MS. Lat. th. e. 51

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

Guerric of Igny, Sermons

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: paper

iii (modern paper) + 139 + ii (modern paper)

Dimensions (leaf): 198 × 140 mm.

Dimensions (ruled): 150–2 × 101–2 mm.

Collation

I-III⁸ (fol. 1–24) [leaf signatures suggest that three quires are missing here, of which quire V is part of the first] IV⁸ (fol. 25–32), V^8–4 (misbound: should follow fol. 24; 1st, 2nd, 7th, & 8th leaves missing) (fol. 33–36), V-IX⁸ (fol. 37–76), XI⁶ (fol. 77–82), XII-XVII⁸ (fol. 83–130), XVIII^10–1 (10th leaf cancelled) (fol. 131–139)

Layout

31–5 lines, in 1 column

Hand(s)

Cursive script

Binding

'Bound by M^r Wilson | 1827.', 'Repaired by | R. C. Mart[?] [...] | 1/20/23' (upper pastedown): sewn on four cords and bound in three-quarter brown leather and marbled paper over pasteboards; rebacked; enclosed in a satchel stamped in gilt with the initials 'A.J.L.'

History

Origin: 15th century, late – 16th century, early ; European, North

Provenance and Acquisition

'No. 2787' at the foot of fol. 2r; 'I. Lee | Colworth. | 1826' [i.e. John Fiott Lee, 1783–1866], presumably re-bound for him, with his armorial bookplate on the upper pastedown

'Salmon (?) July 28, 1892' (fol. ir)

Swann Gallery, New York, 11 Oct. 1979, lot 240

Bought by Quaritch for the Bodleian.

Record Sources

Draft description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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