MS. Fairfax 6
Summary Catalogue no.: 3886
Contents
Language(s): Latin
1.
, De ortu S. Cuthberti 3.
, Vita S. Cuthberti 9.
, Historia abbatum 10.
Life of Bede 12.
, Life of St. Bartholomew Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: Letter mark "P". (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
Laud Misc. 700 is probably copied from Fairfax 6, whence also passages were copied in BL, Harley 4843. "Nomen scriptoris est petrus plenus amoris." (MLGB3)
Record Sources
Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.