MS 189
Theodore, 602 - 690 of Tarsus, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury,
Liber penitentialis Theodori archiepiscopi Cantuariensis ecclesiae. manuscript.
Other title: Theodori liber poenitentialis.
Other title: Paenitentiale Theodori
Other title: Iudicia Theodori
Other title: Canones Theodori
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England, between ?1698 and ?1716.
1 volume (68 leaves) : paper ; 29 x 24 cm.
Title taken from caption at head of contents list (fol. [5r]).
Variant title in M.R. James: Theodori liber poenitentialis.
Also known as the Iudicia Theodori or Canones Theodori.
Paginated from leaf 8: 118 pages in total. Final 3 pages are blank.
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).
Copied from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 320, fols. 117-170 (written in the second half of the 10th century in Canterbury).
Includes list of contents on (fol. [5r]).
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.
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.
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College Library on front pastedown.
Previous shelfmarks: Bp.4.3, Bp.5.16, Bl.5.16.
M.R. James, 189
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.
Great Britain Church history 449-1066.
Richardson, Thomas former owner.
England Cambridge
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B46628