MS. Auct. F. 3. 7

Summary Catalogue no.: 2389

1. (p. 1)

Final rubric: Iulius Solinus explicit feliciter . studio et diligentia Donni (i.e. domini] Theodosii . invictissimi principis

Without title, but with the preface of Solinus, and some marginal notes. The omitted passage in cap. 56 is supplied on a piece of parchment in a 13th cent. hand, at p. 124°.

Language(s): Latin

2. (p. 126)

'Aethicus Ister', Cosmographia

Rubric: Incipit liber Ęthetici translatus philosophico editus oraculo . a Hieronimo presbitero delatus ex cosmographia . id est mundi scriptura edicta ęthinici . philosophi . cosmographi

Incipit: Philosophorum scedulas

Ends (in the table of 'carecteres') 'Chorizech .. . phit birin'.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: vi + 214 pages

Dimensions (binding): 11.25 × 8 in.

Condition

Somewhat discoloured by damp at both ends, and with the margins of pp. 1-4 injured.

Decoration

Initials.

History

Origin: 12th century, first half ; England or northern France

Provenance and Acquisition

Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: identifiable in the catalogues of 1327 and 1506 (CBMLC, forthcoming, SC 20.86 and SC 35.300) (cf. MLGB3: inferred evidence).

Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602.

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional reference to published literature as cited; for date and localization see CBMLC SC 20.86.

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 343

Bibliography

Online resources:

MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-11: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.

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