A CANTERBURY LETTERBOOK
of the late tenth century

BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, fols. 144v-173r

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Memorials, ed. Stubbs
Councils & Synods, ed. Whitelock
Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne
Wharton, Anglia Sacra I

Brett, C., 'A Breton Pilgrim in England in the Reign of King Æthelstan: a Letter in British Library Ms. Cotton Tiberius A. xv', France and Britain in the Early Middle Ages, ed. D. Dumville and G. Jondorf (Woodbridge, 1991), pp. 43-70
Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany'
Grierson, 'Relations between England and Flanders'
Hohler, C., p. 74
Lapidge, M., 'The Hermeneutic Style in Tenth-Century Anglo-Latin Literature' (1975), reptd in Anglo-Latin Literature 900-1066, pp. 105-49
Lapidge, M., 'Æthelwold as Scholar and Teacher' (1988), reptd in Anglo-Latin Literature 900-1066, pp. 183-211 (esp. p. 190, n. 54)
Lapidge, M., 'Schools, Learning and Literature in Tenth-Century England' (1991), reptd in Anglo-Latin Literature 900-1066, pp. 1-48 (esp. 43)
Lapidge, M., 'B. and the Vita Dunstani' (1992), reptd in Anglo-Latin Literature 900-1066, pp. 279-91
etc. etc.

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000. Letter (in hexameters) to Wulfhelm, archbishop of Canterbury.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 166r
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, p. 354 (no. I).
Comment. Lapidge, 'Schools, Learning and Literature', p. 22.

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000. Letter of recommendation for a pilgrim, who had come from maritime Brittany to 'Anglo-Saxon' Britain, where with the help of the most Christian king Æthelstan he became an anchorite at Cen.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 157r-158r
b. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.403 (extract)
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 381-2 (no. XVIII).
Comment. Brett, 'A Breton Pilgrim in England'; Lapidge, 'Schools, Learning and Literature', pp. 17-18.

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959 x 988. Letter from Arnulf II, count of Flanders, to Archbishop Dunstan.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 159v-160r
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 359-61 (no. IV); Councils & Synods, ed. Whitelock, pp. 93-5 (no. 26).
Comment. Grierson, 'Relations between England and Flanders', p. 91; Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', p. 198.

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963 x 984. Letter from an unnamed bishop [? Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester], to an unnamed count [? Arnulf II, count of Flanders], asking for the return of a stolen gospel-book.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 155v-156v
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 361-2 (no. V).
Comment. Grierson, 'Relations between England and Flanders', p. 93; Lapidge, 'Hermeneutic Style', pp. 126-8; Councils & Synods, ed. Whitelock, p. 93, n. 7; Lapidge, 'Æthelwold as Scholar and Teacher', pp. 190-2; Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', pp. 204-5; Lapidge, 'Schools, Learning and Literature', p. 28.

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959 x 975. Letter from the abbot and community of Saint-Ouen, Rouen, to King Edgar.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 158v-159v
b. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.404 (ref.)
c. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Rawlinson Misc. 1074 (Ussher, ex Cotton)
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 363-4 (no. VI).
Comment. Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', p. 201.

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959 x 975. Letter from the community of Saint-Geneviève, Paris, to King Edgar.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 167r-168r
b. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.404 (extracts)
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 366-8 (no. VIII).
Comment. Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', p. 201.

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000. Dedicatory letter from Lantfred to the community of the Old Minster, Winchester, on his Miracula S. Swithuni.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 144v-145r
b. BL Cotton Vespasian A. xiv, 158r-158v
c. BL Royal 15. C. 7, fols. 00-0
d. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.403 (extract)
Ed. Wharton, Anglia Sacra I, 322; Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 369-70 (no. IX); Lapidge.
Comment.

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959 x 988. Letter from an unnamed (?continental) cleric to Archbishop Dunstan.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 154v-155r
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 370-1 (no. X).
Comment.

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959 x 988. Letter from an unnamed person to Archbishop Dunstan.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 158rv
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 372-3 (no. XI).
Comment.

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959 x 988. Letter from an unnamed person to Archbishop Dunstan.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 160v-161r
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 373-4 (no. XII).
Comment.

