Merton College MS. 57

Former shelfmark: G. 2. 2

GREGORY ON JOB (PART I) AND EZECHIEL; S. XIV ex.

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 1–128; 128v blank)

Gregory, Moralia in Iob (part I)

Rubric: Prima pars moralium beati Gregorii pape super Iob

Rubric: Incipit prefacio

Incipit: Reuerentissimo et sanctissimo fratri Leandro

Incipit: Dudum te frater beatissime in Constantinopolitana urbe cognoscens

Incipit: Inter multos sepe quaeritur quis libri beati Iob scriptor habeatur

Explicit: (bk. 12) quarto ex lectionis quoque incisione respirat

Final rubric: Explicit prima pars moralium beati Gregorii pape super Iob

CPL 1708; CCSL 143, 143A-B (1979–85).

2. (fols. 129–216)

Gregory, Homiliae in Ezechielem

Rubric: Prima pars in Ezechiele propheta. Et factum est in tricesimo anno.

Rubric: Incipit epistola beati Gregorii pape

Incipit: Dilectissimo fratri Maximiano episcopo

Incipit: Omelias que in beatum Ezechiel prophetam ita ut coram populo loquebar excepte sunt

Incipit: Dei omnipotentis aspiracione de Ezechiele propheta locuturus

Explicit: ad hereditatem perpetuam erudit. Sit itaque gloria omnipotenti Domino nostro Iesu Christo qui ...

Final rubric: Explicit liber secundus omeliarum beati Gregorii pape urbis Rome super extremam partem Ezechielis prophete

CPL 1710; CCSL 142 (1979).

3. (fols. 216–48v)

Gregory, Pastoral Care

Rubric: Incipit liber beati Gregorii pape de cura pastorali

Incipit: Pastoralis cure me pondera fugere delitescendo

Incipit: Nulla ars docere presumitur

Explicit: tui meriti manus leuet

Final rubric: Explicit liber pastoralis

CPL 1712; SChr 381–2 (1992).

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: dixerat

Form: codex

Support: Parchment

Extent: 250 leaves (i + 249)

Dimensions (leaf): 380 × 255 mm.

Dimensions (written): 250 × 165 mm.

The edges stained yellow.

Collation

1–10¹², 11⁸, 12–21¹²; framed catchwords; quire-signatures of the usual late medieval form in red, mostly cropped.

Layout

Frame-ruled with crayon in 2 cols; written in c. 50 lines. Running heads between ruled lines.

Hand(s)

Two similar professional scribes: (1) art. 1; (2) arts 2–3. The first writes an archaizing gothic rotunda bookhand. The second is English, writing bookhand with some anglicana letter-forms.

Decoration

Large and handsome red and blue initials, flourished in the same colours and violet, with long marginal extensions; blue initials flourished in red; red or blue paraphs; red underlining of lemmata.

Binding

s. xix ex., half-bound in vellum with buckram sides; sewn on seven bands, fols. i and 249 are blank paper binding leaves. On fol. 1, near the foot of the foredge, are marks possibly of a small iron chain-staple.

History

Origin: S. XIV ex. ; England (?in part)

Provenance and Acquisition

See MS 58. Inside the front board is modern ‘Merton College Library / N. 5. 3. Art.’, the second canc. and replaced with ‘G. 2. 2 (LVII)’ in red. ‘3’ is inked on the foredge.

Record Sources

R. M. Thomson, A descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts of Merton College, Oxford (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer), 2009.

Availability

For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact Merton College Library.

Bibliography

Coxe, p. 37; Powicke, no. 504.

Funding of Cataloguing

Conversion of the printed catalogue to TEI funded by the Warden and Fellows of Merton College .

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-08-01: First online publication

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