Mercian Network
Resources on the History, Literature, Language and Material Culture of Mercia
Primary Materials: Manuscripts
Early Mercian Literature: Register of Manuscripts
The following register lists some 120 manuscripts for which Mercian associations have been proposed, on the basis of a manuscript's origin or provenance within the Mercian political area, or suggestions of Mercian individuals being involved in the production of the given manuscript, or a combination of any such details.
The list given below is currently being supplemented with further details about manuscript contents and bibliographies which will be posted in due course.
The manuscripts are currently ordered by their Gneuss-Lapidge number, from H. Gneuss and M. Lapidge, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: A Bibliographical Handlist of Manuscripts and Manuscript Fragments Written or Owned in England up to 1100 (Toronto, 2014). Other ordering schemes (e.g. by date or group, such as the 'Tiberius Group') will be presented in due course.
GL 22, Cambridge, University Library, Kk. 3. 18, s. xi2, Worcester
GL 23, Cambridge, University Library, Kk. 3. 21, s. xi1 or xi med., prob. Abingdon
GL 28, Cambridge, University Library, Ll. 1. 10, 'Book of Cerne', see Tiberius Group MSS, 820x840, Mercia, prov. Worcester? (prov. Cerne?)
GL 32, Cambridge, Clare College 18 (N. 1. 9), s. xi/xii or xii in., prob. St Albans
GL 34, Cambridge, Clare College 30 pt. i (N. 1. 1. 8), s. xi2 or xi3/4, Worcester
GL 34.1, Cambridge, Clare College 30 pt. ii (N. 1. 1. 8), s. xi2 or xi3/4, Worcester
GL 36, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 9, s. xi3/4, Worcester
GL 37, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 12, s. x2, Worcester? prov. Worcester?
GL 41, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 57, s. x/xi, Abingdon or Canterbury? prov. Abingdon
GL 44, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 140, s. xi1, s. xi2, s. xi/xii, Bath [all parts]
GL 46, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 146, s. xi in; xi2-xii in. [supplement], Winchester OM (or Canterbury CC?); supplement Worcester
GL 51, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 163, s. xi2, prob. xi4/4, prob. Worcester (Winchester OM? at or for Nunnaminster?)
GL 54, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 178, pp. 1-270 + 162, pp. 139-60, s. xi1, prob. Worcester, prov. prob. Worcester
GL 55, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 178, pp. 287-457, s. xi1, prob. Worcester, prov. prob. Worcester
GL 59, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 190, pp. iii-xii, 1-294, s. xi1, Worcester? prov. Exeter by xi med., Exeter additions s. xi med. - xi2
GL 64, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 198, s. xi1, additions s. xi2, Worcester? additions W England (prov. Worcester)
GL 67, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 206, s. x1, England (perh. Canterbury) rather than NE France, prov. England (Canterbury, or St Albans, or Bury St Edmunds?) s. xi/xii
GL 73, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 265, s. xi med. - xi3/4, Worcester [pp. 1-268]; s. xi2, Worcester [pp. 269-367]; s. xi ex. or xii in., Worcester [pp. 368-442]
GL 88, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 307, pt 1 (fols. 1-52), s. x in., Worcester?
GL 92, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 322, s. xi1, Worcester? prov. Worcester?
GL 100, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 367, pt. ii (fols. 45-52), s. xi med., prob. Worcester
GL 102, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 383, s. xi/xii, prob. London, St Paul's
GL 104, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 391, s. xi3/4, Worcester
GL 106, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 411, s. x2, Canterbury (CC?), or s. x1, W France (Loire valley: Tours?)? prov. Abingdon? Canterbury?
GL 111, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 422, pp. 27-570, 'Red Book of Darley', s. xi med. (1060/1?), prob. Winchester (NM?), prov. Sherborne?, prov. prob. Darley Dale, Derbyshire, church of St Helen
GL 114, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 448, fols. 1-86: s. x1 or s. x med., S England (or Worcester?); fols. 87-103: s. xi/xii, S England (or Worcester?), prov. whole MS Winchester
GL 117, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 557, s. xi med., Worcester? prov. Worcester
GL 118, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 88-1972, fols. 2-43, s. xi/xii or xii in., Canterbury? prov. Shrewsbury
GL 118.5, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 88-1972, fols. 44-56, s. xi/xii or xii in., prob. Canterbury StA, prov. Shrewsbury
GL 212.8, Chichester, West Sussex Record Office, Cap. I/17/2, s. viii2 (before 780), S England (Selsey?)
