Shelfmark
MS 37
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 (possibly Wales), between ca. 1175 and ca. 1225.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 130, ii leaves) : parchment ; 26.5 x 18 cm.
Note
The Dialogi of Pope Gregory I (ff. 1-116), followed by the 9th sermon of St Augustine of Hippo, Liber decem chordarum (ff. 116v-130; f. 130v left blank).
Note
Books 2-4 of the Dialogi are preceded by a table of chapters: 39, 38, 61 chapters, not numbered.
Note
Written space: 198 x 115 mm.
Note
27 long lines.
Note
Pricks in both margins to guide ruling in quire 1 only.
Note
Collation includes the flex.
Note
Initials in yellow-brown and/or red.
Note
Secundo folio: tem patrie.
Note
Rebound at Eton around 1521; the mark of the strap-and-pin fastening of an earlier binding shows on ff. i, 127-30.
Note
A bifolium of a manuscript used at either end, originally as pastedown and flyleaf but the former lifted when the manuscript was rebacked, contains closely written 'notulae' on books of the Old Testament, written in an English hand of the first half of the 13th century (2 columns of 65 lines), and chiefly concerned with difficult words. See Ker, pp. 666 and 998-9 for details.
Note
Written in Engliand (or Wales).
Note
At the Cistercian abbey of Valle Crucis, Denbighshire in the 15th century (see provenance note below).
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.4.1.
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. 666
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 37
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 37
Provenance
Partly-erased 15th-century ex-libris inscription of the Cistercian abbey of Valle Crucis, Denibighshire (read by M. R. James using a reagent and by N. R. Ker using UV light): 'Iste liber constat Abbatie de Valle Crucis'.
Binding
16th century English calf binding by Lisley.
Subject
Bible. Commentaries Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Augustine, 354 - 430 Saint, Bishop of Hippo Sermons
Added entry--name
Lisley, Andrew, active 1520 - 1521 bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Valle Crucis Abbey (Wales) former owner.
Added entry--place
England.
Added entry--place
Wales.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B49986