MS. Auct. F. 6. 4
Summary Catalogue no.: 2150
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Osney Abbey (?)
Given by Ralph Bloore, former canon of Osney, to Thomas Corser, priest, in 1543: 'Liber Thomæ Corsæri presbiteri ex dono Radulphi Bloore quondam canonici de Osney, 5 die Maij anno Domini 1543º'. cf. fol. 274v.
Thomas Allen (-1632): 'THo Allen. D(ono) D(edit)', in 1601.
MS. Auct. F. 6. 4 – Part A
Contents
Language(s): Latin
'Annicii. Manlii. Seuerini. Boecij. exconsulis. ordinarij. patricij' liber de Consolatione Philosophiae: the work at first had no author's name or title, unless it were on a leaf of which fragments remain, torn off before fol. 1.
There are some glosses and notes, e.g. fol. 42.
On fols. 61av-61bv, all of the 13th cent.:
Various Latin notes
Two mazes leading to the 'domus Dedali'
Verses on the Signs of the zodiac
'Ernaldus x. sol. ...'
Hymn
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Two hands, changing at fol. 42
Decoration
Illuminated border, capitals, etc.
History
MS. Auct. F. 6. 4 – Part B
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Followed by the whole commentary: ends 'in prospectu iudicis cernentis cuncta, qui est Dominus Deus noster Ihesus Christus cui est honor ...': then 'Et sic terminatur liber quintus ... Et sunt vniuersaliter in libro toto. prose .39. & metra totidem. Sychem [i.e. stilum?] scribentis benedicat lingua legentis'.
A few notes are added on fol. 268, and on fol. 273v a 15th cent. system of shorthand: but a fly-leaf at end has been lost since 1650.
Physical Description
Decoration
Illuminated border, capitals, etc.
History
Additional Information
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Availability
This manuscript is on display in the Ashmolean Museum exhibition Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality (10 Feb. - 30 July 2023). It cannot be ordered between those dates or for a short period before and after.
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-07-06: Description revised to incorporate all information in the Summary Catalogue.