Shelfmark
MS 98
Author
Title
Provinciale glosatum. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Will. Lyndewode Provinciale
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1400 and ca. 1425.
Physical description
1 volume (vi, 334, v leaves) : parchment ; 40.3 x 27.5 cm.
Note
The Provinciale (a commentary upon the ecclesiastical decrees enacted in English provincial councils under the presidency of the Archbishops of Canterbury), with commentary (ff. 31-331); preceded by an index (ff. 1-127) and tables of chapters and tituli (ff. 27v-29v); followed by constitutions of Henry Chichele and John Stratford (ff. 331v-332v) and articles of enquiry (ff. 333-334).
Note
Ten leaves of the Provinciale are missing after f. 100; the scribe wrote "Assit principio sancta maria meo" at the head of f.. 31.
Note
The constitions on ff. 331-332v were printed from this copy in the 1679 edition of Lyndwood, pp. 73-75; they include a form of excommunication in English.
Note
The articles of enquiry comprise 28 heads, mainly on heresy; and 33 heads at a visitation, on residence and other matters, some coinciding with those in the first section. The last five words are in red.
Note
Folios 30rv and 334v are blank.
Note
Late 15th-century addition on f. vi (recto and verso): extracts from Duns Scotus on distinctio 2 and 35 of book 2 of the Sentences of Peter Lombard, on mortal and venial sin and on whether sin "actuale et mortale sit per se corrupcio boni".
Note
Late 15th-century addition on f. v verso: five lines identified by M. R. James as being from an English version of Mapes, Apocalypsis Golie, in the same hand as the names on the same leaf; see provenance notes below.
Note
Folios v, vi and 335 are medieval parchment endleaves, the first and last formerly pasted down; late 20th-century repairs brought to light part of a leaf in a current English hand of the late 14th/early 15th century with running title "De temporibus [anni]".
Note
The medieval foliation of the main text, 1-311, takes account of the quire missing after f. 100.
Note
Written space: 275 x 180 mm.
Note
Two columns of 39-56 lines.
Note
Collation: 1-20¹⁰ 21¹² 22-25¹⁰ 26¹² 27-33¹⁰.
Note
Script: the Provinciale in textura and the commentary on oit in anglicana modified by secretary.
Note
Initials in red and blue with red and violet ornament on ff. 31 and 115v, the former with a little green; elsewhere blue with red ornament or red with violet ornament.
Note
Secundo folio: sue. Anime.
Note
Rebound at Eton in the early 17th century.
Note
Written in England.
Note
Scribbled names on endleaves, late 15th century; see provenance notes below.
Note
Inscription on f. iv verso: "Donum Guiilielmi Hormani quondam socii huius collegegii (sic: cancelled) contubernii".
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.1.7.
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. 711-12
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 98
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 90
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 98
Provenance
Late 15th-century scribbled names on endleaves: "W Butler Raff Ferysch" (f. iii verso); Karolus Thornhyll Willelmus Butler Radulfus Ferysch decanus Radulfus both archidiaconus" (f. v verso, in the same hand as the extract from Mapes, Apocalypsis Golie); "Willelmus Butler ys a knaue".
Provenance
Inscription recording donation by William Horman on f. iv verso.
Binding
Early 17th century English calf binding by Williamson; rebacked by R. L. Day in 1974.
Subject
Subject
Ecclesiastical law England Manuscripts.
Subject
Ecclesiastical law England Canterbury (Province) Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Horman, William, ? - -1535 former owner.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50022