Shelfmark
MS 33
Author
Gregory, approximately 540 - 604 I, Pope
Title
Gregorius, Dialogi ; etc. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: S. Gregorii Dialogi, etc.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1175 and ca. 1225.
Physical description
1 volume (i, 159, iii leaves) : parchment ; 28 x 18 cm.
Note
The Dialogi of Pope Gregory I (ff. 1-97), followed by: St Jerome, Vita Malchi monachi captivi (ff. 98-101v); Anon. de sancto Frontonio (ff. 101v-103v); St Jerome, Vita Pauli primi heremitae (ff. 103v-108); Vita B. Antonii (the 'versio Evagrii') (ff. 108-147v); St Jerome, Vita S. Hilarionis (ff. 147v-159v). See Ker for further details.
Note
Written space: 205 x 108 mm.
Note
Layout: 35 long lines.
Note
Collation: 1-10⁸ 11⁶ 12⁸ 13⁴ wants 4, probably blank, after f. 97, 14-19⁸ 20⁴.
Note
Flex punctuation.
Note
Initials in red, green or blue, sometimes with ornament, in red with the green and blue initials, and much more often in green than with blue in the red initials.; sometimes with pale-yellow fillings.
Note
Incipits and explicits commonly in red and green capitals.
Note
Secundo folio: liter inuenienda.
Note
Rebound at Eton in the early 17th century.
Note
Notification by the prior and convent 'Syreburn' dated 1256 that they have granted Hugh de Beaumont, burgess of Winchester, and Archibald and their wives Alice and Matilda 'plenariam participationem omnium bonorum spiritualium que fuerint seu facta sunt et de cetero fient in Monasterio nostro et in aliis ecclesiis nostris' and have caused their names to be inscribed 'in nostro Martirologio', on f. 159v.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.3.9.
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. 661-2
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 33
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 33
Provenance
On the evidence of inscription on f. 159v, presumably at the Benedictine alien priory of Monk Sherborne, Hampshire, by 1256.
Provenance
At Eton by 1608/9 and probably sooner; see R. Birley, 'The history of Eton College Library', The Library, 5th ser., v. 11 (1956), p. 233.
Binding
Early 17th century English calf binding by Williamson, blind tooled with 'Herculis and Vena' roll; no chainmark.
Subject
Miracles Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Jerome, ca. 342 - 420 Saint.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B49981