Shelfmark
MS 28 - MS 29
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. Old Testament.
Title
Vetus Testamentum, cum commentariis Hugonis de S. Caro. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Biblia sacra
Publication, distribution, etc.
France?, between ca. 1250 and ca. 1300.
Physical description
2 volumes (vi, 519, iii ; ii, 516, iii leaves) : parchment, ill. (initials) ; 28 x 19 cm.
Note
The Old Testament in two volumes, breaking after Psalms, with the commentary (here anonymous) attributed to Hugh of Saint-Cher.
Note
The 47 books of the Old Testament are in the usual order with the usual prologues; the commentary is absent throughout 2 Eza and Esther xi-xvi, but continuous elsewhere.
Note
Leviticus, Proverbs and Minor Prophets begin new quires (MS 28, f. 102 and MS 29, ff. 1and 399). The two prologues to Joel are not in the usual order and those to Jonah are run together as one.
Note
The running title to Lamentations 5 is 'Prologus', and the commentary to Lamentations occupies MS 29, ff. 242-69, many leaves being entirely filled with commentary. The commentary to 2 Chronicles includes a commentary on the Prayer of Manasses.
Note
Contemporary additions in the margins of MS 28, ff. 428-510 (Psalms) and MS 29, ff. 59v-71 (Ecclesiasticus), consisting of an author's name or initial in red, a sentence in red beginning 'Quod' and a commentary on the sentence in black; see Ker for further detail.
Note
Described under incorrect headnote 'Biblia Sacra' in M. R. James's Descriptive catalogue, later corrected by him in ms. in interleaved annotated copy in ECL.
Note
Written space: ca. 172 x 115 mm.
Note
Written on thin parchment, described by M. R. James as 'uterine vellum'.
Note
Layout: text in 48 lines, commentary in 55-59 lines; the text in the central space on each page with the commentary fitted around as convenient, varying from page to page.
Note
MS 28 collation: 1-16¹⁶ 7⁶ wants 6, blank, after f. 101 8-32¹⁶ 33¹⁸.
Note
MS 29 collation: 1-16¹⁶ 17-19¹² 20-25¹⁶ 26¹⁰ (ff. 389-98) 27-33¹⁶ 34⁶.
Note
Ad hoc signatures in pencil in MS 29 and traces of signatures in red in in MS 28; leaves in the first half of each quire numbered i-viii, probably in the 15th century.
Note
The initials of the books and the usual eight psalms are expertly decorated and there are historiated initials of Jerome writing, Creation and David on MS 28, ff. 1, 8 and 428v.
Note
Rebound at Eton in 1715.
Note
MS 28, ff. iii-vi and 520-21 are medieval parchment leaves (iii recto formerly pasted down); MS 29 f. 517 is a medieval fly-leaf.
Note
Secundo folio: MS 28 text: euangelium; MS 28 commentary: energie; MS 29 text: tat. In foribus; MS 29 commentary: dei facta.
Note
Written probably in France.
Note
Given to Eton by William Ayscough (see provenance note).
Note
MS 28, ff. 60-64 are mutilated.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.3.4 - Bk.3.5.
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. 657-8
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 28, 29
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 28, 29
Provenance
MS 28, f. 1 and MS 29, f. 1 inscribed: 'Liber Collegii Regalis beate Marie de Etona. iuxta Wyndesor ex dono Willelmi Episcopi Sar' i.e. William Ayscough, Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1450).
Binding
Early 18th century English calf binding by Slatter marks of the eight bands and the chain plate of an earlier binding visible on MS 28, ff. iii and iv.
Binding
Repaired by Richard Day in 1966.
Subject
Bible. Old Testament Commentaries Manuscripts.
Subject
Bible. Old Testament Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Hugh,, approximately 1200 - 1263 of Saint-Cher, Cardinal
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Ayscough, William, ? - 1450 former owner.
Added entry--place
France.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B49976