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Some Thoughts On The Place Of Origin Of The Cotton Troper, Elizabeth Teviotdale
Some Thoughts On The Place Of Origin Of The Cotton Troper, Elizabeth Teviotdale
Elizabeth C Teviotdale
Argues that the first fragment in London, BL, MS Cotton Caligula A.xiv was copied at Winchester Old Minster or at Worcester either for the cathedral priory at Worcester or for a highly-placed individual at Worcester. The published version of a paper given at the fourth meeting of the Cantus Planus Study Group of the International Musicological Society (September 3-8, 1990) in Pécs.
Some Classified Catalogues Of The Cottonian Library, Elizabeth Teviotdale
Some Classified Catalogues Of The Cottonian Library, Elizabeth Teviotdale
Elizabeth C Teviotdale
Eight extant subject catalogs of Sir Robert Cotton's (1571-1631) collection were compiled during the latter half of the 17th century. Their classifications indicate the predominance of English histories. The six complete paper codices appear to have been based on another version, perhaps prepared by Sir William Dugdale (1605-86), apparently no longer in existence. The holdings were apparently compiled from both the collection as it stood in the 1660s and an emperor order catalog. Reprinted in Sir Robert Cotton as Collector: Essays on an Early Stuart Courtier and His Legacy (1997).
The Making Of The Cotton Troper, Elizabeth Teviotdale
The Making Of The Cotton Troper, Elizabeth Teviotdale
Elizabeth C Teviotdale
Provides a detailed description of a fragment of an illustrated 11th-century English troper, forming the first portion of MS Cotton Caligula A.XIV (London, BL). The major decoration is an initial and paintings of Christological and hagiographical subject matter.