Scribal Profiles

Scribal profile

Summary of contribution

Folios

Julius B. XIII | Faustina B. IX

Related Broun 2007 number(s)

Dating

Palaeographical dating

Text edited in the digital edition?

Scribal profile 1.

Later title, erroneously attributing the text to Roger of Walden

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17^th century (after acquisition by Cotton)

Early modern

Y

Scribal profile 2.

Ink foliations (upper corner of the recto) from ‘2’ to ‘47’, and continuing beyond the ‘Melrose’ part of Julius B. XIII (probably added while in Sir Robert Cotton’s library)

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Before 1731, prob. 17^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 3.

Prologue to Hugh of Saint-Victor’s De tribus maximis circumstantis gestorum

Scribe 1

Same time as Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th century

N

Scribal profile 4.

A note that the book is from the library of the priory of Deeping St James (Lincolnshire)

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After 14 Apr 1286

Prob. first half 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 5.

Quire signatures from B to G in the lower margins, one on the first leaf of each gathering (probably added while in Sir Robert Cotton’s library)

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Prob. 17^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 6.

Corrections to the Prologue to Hugh of Saint-Victor’s De tribus maximis circumstantis gestorum (outer margin)

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After Scribal profile 3 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th or early 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 7.

Corrections to the Prologue to Hugh of Saint-Victor’s De tribus maximis circumstantis gestorum (lower margin)

Scribe 2

After Scribal profile 3 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th or early 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 8.

Julius B. XIII: Hugh of Saint-Victor’s De tribus maximis circumstantis gestorum (on f. 40r, only the chronological frame)

Faustina B. IX: annals for AD 1017–1171 (to line 22 on f. 21r)

Scribe 3

After 8 Mar 1173 (David described as ‘earl’)

Prob. second half 12^th century

Julius B. XIII: N

Faustina B. IX: Y

Scribal profile 9.

Corrections to Hugh of Saint-Victor’s De tribus maximis circumstantis gestorum (Scribal profile 8’s work)

Scribe 4

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th or early 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 10.

Two reckonings of the number of years between the beginning of the world and the birth of Christ in Hugh of Saint-Victor’s De tribus maximis circumstantis gestorum (one according to Hebrew chronology, the other according to the chronology of the Septuagint)

Scribe N1

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. first half or mid-14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 11.

Quire signature numberings from B1 to B9 in the lower margin of each folio in Gathering II (probably added while in Sir Robert Cotton’s library)

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Prob. 17^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 12.

Total tally of the leaves in the manuscript (numbering by tens on the upper corner of the versos)

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Early 18^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 13.

Pen trial or doodle in the lower margin (perhaps amen…)

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. 13^th or early 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 14.

Quire signature numberings in the lower margin of each folio in Gathering III, presumably from C1 to C9 though most are now cropped (probably added while in Sir Robert Cotton’s library)

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Prob. 17^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 15.

A note in brown crayon that the Pope sent Palladius to the Scots

Scribe N2

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’); prob. before manuscript was removed to Deeping Priory (given reference to ‘the Scots’)

Prob. 13^th or first half 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 16.

Many signposts probably added by John Leland (note there are different phases/colour of ink but the profile is the same); glosses in the text-block (ff. 27v, 6v, 7r); cropped title (f. 2r)

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Prob. after 1536 (when Leland began collecting manuscripts) but before 1547 (when Leland fell into ‘madness’)

Early modern

Glossed text only

Scribal profile 17.

Invocation in the margin (amen)

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’) 

Prob. 13^th or first half 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 18.

In Julius B. XIII: a note on a lacuna in the text to AD 731 (f. 30v); correction and addition of popes (f. 35r); a note on St Guthlac’s death adjacent to AD 715 (f. 35v); possible addition of dies (f. 37v) and name of Victor III (f. 39v); continuation of the list of popes and emperors (f. 40r–v), taking the emperors as far as Frederick Barbarossa (finishing in AD 1159 with antipopes appointed by Frederick), taking popes up to Innocent III at AD 1198 and numbering Innocent’s pontifical years as far as AD 1208, and continuing the overall chronological frame to AD 1220.

