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
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| city |
London
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|
| collection |
Cotton Library
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| condition |
fragile
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| conservationStatus |
preserved in controlled conditions
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| containsNumberOfPoems |
4
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| containsWork |
Cleanness
→
Patience → Pearl → Purity → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight → |
| country |
United Kingdom
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|
| date |
14th century
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|
| decoration |
illuminated initials
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miniatures → |
| digitizedBy |
British Library
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|
| formerOwner |
Sir Robert Cotton
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| genre |
alliterative poetry
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|
| hasDigitalFacsimile |
yes
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|
| heldBy |
British Library
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|
| language |
Middle English
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|
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English period
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|
| literaryTradition |
Alliterative Revival
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|
| material |
parchment
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|
| notableFor |
unique text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
→
unique texts of Pearl, Patience, and Cleanness → |
| regionOfOrigin |
Northwest Midlands of England
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|
| religiousContext |
Christianity
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|
| script |
Anglicana
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|
| scriptoriumStatus |
unknown
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|
| scriptType |
Gothic cursive
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|
| shelfmark |
Cotton Nero A.x
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|
| subjectMatter |
Arthurian romance
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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
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|
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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|
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Patience
→
Pearl (poem) → Sir Gawain and the Green Knight → |
manuscript |
|
Cotton Nero A.x
→
Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection → |
shelfmark |
|
The Gawain Poet
→
|
associatedManuscript |