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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.

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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.

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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.

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Quires numbered at end; numbers cut off except for 'XXus' on f. 151v (where XIXus would have been expected).

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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
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