Shelfmark
MS 77
Title
Glosule Mathei. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Glossa super Mattheum
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1175 and ca. 1200.
Physical description
1 volume (v, 86, v leaves) : parchment ; 23.5 x 17.2 cm.
Note
Title from explicit.
Note
A solid block of text with underlined lemmata including those of the two prologues, 'Matheus ex iudea' (f. 1v) and 'Matheus cum primus' (f. 2v); chapter numbers added in the upper margins in the 15th century.
Note
Attributed to P. Comestor in Stegmüller (no. 6575).
Note
Laaves iii-v and 87-89 are parchment endleaves taken over from an older binding; ff. iii and 89 were pastedowns, and ff. iv, v, 87-89 were taken from an early 13th-century copy of the Metaphysics of Aristotle in the 'old' translation (Aristoteles Latinus, no. 280), having a written space of 175 x 85 mm, in 48 closely written long lines with many side notes in a very small hand, and including the first two leaves of the text (ff. 87, 88). A section of text ends abruptly on f. v verso which is conjoint with blank f. iii suggesting these were abandoned leaves.
Note
Written space: 190 x 130 mm.
Note
Written on parchment of poor quality, with holes and splits.
Note
45-46 long lines.
Note
Pricks in both margins to guide ruling.
Note
Collation: 1-10⁸ 11⁶.
Note
Quires numbered at the end in pencil.
Note
The 2-line space for an initial on f. 1 was not filled.
Note
Secundo folio: quia hec duo.
Note
Rebound at Eton ca. 1715.
Note
Inscription on f. iii verso: "Liber quondam Magistri Nicholai Kempston" and "Liber quondam Magistri Nicholai Kem`p´ston' qui obiit anno domini 1477. numquam vendendus secundum voluntatem defuncti sed gratis et libere occupandus a sacerdotibus instructis in lege domini ad predicandum verbum dei successiue ab vno sacerdote ad alterum sacerdotem absque omni precio quamdiu durauerit. orate igitur pro anima eius."
Note
Another, earlier inscription was read by M. R. James at the head of f. 1: 'Liber sancte [..........] Glose super matheum' and 'Liber sancte marie de [....]' followed probably by an anathema.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.6.4.
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. 693-4
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 77
Citation/references note
CMA, 60
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 77
Provenance
Belonged to Nicholas Kempston; see above for details of this and an earlier partly unread ownership inscription with anathema.
Binding
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
Aristotle Metaphysics
Subject
Bible. Matthew Commentaries Manuscripts.
Subject
Theology Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Petrus Comestor attributed name.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Kempston, Nicholas, ? - 1477 former owner.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50005