Shelfmark
MS 196
Author
Bede, 673 - 735 the Venerable, Saint
Title
Beda, In Lucam (fragm.). manuscript
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1175 and ca. 1200.
Physical description
1 volume (iii, 7, iii leaves) : parchment ; 34 x 24 cm.
Note
Fragment taken from a binding: seven leaves of Bede on Luke, six from book 4 and one from book 6.
Note
Text as in Patrologia Latina v. 92, col. 477 line 26-col. 479 line 18 (f. 1); col. 483 line 6-col. 492, last line but one (ff. 2-6); col. 628 line 11-col.630 line 31 (f. 7).
Note
The number of the book is in red at the head of each recto and the number of the chapter of Luke (xi, xii, xxiiii) at the foot of each recto.
Note
Chapter numbering in red ink in the text: li (f. 4), lii (f. 6) and ciiii (f. 7), at the head of paragraphs beginning "Attendite", "Ait autem quidem" and "Dum hec autem".
Note
Written space: 263 x 168 mm.
Note
Two columns of 38 lines.
Note
Pricks in both margins to guide ruling.
Note
No visible ruling on ff. 1-6.
Note
Folio 1 was the last leaf of quire XII, with quire number on the verso; ff. 2-6 are five adjacent leaves of the next quire.
Note
2-line initials in blue with red ornament on ff. 4 and 7, and red with green ornament on f. 6.
Note
Rebound at Eton in the first half of the 20th century; f. 5 was the pastedown of an unidentified book with Eton pressmark Dd.1.10.
Note
Written in England.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Dd.1.10.
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.
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895),
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697,
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 196
Binding
20th century English binding.
Subject
Bede, 673 - 735 the Venerable, Saint Manuscripts.
Subject
Bible Luke Commentaries Manuscripts.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50142