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Six major manuscripts and two fragments (one ms was damaged after scholars had examined it) make up the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. They are known by letters of the alphabet A. The Parker MS AKA C.C.C. Cant. 173 because of its location at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge The Parker MS is the oldest version and extends to the year 1093. It may have been written at Winchester where it was until the mid-11th century when it was moved to Christ Church, Canterbury. Written by one hand until 891. Later alterations and additions were made in the same hand as the F version. B. The Cotton Tiberius A vi C. The Cotton Tiberius B i D. The Cotton Tiberius B iv (AKA The Northern Recension) Text from the Mercian Register is incorporated into MSs rather than a separate narrative (as in B and C). Records some exclusive events in northern England. Versions D and E are known as the "northern recension" because of their incorporation of additional material concerning northern English history. E. The Laud Misc. 636 F. The Cotton Domitian A viii G. The Cotton Otho B xi H. Cotton Domitian A is a fragment which covers the years 1113 and 1114.
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