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19: 108:, and in the Lindsey and Wessex pedigrees, beyond. The papal and episcopal lists, to a greater or lesser extent, have been updated during the course of transmission of the individual copies, but with the exception of the Wessex pedigree, the genealogies have largely remained unchanged except for error. Scholars agree that a collection of genealogies similar to those in the Vespasian manuscript was also a source for the genealogical section of 218:. The leaves containing the Anglian collection bear no resemblance to the remainder of the codex in which they were found, and probably were only bound together at the time they entered the Cottonian Library. The pages containing the Anglian collection have now been removed from their original volume and framed individually, and are catalogued as Vespasian B vi/1. 298:. It appears to have been added at Glastonbury before the manuscript went to Canterbury. The genealogies and regnal lists have a quirky arrangement and many errors, most notably a deletion that splices together the Northumbria and Mercian regnal lists, though these seem to have originated earlier on the course of transmission. 329:
The volume containing the R manuscript was composed at Rochester soon after 1122, using a common source with T for the Anglian collection. Though the same scribe wrote the entire codex, it appears to represent what were once two separate manuscripts, now bound together. The Anglian collection text
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The errors and other unique feature in T mark it as the source for a set of Anglo-Saxon genealogies that found their way to Iceland. A set of pages from the library of P. H. Resen (1625—1688) date from the just after the middle of the 13th century, and contain the royal pedigrees of Deira, Kent and
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The Anglian collection version T forms part of a computational, geographical and astrological collection. The volume is from the south of England and based in the writing was probably composed in the second quarter of the 11th century, though the chronological material in the regnal lists was most
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All manuscripts appear to derive from a common source, now lost. Based on content and the pattern of divergence, Dumville dates the composition of the common source to 796 in Mercia. Both the genealogies and the episcopal lists were part of this original compilation, and have passed in tandem, with
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in the period 934 × 937. Manuscript C, along with T and R have material not found in V. They all have Northumbrian and Mercian regnal lists and a pedigree for Wessex, all present well before the dates of the surviving manuscripts and perhaps in the original. The pattern of shared updates suggest
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This is the oldest of the four surviving versions, and represents a separate branch of transmission than that leading to the other manuscripts. A single hand using Mercian script has recorded the genealogies and episcopal lists, bringing them down to the time of composition, 805 × 814 (probably
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and Mercia. This may represent material omitted or lost from the fourth (V) rather than addition to the other three. The genealogies are presented in reverse order, beginning with a ruler at the time it was composed and naming each successive generation back to
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is quite similar to that of T, and probably came from the same source, though some of the errors once shared with T have been erased and corrected. The last shared updates between T and R seem to date from 990 at Canterbury.
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closer to the end of that span). Mercian scribes would later update the episcopal lists, first to about 833 and much later to the 12th century, while the papal lists were updated to the time of later-9th century
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that the manuscript ancestral to all three was last updated in Mercia in the 840s before being moved to Wessex. The Mercia regnal list of C also contains two unique memoranda.
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The Parker version of the Anglian collection is part of a larger volume all written by the same two scribes using an Anglo-Celtic hand, and including most notably
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derived from the T manuscript. The Wessex royal pedigree has been extended both more recently and earlier, giving a descent that traces the three sons of king
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in the mid-930s, which matches the period to which some, but not all, of the episcopal lists are brought. This identification would place its composition in
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used a Northumbrian precursor to the genealogical portion of the Anglian collection, provisionally dating its compilation to the 760s or 770s.
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the surviving manuscripts all several steps removed from this original. All the manuscripts include genealogies for the kingdoms of
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The surviving manuscripts are listed below, in what is currently thought to be the chronological order of their composition.
