Shelfmark
MS 36
Author
Martinus, Polonus
Title
Martinus, Tabula in decreta et decretales ; Aquinas ; etc. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Tabula Martini, etc.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1275 and ca. 1325.
Physical description
1 volume (iv, 238, i leaves) : parchment ; 30 x 20.5 cm.
Note
The alphabetically arranged index of canon law made by Martin of Troppau (ff. 1-132v), followed by two of the Queastiones disputatae of St Thomas Aquinas, De malo (ff. 136-218v, ends imperfectly) and De spiritualibus creaturis (ff. 219-234v, begins imperfectly).
Note
Fairly numerous marginalia of an early annotator, who has also added a table of words (Aaron-Zizannia) on ff. 133-135 which were left blank by the scribe; the same hand supplied the final question of De spiritualibus creaturis, 'utrum potencie anime' on ff. 233-34, and added a commentary on Matthew 26:1--28:20 on ff. 235-238v.
Note
The gap after f. 218 is noticed by a 14th-century hand; the same hand noted on f. 219: 'hic deficiunt duo articulii et principium tercii'.
Note
Leaf 232v was left blank by the scribe; a 15th-century hand wrote 'Nichil deficit sed verte folium' on the recto.
Note
The main hand has added three couplets between the last words and the explicit of the index of Martin of Troppau (f. 132v).
Note
An early 14th-century hand has added seven 4-line stanzas in English, in lead point, in a blank space before the beginning of the commentary on Matthew, f. 238; incipit: "Al oþer loue is lych þe mone"; printed from this manuscript by C. Browne, Religious lyrics of the fourteenth century, 2nd ed. (1957), pp. 65-66.
Note
Written space: 205 x 145 mm (the index of Martin of Troppau) and 232 x 150 mm (the works by St Thomas Aquinas)
Note
Two columns of 39-55 lines.
Note
Collation: 1-11¹² 12⁴ wants 4, blank, after f. 135, 13-15¹² 16-17¹⁰ 18-19¹² 20 six (ff. 216-21: three bifolia) 21¹² wants 12, blank, after f. 232 22 six (ff. 233-238).
Note
Textura in several hands, except for ff. 133-5, 233-8 where the writer of the marginalia to the three main texts supplied the table, the final section of De spiritualibus creaturis, and the commentary on Matthew in a more or less current anglicana little if at all later than the rest of the book.
Note
Initials in red and/or blue: spaces remain unfilled on ff. 9v-132v and after f. 171v.
Note
Secundo folio: auditis.
Note
Rebound at Eton around 1715.
Note
At Eton by 1500 on the evidence of annotations by Robert Elyot; see provenance note below.
Note
Belonged to Nicholas Kempston; see provenance note below.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.3.12.
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. 665-6
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 36
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 36
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; 2527
Provenance
Marginalia in St Thomas Aquinas, De malo, in the hand of Robert Elyot (d. 1499), including some words of English on f. 155 (see Ker).
Provenance
Inscription on f. iii verso: 'Liber quondam Magistri Nicholai Kempston'. Additional inscription on f. iv verso: Liber quondam Magistri Nicholai Kempston' qui obiit anno domini 1477. numquam vendendus secundum vltimam voluntatem debitoris eiusdem ...'.
Provenance
Erased inscription probably ending 'ordinis predicatorum' and table listing three main texts in the volume on f. iv verso in an early 14th-century hand.
Binding
Early 18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
Bible. Matthew Commentaries Manuscripts.
Subject
Canon law Early works to 1800 Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Thomas, 1225? - 1274 Aquinas, Saint Quaestiones disputatae.
Added entry--name
Elyot, Robert, ? - 1499 former owner.
Added entry--name
Kempston, Nicholas, ? - 1477 former owner.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B49985