Shelfmark
MS 6
Author
Augustine, 354 - 430 Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Uniform title
[Enarrationes in Psalmos. 1-50]
Title
On Psalms 1-50 [manuscript]
Varying form of title
Title in M.R. James catalogue: S. Augustinus In Psalmos 1-50
Varying form of title
Title in Ker, MMBL: Augustinus, In Psalmos 1-50
Publication, distribution, etc.
1400-1450.
Physical description
1 v. : ill. ; 428 x 280 mm.
Language
Written in Latin.
Note
Secundo folio: quam montem.
Note
Material: membrane. Gregory's rule (FHHF).
Note
Format: codex.
Note
Written space: 307-310 x 185-190 mm.
Note
Number of leaves: ii + 155.
Note
Collation: 1-19⁸ 20³ (ff. 153 and 155 conjoint).
Note
Quire and leaf signatures with letters and roman numerals. Catchwords.
Note
Page preparation: ruled in ink. Pricking visible on both margins.
Note
Mise-en-page: double columns (47 lines) written in a set script. Rubrics. Hairline strokes to highlight the presence of "i" or the continuation of a word onto the following line. Visible guide letters underneath red and blue capitals. Psalm numbers in Arabic numerals noted in plummet on the upper margin of leaves like running headers.
Note
Decoration: red and blue initials (4-10 lines) with pen flourishes along the border; red and blue border frame on ff.1r, 37v, 38v, 74r, 101v; red and blue capitals. Catchwords enclosed by lines or sketches of a parchment roll.
Note
Handwriting: northern littera textualis formata; one scribal hand.
Note
Punctuation: puncti, puncti elevati and interrogativi.
Note
Correction: almost none in the margins. Dotted lines to indicate errors within the text.
Note
Marginalia, later additions: brief reference notes in a secretary hand. One "nota" sign with bracket running on 23 lines (f. 6r). Note on f.i recto partially erased: "Prima pars Augustini super psalterium et incipit in 2o fo. Q[u]am monte[m]" (similar notes in the same hand can be found in ECL MSS 22, 97, 101). An early modern hand added a "title" for this volume on f. 1r.
Formatted contents note
Contents: St Augustine, In Psalmos 1-50.
Citation/references note
N.R. Ker, Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 636
Citation/references note
M.R. James, A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), p. 4
Citation/references note
Patrologia latina, XXXVI cols. 67-599
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 6
Provenance
Origin: England.
Provenance
Provenance: Williamson's binding suggests that the book was at Eton by the early 17th century. Former Eton shelfmarks: Bk.1.6, Bl.2.6.
Binding
17th-century brown calfskin over wood boards by Williamson of Eton in 1600-1601. Covers decorated with "frame of three bands of the Herculis-Vena [i.e. Venus] roll. The panel is divided into three compartments by horizontal bands of the same roll. In the middle compartment, Williamson stamps II, III. At the outer corner of the frame, Williamson stamp III. The roll has been applied along the inside of the bevel. Clasps on upper cover. Chain mark low on outside edge of upper cover." (from Robert Birley's personal notes, II, n. 198) Spine with eight raised bands, decorated with blind fillets and gilt titling ("D. Augustin in psalmos 1-50."); modern shelf label. Textblock sprinkled red. Endpapers of membrane including pastedowns.
Subject
Bible Psalms Commentaries Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent binder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B49957