Shelfmark
MS 160
Author
William, ca. 1080 - ca. 1150 of Conches
Uniform title
[Philosophia mundi]
Title
W. de Conchis. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Tractatus de physicis, etc.
Publication, distribution, etc.
France, between ca. 1225 and ca. 1275.
Physical description
1 volume (iii, 24, ii leaves) : parchment, initials ; 16.8 x 10.5 cm.
Note
Eton College Library MS 160 and MS 161 were the last two pieces in a volume of 250+ ff. which belonged to Master John of London ca. 1300-1350 and was given by him to St Augustine's, Canterbury; see M. R. James, Ancient libraries of Canterbury and Dover (1903), p. 340, no. 1222. The rest of the volume is now at the Bodleian Library, MS e Mus. 223.
Note
The leaf numbers of Bodleian MS e Mus. 223 show that Eton MS 160 began on "fo 195" and Eton MS 161 on "fo 228".
Note
The 14th-century foliation suggests that 9 leaves (2 quires if the quire numbers are right) are missing between Bodleian MS e Mus. 223 and Eton MS 160, f. 1.
Note
This volume (ff. 1-22v) contains William of Conches, De philosophia mundi, lacking 9 leaves at the beginning, and the text beginning imperfectly "... modo siccum ex vicinitate estatis. modo eadem ratione calidum ..." (see Ker as cited below for references to the edition in Patrologia Latina.
Note
A. Vernet lists 67 copies of the work in Scriptorium 1, pp. 525-5, but not this one or any ending at this point, but some copies of the parallel Dragmaticon do not continue further than this (Vernet, p. 246).
Note
Particula 3 begins on f. 5v; particula 4, f. 12v.
Note
Folios 1-24 have medieval foliation in pencil '203'-'227'; f. iii belongs to Eton MS 149 (q.v.).
Note
Written space: 108 x 70 mm.
Note
Collation: 1-2¹⁰ 3⁴.
Note
Quires numbered at the foot of versos towards the left, xxii-xxiv, in continuation of and by the same hand as the series in Bodleian MS e Mus. 223 which ends with 'xix' on the verso of f. 186 (formerly '194').
Note
Written in a small hand, probably rather earlier than Bodleian MS e Mus. 223.
Note
Another hand, apparently the same as part of Bodleian MS e Mus. 223, has added verses in the margin of f. 16v (identified by Ker as cited in the references below). The final quire contains additions in the same hand: 22 hexameters on the names of Christ (ff. 23); sequentiae of the four gospels (f. 23) consisting of the first four words of John and Matthew, the words "Recumbentibus cristi discipulis" from Mark 16:14, and "Surgens iohannes de sinagoga" from Luke 4:38; 23 couplets of hymns (ff. 23v-24), identified in Ker; a protective charm, the first words blotted out (f. 24), read by M. R. James using a reagent as "Deus abraham deus ysahac deus iacob deus aaron deprecor te rex immortalis"; and verses 1-20 of Psalm 108 (f. 24v).
Note
2-line and 1-line initials, blue with red ornament or red with blue-green ornament.
Note
Rebound at Eton around 1720, when a leaf belonging to Eton MS 149 was misbound here as f. iii.
Note
Written in France.
Note
Previously part of the same volume as Bodleian MS e Mus. 223, which is inscribed: "Johannis de London:--De librario Sancti Augustini Cantuarensis".
Note
Presumed by Ker to have been at Eton by 1697 when Eton MS 161 was listed in Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.6.15.
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. 765-6
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 160
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 160
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; SFW 2163
Provenance
Belonged to Master John of London ca. 1300-1350 and given by him to St Augustine's, Canterbury; see above.
Binding
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
William, ca. 1080 - ca. 1150 of Conchis
Subject
Subject
Science, Medieval Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
John of London, Master former owner.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--name
St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury, England) former owner.
Added entry--place
France.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50126