Anglian collection
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The Anglian collection is a collection of Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies and regnal lists. These survive in four manuscripts; two of which now reside in the British Library. The remaining two belong to the libraries of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Rochester Cathedral.
Surviving manuscripts
The surviving manuscripts are listed below, in what is currently thought to be the chronological order of their composition.[1]
| Version | Location | Manuscript | Content/Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | British Library | Cotton MS. Vespasian B vi. fols. 109r–109v | |
| C | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | CCCC 183 fol. 65r-67r | images & transcript |
| T | British Library | Cotton MS. Tiberius B v., pt. 1, Anglo-Saxon Miscellany fol. 22v–23v and Cotton MS. Nero D ii., fol 240–241 | images of ms. Bv/1 |
| R | Rochester, Cathedral Library[2] | A.3.5, Textus Roffensis fol. 102r-104r | images of Textus Roffensis |
Genealogies and regnal lists
All the manuscripts include genealogies for the kingdoms of Deira, Bernicia, Mercia, Lindsey, Kent and East Anglia. Three of them (C, T and R) also contain a West Saxon genealogy, and regnal lists for Northumbria and Mercia.[1] The genealogies are presented in reverse order, beginning with a ruler at the time it was composed and naming each successive generation back to Wodin, and in the case of Lindsey, beyond. All manuscripts appear to derive for a common source, now lost.
Notes
- ^ a b David Dumville, "The Anglian collection of royal genealogies and regnal lists", in Clemoes, ed., Anglo-Saxon England 5, pp. 23–50. doi:10.1017/S0263675100000764
- ^ The original is now kept at the Medway Archives (City Ark), Strood
References
- Clemoes, Peter (2007) [1976]. Anglo-Saxon England 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-03862-6.
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