Shelfmark
MS 20
Author
Haimo, of Auxerre
Uniform title
[Annotatio libri Isaiae prophetae]
Title
Haimo, In Isaiam; Alexander de Essebie, Liber festivalis. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M.R. James catalogue: Haymo in Esaiam
Varying form of title
Title from explicit: Expositio Hamonis super Ysaiam prophetam
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca 1150 and ca 1200.
Physical description
1 volume (i, 176, ii leaves) : parchment ; 33 x 24 cm.
Note
Manuscript containing Haimo of Auxerre's commentary on Isiaiah (ff. 1-165v) followed by book 1 only of the Liber festivalis of Alexander of Ashby (ff. 166-175v).
Note
Explicit of commentary on Isaiah: Explicit expositio hamonis super Ysaiam prophetam.
Note
Incipit of Liber festivalis: Incipit prologus libri festiualis ab alexandro priore de essebie compositus.
Note
After the explicit of the Liber festivalis the scribe has left a blank space (filled early with miscellaneous notes) and then written the words: Incipit tractatus de trinitate.
Note
Written space: 240 x 170 mm.
Note
Layout: 2 columns of 37 lines. Pricks on both margins to guide ruling.
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Foliation: 1-120, 120*, 121-177 ff. For ff. 176, 177 see below.
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Collation: 1-22⁸.
Note
Quires numbered at end; numbers cut off except for 'XXus' on f. 151v (where XIXus would have been expected).
Note
Written in an ugly hand.
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Flourished initials, many in light blue.
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Secundo folio: [transire fe]cerit.
Note
At Eton by 1521 on the evidence of the binding.
Note
Ff. 176, 177 (formerly pasted down) are a bifolium from Decretals of Innocent IV in a mid-13th century English hand with some of the texts followed by the commentary of Bernard of Compostella, junior; written space 305-170 mm, in two columns of 78 lines of commentary or 60 lines of text. Two incomplete leaves in ECL MS 14 (f. 202, upper and lower parts) are an adjacent bifolium of the same quire. For detailed description see Ker, pp. 646-647.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.2.7.
Note
This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker and M.R. James, as cited in the references below.
Citation/references note
Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 646-7
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 20
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 20
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; SFW 2117
Binding
16th century English calf binding; bound at Eton by Lisley in 1521.
Subject
Bible. Isaiah Commentaries Manuscripts.
Subject
Fasts and feasts Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Alexander, fl. 12th cent. - 13th cent. of Ashby Liber festivalis.
Added entry--name
Innocent, ca. 1200 - 1254 IV, Pope. Decretals
Added entry--name
Bernard, of Compostella
Added entry--name
Lisley, Andrew, fl. 1520 - 1521 bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B49968