St John's College MS. 195
Richard Rolle, Latin Psalter and Parce michi; Phillip Karmerlyn on the decretals; John of Sacro Bosco, De sphera; ‘Disticha Catonis’
Physical Description
Binding
A modern replacement. Sewn on four thongs. At the front, one modern paper flyleaf (dated 1861); at the rear, a second modern paper flyleaf (v).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
‘Summa totalis libri’ (fol. iiiv, s. xv; some further s. xv pen-trials appear on fol. iv).
‘I Emgere Wystemntame’ (fol. 249, upper margin, s. xv ex.; another illegible inscription of the same date appears on fol. ivv).
‘f⟨..⟩ Iames suthampton’ (fol. 79, upper margin, rubbed, s. xvi med.).
‘the lord be thanked for his geftis and mercies euermore and with his ⟨....⟩ ever more and throwght his me⟨......⟩ you ⟨ ⟩ you ⟨ ⟩ to you per me thomas iones’ (fol. 173v, apparently in the same hand as the preceding); Thomas Jones also signs upside down on fol. ivv, and below that ‘Thomas wyhene in lumbert stryt’ in Jones’s hand.
‘harry lythting is put ⟨ ⟩’ and below ‘He that in youth no ⟨ ⟩ will vse […] ’ (fol. ii, in script similar to the two preceding ones, again defaced).
A list of contents (fol. iiv, s. xvii).
Liber Collegij Sanctj Johannis Baptistae Oxon’ ex dono Christophorj Coles Artis Bacchalaurej ejusdem Collegii conuictoris’ (fol. 1, vertically in the margin).
Manuscript 1 = Fols. 1–4
Contents
Language(s): Latin
books 1–4 complete but without the ‘breves sententiae’ at the head, ed. J. Wright Duff and Arnold M. Duff (Cambridge, Mass., 1934), 596–620.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
In long lines, 37 lines to the page. No prickings; bounded and ruled in lead.
Hand(s)
Written in anglicana, s. xiv med. or ex. No punctuation.
Decoration
Crude red lombards, lines joined by a red frame, capitals red-slashed in a single stroke from page top to foot.
History
Manuscript 2 = Fols. 5–123
Contents
Language(s): Latin
The remainder was originally blank; now with added texts, written in secretary with occasional anglicana r, s. xv3/4:
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
In double columns, each column 118 × 38 mm. , with 3–4 mm between columns, in 50 lines to the column. No prickings, bounded in brown and black ink, no rules.
Hand(s)
Written in anglicana, s. xv med. Light punctuation by point and punctus elevatus.
Decoration
Rough 3-line blue lombards on red flourishing at the head of each psalm.
Versal initials alternate blue and red 1-line lombards.
The biblical text underlined in red.
History
Manuscript 3 = Fols. 124–73
Contents
Language(s): Latin and Middle English
The remainder of the book was originally blank, now with one added text:
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
In double columns, frequently scarcely separated, with an overall writing area of 123 × 85 mm. , in 36 lines to the column. No prickings, bounds or rules.
Hand(s)
Written in anglicana, s.xv med. Light punctuation by medial point and virgula.
Decoration
A crude 4-line blue lombard on red flourishing at the head.
Crude 2-line unflourished red lombards at internal divisions.
The liturgical text underlined in red.
The text divided by red paraphs and red-slashed capitals.
History
Manuscript 4 = Fols. 174–233
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Unidentified; fundamentally an index (from fol. 180), the incipit resembling that of JOHANNES DE DEO, Decretale abbreviatum.
The remainder of the book was originally blank, now with an added text:
The Moralitas de scaccario ascribed by Richard Sharpe to Innocent IV and identified by Warner & Gilson, Cat. Royal, 2. 58, , as an extract from John Waleys, Communiloquium siue Summa collationum, I 10. 7.; there are other ascribed copies in our MS 135, fol. 47v; and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 177, fol. 26v. Written in contemporary anglicana.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
In long lines, 30 lines to the page. No prickings; bounded in brown ink, unruled.
Hand(s)
Written in anglicana, s. xv med. No punctuation.
Decoration
At the head, an unflourished 4-line red lombard; the text divided by red paraphs and red-slashed capitals; index entries introduced by alternate 1-line red and blue lombards.
History
Manuscript 5 = Fols. 234–49, ii–iv
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
In long lines, 31 lines to the page. No prickings; bounded in lead, no rules. The text area has apparently been planned to occupy a small proportion of the page in order to accommodate glosses, added sporadically but occasionally densely.
Hand(s)
Written in mixed anglicana/secretary, s. xv med., above top line. Light punctuation by medial point, virgula, and double virgula.
Decoration
Headings in red.
Sections of the text introduced by two- line unflourished lombards, in blue on the first page, thereafter in red.
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Availability
For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact St John's College Library.
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
Conversion of the printed catalogue to TEI funded by the Thompson Family Charitable Trust
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-02: First online publication