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MS. Fairfax 5

Summary Catalogue no.: 3885

Contents

1.

Jerome, Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim

Language(s): Latin

2.

Jerome, De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto (ep. 78)

Language(s): Latin

3.

Jerome (?), De locis in Genesi

Language(s): Latin

4.

Jerome, Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum

Language(s): Latin

5.

Ps.-Jerome, Quaestiones hebraicae in libros Regum et Paralipomenon

Language(s): Latin

6.

Hugh of St.-Victor, De sacramentis christianae fidei

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 262)

History

Origin: 12th century, second half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Sweethart Or New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire, Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin: 'Liber domine Devorgoyl de Bayll[iol]', s. xiii. 'Liber sancte Marie de dulci corde.' (s. xiii/xiv). Inscr. on fol. 9v below the table of contents, s. xiii. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

'Liber C. Fairfax Emptus apud Edinburgh 1652' (fol. 9v). (MLGB3)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 773

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Online resources:

MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.