MS. Add. A. 61
Summary Catalogue no.: 28843
Contents
Language(s): Latin
15th century note on the Dionysiac cycle
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
In 2 cols of c. 38-46 written lines. Pricking marks occasionally visible at the outer edges. Sometimes written below the top ruled line. Double or single boundary lines
Hand(s)
Written with varying degrees of informality and irregularity by several small and often cursive hands of the glossing type. The least formal hand has deeply-split ascenders and uses simple, crude letter-forms; the tall decorated ascenders on the first line of a page reflect documentary practice. The shaft of the Tironian nota is crossed in places; a has both the Caroline minuscule and two-compartment forms; the only ligature in use is de; round-backed d is standard; tall s is used in final position; g is crank-tailed. The Insular enim-compendium occurs. The ink is dark brown
Decoration
Small plain red capitals withut filigree except (in ink) at §1 and §5
Shield drawn on 53v with a different shield on the facing recto
History
Provenance and Acquisition
On fol. 54v, now barely visible, is 'Iste liber est fratris Guillelmi de Buria de [...] Roberti ordinis fratrum Pred⟨icatorum⟩' (15th century)
'hanauilla' is written at the foot of the page (15th century)
Bought from the rev. W. D. Macray on March 17, 1863, for £1 10s
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-01-21: Description revised to incorporate information from Julia C. Crick, The Historia Regum Britannie of Geoffrey of Monmouth (1989) and the Summary Catalogue (1905)