GL 261, Glasgow, University Library, Hunterian 431 (V. 5. 1), fols. 1-102, s. x/xi or xi in., prov. Worcester
GL 262, Gloucester Cathedral, 35, s. xi1, xi med., xi2, prov. Gloucester, all fragments
GL 268.6, Hertford, Hertfordshire Record Office, Gorhambury X. D. 4 B and X. D. 4. C, s. xi2, prov. St Albans?
GL 269, Lichfield, Cathedral Library 1, 'St Chad Gospels', s. viii 2/4 or viii med., W Midlands or Northumbria? prov. Wales (prob. Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire) s. ix, prov. Lichfield prob. s. xi; Welsh, Latin and Old English marginalia s. viii/ix - xi1 (no Welsh additions before s. ix (?); the OE record is s. xi1
GL 270, Lincoln, Cathedral Library 1 (A. 1. 2)(with Cambridge, Trinity College, B. 5. 2), both vols. s. xi ex. or xi/xii, E England (Lincoln?), prov. Lincoln
GL 271, Lincoln, Cathedral Library 13 (A. 1. 26), s. xi ex. or xi/xii, prov. Lincoln
GL 274, Lincoln, Cathedral Library 182 (C. 2. 8) [with 184, fols. 1], s. x/xi, Abingdon, prov. Lincoln
GL 293, London, British Library, Add. 37777 (with London, British Library, Add. 45025 + Loan 81), 'Offa's Bible', s. vii ex. or viii in., Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, prov. Worcester?
GL 294, London, British Library, Add. 38651, fols. 57-8, s. xi in., before 1023, Worcester or York
GL 309, London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A. xiv, fols. 1-36, 'Cotton Troper', s. xi3/4, prob. Winchester or Worcester, prov. Worcester
GL 314, London, British Library, Cotton Claudius A. iii, fols. 31-86 and 106-50, s. x/xi, Worcester or York
GL 333, London, British Library, Cotton Galba A. xiv, s. xi2/4, Leominster? prov. Winchester Nun or Shaftesbury?
GL 341, London, British Library, Cotton Nero A. i, fols. 70-177, 1003x1023, Worcester or York
GL 344, London, British Library, Cotton Nero E. i, vol. I, and vols. II, fols. 1-155, s. xi3/4, Worcester
GL 344.5, London, British Library, Cotton Nero E. i, vol. II, fols 181-4, s. xi ex., Worcester
GL 345, London, British Library, Cotton Nero E. i, vol. II, fols. 185-6, s. x/xi; s. xi1 or xi med. or xi2, all prov. Worcester?
GL 346, London, British Library, Cotton Otho A. i, s. viii2, Mercia or Canterbury?
GL 356, London, British Library, Cotton Otho B. x, fols. 29-30, s. xi med., prov. Worcester
GL 359, London, British Library, Cotton Otho C. i, vol. II, s. xi in. and (from fol. 62 (Dialogi) s. xi med., prob. Worcester (prov. whole MS Worcester)
GL 364, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. vi, fols. 1-35, s. x3/4, prob. 977x979, prob. Abingdon, prov. Canterbury (prob. CC), s. xi2
GL 366, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A. xiii, 'Hemming's Cartulary', c. 1016 and c. 1096, Worcester
GL 370, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B. i, fols. 3-111, s. xi1, prov. prob. Abingdon
GL 370.2, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B. i, fols. 112-64, s. xi med., Abingdon
GL 372, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B. iv, fols. 3-9, 19-86, s. xi med., xi2, W Midlands (Worcester?), prov. Worcester, previously Canterbury CC?
GL 377, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius C. ii, 'Tiberius Bede', see Tiberius Group MSS, s. ix 2/4, S. England, prob. Canterbury (StA?)
