Cotton Nero A.x

E67098

Cotton Nero A.x is a 14th-century Middle English manuscript best known for preserving the unique texts of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and three other alliterative poems.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English manuscript
medieval manuscript
poetry manuscript
associatedAuthor Gawain Poet
Pearl Poet
century 14th century
city London
collection Cotton Library
condition fragile
conservationStatus preserved in controlled conditions
containsNumberOfPoems 4
containsWork Cleanness
Patience
Pearl
Purity
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
country United Kingdom
date 14th century
decoration illuminated initials
miniatures
digitizedBy British Library
formerOwner Sir Robert Cotton
genre alliterative poetry
hasDigitalFacsimile yes
heldBy British Library
language Middle English
literaryPeriod Middle English period
literaryTradition Alliterative Revival
material parchment
notableFor unique text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
unique texts of Pearl, Patience, and Cleanness
regionOfOrigin Northwest Midlands of England
religiousContext Christianity
script Anglicana
scriptoriumStatus unknown
scriptType Gothic cursive
shelfmark Cotton Nero A.x
subjectMatter Arthurian romance
Christian allegory
didactic religious poetry
textualUniqueness sole surviving manuscript of Cleanness
sole surviving manuscript of Patience
sole surviving manuscript of Pearl
sole surviving manuscript of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
writingSupport vellum
writingSystem Latin alphabet


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