Cotton Caligula A.ix

E83737

Middle English manuscript medieval manuscript poetry manuscript

Cotton Caligula A.ix is a medieval manuscript in the British Library that preserves one of the principal surviving copies of the Middle English poem "The Owl and the Nightingale."

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cotton MS Caligula A.ix	1

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle English manuscript ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ poetry manuscript ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor	Nicholas of Guildford ⓘ surface form: Nicholas of Guildford (attributed)
cataloguedAs	Cotton Caligula A.ix self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cotton MS Caligula A.ix
collection	Cotton Library ⓘ
containsWork	The Owl and the Nightingale ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
date	13th century ⓘ
genreOfText	debate poem ⓘ
hasSignificance	major witness to early Middle English verse ⓘ principal textual source for The Owl and the Nightingale ⓘ
language	Middle English ⓘ
locatedIn	British Library ⓘ
material	parchment ⓘ
partOf	Sir Robert Cotton’s manuscript collection ⓘ
preservationStatus	incomplete (damaged in Cotton fire) ⓘ
preserves	one of the principal surviving copies of The Owl and the Nightingale ⓘ
repository	British Library ⓘ surface form: British Library, London
script	Gothic script ⓘ
scriptType	Anglicana-influenced Gothic hand ⓘ
shelfmark	Caligula A.ix ⓘ
subject	The Owl and the Nightingale ⓘ surface form: The Owl and the Nightingale debate
writingLanguageOfWork	early Middle English ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Cotton Caligula A.ix → cataloguedAs → Cotton Caligula A.ix self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cotton MS Caligula A.ix

The Owl and the Nightingale → survivingManuscript → Cotton Caligula A.ix ⓘ