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MS. Bodl. 334

Summary Catalogue no.: 2333

Contents

Clement of Llantony, Vnum ex quattuor (parts 7–9, text and commentary)
1. (fol. 1)

Text: here called 'Series collecta' or in the prologue 'Concordia quatuor Euangelistarum' comprising in parts 7-9 the Harmony from Christ's going up to Jerusalem (John vii. 2) to the treachery of Judas (Luke xxii. 6): with prologue and lists of chapters.

2. (fol. 9)
Rubric: Seriei collecte Explanacio
Incipit: (prol.) Clemens Lanthoniensis ... Contemplatiue uite partem
Incipit: Erat autem in proximo ... Appropinquante scenophegia

A long commentary on the whole of the 3rd part (= parts 7-9), with prologue: part 8 begins at fol. 82, part 9 at fol. 151v. At fol. 180 the hand changes.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 330 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 14.375 × 11 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 456, pl. XXXVIII

Fine initials.

Good fleuronnée initials.

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

'Frater Johannes Warner ordinis Minorum fratrum', 'Thomas Best', both 15th cent. (fols. 328v, 329r).

'Liber bibliothecæ Bodleianæ ex dono Johannis Lloyd artium magistri et Collegij Oriell socij 15° Septembris anno Christi 1609.'

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.