GL 379.5, London, British Library, Cotton Titus D. xvi, fols. 2-35, s. xi/xii, St Albans
GL 381, London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian A. i, 'Vespasian Psalter, see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii2/4, prob. Canterbury StA, with later additions: s. ix, prob. ix med. (OE gloss), s. xi1 (Te Deum, Quicumque uult, prayers), Canterbury (CC), prov. whole MS Canterbury StA
GL 383, London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian A. xiv, fols. 114-79, 'Letterbook of Archbishop Wulfstan', 1003x1023, Worcester or York
GL 385, London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. vi, fols. 104-9, see Tiberius Group MSS, 805x814, Mercia
GL 386, London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. x, fols. 31-124, s. x/xi, prob. Worcester, prov. prob. Worcester
GL 394, London, British Library, Cotton Vespasian, D. xv, fols. 102-21, s. x/xi, W England (Worcester?)
GL 408, London, British Library, Egerton 267, fol. 37, s. x ex., prob. Abingdon
GL 412, London, British Library, Harley 55, fols. 1-4, s. xi1, prob. York, or Worcester? (prov. Worcester)
GL 426, London, British Library, Harley 865, s. xi ex., prov. St Albans
GL 432, London, British Library, Harley 2965, 'Book of Nunnaminster', see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii/ix or ix1, Mercia or S England? prov. Winchester Nun
GL 436, London, British Library, Harley 3376, s. x/xi, W England (Worcester?), prov. prob. Worcester
GL 438, London, British Library, Harley 3826, s. x/xi, prob. Abingdon
GL 439.6, London, British Library, Harley 5228, fols. 140, s. ix, prob. Wales, prov. Worcester
GL 443, London, British Library, Harley 7653, 'Harley Prayer Book', see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii/ix or ix in., Mercia (Worcester?)
GL 446, London, British Library, Royal 1. D. iii, s. xi med., prov. Rochester s. xi ex.
GL 448, London, British Library Royal 1. E. vi, 'Royal Bible', see Tiberius Group MSS, s. ix1 or ix2/4 or ix med., S England, prov. Canterbury StA
GL 450, London, British Library Royal 2. A. xx, 'Royal Prayer Book', see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii2 or ix1/4 Mercia (Worcester?); OE glosses and note, s. xi; thirty-three prayers added s. x med. in margins, Worcester,
GL 452, London, British Library, Royal 2. C. iii, s. xi/xii, prov. Rochester
GL 453.2, London, British Library, Royal 3. B. i, s. xi/xii, prov. Rochester
GL 453.4, London, British Library, Royal 3. B. xvi, s. xi/xii, prov. Bath
GL 453.6, London, British Library, Royal 3. C. iv, s. xi/xii, prov. Rochester
GL 453.8, London, British Library, Royal 3. C. x, s. xi/xii, prov. Rochester
GL 455, London, British Library, Royal 4. A. xiv, fols. 1-106, s. x med., Winchester? prov. Worcester
GL 456, London, British Library, Royal 4. A. xiv, fols. 107-8, see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii/ix or ix in. or ix1, S England (Winchester?) or Mercia, prov. Worcester
GL 456.2, London, British Library Royal 5. A. xii, fols. iii-vi, s. xi med., or xi2, Worcester
GL 456.4, London, British Library, Royal 5. B. ii, s. xi/xii, prov. Bath
GL 456.6, London, British Library, Royal 5. B. vi, s. xi/xii, prov. Rochester
GL 456.8, London, British Library, Royal 5. B. xiv, s. xi/xii or xii1, Gloucester? prov. Bath
GL 457.4, London, British Library, Royal 5. D. i + 5 D. ii, s. xi/xii, prov. Rochester
GL 457.8, London, British Library, Royal 5. E. x, s. xi/xii, prov. Rochester
GL 462, London, British Library, Royal 5. F. iii, s. ix ex. or ix/x, Mercia (Worcester?), prov. Worcester
GL 464.9, London, British Library, Royal 6. A. vii, fols. 1 and 162, s. xi/xii, Worcester
GL 465, London, British Library, Royal 6. A. vii, s. xi in., Worcester
GL 469.3, London, British Library, Royal 6. C. vi, s. xi/xii, prov. Rochester
GL 469.5, London, British Library, Royal 6. C. x, s. xi/xii, prov. Rochester
GL 474, London, British Library, Royal 8. B. xi, s. x2, prob. Worcester
GL 484, London, British Library, Royal, 13. A. xv, s. x med., prob. Worcester
GL 487, London, British Library, Royal 13. C. v, s. x/xi or xi1, Worcester? prov. Gloucester
GL 497, London, British Library, Royal 15. C. x, s. x2, Canterbury StA? prov. Rochester
GL 523.5, London, Westminster Abbey Library 17, s. xi/xii or xii in., England or Continent, prov. Lincoln, Franciscan convent
GL 524.8, Manchester, John Rylands Unversity Library, 109, s. xi ex. or xi/xii, Canterbury CC? prov. Rochester?