In Faustina B. IX: corrections to the text (f. 10v Danorum, rex Danorum; f. 11r cui successit, papa); addition of notice on Pope Benedict’s death and succession at AD 1024 (f. 12r); a note on Scone’s foundation at AD 1115 (f. 17r); a note on St Guthlac’s translation at AD 1136 (f. 18r); addition of electus est (f. 18v).

Scribe 14

After 1198 (reference to Innocent III); prob. before 1216 (when Honorius III could have been added to the list on f. 40v); poss. c.1208 (as far as the scribe goes with numbering Innocent III’s chronological frame)

Prob. late 12^th or early 13^th century

Partially

Scribal profile 19.

Notes in the margins on the seventh and eighth synods, and the emperor Nicephorus

Scribe N3

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th century

N

Scribal profile 20.

Upside down doodles in the margin, including Amen and a sequence of three letter d, and possibly a name: Willelmus […] de […]

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’) 

Prob. late 13^th or 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 21.

A note on a deficiency in the text (two missing popes and one in the wrong place, corrected on f. 37r by Scribal profile 22)

Scribe 4

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. late 12^th or early 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 22.

Additions in the margins to the list of popes, extending up to Clement III (1187–91)

Scribe 10

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’); prob. during/soon after the pontificate of Clement III (1187–91), otherwise might have extended beyond Clement; prob. before Scribal profile 18 added these later popes on f. 40v

Prob. late 12^th or early 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 23.

Cropped (illegible) signposts or notes

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. mid- to late 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 24.

In Julius B. XIII: annals for AD 1–249 (finishing mid-sentence).

In Faustina B. IX: brief introduction, quoting Bede from AD 731 followed by annals for AD 734–956, noting ‘the history which follows has been excerpted here and there from various places’ (finishing mid-sentence at the end of f. 8r)

Scribe 5

After 1157 (reference to Henry II as earl of Northumberland); poss. around the same time as Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th century

Y

Scribal profile 25.

Quire signature numberings from F1 to F5 in the lower margin of most folios in Gathering VI (probably added while in Sir Robert Cotton’s library)

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Prob. 17^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 26.

Ink foliations (upper corner of the recto) from ‘1’ to ‘74’, and continuing beyond the ‘Melrose’ part of Faustina B. IX, now scored through in pencil (probably added while in Sir Robert Cotton’s library)

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Before 1731, prob. 17^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 27.

Aborted pencil foliations (upper corner of the recto) from ‘2’ to ‘76’, and continuing beyond the ‘Melrose’ part of Faustina B. IX, soon after erased or scored through with a pencil

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Feb 1884

19^th century

N

Scribal profile 28.

Pencil foliations (upper corner of the recto) from ‘2’ to ‘75’, and continuing beyond the ‘Melrose’ part of Faustina B. IX

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Feb 1884

19^th century

N

Scribal profile 29.

Ink foliations (lower margin of the recto) from ‘1’ to ‘74’, only in the ‘Melrose’ part of Faustina B. IX (omitted on ff. 61, 62, 63; f. 38 was previously ‘53’ but was corrected to ‘37’ when moved position, so there are now two folios labelled ‘37’ and none with ‘53’)

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Prob. after 1536 (when Leland acquired the chronicle and probably divided it in two); prob. before early 17^th century (when Cotton acquired the manuscript)

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 30.

Quire signatures from B to E in the lower margin, on the first leaf of some gatherings (probably added while in Sir Robert Cotton’s library)

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Prob. 17^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 31.

Quire signatures from B to L in the lower margin, one on the first leaf of each gathering (probably added while in Sir Robert Cotton’s library)

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Prob. 17^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 32.

Signpost nota monachus adjacent to AD 737 and 758

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After Scribal profile 24 (‘after 1157’)

Prob. 13^th or 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 33.

