus A.xxv is:
- written between 1450 - 1465 by an unknown scribe, apparently at Boyle Monastery in Ireland.
- before 1631 - acquired by Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631) and placed in the Titus section of his collection.
- 1631-1662 - owned by Sir Thomas Cotton (d.1662).
- 1662-1702 - owned by Sir John Cotton (d.1702).
- 1702 - donated to the British people, confirmed by Act of Parliament (12 & 13 William III, c. 7).
- 1753 - added to the newly-formed British Museum.
- 1973 - moved to the newly-formed British Library.
Contents
This is the official table of contents provided by the museum.[1] As the manuscript has not been digitized for study, its accuracy cannot be guaranteed beyond that fact.
| Folio | Section | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1r - 34v | Annales monasterii de Buellio in Hibernia ("Annals of Monastery of Boyle in Ireland"; partly in Latin and partly in Irish) | ||||||||||
| 35r - 70v | The Manner of Seeking and Offering, and Also of the Bearing and Translations of the Three Holy Kings of Coleyn | ||||||||||
| 71r - 92v | Via nova deiversarum regionum proprietatum declarativa, dispositio terrae sanctae, per Ludolphum, qui Palaestinam adiit A.D. 1336, et per quinquennium ibi moratus est ("Declaration of a New Way of Properties of Different Regions, the Disposition of the Holy Land, by Ludolphum, Who Visited Palestine, A. D. 1336, and Remained There for Five Years") | ||||||||||
| 93r - 104v | [Some verses in Latin, too faded to read] | ||||||||||
| 105rv |
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| 106r - 116v | Historia de regibus vetustis Britannorum, à rege Arthuro ad Cadwalladrum ("Background of the Ancient Kings of the Britons, from King Arthur to the Cadwalladrum") | ||||||||||
| 117r - 138v | Formulae obligationum, acquietantiarum & testamentorum, &c ("Formula of Obligations, Acquiescence and Covenants, etc."; in French and Latin) | ||||||||||
Gallery
Additional Resources
- Bradak, Benjamin "Casper" and Heslop, Brandon. Lessons on the English Longsword. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-58160-734-5
References
- ↑ According to the Museum Data Sheet.