GL 558, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 223, s. xi2, prov. Worcester, prov. Windsor, St George's Chapel before s. xvi
GL 569, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 340 + 342, s. xi in., Canterbury or Rochester; additions of s. xi1 and xi med., SE England, prob. Rochester, prov. whole MS Rochester from s. xi med. or earlier
GL 609, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 39, fols. 50-6, s. xi2, prov. Abingdon
GL 613, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 146, fols. 1-100, s. x ex., prob. Abingdon, prov. prob. Abingdon
GL 626, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 20, 890x897, S England (Winchester?), prov. Worcester s. ix ex.
GL 627, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 23, s. xi2, prob. Worcester, prov. Great Malvern, cell of Westminster
GL 628, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 30, 940x956, Glastonbury, prov. Worcester s. x2
GL 631, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 48, s. vii ex. or viii in. or viii 1, or viii med., S England or Mercia (Worcester? possibly Bath?), prov. Worcester
GL 632, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 76, fols. 1-67, s. xi1, Worcester? prov. Worcester
GL 633, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 76, fols. 68-139, s. xi med., Worcester? prov. Worcester
GL 635, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 93, see Tiberius Group MSS, s. ix1 or ix1/4, Mercia (Lichfield?), prov. Worcester
GL 636, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 93, fol. 42, s. xi1 or xi med., prov. Worcester
GL 637-638, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 113 + 114, s. xi2 (1064x1083), Worcester
GL 639, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 115, fols. 1-147, s. xi3/4 or xi2, prov. Worcester
GL 644, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 121, s. xi3/4 and additions s. xi2 and xi ex., Worcester
GL 646, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lat. bib. c. 8(P), s. ix1, Mercia or S England, prov. Salisbury
GL 652, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lat. theol. c. 4, s. x2, Worcester?
GL 653, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lat. theol. d. 33, s. xi ex., Worcester, prov. Worcester
GL 656, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud misc. 482, s. xi med. or xi2, Worcester, prov. Worcester
GL 665, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Selden supra 30, s. viii1, SE England, prov. Minster in Thanet? prov. Canterbury StA
GL 667, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 3, s. xi in. or xi2/4, prov. Worcester
GL 672, Oxford, Corpus Christi College 197, s. x4/4, Worcester? prov. Bury St Edmunds by s. xi med.
GL 684, Oxford, St John's College 28, s. x med. and x3/4 (or x/xi), prob. Canterbury StA, prov. Abingdon s. xii?, prov. prob. Southwick, Augustinian canons, by s. xvi
GL 722, Salisbury, Cathedral Library 117, see Tiberius Group MSS, s. x, Continent? prov. Salisbury, in England before 1100?
GL 761, Worcester, Cathedral Library F. 48, s. xi ex. (fols. 1-48); s. xi1 (fols. 49-104); and xi med. (fols. 105-64), all parts prob. Worcester, prov. Worcester
GL 762, Worcester, Cathedral Library F. 91, s. x3/4, prob. Worcester, prov. prob. Worcester
GL 763, Worcester, Cathedral Library F. 92, s. xi/xii or xii in., prov. Worcester
GL 764, Worcester, Cathedral Library F. 173, s. xi med., Winchester OM, prov. Worcester
GL 765, Worcester, Cathedral Library Q. 5, s. x ex., Canterbury CC, prov. Worcester
GL 766, Worcester, Cathedral Library Q. 8, fols 164-71, s. ix/x, France?, or s. x/xi or xi in. England? prov. Worcester
GL 770, Worcester, Cathedral Library, Add. 1, s. viii ex. or ix in., perhaps Canterbury StA, or Worcester
GL 775, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, M. 16. 2 (47), s. xi in. and xi1, prob. Abingdon (or Continent?) with additions at Abingdon s. xi1
GL 776, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus Museum, M. 16. 8 (190), s. x/xi, Abingdon
GL 778, Arras, Bibliothèque municipale 346 (867), s. x/xi or xi in., prob. Abingdon, supplemented s. xi med., prob. Exeter prov. Bath, prov. Saint-Vaast, Arras
GL 780, Arras, Bibliothèque municipale 764 (739), fols. 134-81, s. ix/x, Winchester? Bath by s. xi, prov. Saint-Vaast, Arras
GL 781, Arras, Bibliothèque municipale 1029 (812), s. x/xi, Canterbury StA, prov. Bath, prov. Saint-Vaast, Arras
GL 802, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale 74 (82), s. viii1, S England or Mercia (Bath?), prov. Saint-Bertin by s. xii in.
