Charter: BL Cotton Augustus ii.39

Description (from Electronic Saywer)

Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 193-6, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400, 'Edgar A'; Forsberg 1950, p. 207, on bounds; Bishop 1957, p. 333, on script; Finberg, ECW, no. 93, authentic; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, MS 1 original, scribe of main text possibly from Abingdon, also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); John 1966, pp. 182-3, on formulation of Oswald's subscription; Bishop 1971, p. xix, on script, p. 9 (no. 11); Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, p. 36 n. 65, pp. 70-3, original, 'Edgar A' formulation, probably work of a royal scribe; Golden Age, pp. 162, 164 (no. 165); Chaplais 1985, pp. 49-50, every reason to think MS 1 the work of two collaborating Abingdon scribes; Lapidge 1988, pp. 92-3, Oswald may have drafted witness-list; Dumville 1992, p. 110 n. 257, MS 1 contemporary; Dumville 1993, p. 2 n. 6, p. 16 n. 44, pp. 18, 26 n. 82, on script; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, 162, on script, esp. pp. 152-3, scribe of dating clause and witness-list may have been Oswald; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 87, original, probably drafted and written at Abingdon.

Notes: Written in two stages. Main text and boundary clause written in Square Minuscule by the scribe ('Edgar A') who was also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717. Dating clause and witness-list added after folding by another scribe, writing Anglo-Caroline minuscule.

Main script proportions: 70/80/80 70/100

Bound-clse proportions: 80/60/80 40/70

Current location

Repository

British Library

Town or City

London

Shelfmark

Cotton Augustus ii.39

Other information

Catalogue Numbers

S. 690

Format

Single-sheet

Date

961

Electronic Saywer (S. 690)

Bond 1878, p. 7, MS 1 is contemporary; Grundy, Hants. 1927, pp. 193-6, on bounds; Drögereit 1935, pp. 394-400, 'Edgar A'; Forsberg 1950, p. 207, on bounds; Bishop 1957, p. 333, on script; Finberg, ECW, no. 93, authentic; Chaplais 1965, pp. 59-60, MS 1 original, scribe of main text possibly from Abingdon, also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717 (= 1973, pp. 41-2); John 1966, pp. 182-3, on formulation of Oswald's subscription; Bishop 1971, p. xix, on script, p. 9 (no. 11); Sawyer, Burton, p. 34, authentic; Keynes 1980, p. 11 nn. 16, 17, p. 36 n. 65, pp. 70-3, original, 'Edgar A' formulation, probably work of a royal scribe; Golden Age, pp. 162, 164 (no. 165); Chaplais 1985, pp. 49-50, every reason to think MS 1 the work of two collaborating Abingdon scribes; Lapidge 1988, pp. 92-3, Oswald may have drafted witness-list; Dumville 1992, p. 110 n. 257, MS 1 contemporary; Dumville 1993, p. 2 n. 6, p. 16 n. 44, pp. 18, 26 n. 82, on script; Dumville 1994, pp. 151-6, 162, on script, esp. pp. 152-3, scribe of dating clause and witness-list may have been Oswald; Kelly, Abingdon, no. 87, original, probably drafted and written at Abingdon.

Notes: Written in two stages. Main text and boundary clause written in Square Minuscule by the scribe ('Edgar A') who was also responsible for S 687, 703, 706, 717. Dating clause and witness-list added after folding by another scribe, writing Anglo-Caroline minuscule.

Main script proportions: 70/80/80 70/100

Bound-clse proportions: 80/60/80 40/70