Many additions across Faustina B. IX (including signposts; verses relating to each king of Scots at the relevant annal; additions to existing text; other notes)

Scribe 28; Scribe N6

Possibly working on the manuscript at different times: addition to f. 14 is datable after 1264 (given it refers to that year) but this may have been when the folio was not part of the chronicle; latest datable contribution within the chronicle text itself is at AD 1252 (f. 56v), which is sequentially after Scribal profile 104 (‘after 21 Jan 1264’)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Partially

Scribal profile 34.

A doodle in the lower margin repeating a name in the text-block (Adrianus)

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After Scribal profile 24 (‘after 1157’) 

Prob. early or mid-14^th century

N

Scribal profile 35.

A doodle in the lower margin (Pater); possibly also a faded and illegible doodle to the left of this in the lower margin

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After Scribal profile 24 (‘after 1157’) 

Prob. 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 36.

Calculations of reign lengths for kings of Scots (King Áed, and probably King Dub)

Scribe N4

After Scribal profile 24 (‘after 1157’)

Prob. late 12^th or 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 37.

Annals for AD 956 (continued) – 1016

Scribe 6

After Scribal profile 24 (‘after 1157’) 

Prob. 12^th century

Y

Scribal profile 38.

Total tally of the leaves in the manuscript (numbering by tens on the upper corner of the versos)

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Early 18^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 39.

Memorandum about the abbot of Dundrennan borrowing the chronicle; a note of the marriage of King Alexander III’s son, Alexander, in 1282

Scribe 49

Memorandum after Scribal profiles 122 and 114 (‘after 14 Apr 1286’); marriage notice after 8 Nov 1282, but prob. also after 14 Apr 1286

Prob. late 13^th or early 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 40.

Signpost or doodle repeating a phrase in the lower margin regarding King Knútr; a note in the upper margin that King Henry III has reigned now for 47 years; doodle of name and title of Alexander, king of Scots, in the lower margin

Scribe N5

After 28 Oct 1262; before 27 Oct 1264 (i.e., Henry III’s 47^th or 48^th regnal year)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 41.

Additions relating to kings of Scots at AD 1034, 1039, 1055 and 1056; additions to AD 1240

Scribe 27

After 2 Nov 1246 (reference to the death of Robert, bishop of Salisbury)

Prob. mid-13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 42.

Catchwords on the lower margin of the versos on particular folios, present throughout Faustina B. IX (possibly added while in the possession of John Leland or in Robert Cotton’s library)

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Prob. after 1536 (when Leland began collecting manuscripts); prob. before early 18^th century

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 43.

An account of Scottish kings descended from Máel Coluim III (d. 1093) and Margaret (d. 1093) to the birth of Alexander II (b. 1198) on an inserted folio (possibly previously a roll)

Scribe +1

After 24 Aug 1198 (birth of Alexander II); prob. before 4 Dec 1214 (death of William I)

Prob. late 12^th or early 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 44.

An interlinear addition to the account of Scottish kings, noting David I as ‘more successful’ than Alexander I

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After Scribal profile 43 (‘after 24 Aug 1198’) 

Prob. 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 45.

A single foliation (‘13’) in the lower margin to continue the ink series

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After Scribal profile 29 (‘prob. after 1536; before early 17^th century’)

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 46.

Addition to the account of Scottish kings, noting William I’s death in 1214 and Alexander II’s accession

Scribe +2

After 4 Dec 1214 (William I’s death); poss. before 8 Jul 1249 (Alexander II’s death) 

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 47.

Signpost at AD 1068 (‘two popes’)

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Early modern

N

Scribal profile 48.

Signpost at AD 1087 (‘King William Rufus’)

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 49.

Additions to various annals (AD 1096, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1104, 1105, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1118, 1119, 1121, 1122, 1127, 1128, 1130, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1139, 1142, 1143, 1146, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1167, 1169 and 1171)

Scribe 8

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th century

Y

Scribal profile 50.

