Shelfmark
MS 171
Author
Nicolas, 1232 - ca. 1295 de Gorran
Title
N. de Gorran, Fundamentum aureum. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Nic. Gorrami Themata
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1275 and ca. 1325.
Physical description
1 volume (iv, 266, iii leaves) : parchment, initials ; 17.3 x 11.8 cm.
Note
Sermons of the temporale, sanctorale, common of saints and for Lent by Nicholas de Gorran, printed in 1509 and later as Fundamentum aureum. See J. B. Schneyer, Wegweiser zu lateinischen Predigtreihen des Mittelalters (Munich 1965), pp. 318, 330, 546, 121.
Note
Three leaves are missing after f. 2; ff. 116v-117v are blank.
Note
Ker notes that the order of sermons here differs at two points from the 1620 Antwerp edition: after f. 77 where a temporale series ends at the 25th Sunday after Pentecost, and after the common of saints. With three exceptions the sermons on ff. 77-116 and 245-259v are found in the edition; see Ker for a table setting out the foliation and pagination.
Note
The three sermons not in the printed edition are De cruce, ff. 98-99; see Ker as cited in the references below for details.
Note
Some sermons are cues only, as in the printed edition, but the references here make no sense e.g. f. 228v 'Domine in uoluntate ... supra viii', this sermon being on f. 122v.
Note
Low down in the margin of f. 68 is written 'xix pª' suggesting some connection with manuscripts copied on the pecia system.
Note
Index on ff. 260-266v with references to this manuscript, ends imperfectly.
Note
Leaves iii, iv, 267 are medieval endleaves; 267v was pasted down.
Note
Medieval foliation on ff. 1-259: 1, 2, 6-262, taking account of three leaves now missing in quire 1.
Note
On ff. 1-8 the columns on the rectos are lettered a, b and those on the versos, c, d.
Note
Written space: ca. 125 x 82 mm.
Note
Two columns of 36 lines.
Note
Collation: 1¹² wants 3-5 after f. 2 3-14¹² 15¹⁰ 16-22¹² 23¹⁰ wants 8-10.
Note
Signatures ad hoc when they occur.
Note
Initials: on f. 1, 6-line in red and blue with ornament of both colours; other initials are 2-line, blue with red ornament or red with blue-green ornament.
Note
Secundo folio: sum est cecum.
Note
Rebound at Eton around 1720 by Slatter.
Note
Once chained: chain marks visible at the foot of f. iii and as far as f. 4.
Note
Written in England.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.6.26.
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. 769-770
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 171
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 63
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 171
Binding
18th century English calf binding by John Slatter; previous binding was chained.
Subject
Nicolas, 1232 - ca. 1295 de Gorran
Subject
Sermons, Medieval Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50132