MS. Lat. misc. c. 75
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Collectanea of John Bale: seven manuscripts bound together
Physical Description
Binding
Early 19th century binding by Stuart Ray, 43 Duke St., London, with his ticket.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
John Bale, bishop of Ossory (1495–1563) ; perhaps nos. 27, 48, 49, 57, 77, 78, 133, 152, 153, and 170–3 in his library list (see H. McCusker, 'Books and manuscripts formerly in the possession of John Bale', The Library, 4th series, 26 (1936), 144–65).
Sir Gregory Page-Turner, Bart., of Battlesden, Bedfordshire ; sold 19 October 1824, lot 2716.
Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792–1872) , his MS. 3119.
William H. Robinson, Ltd.; the Robinson Trustees; sold at Sotheby's, 28 November 1973, lot 610; bought by H. P. Kraus.
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 1
Contents
Language(s): Latin
here attributed to Prior Hugo
ending imperfect after the first 18 lines (WIC 20582)
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
2 cols., 40–50 lines
Hand(s)
semi-cursive hand
Decoration
Headings in red.
Initials in blue with red penwork.
History
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 2
Contents
With popes on versos and emperors on rectos, ending with the death of Pope Nicholas IV (in 1294); fol. 52 originally blank, with rough cursive additions down to 1318, and a list of popes in the same hand ending with Sixtus IV 'nunc sedens'.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols., 51 lines
Decoration
Headings and paraphs in red.
History
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 3
Contents
Language(s): Latin
from the earliest times to the death of Alexander III (in 1286), giving the number of years reigned by each king, and recording a few important events:
fol. 53r is blank except for the outline of a large cusped quatrefoil, perhaps intended to contain decoration of some sort.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
2 cols., 30 lines
Hand(s)
large bookhand
Decoration
Two initials in green
History
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 4
Contents
Language(s): Latin
ending imperfect after about a third of the text.
[Quire(s) missing]
To all the faithful
Undated
To Bishop Giffard of Worcester
Dated in Peckham's Register 16 September 1283.
ending imperfect.
[Quire(s) missing]
Controversial theological texts mostly concerned with the dispute between the Friars Minors and 'Armachanus', i.e. Richard Fitzralph, Archbishop of Armagh, who was Chancellor of Oxford university in 1333.
Physical Description
Collation
Hand(s)
Written in a variety of hands from rough cursive to formal bookhand.
Decoration
Penwork initials.
History
Provenance
The volume containing these 68 leaves was seen by Bale at The Queen's College, Oxford ; a list of the 34 items it contained is written in a 15th-century cursive hand on fol. 55v. Almost all are of Franciscan interest and the volume probably came to Queen's from the Franciscan convent in Oxford .
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 5
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Three letters and another text
[Quire(s) missing]
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
40–45 lines per page.
Hand(s)
The two quires written in similar but different hands, probably from a single manuscript
Decoration
Initials in red or blue, with penwork
History
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 6
Contents
Language(s): Latin
beginning imperfect in the Book XII chapter 4 (i.e. less than three full chapters from the end of the work).
(the first page reproduced in the Sotheby's catalogue, pl. 29; BHL, no. 5552; pr. W. de Gray Birch, The Life of St. Martial (1872)).
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
35–42 lines per page, in two columns
Hand(s)
Written by two hands, which change with a change of ruling at fol. 160, in a fine early gothic bookhand; headings in red.
Decoration
arge initials in red or green, a few with decoration of the other colour (that on fol. 160r illustrated in the Sotheby's catalogue).
History
Provenance
Ramsey Abbey : inscribed, 14th century, 'Liber Rameseye' (fol. 175v); before becoming Abbot of Fleury, Abbo taught for a year at Ramsey
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 7
Contents
ending imperfect in the year 1177 (the only other known manuscript is BL, Cotton, MS. Nero A.xvii; Sharpe, Latin writers, p. 678)
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
48 lines per page
Hand(s)
bookhand; headings in red.
Decoration
Initials in blue with red penwork.
History
Provenance
Seen by Bale at All Soul's College, Oxford .
Additional Information
Record Sources
Bibliography
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2018-12-19: Description of part 4, item 5 (fol. 81r) corrected, partly ex inf. Christopher MacEvitt, Dartmouth College.