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 are in the libraries of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Rochester Cathedral.

Contents

[edit] 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
V British Library Cotton MS. Vespasian B vi. fols. 104–109
C Corpus Christi College, Cambridge CCCC 183
T British Library Cotton MS. Tiberius B v., vol. 1, fols. 2–73 and 77–88, and Cotton MS. Nero D ii., fols 238–241.
R Rochester, Cathedral Library A.3.5, the "Textus Roffensis"

[edit] 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]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b David N. Dumville, "The Anglian collection of royal genealogies and regnal lists", in Clemoes, ed., Anglo-Saxon England 5, pp. 23–50.

[edit] References

  • Clemoes, Peter (2007). Anglo-Saxon England 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-03862-6.