Shelfmark
MS 131
Author
Cassiodorus, ca. 487 - ca. 580 Senator
Uniform title
[Historia ecclesiastica tripartita]
Title
Cassiodorus, Historia tripartita ; Martinus Polonus, Chronicon ; Vegetius. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Cassiodori Historia tripartita, etc.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1350 and ca. 1400.
Physical description
1 volume (iii, 218, ii leaves) : parchment, initials ; 30.5 x 20.5 cm.
Note
Late 14th-century copies of [1] Cassiodorus' Historia ecclesiastica tripartita (ff. 1-141v; each book preceded by a table of contents) and [2] Martinus Polonus' Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum (ff. 141v-200v); followed by a mid-14th-century copy of [3] Vegetius' De rei militari (ff. 206-217v).
Note
[1] The MS of Cassiodorus is no. 105 in the list of 138 copies by W. Jacob, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der sogenannten Historia Tripartita des Epiphanius-Cassiodor (Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur ; 59) (1954), 44, 127-132, where it is listed as group Vc with St John's College, Cambridge, MS 169.
Note
[2] The Chronicon of Martinus Polonus has the chronicle of the popes on verso sides and the chronicle of emperors on recto sides from f. 150v to f. 197r, which ends with the annal for 1270 and the death of the king of Navarre; after this the chronicle of the popes continues for another 7 pages, ending at 1285 (Honorius V). Many additions and corrections in the margins, including a mention of St Francis of Assisi at 1238 (f. 194v, where the text refers to St Dominic).
Note
Following the Chronicon of Martinus Polonus is a 15th-century 'Tabula de cronicis Martini', with leaf references (ff. 201v-202); ff. 201r, 202v-205v are blank.
Note
[3] The copy of Vegetius includes the preliminary notice indicating five books, also found in British Library, MS Royal C. i, f. 281; according to the table book 5 begins at 'Precepto maiestatis tue' (4. 31) but there is no indication of a new book in the text. The chapters are not numbered; f. 218rv is blank.
Note
Folio iii is a medieval endleaf, formerly pasted down.
Note
Folios 1-141, 151-200 have a medieval foliation: 1-141, 1-50.
Note
Written space: 225 x 130 mm (ff. 1-200v) ; 253 x 172 mm (ff. 206-217v).
Note
Written in two columns of 49 lines (ff. 1-200v) or ca. 63 lines (ff. 206-217v), the latter with frame ruling.
Note
Collation: 1-11¹² 12⁸ +2 leaves before 1 (ff. 133-134) 13-16¹² 17¹⁴ wants 12-14, blank, after f. 200 18⁴ +1 leaf after 4 (f. 205) 19⁸ 20⁶ wants 6, blank, after f. 218.
Note
Red ink signatures on quires 1-15 are of the usual late medieval kind, except that the series begins with + (see ECL MS 47); it runs +, a-o.
Note
Quires 1-17, 19, 20 numbered at the beginning I-XVII, XVIIII, XX; since the 'Tabula de cronicis Martini' (quire 18) is later than the numeration this suggests that a quire is missing after the end of the Chronicon.
Note
Written in anglicana, the 'Tabula' more or less currently.
Note
Intials of [1] and [2]: on ff. 1 and 142, red and blue, with blue, red and violet ornament, extended on f. 1 to form a continuous border; other initials similar but 4-line, or 3-line, blue with red ornament. Initials of [3] are in an unusual and unattractive style, 3- or 2-line, blue with red ornament.
Note
Secundo folio: et agere.
Note
Rebound at Eton in around 1720.
Note
Written in England.
Note
Inscription on f. iii verso: "Donum M. Rogeri Lupton Iuris canonici Professoris et huius Collegii quondam Prepositi"; also with some annotations in his hand in the margins, e.g. f. 116.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.4.4.
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. 751-752
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 131
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 36
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 131
Provenance
Given to Eton and with annotations by Roger Lupton, provost of Eton 1503/4-1535.
Binding
18th century English calf binding.
Subject
Martinus, Polonus Manuscripts.
Subject
Cassiodorus, ca. 487 - ca. 580 Senator Manuscripts.
Subject
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius Manuscripts.
Subject
Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Manuscripts.
Subject
Christianity History Manuscripts.
Subject
World history Manuscripts.
Subject
Military art and science Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Martinus, Polonus Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum.
Added entry--name
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius De rei militari.
Added entry--name
Lupton, Roger, 1456 - 1540 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50088