Signpost at AD 1098 (‘Orkney’)

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 13^th or early 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 51.

Signpost at AD 1104 (‘translation of St Cuthbert’)

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. early modern

N

Scribal profile 52.

Addition to AD 1133 on the consecration of Nigel as bishop of Ely

Scribe 52

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. first half of 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 53.

Addition to AD 1141 on the birth of King Máel Coluim IV

Scribe 11

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th or first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 54.

Addition to AD 1142 on the foundation of Dundrennan Abbey

Scribe 50

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 13^th or early 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 55.

Addition to AD 1143 on the birth of King William the Lion

Scribe 12

After Scribal profile 49 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. 12^th or first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 56.

Additions to AD 1147, 1149 and 1170

Scribe 7

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th century

Y

Scribal profile 57.

Signpost at AD 1153 (‘King David died’)

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’); before Scribal profile 33’s verse contribution in the later 13^th century

Prob. second half 12^th or 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 58.

Note in the margin at the end of AD 1160 (ab isto loco, ‘from this place’), now partially obscured by a later signpost

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After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 13^th or 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 59.

Notes of two deaths under AD 1171 (Conan, duke of Brittany and earl of Richmond; and Ferteth, earl of Strathearn)

Scribe 9

After Scribal profile 8 (‘after 8 Mar 1173’)

Prob. second half 12^th or first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 60.

Annals for AD 1171–1197

Scribe 13

After 17 Mar 1199 (reference under AD 1193 to the memory of Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow)

Prob. early 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 61.

Signpost (in red) at AD 1171 on the translation of Abbot Waldef

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After Scribal profile 60 (‘after 17 Mar 1199’)

Prob. first half 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 62.

Addition of scriba[tur] to various places in the margins, instructing text to be copied; once Scribat aliquid (f. 31v, ‘Someone should copy’) and once Scribatur si volueris (f. 46v, ‘Should be copied if you wish’)

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After Scribal profile 122 (‘after 14 Apr 1286’)

Prob. early or mid-14^th century

N

Scribal profile 63.

Signpost at AD 1184 on a dispute between Melrose and the men of Wedale

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After Scribal profile 60 (‘after 17 Mar 1199’)

Prob. first half 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 64.

Note in the margin, vacat (‘void’)

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After Scribal profile 60 (‘after 17 Mar 1199’)

Prob. 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 65.

Annals for AD 1198–1215 (finishing mid-sentence)

Scribe 15

After 26 Sept 1215 (opening of an account of Hugh of Boves’ ships sinking on that day)

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 66.

Additions to annals for AD 1212, 1214 and 1215; continuation of AD 1215 (from f. 31v); annals for AD 1216 and 1217 (finishing mid-sentence)

Scribe 16

After Nov 1218 (reference to the bishop of St Andrews returning home at the beginning of the 4^th year after the Lateran Council)

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 67.

Signpost or addition at AD 1213 (‘of Brabant’)

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After Scribal profile 65 (‘after 26 Sept 1215’)

Prob. 13^th or 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 68.

Interlinear addition at AD 1216 (‘at London’)

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After Scribal profile 66 (‘after Nov 1218’)

Prob. 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 69.

Signpost at AD 1216 (‘Pope Innocent died’)

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After Scribal profile 66 (‘after Nov 1218’)

Prob. 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 70.

Signpost at AD 1216 (‘King John died’)

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After Scribal profile 66 (‘after Nov 1218’)

Prob. 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 71.

Addition to signpost at AD 1216 noting that Henry III succeeded King John

Scribe N7

After Scribal profile 66 (‘after Nov 1218’)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 72.

Signpost at AD 1216 (‘On the transformation of the moon’)

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After Scribal profile 66 (‘after Nov 1218’)

Prob. 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 73.

