MS 223
Breviarium (fragm.). manuscript
England (perhaps Glastonbury), between ca. 1300 and ca. 1325.
1 volume (4 leaves) : parchment, initials.
Fragments of the santorale of a breviary.
The right order of the leaves is 2, 1, 4, 3.
Folio 2rv contains part of lesson 3, lessons 4-7 and part of lesson 8 for St Michael (29 Sep.) and on the verso a commemoration of St Jerome (30 Sep.), Sancti nos domine; f. 1rv has an office of St Michael (for the octave?); f. 4 begins in the office of St Dunstan (21 Oct.) followed by Crispin and Crispinian (25 Oct.) and Simon and Jude (28 Oct.); f. 3rv has lessons 1-4 and part of lesson 5 for All Saints.
See Ker as cited below, pp. 790-1 and n.1, for discussion of the importance of St Dunstan in suggesting Glastonbury as the place of production of this MS.
Formerly pastedowns of Bd.2.14 (formerly Bd.2.17 as recorded in Ker), Paolo Giovio, Historiae, Paris, 1558-60, in a contemporary English binding with gilt centrepiece of a fairly common type.
Two bifolia from one quire, no doubt the first and third sheets of the quire: ff. 2, 3 formed the outermost sheet with catchword 'arche' on f. 3v; probably one leaf is missing between ff. 2 and 1, and ff. 4 and 3.
Written space (only f. 4 is complete): 215 x 145 mm.
Two columns of 28 lines.
Initials: 2-line, alternately in colour on decorated grounds of gold, and in gold on grounds of pink and blue, the latter patterned in white; 1-line, blue with red or red with violet ornament.
Capital letters in the ink of the text touched with red.
Written in England, perhaps for use at the Benedictine abbey of Glastonbury.
Removed from Bd.2.14 and separately bound in the first half of the 20th century.
This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker, as cited in the references below.
Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 790-1
Eton College Library, MS 223
Possibly written for Glastonbury Abbey.
Breviaries. Manuscripts.
Manuscript fragments.
England Glastonbury.
lat
B50268