Shelfmark
MS 34
Author
Gregory, approximately 540 - 604 I, Pope
Title
Gregorius, Homiliae in Ezekielem; Fasciculus morum. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: S. Gregorii Homeiliae, etc.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1425 and ca. 1475.
Physical description
1 volume (i, 199, i leaves) : parchment ; 27 x 23 cm.
Note
Two volumes bound as one, containing St Gregory the Great's Homilies on the prophet Ezekiel (ff. 1-103); the Fasciculus morum (ff. 104-191; also foliated 1-88); a tale and a sermon (f. 191rv; also foliated 88); and extracts from the Speculum laicorum (ff. 192-199v, ends imperfectly; also foliated 89-96).
Note
The Fasciculus morum is sometimes attributed to Robert Silke; this and other copies are listed by A.G. Little, Studies in English Franciscan History, 1917, pp. 139-140.
Note
The Fasciculus morum has scribal date 1443: 'Hic explicit liber qui vocatur Fasciculus morum scriptus per Wilellmum Gybbe capellanum parochie de Wysebech ... Anno domini Millesimo CCCCmo quadragesimo tercio.'
Note
The tale and the sermon on f. 191rv each contain some English; the first (beginning 'Legitur in miraculo beate marie ...') is the only copy known, and is printed by S. Wenzel in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 72 (1971), pp. 83-5.
Note
Leaves 104-199 have a modern foliation of their own, ff. 1-96.
Note
Written space: 210-225 x 140-155 mm.
Note
The Homilies are written in two column and the rest of the MS in long lines; 33-53 lines.
Note
Frame ruling from f. 27 where the hand changes.
Note
Collation: 1-3⁸ 4⁶ + 1 leaf after 2 (f. 27) 5-10⁸ 11¹⁰ 12¹⁴ 13-24⁸ (ff. 104-199).
Note
Quires 1-4 signed a-d and quires 13-24 signed +, a-l.
Note
Written in several hands, varying much in size.
Note
In the Homilies the script changes from fere-textura to (mainly) secretary at f. 27.
Note
The Fasciculus morum, the tale and the sermon, and the extracts from the Speculum laicorum are in an untidy current anglicana, with some secretary forms mixed in; the hand of William Gybbe, also the scribe of Bodleian MS 152, Bodleian MS Rawl. poet. 118, and Vatican MS Ottoboni 334.
Note
The Homilies have initials in blue with red ornament; the other items have initials in metallic red, and capital letters in the ink of the text marked with red.
Note
Secundo folio: tus est.
Note
Rebound at Eton around 1521.
Note
The front pastedown and flyleaf (f. i) are the central bifolium of a quire in a hand of mainly secretary type of the second half of the 15th century, from a meditational piece in which a section numbered 133 begins 'Data est tibi o domine ihesu omnis potestas in celo et in terra'.
Note
The final pastedown and flyleaf (f. 200) are parts of two bifolia in a current hand of mainly secretary type of the 15th century, apparently a commentary on Psalms 9 and 10.
Note
Marginalia in the hand of Robert Elyot on f. 100v and a note in his hand on f. 103 that 'hec pars 2a gregorii super ezechielem corrigitur secundum librum M T Wich' i.e. Thomas Wyche, fellow of Oriel College, Oxford in 1435-36.
Note
Many pointing hands in the margins of the Fasciculus morum.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.3.10.
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. 662-4
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895),
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 34
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; 2591
Provenance
Probably belonged to and the gift of Robert Elyot (d. 1499), Vice Provost of Eton.
Binding
16th century English calf binding by Lisley.
Subject
Bible. Ezekiel Commentaries Manuscripts.
Subject
Fasciculus morum. Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Elyot, Robert, ? - 1499 former owner.
Added entry--name
Lisley, Andrew, active 1520 - 1521 bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat eng
Identifier
B49983