GL 806, Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, 1650 (1520), s. xi in., Abingdon, Latin and OE glosses s. xi1
GL 808, Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, 8558-63 (2498), fols. 1-79: s. x1, S England or Mercia; fols. 80-131: s. x med.; fols 132-53: s. xi1
GL 808.1, Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, 8794-99 (1403), fols. 1-17, s. xi/xii, Rochester
GL 814, Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliothek, G.K.S. 1595 (4o), c. 1002-1023, Worcester (and York?), prov. Denmark (Roskilde) s. xi?
GL 841, St Petersburg, Russian National Library, F. v. I. 8, 'Saint Petersburg Gospels / Leningrad Gospels', see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii ex. or ix in., Northumbria? S England (Kent)? prov. Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
GL 862, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M 776, 'Blickling Psalter', see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii med., prov. S England? OE and Latin glosses s. ix (Wessex) and x2 (prov. Lincoln)
GL 865.1, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M 926, fols. 42-52, s. xi3/4, St Albans
GL 865.2, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M 926, fols. 53-68, s. xi3/4, prov. St Albans
GL 865.3, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M 926, fols. 70-3, s. xi/xii, prov. St Albans
GL 865.4, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M 926, fols 74-8, s. xi/xii, prov. St Albans
GL 867, Orléans, Médiathèque 127 (105), s. x3/4 Winchcombe? or s. x4/4 Ramsey? prov. Fleury s. xi in.
GL 878, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 281, 298, see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii ex., S England, perhaps Canterbury (or Mercia?), prov. Fécamp s. xi or later
GL 898, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10861, see Tiberius Group MSS, s. ix1/4 or ix1, S England (Canterbury CC?) or an English scribe abroad, prov. France s. x or xi, prov. Beauvais s. xii or xiii
GL 900.5 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 17177, fols. 5-12, s. viii1 or viii/ix, S England or Mercia, or continental centre with Anglo-Saxon connections (prov. Corbie)
GL 907, Rome, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barberini lat. 570, 'Barberini Gospels', see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii2 or viii ex., Mercia or Northumbria? S England?
GL 919, Rome, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 1671, s. x2 or x/xi or xi1/4, Worcester
GL 919.6, Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale 32 (A. 21), s. xi ex., Abingdon, prov. Jumièges s. xii
GL 923, Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale 369 (Y. 7), 'Benedictional of Archbishop Robert', s. x4/4 (s. xi2/4?), Winchester NM (for Selsey?), prov. Rouen cathedral from s. xii1
GL 926, Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale 1385 (U. 107), fols. 20-7, s. x/xi, Winchester or Worcester? prov. Jumièges
GL 934, San Marino (California), Henry E. Huntington Library, HM 62, s. xi2, Canterbury CC? prov. Rochester
GL 937, Stockholm, National Library of Sweden A. 135, 'Stockholm Codex Aureus', see Tiberius Group MSS, s. viii med., Kent (Minster-in Thanet or Canterbury?), prov. Canterbury CC
GL 938, Urbana (Illinois), University of Illinois Library 128, s. x med., prob. Worcester, prov. Malmesbury
GL 941, Vercelli, Biblioteca Capitolare, CXVII, 'Vercelli Book', s. x2, SE England (Canterbury StA? Rochester?)
GL 946, Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek, M. p. th. f. 79, s. viii1, S England or Mercia, prov. Germany, Rhine-Main area (Mainz?) s. viii ex., then Würzburg
GL 946.5, Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek, M. p. th. f. 149a, s. viii2, Mercia? or Anglo-Saxon centre on the Continent, prov. Würzburg