Shelfmark
MS 134
Author
Robert, of Cricklade.
Title
Robertus Crikeladensis. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Roberti Crikeladensis prioris Oxoniensis excerpta ex Plinii Historia naturali
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, ca. 1150-ca. 1200.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 165, v leaves) : parchment, initials ; 29.5 x 20.5 cm.
Note
Robert of Cricklade's excerpts from the Natural history of Pliny in nine books, preceded by the relevant extract from Suetonius (cf. Teubner ed., 1898, pp. 300-301). See Ker as cited below for the folio numbers of each book.
Note
A later, 14th-century hand has noted where each book of Pliny begins 'in mangno volumine': 'li. 26' on f. 147v, where book 8 begins, is the latest note of this kind.
Note
The last chapter but one is on stones, ending 'imagines deorum' (cf. book 37 of Pliny, near the end) and the last of all two sentences 'De adulteratione gemmarum'.
Note
Robert's scholia in the margins, referred to in his preface, are at first in a small script by the main hand and from f. 46 in a hand of the late 12th/early 13th century; there are none after f. 63.
Note
Folios 165-167 are medieval endleaves and f. 167v was pasted to a former binding.
Note
Written space: 205 x 130 mm.
Note
Two columns of 69 lines.
Note
Collation: 1-20⁸ 21⁴.
Note
Quires 1-8 are numbered at the end and quires 1-9 have catchwords.
Note
Handsome initials, especially to the first book on f. 12v, gold on blue and red decorated ground; initials of books 2-9, red, together with one or both of the colours green and blue; 2-line initials in red, green or blue.
Note
Secundo folio: extraxi.
Note
Rebound at Eton around 1720.
Note
Written in England.
Note
Characteristic "IHC ma" [ihesus maria] of Thomas Gascoigne (d. 1458) on f. 1 verso.
Note
Seen at Eton by John Bale (Index, p. 368).
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.4.7.
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. 755-756
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 134
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 57
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 134
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; 2113
Provenance
Used by Thomas Gascoigne and seen at Eton by John Bale.
Binding
18th century English calf binding by John Slatter, retaining three medieval endleaves.
Subject
Robert, of Cricklade. Roberti Crikeladensis Defloratio Naturalis Historie Plinii Secundi
Subject
Pliny the Elder. Naturalis historia
Subject
Natural history Manuscripts.
Subject
Science, Ancient Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Gascoigne, Thomas, 1403 - 1458 inscriber.
Added entry--name
Bale, John, 1495 - 1563 associated name.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50095