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MS. Bodl. 730

Summary Catalogue no.: 2709

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
John Cassian, De institutionis coenobiorum
Rubric: Prologus Regule sancti Ioannis ⟨Cassiani quam C⟩astori pape in ... ... scripsit

The first illuminated capital has been cut out, so that the rubric is imperfect.

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 65)
John Cassian, Collationes
Rubric: Prefacio Johannis heremite in decem collationibus ...
(i-x)

The first ten Collationes: the hand seems to change at fol. 132v: the testimony of Gennadius to Cassian is on fol. 64v

Language(s): Latin
(fols. 144r–145r)
Glossaries
Incipit: Hic scribo plane uentrem caudamque Diane. Politicus dicitur custos ciuitatis
Ed. by C. Cataldi, The Bodley Glossaries (Toronto, 2023), as three glossaries: Bod1 (fols. 144ra-vb) in Latin, Anglo-Norman, Middle English, and Greek in Latin script; Bod2 (fols. 144vb-145rb) in Latin and Old English; Bod3 (fol. 145rb) in Latin, Anglo-Norman, and Greek in Latin script.
Language(s): Latin, Old English, Anglo-Norman
(fols. 145v-146v)
Four sequences in honour of the Virgin
Incipit: Hodierne lux diei Celebris in matris Dei
Incipit: Salue mater Saluatoris uas electum uas honoris
Incipit: Planctus ante nescia planctu lapsor[sic] anxia
Incipit: Missus est Gabriel de celis uerbi baiulus fidelis

Added in a different hand, first half of the 13th cent. has added. Anal. hymn., liv, 219, with two additional verses not found in any other source.

Language(s): Latin
(fols. 146r-v)
Glossary

Added by a third and fourth hand, also hardly later than the first: a Latin-Old English glossary, using old English forms of letters

Incipit: ⟨M⟩enbrum an lim . Caput heapod . Vertex noll
Ed. Cataldi, pp. 89-110 (Bod4)
Language(s): Latin and Old English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 147 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.25 × 8.5 in.

Layout

2 cols.

Decoration

Penwork and other initials.

Binding

White sheepskin on boards, clasp and bosses lost, contemporary English binding.

History

Origin: 13th century, beginning ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Buildwas, Shropshire, Savigniac and (1147) Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Chad (?) : Medieval binding, with nailmarks for bosses at each corner and in centre of front cover (cf. Bodley 371, 395); style of initials (cf. Bodley 395) suggests provenance; inscription in alternate green and black words 'Liber sancte marie [. . . .]' at foot of verso of flyleaf facing first leaf of text. (MLGB3: evidence from binding or pastedowns and from the style of script or illumination).

Later belonged to the London Carmelites: "Conventus Carmelitorum Londonie ex assignacione fratris Thome Walden." (fol. 1r, at top). ‘I 66 m’ (fol. 1r, at top, above right side of 1st col.). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution)

"This MS. must have come to the Library in 1603 or 1604." (S.C.)

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional reference to published literature as cited.
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 507

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (14 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-10: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.