A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Bodl. 854

Summary Catalogue no.: 2613

Contents

(p. 21)
John of Glastonbury, Historia de rebus Glastoniensibus
Rubric: De antiquitate vetuste ecclesie beate Marie Glastonie et de quadam augmentacione quam Sanctus Dauid diuina reuelacione adiecit et in honore beate Marie consecrauit
Incipit: Anno post passionem Domini tricesimo primo

Prologue on p. 4

Several leaves are wanting at the end, the text ending with 'missum est decretum eleccionis diocesano episcopo vt' (p. 238 of James P. Carley's edition [Boydell, 1985])

Some words and sentences, especially on pp. 375-431, are ineffectively deleted by someone who objected to the name and deeds of popes

The text is a direct copy of MS. Ashmole 790; so much so that the name of the scribe of MS. Ashmole 790, Thomas Wason, is copied on p. 110

The treatise was edited by Thomas Hearne from other manuscripts in 1726, but Hearne printed notes on this manuscript by Gerard Langbaine (1609-1658) at vol. i, p. lix of his edition

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: v + 235 leaves. Pages numbered i-x, 1-535, with several errors
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 133 mm.
Dimensions (written): 120 × 85 mm.
Quarto quires with catchwords and signatures

Condition

Page 535 is blank

Layout

16-19 long lines

History

Origin: 16th century ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Old pressmarks can be seen on pp. i and iv: 'MS G. 2. 15Th'; 'MS sup. Art. D. 14'; and 'MS Arch. F. 14

p. viii: 'John Paine his book. Johannes est verus possessor huius liber. Vale. Amen. Amen.'

sir Thomas Bodley's note in the upper margin of p. 1: 'Donum Edwardj Bisse Wellensis', c. 1610

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional information from James P. Carley and David Townsend, The Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey: An edition, Translation and Study of John of Glastonbury's 'Cronica sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie' (Boydell, 1985)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-12-26: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)