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B v., pt. 1, Anglo-Saxon Miscellany fols. 2—73,77—88, and Cotton MS. Nero D ii., fols 238–241
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David N. Dumville, 'The West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List and the Chronology of Early Wessex',
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recently updated in the 990s. The Anglian collection material appears to have been copied at
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Faulkes, Anthony. "The Genealogies and Regnal Lists in a Manuscript in Resen's Library",
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and regnal lists. These survive in four manuscripts; two of which now reside in the
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David N. Dumville, 'The Anglian Collection of Royal Genealogies and Regnal Lists',
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Wessex, as well as the descent from their shared ancestor Woden to 'Sescef' (i.e. "
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to provide the Scandinavian dynasties with a genealogy tracing to antiquity.
433:; Faulkes, Anthony. "The Earliest Icelandic Genealogies and Regnal Lists, 553:
Scans and transcription of Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS Parker 183
253: 76: 515: 494:(1976). "The Anglian collection of royal genealogies and regnal lists". 414: 105: 72: 17: 295: 227: 428:
Sjötíu ritgerðir helgaðar Jakobi Benediktssyni 20. júlí 1977
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Textual Histories: Reading in the ‘Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’
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described as being given to the congregation of Saint
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Scans of British Library Cotton MS Vespasian B vi/1
389:(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001), p. 31 372:Kenneth Sisam, 'Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogies', in 608:Manuscripts of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 95:genealogy (which may have been a source for the 242:, and later in the Middle Ages was held by the 50:. The remaining two belong to the libraries of 374:British Academy Papers on Anglo-Saxon England 91:. Three of them (C, T and R) also contain a 8: 573:Tabular comparison of the different versions 114:. Dumville suggested specifically that the 598:Medieval genealogies and succession lists 401: 128: 339: 470:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 463: 163:Parker Library, Corpus Christi College 502:. Cambridge University Press: 23–50. 7: 294:(and hence dates 966 × 969) back to 58:, the latter now deposited with the 435:The Saga Book of the Viking Society 278:from a now-lost manuscript held at 97:West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List 14: 52:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 413:The original is now kept at the 430:, Reykjavik, 1977, pp. 170—190 234:. This volume was composed in 437:, vol. 29 (2005), pp. 115-119 363:, 4 (1985), 21–66 (pp. 59–60). 154:Vespasian B vi. fols. 104—109 1: 44:Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies 22:Lineage of East Anglian king 588:Texts of Anglo-Saxon England 249:Historia de Sancto Cuthberto 193:Rochester, Cathedral Library 417:Archives (City Ark), Strood 624: 350:, 5 (1976), 23–50 (p. 40). 