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MS. Lat. bib. e. 5

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

Contents

1.
New Testament divided into Pericopes for liturgical reading
Language(s): Latin
(fols. 3–4)

Epistle and gospel list

Imperf. at the beginning, containing the sanctorale from St. Apollineris (23 July) to the common of a virgin non-martyr, with numbers corresponding to the chapter divisions.

(fol. 5)

Matt. (155 divisions); Marcus (pref. Stegmüller Repertorium, 607, 99 divisions); Lucas (pref. 615, 149 divisions); Iohannes (pref. 624, 119 divisions).

(fol. 107)

Apocalypsis (pref. 829 and 834, 52 divisions).

Language(s): Latin
(fol. 121)

Can. Epp. (pref. 807, 809): Iac. (pref. 806, 17 divisions); I, II Petr. (pref. 812 and 818, 17 and 11 divisions); I, II, III Iohannes (pref. 822 and 824; 22, 6 and 4 divisions); Iudas (pref. 825, 3 divisions).

(fol. 135)

Rom. (pref. 677, 48 divisions); I, II Cor. (pref. 685 and 700, 35 and 21 divisions); Galat. (pref. 707, 24 divisions); Ephes. (pref. 715, 24 divisions); Philip. (pref. 728, 12 divisions); Coloss. (pref. 736, 10 divisions); I, II Thess. (pref. 748 and 752, 12 and 7 divisions); I, II Tim. (pref. 765, 14 and 8 divisions); Titus (pref. 780, 7 divisions); Philemon (pref. 783, 3 divisions); Hebr. (pref. 794, 19 divisions).

(fol. 196)

Actus (pref. beg: Quibus locis singuli apostoli and Stegmüller, Bibl. 640, 55 divisions).

Incipit: (preface) Quibus locis singuli apostoli
2.
Wisdom books with 'modern' chapter divisions
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 225v)

Sap.; Cantica; Eccles.

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: (text)principibus iuda
Form: codex
Support: very smooth, white parchment
Extent: 247 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 115 mm.
Dimensions (written): 120 × 75 mm.
Foliation: numbered 3–249 in a modern hand

Collation

1(4) (wants 1 and 2), 2(12)–20(12), 21(4) (4 canc.), catchwords

Layout

2 cols., 33 lines. Writing below the top line.

Decoration

Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 520, pl. XL)

Larger initials in pink, blue and silver which has oxydised.

Smaller red and blue initials with flourishes

Binding

modern white skin binding.

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; French, South or ; Italian

Provenance and Acquisition

Marks of a former owner have been cut out at fol.4, 5, 247.

'François Nicot 1732' (back cover)

Charles de Baschi, Marquis d'Aubias (1686–1777) (bookplate, fol. 249)

Edge inscription: ‘Ex libris Marduel ecclesiae primatialis 6 Mers 1782 …’

C. M. Firth

Bequeathed by him to the library, 1931

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff.

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.