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MS. Lat. th. c. 26

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

Patristic works; England, mid-12th century

Contents

(fol. iii)

Contemporary list of contents

(fol.1)
Jerome , Commentarii in IV Epistulas Paulinas (Titus)
Rubric: Incipit expositio beati Jeronimi presbiteri super epistolam Pauli apostoli ad Titum

pr. P.L.26 col.555–600

Language(s): Latin
(fol.23)
Jerome , Commentarii in IV Epistulas Paulinas (Philemon)
Rubric: Incipit expositio beati Iheronimi presbiteri super epistolam Pauli apostoli ad Philemonem

pr. P.L.26col.599–618, ends incomplete ten lines before the end: cui specialiter epistola dicatur, as does MS.Royal 3.B.I

Language(s): Latin
(fol.32)
Isidore of Seville , De fide catholica
Rubric: Incipiunt kapitula libri primi Ysidori ad sororem suam Florentinam de divinitate

pr. P. L.83 col.449–538. Bk.II begins on fol.46

Language(s): Latin
(fol.60v)
Augustinus Hibernicus , De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae

An Irish work of the seventh cent. (see Clavis Patr. Lat. no.1123), pr. P.L.35 col.2151–2200. Bk.II begins on fol.66v, bk.III on fol.72

Rubric: Incipiunt libri sancti Augustini de mirabilibus divine scripture
Incipit: Omnium mirabilium velut principale fundamentum
Language(s): Latin
(fol.75)
Julianus Pomerius , De uita contemplatiua
Rubric: Incipiunt Prosperi libri tres de vita contemplativa et activa

Clavis Patr. Lat. no.998, pr. P.L.59 col.415–520. Bk.II begins on fol.85v, and bk.III on fol.98v.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: titulo
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 121 leaves, the columns numbered on fol.1–31
Dimensions (leaf): 320 × 210 mm.
Dimensions (written): 220 × 135 mm.
fol.1–31
Dimensions (written): 250 × 160 mm.
fol.32–118v

Collation

1(8)–3(8), 4(8) (6 canc.), 5(8)–14(8) catchwords

Layout

2 cols., 36 and (fol.32–118v) 38 lines

Decoration

Plain red initials.

History

Origin: 12th century, middle ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

'Liber iste est ecclesie sancti Edmundi regis et martiris . Quem qui defraudaverit sit anathema Ihesu. Amen' 13th century, and pressmark 'J. 16', no. cviiii in the Bury catalogue, ed. M. R. James, The Abbey of St. Edmund at Bury (Cambridge Antiq. Soc., publ.28), 1895, p.28

J. Anstis sale, 12 Dec. 1768, lot 120; R. Blyke sale, 11 May 1776, lot 23, bought by Scott for 2s 6d

Andrew Gifford (1700-84) (on whom see DNB) bequeathed with other manuscripts (including lot 10 from the Blyke sale), to the Bristol Baptist College , 1784

Bought, 1962.

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff

Bibliography