MS. Lat. bib. c. 9

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Gospels with glossa ordinaria

Vulgate chapter divisions added in the margin. Some additional glosses in the margins.

Language(s): Latin

(fol. 1)

Matt., beg. imperf. at 2.1, and wants 15.38–18.22 due to loss of a leaf after fol.42.

(fol. 69)

Mark (Prologue, Stegmüller Repertorium 607).

(fol. 109)

Luke (Prologue, Stegmüller, Bibl. 620).

(fol. 187)

John (Prologue, Stegmüller, Bibl. 624), ends imperf. at 12.20.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: ii + 218 leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 310 × 200 mm.

Dimensions (written): 215 × 145 mm.

Collation

1 (last two leaves only), 2(8)–6(8), 7(8) (wants 1–5), 8(8), 9(8), 10(8) (8 canc.), 11(8)–24(8), 25(8) (7 and 8 canc.), 26(8)–28(8), 29(8) (wants 8), the quires numbered at the end I-[X] (Matthew), I–V (Mark), I–[X] (Luke), I–III (John)

Layout

49 lines, text and gloss. Text of the gloss sometimes above, sometimes below top line.

Decoration

Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 293). Illuminated initials on fol.69, 69v, 109v, 110, 187, 188, in flat gold on rose, blue or purple grounds with scrollwork; other initials plain red and blue

Binding

modern binding.

History

Origin: c. 1200 ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Thomas Cowper, 16th cent.: ‘Iste liber pertinet bere yt well in mind ad Thomam Cowper’ (fol.1)

John Cowper, 16th cent. ‘Joannes Cowper est verus possessor huius libri’ (fol.108, cf. fol.87v)

Richard Lumlay, 16th cent. ‘Richard Lumley oweth this boyke’ (fol.145v)

Earl of Hopetoun (bookplate)

Quaritch(?) no. '424'

Bought in 1931 from Thorpe.

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff, revised by Peter Kidd, late 1990s.

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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