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highlyeccentric) wrote2008-03-04 09:16 pm
highlyeccentric) wrote2008-03-04 09:16 pm
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MISSING LAW CODES
Cotton Nero A.i contains the oldest version of the Cnut law codes. I have this on the authority of A.G. Kennedy's article in Anglo-Saxon England 11. Dorothy Bethurum also describes Nero A.i as containing some ten law codes.
However, Neil Ker's immensely detailed list of the contents of Nero A.i does not appear to include I-II Cnut, II Edgar or the laws of Alfred-Ine. None of the missing law codes are described in Gneuss' short description of the manuscript EITHER.
I am distressed by this.
(also, my pet MS was nine books from the Pearl/Gawain MS in Cotton's libary. I wonder what his library filing logic was?)
However, Neil Ker's immensely detailed list of the contents of Nero A.i does not appear to include I-II Cnut, II Edgar or the laws of Alfred-Ine. None of the missing law codes are described in Gneuss' short description of the manuscript EITHER.
I am distressed by this.
(also, my pet MS was nine books from the Pearl/Gawain MS in Cotton's libary. I wonder what his library filing logic was?)