567:Scans of Textus Roffensis 508:10.1017/S0263675100000764 286:, where additions to the 282:, and it then passed to 99:), and regnal lists for 244:Durham Cathedral Priory 560:Scans of Tiberius Bv/1 35: 531:registration required 385:Thomas A. Bredehoft, 232:Vita Sancti Cuthberti 171:CCCC 183 fols. 59—67 122:Surviving manuscripts 21: 288:Winchester Chronicle 569:, at images 213—241 496:Anglo-Saxon England 348:Anglo-Saxon England 183:Cotton MS. Tiberius 56:Rochester Cathedral 42:is a collection of 30:, version R of the 492:Dumville, David N. 236:South West England 111:Historia Brittonum 40:Anglian collection 36: 32:Anglian Collection 206: 205: 615: 534: 527: 477: 475: 469: 461: 459: 457: 452:on 12 April 2013 451: 445:. Archived from 444: 424: 418: 411: 405: 399: 390: 383: 377: 370: 364: 357: 351: 344: 323:Textus Roffensis 308:Snorri Sturluson 199:Textus Roffensis 129: 28:Textus Roffensis 623: 622: 618: 617: 616: 614: 613: 612: 578: 577: 562:, at fol. 19—23 555:, at fol. 59—67 542: 537: 528: 490: 486: 481: 480: 462: 455: 453: 449: 442: 440:"Archived copy" 438: 425: 421: 412: 408: 400: 393: 384: 380: 371: 367: 358: 354: 345: 341: 336: 327: 271: 224: 222:Parker CCCC (C) 211: 179:British Library 147:British Library 124: 68: 60:Medway Archives 48:British Library 12: 11: 5: 621: 619: 611: 610: 605: 603:Cotton Library 600: 595: 590: 580: 579: 576: 575: 570: 563: 556: 549: 541: 540:External links 538: 536: 535: 487: 485: 482: 479: 478: 419: 406: 391: 378: 365: 352: 338: 337: 335: 332: 326: 320: 270: 267: 223: 220: 216:Pope Adrian II 210: 207: 204: 203: 202:fols. 102—118 194: 191: 187: 186: 180: 177: 173: 172: 169: 160: 156: 155: 149: 144: 140: 139: 136: 133: 123: 120: 67: 64: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 620: 609: 606: 604: 601: 599: 596: 594: 591: 589: 586: 585: 583: 574: 571: 568: 564: 561: 557: 554: 550: 548: 544: 543: 539: 532: 525: 521: 517: 513: 509: 505: 501: 497: 493: 489: 488: 483: 473: 467: 448: 441: 436: 432: 429: 423: 420: 416: 410: 407: 403: 402:Dumville 1976 398: 396: 392: 388: 382: 379: 375: 369: 366: 362: 356: 353: 349: 343: 340: 333: 331: 324: 321: 319: 317: 313: 309: 305: 299: 297: 293: 289: 285: 281: 280:Christ Church 277: 268: 266: 263: 259: 255: 251: 250: 245: 241: 238:, perhaps at 237: 233: 229: 221: 219: 217: 209:Vespasian (V) 208: 201: 200: 195: 192: 189: 188: 184: 181: 178: 175: 174: 170: 168: 164: 161: 158: 157: 153: 150: 148: 145: 142: 141: 137: 134: 131: 130: 127: 121: 119: 117: 113: 112: 107: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 65: 63: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 33: 29: 25: 20: 16: 593:Regnal lists 499: 495: 454:. Retrieved 447:the original 434: 427: 422: 409: 386: 381: 373: 368: 360: 355: 347: 342: 328: 322: 316:Langfeðgatal 303: 300: 272: 269:Tiberius (T) 247: 231: 225: 212: 197: 125: 115: 109: 69: 39: 37: 31: 27: 15: 456:12 February 240:Glastonbury 138:Manuscript 101:Northumbria 89:East Anglia 66:Compilation 582:Categories 312:Prose Edda 284:Winchester 276:Canterbury 152:Cotton MS. 93:West Saxon 79:, Mercia, 524:162877617 334:Footnotes 258:Æthelstan 167:Cambridge 26:from the 516:44510666 466:cite web 256:by king 254:Cuthbert 135:Location 116:Historia 77:Bernicia 484:Sources 361:Peritia 304:Se Scef 196:A.3.5, 132:Version 81:Lindsey 24:Ælfwald 522:  514:  415:Medway 262:Wessex 520:S2CID 512:JSTOR 450:(PDF) 443:(PDF) 292:Edgar 106:Wodin 73:Deira 565:R - 558:T - 551:C - 545:V - 472:link 458:2013 314:and 296:Adam 228:Bede 87:and 85:Kent 54:and 38:The 504:doi 325:(R) 310:'s 230:'s 584:: 518:. 510:. 498:. 468:}} 464:{{ 394:^ 165:, 83:, 75:, 62:. 533:) 529:( 526:. 506:: 500:5 476:. 474:) 460:. 404:. 190:R 176:T 159:C 143:V 34:.

Index


Ælfwald
Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies
British Library
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Rochester Cathedral
Medway Archives
Deira
Bernicia
Lindsey
Kent
East Anglia
West Saxon
West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List
Northumbria
Wodin
Historia Brittonum
British Library
Cotton MS.
Parker Library, Corpus Christi College
Cambridge
Cotton MS. Tiberius
Textus Roffensis
Pope Adrian II
Bede
South West England
Glastonbury
Durham Cathedral Priory
Historia de Sancto Cuthberto
Cuthbert

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