Shelfmark
MS 118
Author
Bartholomeus de Pisis
Uniform title
[De conformitate vitae beati Francisci ad vitam Domini Jesu]
Title
Bartholomaeus de Pisis. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Bartholomaei de Pisis De vita S. Francisci libri III
Publication, distribution, etc.
Italy, between ca. 1450 and ca. 1500.
Physical description
1 volume (iii, 300, ii leaves) : parchment, ill. (initials) ; 31.5 x 23 cm.
Note
Bartholomeus de Pisis, De conformitate vitae beati Francisci ad vitam Domini Jesu (ff. 1-299v; book 2, f. 163v; book 3, f. 253v); followed by the author's letter to the General of his order and the answer of the latter on f. 300 (verso blank).
Note
Folio iii is a medieval flyleaf.
Note
Written space: ca. 227 x 165 mm.
Note
Two columns of 53 lines.
Note
Collation: 1-30¹⁰.
Note
Quires signed, except quire 9, a-h, i-z, aa-ff.
Note
Written in a small neat hand.
Note
On f. 1 is a good 13-line initial in red patterned in white on historiated gold ground of St Francis receiving the stigmata; other initials are described in Ker as cited in the references below.
Note
Capital letters in the ink of the text filled with pale yellow.
Note
Secundo folio: nis in medio.
Note
Rebound at Eton ca. 1715.
Note
Written in Italy.
Note
16th century inscription on f. iii; see provenance note below.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.3.4.
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. 728-9
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 118
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 59
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 118
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; SFW 298
Provenance
16th century inscription on f. iii verso: "Iste liber Competit loco sanci Appolonii extra brixiam" [Brescia].
Provenance
Probably given to Eton by Sir Henry Wotton.
Binding
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
Francis, 1182 - 1226 of Assisi, Saint
Subject
Bartholomeus de Pisis
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50052