Shelfmark
MS 226
Author
Gregory, approximately 540 - 604 I, Pope
Uniform title
[Moralia in Job. Books 1-16]
Title
Gregorius Magnus, Moralia in Job, lib. 1-16 manuscript
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, probably Reading, between ca. 1125 and ca. 1175.
Physical description
1 volume (iv, 207, iv leaves) : parchment, ill. (initials) ; 38.5 x 29 cm.
Note
Books 1-16 of the Moralia in Job.
Note
Folio 207v is blank; two leaves are missing.
Note
This manuscript discussed by N. R. Ker, 'The English manuscripts of the Moralia of Gregory the Great', Kunsthistorische Forschungen Otto Pächt zu Ehren, 1972, p. 82, where a facsimile of part of f. 142 shoes the initial Q of book 11.
Note
Written space: 280 x 190 mm.
Note
Layout: 2 columns of 43 lines. Ruling with a hard point, the horizontal lines often reinforced in pencil.
Note
Collation: 1-20⁸ 21⁸ wants 1,2 before f. 161 22-25⁸ 26¹⁰ wants 10, blank.
Note
Script: probably in two hands, changing for the better at f. 120 (16¹): the punctuation by this point has often been altered to a short horizontal line.
Note
Initials of books 1-16 in a handsome style used at Reading, mainly blue with ornament in green and red; the initial of the introductory letter (f. 1) has been cut out. See J. R. Liddell in Bodleian Quarterly Record 8 (1935), p. 49.
Note
Marginal illustrations: pencilled caricatures in the margins of ff. 63 and 131.
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Secundo folio: accepta.
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Binding: 20th century.
Note
Written in England and probably at Reading.
Note
A strip has been cut from the foot of f. 1.
Note
Identifiable by the opening words of the second leaf with no. (21) in the list of books 'que per anni ciculum legende sunt siue in ecclesia priuatim noctibus siue in refectorio' at Reading in the 14th century; see Liddell, op. cit., p. 49.
Note
Provenance: Inscribed "Liber Clementis burdett prec' xxx s iiii d" on f. 94; "Francis Englefyld knight" on f. 138 and "Thomas Reynolde prec. iii s" on f. 1. For Englefield and Burdett and a J. Reynoldes, whose name occurs in three other manuscripts from Reading, see Liddell, op. cit., pp. 49-51.
Note
Provenance: Phillipps MS. 3616; lot 356 in the Sir Thomas Phillipps sale, 21 March 1895, purchased by Nichols for £39.
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. 792
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 226
Provenance
At Reading in the the 14th century.
Provenance
Ownership inscriptions of Clement Burdett, Francis Englefield and Thomas Reynolds (see above).
Provenance
Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Sir J.H.B. Noble in November 1921.
Binding
20th century binding.
Subject
Gregory, approximately 540 - 604 I, Pope. Moralia in Job Manuscripts.
Subject
Bible. Job Commentaries Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Phillipps, Thomas, 1792 - 1872 Sir former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Reading Abbey (Reading, England) former owner.
Added entry--place
England Reading.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50893