Shelfmark
MS 82
Author
William,, ca. 1140 - 1213 de Montibus
Title
W. de Monte. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Willelmi de Monte quaedam
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1200 and ca. 1225.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 89, ii leaves + 5 slips) : parchment ; 23.5 x 16 cm.
Note
The Numerale ('liber numeralis', ff. 1-64) and Similitudines ('liber similitudinarii', ff. 66-88) of William de Monte [William de Montibus], the latter preceded by an alphabetical list of the pieces (ff. 64v-65v).
Note
The manuscript described here was previously part of a volume containing also the Commentarii in Danielem of St Jerome (MS 76 ff. 1-40), but is now bound separately; MS 76 has a table of chapters of the Liber numeralis on ff. 39v-40v.
Note
Ker's description as cited in the references below treats this manuscript as forming a single unit with MS 76 (1); M. R. James describes it as a separate volume.
Note
The Numerale has many 13th-century additions in the margins.
Note
One of two longer pieces in the Numerale is on a slip nearly as big as a page inserted after f. 13; the other ('Vnus est deus et hoc natura docet ... comprehendi potest') is on a scrap of parchment tied to f. 40v of MS 76 (1), q.v.; cf. Merton College, Oxford, MS 257).
Note
The last piece in the Similitudines is 'Xristus trahit omnia. Omnia ad me traham ... populi multi'; it is followed by a piece 'De dominio. Apostoli in uia ... nudus egreditur. Explicit.', cf. Balliol College, Oxford, MS 222.
Note
Many additions in the margins of the Similitudines, the longer ones on slips of parchmend added after ff. 75, 81, 84, 87 and on a leaf which has been included in the foliation as '80'.
Note
There two verses in a 13th-century hand in the margins of f. 14, and others on f. 74; a late 15th-century note on the plagues of Egypt is in the hand of Robert Elyot on f. 57.
Note
The principal annotator of the texts filled the space remaining blank at the end of quire 15, ff. 88v-90v with 23 paragraphs of miscellaneous extracts on moral subjects, with references back to the Similitudines. Subjects include the story of the philosopher who spat in the emperor's beard, of the mouse crossing a ford, and of the fool and his cheese; the headings are enumerated in Ker as cited in the references below.
Note
Written space: ca. 158 x 83 mm.
Note
36 long lines.
Note
Collation [numbering from Ker, following from numbering of MS 76 (1)]: 6-8¹⁰ 9-11⁸ 12¹⁰ + 1 leaf after 10 (f. 65) 13⁸ 14⁸ (ff. 74-9, 81, 82) 15⁸.
Note
Quires numbered at the end, i-vi, and have catchwords.
Note
The list of the pieces of the Similitudines is in the same hand as the list of the pieces of the Numerale now in MS 76 (1), probably a little later than hand of the texts themselves. The additions on slips are in charter hands of the first half of the 13th century, one of them (after f. 75) current.
Note
2-line blue or red initials, or, once only (f. 89) green, and in the Numerale only, black and red in a handsome style.
Note
Secundo folio not in Ker.
Note
Rebound at Eton by Slatter in the 18th century; possibly in a Williamson binding previously, see description of Eton MS 76 (1).
Note
At Eton before 1500 on the evidence of the annotation by Robert Elyot (d. 1499), vice provost of Eton.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.6.9.
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. 691-2
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 82
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 82
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; SFW 2526
Provenance
Presumably given to Eton by Robert Elyot, vice provost, before 1500, on the basis of a reading note in his hand in MS 76 (1) with which this manuscript was previously bound.
Binding
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
Pastoral theology Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Elyot, Robert, ? - 1499 former owner.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50010