Shelfmark
MS 189
Author
Theodore, 602 - 690 of Tarsus, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury,
Title
Liber penitentialis Theodori archiepiscopi Cantuariensis ecclesiae. manuscript.
Varying form of title
Other title: Theodori liber poenitentialis.
Varying form of title
Other title: Paenitentiale Theodori
Varying form of title
Other title: Iudicia Theodori
Varying form of title
Other title: Canones Theodori
Publication, distribution, etc.
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England, between ?1698 and ?1716.
Physical description
1 volume (68 leaves) : paper ; 29 x 24 cm.
Note
Title taken from caption at head of contents list (fol. [5r]).
Note
Variant title in M.R. James: Theodori liber poenitentialis.
Note
Also known as the Iudicia Theodori or Canones Theodori.
Note
Paginated from leaf 8: 118 pages in total. Final 3 pages are blank.
Note
Place of production assumed from colophon: Descripsit ex M.S. Collegij Corporis Xti Cantab. Franciscus Muriall ejusdem collegij alumnus. Et ego Thomas Greene S. T. P. magister collegij cum eodem M.S.to contuli. Thomas Green was master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1698 to 1716 (see ODNB).
Note
Copied from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 320, fols. 117-170 (written in the second half of the 10th century in Canterbury).
Note
Includes list of contents on (fol. [5r]).
Note
The copyist, Francis Muriel, was admitted to Corpus in 1708, graduated BA in 1712/12, and MA 1716. N.B. that M.R. James refers to him as a Fellow of Corpus in error.
Note
Inscription on fol. [7]v: Dedit Collegio Etonensi Thomas Richardson S.T.P. eiusdem Coll[eg]i Socius 1722. This inscription appears to have been missed by M.R. James, who suggests that the copy was made for the early 18th century conduct at Eton, Mr. Huggett.
Note
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College Library on front pastedown.
Note
Previous shelfmarks: Bp.4.3, Bp.5.16, Bl.5.16.
Citation/references note
M.R. James, 189
Binding
Contemporary mid brown calf; blind tooled double fillet border and two triple fillet frames with floral fleurons as cornerpieces; gold tooled roll on board edges; blind tooled triple fillet on spine; gold tooled red morocco spine label with gold tooled double fillet and title; green and red sprinkled edges.
Subject
Great Britain Church history 449-1066.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Richardson, Thomas former owner.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge
Language code
lat
Identifier
B46628