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959 x 988. Letter from an unnamed person (possibly 'B') to Archbishop Dunstan.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 164v-166r
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 374-6 (no. XIII).
Comment. Lapidge, 'B. and the Vita Dunstani' pp. 288-90 (??Byrhthelm).

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974 x 984. Letter from an unnamed person [? Lantfred of Winchester] at Fleury to Archbishop Dunstan.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 168rv, 168v-169r
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 376-7 (no. XIV, XV).
Comment. Passages in 'secret' writing, naming 'Oscarus' (Osgar), abbot of Abingdon. Lapidge,'Æthelwold as Scholar and Teacher', p. 191, n. 59, written by Lantfred.

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981 x 986. Letter from Wido, abbot of Blandinium (Ghent), to Archbishop Dunstan.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 156v-157r
b. BL Cotton Vespasian A. xiv, 171rv
c. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.403 (ref.)
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 380-1 (no. XVII).
Comment. Grierson, 'Relations between England and Flanders', pp. 91-2; Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', p. 203.

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980 x 988. Letter from 'B' [author of the Vita S. Dunstani] to Æthelgar, bishop of Selsey, asking for patronage.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 162v-164r
b. BL Cotton Vespasian A. xiv, 157r-158r
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 385-8 (no. XXI); Lapidge.
Comment. Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', p. 196, n. 27; Lapidge, 'B. and the Vita Dunstani' pp. 283-8.

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988 x 990. Letter from Fulrad, abbot of Saint-Vaast, Arras, to Archbishop Æthelgar.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 161rv
b. BL Cotton Vespasian A. xiv, 158v-159r
c. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.404 (ref.)
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 383-4 (no. XIX).
Comment. Grierson, 'Relations between England and Flanders', pp. 92 and 93; Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', p. 203.

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988 x 990. Letter from Odbert, abbot of Saint-Bertin, in Saint-Omer, Flanders, to Archbishop Æthelgar.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 161v-162v
b. BL Cotton Vespasian A. xiv, 160r
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 384-5 (no. XX).
Comment. Grierson, 'Relations between England and Flanders', pp. 93-4; Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', p. 203.

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990. Letter from Odbert, abbot of Saint-Bertin, in Saint-Omer, Flanders, to Archbishop Sigeric.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 145v-146v
b. BL Cotton Vespasian A. xiv, 159rv
c. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.403 (extracts)
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 388-9 (no. XXII); Councils & Synods, ed. Whitelock, pp. 175-7 (no. 37).
Comment. Grierson, 'Relations between England and Flanders', pp. 93-4; Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', p. 203.

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000. Letter of Pope John XV to Ealdorman Ælfric.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 169v-170r
b. William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum
c. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.404 (extract)
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 396-7 (no. XXV); Councils & Synods, ed. Whitelock, pp. 173-4 (no. 36).
Translated. EHD, no. 231.
Comment.

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991. Letter of Pope John XV to all the faithful.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 172v-173r
b. William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum
c. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.404 (extracts)
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 397-8 (no. XXVI); Councils & Synods, ed. Whitelock, pp. 177-9 (no. 38).
Translated. EHD, no. 230.
Comment. Campbell, 'England, France, Flanders and Germany', pp. 198-9.

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990 x 994. Letter from an unidentified person (probably Ælfweard, abbot of Glastonbury) to Archbishop Sigeric.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 164rv
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 399-400 (no. XXVII).
Comment. Lapidge, 'Hermeneutic Style', p. 135; Lapidge, 'Schools, Learning and Literature', p. 42.

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990 x 994. Letter from Ælfweard, abbot of Glastonbury, to Archbishop Sigeric.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 170r-172v
b. Leland, Collectanea, ed. Hearne, ii.404 (ref.)
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, pp. 400-3 (no. XXVIII).
Comment. Barlow, English Church; Lapidge, 'Hermeneutic Style', p. 135; Lapidge, 'Schools, Learning and Literature', p. 42.

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000. Letter from <?> to <?>.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 169rv
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, p. 390 (no. XXIII).
Comment.

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000. Letter from <?> to <?>.
a. BL Cotton Tiberius A. xv, 160v
Ed. Memorials, ed. Stubbs, p. 404 (no. XXIX).
Comment.