Shelfmark
MS 120
Author
Augustine, 354 - 430 Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Title
Augustinus, etc. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: SS. Augustini, Anselmi, etc., tractatus varii
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1325 and ca. 1375.
Physical description
1 volume (iii, 333, ii leaves) : parchment, initials ; 33.3 x 23 cm.
Note
A large corpus of 74 Augustinian and Anselmian pieces (all but six of 49 pieces in ff. 1-211v), followed by texts attributed to Boethius (four pieces, ff. 212-218v), Hugh of St Victor (ff. 218v-234v), Chrysostom (ff. 237-9), John Damascene (three pieces, ff. 239-248, 314-333), Dionysius (six pieces, ff. 248-277v), and Bernard (five pieces, ff. 278-82, 286v-303), the rest unattributed.
Note
For a list identifying the constituent pieces, see Ker as cited in the references below.
Note
Mostly ill-written and with many scribal errors as noted by a reader of the second half of the 15th century on f. 233v.
Note
Preceded by a nearly contemporary table of contents on f. iii; the last item "Sentencie damascnei per quatuor libros distinctos" is followed by an erased line.
Note
Folios ii, iii are medieval flyleaves.
Note
Written space: 270 x 170 mm.
Note
Two columns of 67 or 68 lines and (ff. 123-158v, all works of Anselm) 55-60 lines.
Note
Collation: 1-5¹² 6⁸ (ff. 61-68) 7-9¹² 10-11⁸ 12⁴ wants 3,4, blank after f. 122 13-18¹² 19¹² wants 9 after f. 202 20⁶ (ff. 206-211) 21-25¹² 26⁶ (ff. 272-7) 27¹² 28⁸ 29¹² 30⁴ (ff. 310-13) 31¹² 32⁸.
Note
Script: quires 13-15 (ff. 123-158v) in anglicana, the rest in a small and difficult textura by probably two hands; in the main hand, the letters f, r and s descend a little below the line.
Note
Initials in red and blue with ornament of both colours, or two-line blue initials with red ornament.
Note
Secundo folio: aut consuetudine.
Note
Rebound at Eton in the 17th century.
Note
Written in England.
Note
Seven-line inscription beginning "Liber fratris Iohannis de Burgo" dated "anno gracie m ccc octauo decimo" on f. iii, identified by M. R. James (who used a reagent) with J. de Burgo, prior of Launde, Leicestershire, O.S.A., in 1306. See Dugdale, Monasticon, 1846 ed., VI, 188.
Note
Inscription on f. ii verso (over erasure) recording gift to Eton: "donum M. Iohannis Bonour quondam socii huius regalis collegii" i.e. John Bonour (read by M. R. James as Borowe). See Emden, BRUO, p. 219.
Note
Note of price "viii marke" on f. 333.
Note
Some annotations and marginalia recorded by Ker.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.3.6.
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. 731-39
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 120
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 14, 15, 24, 25, 29
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 120
Provenance
14th century inscription attributed by M. R. James to John de Burgo, prior of Launde, Leicestershire.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Magister John Bonour (d. 1467).
Binding
Early 17th century English calf binding by Williamson, blind tooled with 'Herculis and Vena' roll; chain mark at lower fore-edge of front board.
Subject
Theology Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Anselm,, 1033 - 1109 Saint
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Hugh,, 1096? - 1141 of Saint-Victor
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John Chrysostom Saint
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John, of Damascus, Saint.
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Dionysius, 1st cent - 1st cent the Areopagite
Added entry--name
Bernard, 1090 or 91 - 1153 of Clairvaux, Saint
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50064