Shelfmark
MS 48 (1)
Author
Augustine, 354 - 430 Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Title
Augustinus. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: S. Augustini quaedam
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1100 and ca. 1150.
Physical description
1 volume (ff. 1-96) : parchment ; 28 x 19.5 mm.
Note
Leaves 1-96 in a composite volume of ff. iv, 240, ii, containing six works by or attributed to Augustine, and the Sermo Arrianorum (ff. 55-57); final verso is blank.
Note
The component pieces are identified in Ker, as cited in the references below.
Note
Ker notes that the same pieces occur in the same order in Salisbury Cathedral MS 128, late 11th century, and all but the first work ("De adulterinis coniugiis", ff. 1-17v) in British Library, Royal 5 A. xiii from Worcester Cathedral.
Note
Strong parchment.
Note
Written space: 225 x 115-130 mm.
Note
34-39 long lines.
Note
Ruling with a hard point.
Note
Collation: 12 quires of 8.
Note
Written in a good narrow hand, the same throughout: hyphens nearly horizontal; the flex is occasionally used as a mark of punctuation (f. 9, lines 27, 30) but has perhaps been added.
Note
Red or green initials, the latter sometimes with a little ornament in red.
Note
Capital letters in the ink of the text sometimes filled with red.
Note
Secundo folio: Cum hec.
Note
Rebound at Eton in the early 17th century with two other manuscripts, here catalogued separately (qq.v.).
Note
Leaf iv of the composite volume is a medieval parchment leaf, inscribed "Donum Guilielmi Hormani quondam socii huius colle (sic: cancelled) contubernii" with a list of "Contenta" in the same hand covering ff. 1-96 only.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.4.12.
Note
This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker and M.R. James, as cited in the references below.
With note
Bound with: Prosper of Aquitaine, Augustini de uera innocentia liber, written in England in the late 12th/early 13th century, MS 32 (2), and with Notulae in Bibliam, written in England in the late 12th century, MS 33 (3), qq.v.
Citation/references note
Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 688-89
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 48
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 48, ff. 1-96
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; SN 7717.02
Provenance
Inscription recording donation to Eton by William Horman (see above).
Binding
Early 17th century English calf binding by Williamson.
Subject
Sermo Arrianorum Manuscripts.
Subject
Theology Early works to 1800 Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Horman, William, ? - -1535 former owner.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent bookbinder.
Added entry--title
Sermo Arrianorum.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B49998