Shelfmark
MS 114
Author
Peter Lombard, ca. 1100 - 1160 Bishop of Paris
Uniform title
[Sententiarum libri IV]
Title
P. Lombardus, Sententiae. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Petri Lombardi Sententiarum libri IV
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1250 and ca. 1300.
Physical description
1 volume (i, 268 leaves) : parchment, initials ; 36 x 24.8 cm.
Note
The four books of the Sentences of Peter Lombard, each preceded by a table of chapters.
Note
Book 2 begins on f. 79; book 3 on f. 140v; book 4 on f. 193.
Note
Folio i is a medieval flyleaf; ff. 78rv, 191v-192v and 265v-268v were left blank.
Note
Interlinear glosses and many annotations in the broad margins and in blank spaces, second half of the 13th century and turn of the 13th to 14th century.
Note
14th century annotation on f. 167v: "Hec sunt 7 que mulierem obseruare decet vt sit silicet Casta tacens residens humilis operans pia prudens."
Note
Books 1 and 3 have a medieval page numbering.
Note
Written space: 215 x 130 mm.
Note
Two columns of 35 lines.
Note
Collation: 1-6¹² 7⁶ (ff. 73-78) 8-16¹² 17⁶ (ff. 187-192) 18-23¹² 24⁴ (4, f. 268, is pasted down).
Note
Ad hoc pencil signatures.
Note
Initials in red and blue with ornament of both colours or blue with red ornament.
Note
Secundo folio: text (f. 5): sustinemus ; table of chapters (f. 2): De inmutibilitate.
Note
Rebound at Eton in the early 17th century.
Note
Written in England.
Note
In a small hand at the head of f. 1: "Beaufort".
Note
Inscription ending "... nonagesimo quinto" on f. 267v, probably a cautio note dated 1395.
Note
Inscription on the verso of f. 1 recording donation by Richard Hopton "sacre theologie professoris et quondam socii huius collegii".
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.2.12.
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. 725
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 114
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 93
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 114
Provenance
Given to Eton by Richard Hopton. Hopton gave books to the college in or before 1492-3 when the audit roll, EA 24, contains a payment 'pro scriptura supra libros quos doctor Hopton dedit collegio'. See also Eton MS 39 and MS 101.
Provenance
Previously owned by "Beaufort".
Binding
17th century English calf binding by Williamson.
Subject
Peter Lombard, ca. 1100 - 1160 Bishop of Paris
Subject
Theology Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Hopton, Richard, ? - fl. ca. 1492 former owner.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50045