Doodles at the ends of lines at AD 1216 (?Wylfar, ?Wylfin)

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After Scribal profile 66 (‘after Nov 1218’)

Prob. late 13^th or 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 74.

Additions of signposts; additions to AD 1219, 1228, 1229, 1231, 1232, 1235 and 1240 (palaeographically very similar to Scribal profile 33, but more consistent and sometimes supplements those contributions, e.g., at ff. 35r and 39v)

Scribe 29; Scribe N8

After Scribal profile 33 (‘after 21 Jan 1264’)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Partially

Scribal profile 75.

Interlinear glosses on the names of two monasteries at AD 1217

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After Scribal profile 66 (‘after Nov 1218’)

Prob. mid/late 14^th or 15^th century

Y

Scribal profile 76.

Continuation of annal for AD 1217; annals for AD 1218–1222

Scribe 17

After 6 Sept 1222 (reference to death of Alexander, abbot of Deer)

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 77.

Doodles mentioning ‘Richard prior’ and ‘I, John’

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After Scribal profile 76 (‘after 6 Sept 1222’)

Prob. late 13^th or first half 14^th century

N

Scribal profile 78.

Small additions to AD 1219 and 1221; continuation of annal for AD 1222

Scribe 18

After 11 Sept 1222 (reference to death of Adam, bishop of Caithness)

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 79.

Repeated phrases to indicate where related text could be read: ‘Qualiter etc’ at the end of AD 1219; ‘novus etc’ at the end of AD 1221

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After Scribal profile 83 (‘after 11 Feb 1233’)

Prob. early modern

Y

Scribal profile 80.

Catchword (‘apud’) different from the main series of catchwords

–

After Scribal profile 76 (‘after 6 Sept 1222’)

Prob. early modern

N

Scribal profile 81.

Copy of the first part of a letter describing the capture of Damietta in 1219 (incomplete)

Scribe +3

After 1219

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 82.

Apparently a list of burials at Melrose (writing extremely faint from subsequent rubbing)

Scribe 51

After Scribal profile 114 (‘after 14 Apr 1286’)

Prob. 13^th or first half 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 83.

Additions to AD 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1227, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232 and 1233

Scribe 19

After 11 Feb 1233 (reference to death of Queen Ermengarde)

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 84.

Cropped doodle (Miracul…)

–

After Scribal profile 83 (‘after 11 Feb 1233’)

Prob. early modern

N

Scribal profile 85.

Addition to AD 1222 on archdeacons of Glasgow (death of Robert; succession and death of Thomas; succession of Thomas the clerk)

Scribe 20

After Jan 1226 (reference to Thomas the clerk as chancellor)

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 86.

Doodle of a year entry (Anno domini 1223)

–

After Scribal profile 85 (‘after Jan 1226’)

Prob. early modern

Y

Scribal profile 87.

Addition to the space after AD 1223, now almost illegible (written in plummet); and an entry for AD 1274 about the election of an abbot of Kinloss

Scribe 41

After 5 Jan 1275 (reference to election of abbot of Kinloss)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 88.

An addition about Alexander, the king’s son, being ‘taken’ on 8 November, possibly referring to the marriage of Alexander III’s son, Alexander (placed under AD 1221 but perhaps following on from Scribal profile 87’s now-illegible entry)

Scribe 43

After Scribal profile 83 (‘after 11 Feb 1233’); poss. after 8 Nov 1282 (marriage of Prince Alexander)

Prob. second half 13^th or first half 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 89.

Year numbers for AD 1226–1228

Scribe 21

After Scribal profile 83 (‘after 11 Feb 1233’)

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 90.

Additions to AD 1227, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232 and 1233

Scribe 22

After 11 Sept 1233 (reference to consecration of William, bishop of Glasgow)

Prob. first half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 91.

Additions to AD 1230, 1231 and 1235; annals for AD 1236, 1237, 1238 and 1239

Scribe 24

After 1 Nov 1239 (reference to departure of Otto, papal legate)

Prob. mid-13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 92.

