5/2/2023 0 Comments Robert cotton book collector![]() ![]() Amongst its many treasures are the Lindisfarne Gospels, two of the contemporary copies of Magna Carter and the only surviving manuscript of Beowulf. Taken as a whole, the story of the Cotton Collection is one of repeated rediscovery and rescue, as the written wealth of Britain’s monasteries found sanctuary first in private collections and later in modern public institutions. LR63 - British Library - Sir Robert Cottons library catalogue and. The library of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631) is arguably the most important collection of manuscripts ever assembled in Britain by a private individual. Via the Roman numerals, we even know where on the shelf each Cotton volume sat in relation to one another. Thus, we know that Beowulf, British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A.XV, f.132, once sat beneath a bust of Vitellius, and that the Lindisfarne Gospels, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV, was topped by Nero. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with minor shelf. His own collection even topped the Royal Library at the time. And here enters the hero of our story, Sir Robert Cotton. Sir Robert Cotton This illustrious sir managed to bag the biggest private batch of books ever, basically. In the original publishers full cloth binding. books in its collection at the time of the Dissolution, only six have survived to this day. Containing a collection of essays concerning Sir Robert Cotton as a collector, forming a study of his important library of manuscripts.Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Not only do the modern designations of the manuscript reference the works’ Cottonian origin, but they also preserve the shelf references of the physical library (in which each shelf was named after a different Roman imperial figure.) The first edition of this work, a scarce book. ![]() Even divided among many institutions, however, Cotton’s library remains in spirit. but you can request that we add this book to our curated collection. Today, works from the Cotton collection can be found all over Europe, although the British Library (with 1,400 Cotton manuscripts and 1,500 charters, seals, and other ephemera) possesses the bulk of the library. The library of Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631) is arguably the most important collection of manuscripts ever assembled in Britain by a private individual. choice pieces of that renowned antiquary Sir Robert Cotton, knight and baronet. The first page of Beowulf in manuscript form (Wikimedia Commons). ![]()
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