What is the Cotton collection and what happened to it in 1731?
On 23 October 1731, a fire broke out at Ashburnham House, Westminster, where the Cotton manuscripts were temporarily being stored. A few volumes were destroyed in their entirety, and many others damaged to varying degrees. What was lost in the Cotton library fire? On 23 October 1731, fire broke out in Ashburnham House, and many…
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