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Details for manuscript 411

Manuscript №
411
Location
London
Collection
British Library
Reference
Cotton Caligula A.IX
Headnote
Layamon's Brut etc.
Estimated date of production
s.xiii (2)
Folia
261
Place of production
Produced for
Notes
Sources for this record
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001102334

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 ff. 3r-194v: Layamon’s Brut (Boffey, no. 295), the most complete surviving copy of this work, composed in alliterative verse by Layamon, a priest at Areley Kings in Worcestershire, at the beginning of the 13th century. A second copy, much abbreviated, is found in Cotton MS Otho C XIII English 3r (5) 194v (388) 384.0
2 ff. 195r-216r: Chardri, La Vie de Seint Josaphaz (Dean, no. 532) French 195r (389) 216r (431) 42.5
3 ff. 216r-229v: Chardri, Les Set Dormanz (Dean, no. 534) French 216r (431) 229v (458) 27.0
4 ff. 229v-232v: Le Livere des reis de Brittanie (Dean, no. 13) French 229v (458) 232v (464) 6.5
5 ff. 233r–246r: The Owl and the Nightingale , a satirical debate in verse, originally composed in southern England, probably Surrey or Dorset. This is one of two surviving copies of . The other is Oxford, Jesus College 29 (Boffey, no. 1384) English 233r (465) 246r (491) 26.5
6 ff. 246r–v: Death’s wither-clench (Boffey, no. 2070) English 246r (491) 246v (492) 0.83
7 f. 246v: An orison to Our Lady (Boffey, no. 2687); Will and Wit (Boffey, no. 4016) English 246v (492) 246v (492) 0.33
8 ff. 246v–247r: Doomsday (Boffey, no. 3967) English 246v (492) 247r (493) 0.83
9 ff. 247r–248v: The Last day (Boffey, no. 3517) English 247r (493) 248v (496) 2.83
10 f. 248v: The Ten abuses (Boffey, no. 4051) English 248v (496) 248v (496) 0.33
11 ff. 248v–249r: A Lutel soth sermun (Boffey, no. 1091) English 248v (496) 249r (497) 0.83
12 ff. 249r-261v: Chardri, Le Petit Plet (Dean, no. 265) French 249r (497) 261v (522) 25.5

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