Additions to AD 1230 and 1240

Scribe 26

After 11 Apr 1240 (reference to death of Llywelyn, ‘king of Wales’)

Prob. mid-13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 93.

Excerpt from John 13:34 under AD 1230, severely smudged or erased

–

After Scribal profile 92 (‘after 11 Apr 1240’)

Prob. 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 94.

Additions to AD 1233 (apud Wedale and in ecclesia de Glasgu)

– 

After Scribal profile 90 (‘after 11 Sept 1233’)

Prob. mid-13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 95.

Annals for AD 1234 and 1235 (finishing mid-sentence)

Scribe 23

After 2 Sept 1235 (reference to consecration of Gilbert, bishop of Whithorn)

Prob. mid-13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 96.

Annals and additions to AD 1235, 1238, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243 and 1244 (including letters relating to the sacking of Jerusalem in 1244)

Scribe 30

After Scribal profile 41 (‘after 2 Nov 1246’)

Prob. mid-13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 97.

Signpost at AD 1239 on the birth of Edward, son of King Henry III

–

After Scribal profile 91 (‘after 1 Nov 1239’)

Prob. second half 13^th century

N

Scribal profile 98.

Annal for AD 1240

Scribe 25

After 15 Apr 1240 (reference to a succession after Easter)

Prob. mid-13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 99.

A note that the abbot of Dundrennan ‘received on loan the rest of the chronicle’, meaning from middle of AD 1243 onwards

Scribe N9

After Scribal profile 96 (‘after 2 Nov 1246’)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 100.

Annal for AD 1245, including an incomplete letter from Emperor Frederick II to King Louis IX, 1245; Pope Innocent IV’s declaration deposing Frederick II on account of injuries to the Church, 17 July 1245; and a letter of Frederick II challenging the pope’s deposition, 31 July 1245

Scribe 31

After Scribal profile 96 (‘after 2 Nov 1246’); prob. before Scribal profile 40’s contribution in the top margin referring to Henry III’s reign (‘after 28 Oct 1262; before 27 Oct 1264’)

Prob. mid-13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 101.

Rubric identifying the source of the letters as Letters of Peter de Vinea, plus various corrections to the text

–

After Scribal profile 100 (‘after 2 Nov 1246’)

Prob. early modern

Y

Scribal profile 102.

An inserted folio containing two summaries of relations between kings of Scotland and England, with items selectively copied from the chronicle: from AD 945 to 1209 (f. 54r); and from AD 1142 to 1193 (f. 54v)

Scribe +4

After 1209

Prob. mid- or second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 103.

Notes (simply ‘ante’) to indicate that certain items appear earlier in the chronicle

–

After Scribal profile 102 (‘after 1209’)

Prob. early modern

N

Scribal profile 104.

Annals for AD 1246–1263 (with ff. 61–62 later inserted between the annals for AD 1262 and 1263)

Scribe 32

After 21 Jan 1264 (reference to birth of Prince Alexander)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 105.

Addition to AD 1252 on the death of Diana

Scribe 34

After Scribal profile 104 (‘after 21 Jan 1264’)

Prob. second half 13^th or first half 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 106.

Addition to AD 1252 on the succession of John of Haddington as porter of St Serf’s (Culross Abbey)

Scribe 33

After Scribal profile 104 (‘after 21 Jan 1264’)

Prob. second half 13^th or first half 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 107.

Cropped ends of notes on Ross and Mar (including reference to ‘I. of Ross’)

Scribe N10

After Scribal profile 104 (‘after 21 Jan 1264’)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 108.

Faint text in the lower margin including Roman numerals (lviii^o . ix^o septua … i . ii . iii . iiii.), presumably relating to either the annal years or the manuscript folios, given a coincidence with the annal for AD 1258 and also a previous folio ‘58’

–

After Scribal profile 104 (‘after 21 Jan 1264’)

Prob. late medieval

N

Scribal profile 109.

