Shelfmark
MS 84
Author
Alanus, de Insulis
Title
Alanus de Insulis, Distinctiones theologicae. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Alani Aequivoca ad Hermengaldum Abbatem S, Aegidii
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1350 and ca. 1400.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 248, iv leaves) : parchment ; 25 x 18 cm.
Note
Distinctiones, Anima-Zelare, each heading beginning 'Quot modis dicitur (or 'ponitur', or 'sumitur'); sources are in red in the margins.
Note
The sources are mainly biblical, but some are classical, for example under 'Anima' on f. 2v, 'In asclepia mercurii virgilius'.
Note
The verso of f. 248 was left blank.
Note
The pastedowns at the beginning and end of the former binding (now lifted; not counted in the foliation above) are from the fifth and second leaf of a calendar in red and black, written in England in the first half of the 13th century. The originally exposed sides contain October and March, the previously pasted down sides contain September and April. Entries in red include: 1 March, 'Sancti Dauid archiepiscopi'; 12 March, 'Gregorii pape et anglorum apostoli'; 20 March, 'Cuthberti et Wlfranni episcoporum'; 19 April, 'Passio S. Ælphegi'. No gradings.
Note
Written space: 180 x 128 mm.
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34 long lines.
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Collation: 1¹² 2¹⁰ 3-4⁸ 5-25¹⁰.
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Quires marked in the usual late medieval fashion with signatures running a-z, 7, Ɔ.
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Written in anglicana.
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Initials in red or blue.
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Red and blue scrolling down the margins shows the limits of each head word, but only up to the last page of quire 8, f. 78v.
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Secundo folio: Angelus.
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Previously in a contemporary binding of wooden boards covered with pink leather; two clasps and a label, missing but formerly attached by nails to the back cover; chainmark near the foot of the front cover.
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A title (unread) and the number 87 in a medieval hand on the back cover.
Note
One of the 'Bookes of the Colledge found in Mr Belfeldes Chambre after his death' in 1558; see R. Birley, 'The history of Eton College Library', The Library, 5th ser., v. 11 (1956), p. 241.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.6.11.
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. 700
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 84
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 84
Provenance
Used by John Belfyld, vice provost, at the time of his death in 1558 (see above).
Binding
Rebound in the 1970s and with new clasps; part of the old leather from the back cover has been pasted inside the front cover and two paper flyleaves added at each end.
Subject
Theology Dictionaries Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Belfyld, John, ? - 1558 associated name.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50013