MS. Hamilton 45
Summary Catalogue no.: 24475
Theological and biblical compendium, including excerpts from Thomas Aquinas, Catena aurea on the Gospels; Germany (?Erfurt OCart), 15th century, second half
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Upper pastedown: table of contents, with folio references
Matthew
Mark
Luke
Preceded (fol. 59v) by a note: ‘Prologus super Lucam cum sua expositione r.(?) bibliam Bartholomei Lowe(n) qui fuit quondam consiliarius episcopi Brandeborgensis quam dedit nobis d. Magdeburg.’
John
Notes on and extracts from Romans, I–II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, etc.
James, I Peter, I–III John, Jude
Acts, Apocalypse
The rest of the volume contains theological notes, often apparently placed rather haphazardly, and linked to other pages by cross-references.
Numerous tipped-in slips (omitted from the ink foliation), referred to within the text as cedulae, often blank on one side, supply further notes, sometimes citing their sources, including: (fol. 16br) ex vocabulario domini Alward’ fratris nostri; (fol. 181b) ex Sexternis Iohannis Indaginis fratris nostri
At least two cedulae (fols. 29b, 50b) are in German; the first refers to the ‘capella sancti Iohannis in Czu malegut predige buch’ (fol. 29br, cf. fol. 50bv), and cites a ‘libello teutonico qui intytulatur De virtutibus et sermones claustrales’ (fol. 29bv).
Physical Description
Layout
Verticals (only) ruled in ink, written in 1 col., except fols. 203–210, in 2 cols., with variable number of lines. Written space varies but typically 180–5 × 100–5 mm.
Hand(s)
Gothic cursive
Decoration
Some initials in plain red.
Binding
Early 20th-century(?), three-quarter brown leather. A medieval paper label, probably moved from the front cover of a former binding, now stuck to the upper pastedown ‘Excerptum de glo. continua’ and in smaller script ‘beati Thome super 4or. euangelistas’. Red leather tabs at the upper edge, superseding (missing) tabs at the fore-edge. The flat spine lettered in gilt, the 19th-century leather spine label ‘45’ now stuck to the lower pastedown.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The references to ‘domini Alward. fratris nostri’ and ‘Iohannis Indaginis fratris nostri’ suggest that at least the ‘cedulae’ were written at the Erfurt Charterhouse, where Johannes Hagen of Indagine was monk (1440–54, 1465–75) and prior (1457–60); ‘dominus Alward.’ is probably to be identified with the ‘dominus Alwordus professus huius domus’ who is mentioned in the library catalogue as having written C 13 (Nicholas Lyre, now Berlin, SB, Lat. qu. 636) ‘et super prophetas, Machabeorum et alia multa de eadem manu’.
Erfurt (Carthusians) : with their ownership inscription (upper pastedown); probably C. 97 in the late medieval catalogue (Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Deutschlands und der Schweiz, II (1928), p. 294).
Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von Bülow, 1760-?1831, identifiable as 330 in the catalogue of part 3 of his sale, 10 Oct. 1836
Sir William Hamilton, 1788–1856
Presented to the Bodleian Library by his sons and received in 1857. Former shelfmark Formerly ‘Addit. MSS Bodl. III.D.12.’ (upper pastedown).
MS. Hamilton 45 - endleaf (fol. 221)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Including a section concerning blasphemy; with every 5th line numbered in the Oxford manner, in Arabic numerals.
Physical Description
Layout
1 col., c. 23–25 lines, written space 100–5 × 75–85 mm.
Hand(s)
Anglicana
Decoration
None
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2021-02-04: Description revised for Polonsky German digitization project based on examination of the manuscript.