Martial notes on two-handed sword and staff (Cotton MS Titus A XXV)

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Created from the Wiktenauer Manuscripts staging import. Source row 21. Signature: Cotton MS Titus A XXV

Quality phase 331: Cotton MS Titus A XXV is a composite manuscript. Its anonymous martial notes occupy fol. 105r–v and are dated approximately 1450–1465; the suggested Irish origin is uncertain and not city-specific.

Quality phase 387: the work title now identifies the martial component rather than the whole codex. The suggested Irish origin remains uncertain, so no modern country is asserted; the two-handed-sword text is on 105r and the staff notes on 105v.

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TitleMartial notes on two-handed sword and staff (Cotton MS Titus A XXV)

AuthorAnonymous work

Earliest publication dateUnknown

LanguageEnglish

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Document typeManuscript

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Edition History

Martial notes on two-handed sword and staff (Cotton MS Titus A XXV, fol. 105r–v) 1450

CityNot specified

PublisherNot specified

PrinterNot specified

FormatComposite paper manuscript in British Library binding; secretary script

Pages139 folios (martial notes: fol. 105r–v)

Dimensions160 × 220 mm

Primary manuscript witness created from Wiktenauer Manuscripts batch 9 on 2026-07-17.

Quality phase 331: the codex comprises three sections brought together by Robert Cotton; this record identifies specifically the anonymous martial notes on sword and staff.

Quality phase 387: distinguished the sword instructions on fol. 105r from the staff instructions on fol. 105v and aligned the manifestation title with the actual martial component.

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Geldof — Forewarned and Forearmed: Contents of BL, Cotton MS Titus A XXV, ff. 94–105

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Peer-reviewed study of the manuscript section linked in quality phase 387.

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=secondary_reference. Secondary reference or scholarly page; any displayed image requires separate manifestation-level verification. External probe: HTTP 404; content type text/html; charset=utf-8.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=not_primary_manifestation_image; secondary reference retained for scholarship; no independently verified primary manifestation cover was adopted.

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British Library catalogue — Cotton MS Titus A XXV, ff. 94–105

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Institutional catalogue record or manuscript images linked in quality phase 331.

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=catalogue_or_finding_aid. Bibliographic catalogue/finding-aid record; useful for identity, but not itself an edition image source. External probe: HTTP 200; content type text/html; charset=utf-8.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=no_image_catalogue_only; bibliographic catalogue or finding-aid record; retained for authority control, but it does not expose a reusable manifestation image.

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Wiktenauer manuscript article - Cotton MS Titus A XXV

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Created from Wiktenauer Manuscripts batch 9 on 2026-07-17.

Cover deliberately not assigned in phase 645: the retrieved file is only a no-scan placeholder.

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=already_reviewed_unsuitable. Prior individual audit explicitly rejected this resource: cover deliberately not assigned. External probe: HTTP 200; content type text/html; charset=UTF-8.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=previously_rejected; source had already been individually reviewed and rejected as unsuitable for a reliable edition cover.

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