Cotton Library

E335135

historical library manuscript collection

The Cotton Library is a historically significant collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts assembled by Sir Robert Cotton, now forming a core part of the British Library’s manuscript holdings.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cotton Library canonical	8
Cotton collection at the British Library	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical library ⓘ manuscript collection ⓘ
collectionFormationPeriod	early 17th century ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
collectionFormedBy	Sir Robert Cotton ⓘ
collectionOf	early modern manuscripts ⓘ medieval manuscripts ⓘ
collectionType	national collection (later) ⓘ private library (originally) ⓘ
containsWork	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle manuscripts Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex) ⓘ surface form: Beowulf manuscript Cotton Genesis ⓘ Cotton Nero A.x ⓘ Cotton Tiberius B.v ⓘ Cotton Vespasian A.i ⓘ Cotton Vitellius A XV ⓘ surface form: Cotton Vitellius A.xv Lindisfarne Gospels ⓘ Magna Carta ⓘ surface form: Magna Carta exemplars Old English Orosius ⓘ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ surface form: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight manuscript
country	England ⓘ
foundedBy	Sir Robert Cotton ⓘ
hasCollectionDesignation	Cotton MS ⓘ
hasNotableCurator	Humphrey Wanley ⓘ surface form: Humfrey Wanley
hasNotableUser	Archbishop James Ussher ⓘ surface form: James Ussher John Selden ⓘ
hasShelfmarkSystem	bookpress letter ⓘ bust of Roman emperor ⓘ volume number ⓘ
integratedInto	British Library in 1973 ⓘ British Museum in 1753 ⓘ
languageOfMaterial	Anglo-Norman French ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ Middle English ⓘ Old English ⓘ various European languages ⓘ
legalStatusChange	seized by the Crown in 1630s ⓘ transferred to the nation in 1702 ⓘ
locatedIn	British Library ⓘ
namedAfter	Sir Robert Cotton ⓘ
partOf	British Library manuscripts ⓘ
predecessorOf	British Museum manuscript collections ⓘ
significantFor	Anglo-Saxon studies ⓘ British history ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ
sufferedDamageType	fire damage ⓘ water damage ⓘ
sufferedEvent	Ashburnham House fire ⓘ
sufferedEventDate	1731 ⓘ

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Subject: Cotton Library
Description of subject: The Cotton Library is a historically significant collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts assembled by Sir Robert Cotton, now forming a core part of the British Library’s manuscript holdings.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cotton Nero A.x → collection → Cotton Library ⓘ

Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection → collection → Cotton Library ⓘ

Cotton Caligula A.ix → collection → Cotton Library ⓘ

Nowell Codex → collection → Cotton Library ⓘ

Nowell Codex → partOf → Cotton Library ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cotton collection at the British Library

Cotton Vitellius A XV → collection → Cotton Library ⓘ

Cotton MS Nero D IV → collection → Cotton Library ⓘ

Sir Robert Cotton → libraryFounded → Cotton Library ⓘ

Caligula A.ix → collection → Cotton Library ⓘ