Shelfmark
MS 223
Main entry--corporate name
Title
Breviarium (fragm.). manuscript
Publication, distribution, etc.
England (perhaps Glastonbury), between ca. 1300 and ca. 1325.
Physical description
1 volume (4 leaves) : parchment, initials.
Note
Fragments of the santorale of a breviary.
Note
The right order of the leaves is 2, 1, 4, 3.
Note
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.
Note
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.
Note
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.
Note
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.
Note
Written space (only f. 4 is complete): 215 x 145 mm.
Note
Two columns of 28 lines.
Note
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.
Note
Capital letters in the ink of the text touched with red.
Note
Written in England, perhaps for use at the Benedictine abbey of Glastonbury.
Note
Removed from Bd.2.14 and separately bound in the first half of the 20th century.
Note
This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker, as cited in the references below.
Citation/references note
Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 790-1
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 223
Provenance
Possibly written for Glastonbury Abbey.
Subject
Subject
Subject
Breviaries. Manuscripts.
Subject
Manuscript fragments.
Added entry--place
England Glastonbury.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50268