Annal for AD 1277, now very faint, detailing bad weather in Scotland and England

Scribe 42

After 1277

Prob. second half 13^th or early 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 110.

A note in the margin to indicate the positioning of AD 1262; a note in the margin on the succession of the bishop of Argyll; an addition (later erased) in the lower margin detailing the dispute between Adam of Smailholm (formerly cellarer of Melrose, then abbot of Deer from 1262) and the monks of Deer, which led to Adam’s resignation and return to Melrose in 1267

Scribe 35

After Scribal profile 104 (‘after 21 Jan 1264’); poss. after Scribal profile 111 (‘after 5 Feb 1276’)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Partially

Scribal profile 111.

Annal for AD 1275, noting the death and entombment of Waldef, abbot of Newbattle

Scribe 40

After 4 Feb 1276 (reference to entombment of Waldef)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 112.

Beginning of an annal, now mostly erased but mentioning a deceased Abbot Waldef; seemingly a false start for AD 1275, contributed by Scribal profile 111

Scribe 39

After 5 Feb 1276 (reference to entombment of Waldef)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 113.

Annal for AD 1272, noting the birth of David, son of King Alexander III, on 20 March (i.e., 1273), but it is incomplete (omitting the birth place)

Scribe 38

After 20 Mar 1273

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 114.

An account of some miracles at Melrose; annals for AD 1260 and 1261; addition to AD 1263; continuation of the ‘little work’ on Simon de Montfort under AD 1268; annals for AD 1269 and 1270 (finishing mid-sentence)

Scribe 45

After Scribal profile 122 (‘after 14 Apr 1286’, at least for the continuation and AD 1269–70)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 115.

Various additions to the existing text (the ‘little work’ on Simon de Montfort under AD 1268, as well as various other annals, attributed to Scribal profiles 114 and 122), some erased in the margins

Scribe 48

After Scribal profile 122 (‘after 14 Apr 1286’)

Prob. second half 13^th or first half 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 116.

Three foliations (‘60’, ‘61’, ‘62’) in the lower margins to continue the ink series

–

After Scribal profile 114 (‘after 14 Apr 1286’)

Prob. early modern

N

Scribal profile 117.

Faded and cropped text in the upper margin beginning Anno domini… (‘In the year of the Lord…’)

Scribe 44

After Scribal profile 104 (‘after 21 Jan 1264’); poss. after Scribal profile 118 (‘after winter 1271/2’)

Prob. second half 13^th or 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 118.

Annal for AD 1271 noting a harsh cold winter; the text has been severely cropped

Scribe 36

After winter 1271/2

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 119.

Two lists (the first one cropped): abbots of Melrose (from Richard, who succeeded on 23 May 1136, to Patrick of Selkirk, who succeeded after 16 March 1273); six bishops appointed from Melrose Abbey (up to 1235)

Scribe 37

After 16 Mar 1273

Prob. second half 13^th or first half 14^th century

Y

Scribal profile 120.

A title on the second column of names, ‘Bishops appointed from the house of Melrose’

–

After 16 Mar 1273

Prob. second half 14^th or 15^th century

Y

Scribal profile 121.

Additions of years, a numbering, and folio and page references for the list of Melrose abbots

–

After 16 Mar 1273

Prob. early modern

Y

Scribal profile 122.

Annals for AD 1263–1268, including the beginning of the ‘little work’ on Simon de Montfort under AD 1268

Scribe 46

After 14 Apr 1286 (reference to Thomas Stonegrave as abbot of Rievaulx)

Prob. late 13^th century

Y

Scribal profile 123.

Signposts at AD 1267 and 1268: names of abbots of Melrose

–

After Scribal profile 122 (‘after 14 Apr 1286’)

Prob. early modern

N

Scribal profile 124.

An alternative phrase in the ‘little work’ on Simon de Montfort under AD 1268

Scribe 47

After Scribal profile 122 (‘after 14 Apr 1286’)

Prob. second half 13^th century

Y