Shelfmark
MS 80
Author
Jerome, ? - -419 or 420 Saint
Title
Jeronimus, Contra Jovinianum ; etc. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: S. Hieronymi, etc. quaedam
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1100 and ca. 1125.
Physical description
1 volume (v, 138, ii leaves) : parchment ; 22.8 x 14.5 cm.
Note
St Jerome, Contra Jovinianum (ff. 1-132v) is followed by space fillers in the main hand in the last quire (ff. 132v-135v). Further additions on ff. 136v-137v (originally left blank until the end of the quire, f. 138v) were made in the second half of the 11th century.
Note
The space fillers comprise: 'Tres sorores fuerunt ...', a commonplace on the three Marys (ff. 132v-133); 'De notis litterarum', on cyphers (f. 133v); a noted office of St Baptist consisting of Matthew 11:2-4, Mark 7:7-29 and Matthew 11:5-6, possibly beginning imperfectly (f. 134rv); a piece on chanting and tones, mostly noted, and other brief explanatory notes on tones (ff. 134v-135v).
Note
The later additions comprise: a hymn to St Katherine 'Aue uirginum gemma Katerina salue sponsa regis ...' (ff. 136v-137v) and 'Eterne uirgo memorie ...', both spaced for music but with only a few notes entered.
Note
Leaf v is a medieval leaf, the pastedown in a former binding.
Note
Written space: 162 x 90 mm.
Note
23 long lines.
Note
Ruling with a hard point.
Note
Collation: 1-16⁸ 17¹⁴ wants 6 after f. 133, and 11,12 (probably both blank): 13,14 pasted together (f. 138) and were the pastedown in a former binding.
Note
Quires 7-17 lettered at the end, g-r.
Note
Initials in red or green, those on f. 1 and 76 with ornament of the other colour.
Note
Capital letters in the ink of the text filled with red and green on f. 1r only.
Note
Secundo folio: uano.
Note
Rebound at Eton in the early 17th century; the chain mark from an earlier binding shows on f. v, and the marks of a central strap-and-pin fastening on ff. v and 138.
Note
The main text and the space fillers are in the same hand as the Textus Roffensis and other Rochester manuscripts; see N. R. Ker, English manuscripts in the century after the Norman conquest (1960), p. 31.
Note
Illegible erased inscription at the foot of f. 1, transcribed using a reagent by M. R. James in the interleaved, annotated copy of his Descriptive catalogue at ECL (MS 932) as 'Liber de claustro Roffensi per H precentorem'. Entered in both the medieval Rochester catalogues.
Note
Late 15th/early 16th century inscription 'Liber Willelmi Barett' on f. 138, with [three dots] IHC [three dots] above his name.
Note
Inscription on f. v verso: 'Donum Guilielmi Hormani quondam huius contubernii socii'.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.6.7.
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. 696-7
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 80
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 80
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; SN 4707.2
Provenance
Belonged to William Barett in the late 15th/early 16th century.
Provenance
Given to Eton by William Horman (d. 1535).
Binding
Early 17th century English calf binding by Williamson.
Subject
Subject
Marriage Religious aspects Christianity Manuscripts.
Subject
Virginity Religious aspects Christianity Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Horman, William, ? - -1535 former owner.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Rochester Cathedral former owner.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50008