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Egerton MS 2802
- Record Id:
- 032-001984858
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001984858
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000057.0x0002e5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2802
- Title:
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Cartulaire de Quimperlé (Quimperle) the Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperlé, Brittany
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 4v-8r, Life of St. Gurthiern, in three parts. Part i. incipit: 'Haec est genealogia Sancti Gurthierni nobilis genere, incliti officio, quam quidam laieus fidelis nomine iuthael filius aidan demonstravit' (f. 4v). Part ii. incipit: 'Incipit vero conversatio Sancti Gurthierni secundum traditionem eiusdem' (f. 5r). Part iii. incipit: 'De inventione reliquiarum sancti Gurthierni aliorumque sanctorum' (f. 7r). The writer seems to have been a monk of Quimperlé, from the reference on f. 8r to 'nostri monasterii'. Printed in Le Duc's Histoire de l'abbaye de Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé (ed. by R. F. Le Men, Quimperlé, [1880]), pp. 578-81, from a transcript of the present manuscript made by Le Duc in 1728.
ff. 8v-13r, List of Popes, from St. Peter to Victor III (r. 1086-1087), continued by different scribes to John XXI. or XXII. (r. 1316-1334);
ff. 14r-16r, Archbishops of Tours, down to the death of Gislebertus (1125);
ff. 17r-18v, Bishops of Nantes, to Brictius (r. 1112-1140), continued to Franciscus Hamon (r.1512-1532), with transcription in a 19th-century hand of the entries on f. 18r;
f. 19r-v, Bishops of Vannes, to Morvanus (r. 1089-1128), continued to Cadiocus (r. 1235-1254);
f. 20r-v, Bishops of Quimper ('Cornubie'), to Rotbertus (r. 1113-1130); continued to 'Ranoldus gallicus' (r. 1219-1245);
ff. 21r-22r, Counts of Quimper ('Nomina Cornubie comitum') from 'Rimelen mur marthou' to Conan, son of Alan Fergan; continued to Anne of Brittany, the latest additions dated 1755;
ff. 23r-51r, Annals, from Creation to 1128, with numbers continued unaltered to 1324 in different hands;
ff. 52r-105r, 118r-141v, Cartulary of Quimperlé abbey, compiled by Gurheden in the first half of the 12th century with preface entitled 'Opusculum Gurhedeni monachi', including a summary of the foundation charters and a Bull of Pope Boniface IV. Additions by different scribes in the 2nd half of the 12th century and the 13th century;
ff. 106v-117r, Life of St Ninnoca (12th century);
ff. 142r-163v, Documents relating to a dispute between Redon abbey and Quimperlé abbey over Belle Isle.
Decoration:
Ink diagram of the seal and chirograph of Pope Callixtus II (f. 162r). 1 large initial in red with penwork decoration in red and green (f. 53r). Initials in green or red, some with penwork decoration in the other colour. Small initials in brown or red. Rubrics in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001984858", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2802: Cartulaire de Quimperlé (Quimperle) the Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperlé, Brittany" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001984858
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001984858
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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A parchment codex, 164 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2802 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1755
- Date Range:
- 1100-1755
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment codex.
Dimensions: 155/70 x 110mm (text space: 120 x 70/80mm).
Foliation: ff. 164 (+ 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 2 at the end + unfoliated parchment leaves after ff, 2, 18, 105).
Collation (provisional): i6(ff. 1-5 + 1 unfoliated leaf after f. 2); ii6(ff. 6-11); iii12(ff. 12-23 + 1 unfoliated leaf after f. 12); iv6(ff. 24-29); v9(ff. 30-38); vi8(ff. 39-46); vii4(ff. 47-51); viii8(ff. 52-59); ix10(ff. 60-69); x7(ff. 70-76); xi8(ff. 77-84); xii12(ff. 85-96); xiii4(ff. 97-100); xix10(ff. 101-109 + 1 unfoliated leaf after f. 105); xx8(ff. 110-117); xxi10(ff. 118-125); xxii8 (ff. 126-133); xxiii8 (ff. 134-141); xxix10(ff. 142-151); xxx4(ff. 152-155); xxxi5(ff. 156-160); xxxii4(ff. 161-164).
Script: Protogothic.
Binding: Post-1600. Green leather with gold tooling; marbled endpapers.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: France, N. W. (Brittany).
Provenance:
The Benedictine abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperlé, in Brittany.
D. Placide le Duc, monk of the abbey of Quimperlé: used this manuscript in 1728 to write a history of the abbey. In the preface (pp. 6-8) Le Duc says that he also used another manuscript, in quarto, now lost, the contents of which appear to have been almost identical with those of the present volume (ff. 4v-8r) (see Maître and Berthou, Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé (1904), p. 1).
Notes in French and Latin dated 1755 (ff. 18v, 22r).
D. Davau (d. 1822), monk of the abbey of Quimperlé, saved by him when the abbey was destroyed in the French Revolution of 1789 and given to Dr Le Guillou in return for medical treatment (as related by Léon Maître from Comptes Rendus de l'Association Bretonne, 1879 in Maître and Berthou 1904, p. vi, n. 1).
The Le Guillou family of Brittany, sold by them to a Paris dealer in c. 1836 (see Maître and Berthou, Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé (1904), pp. vi, vii).
Thomas Stapleton (b. 1806, d. 1849), antiquary, bought by him between in 1840: passed to his nephew, Henry Stapleton.
Henry Stapleton, Lord Beaumont: while in his possession, two transcripts of the volume were made by M. Léon Maître, and deposited in the archives of Nantes and Quimper respectively (see the British Library on-line and printed catalogue).
Bought by the British Museum in 1895, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829).
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Printed facsimile: Cartulaire de Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé, ed by Cyprien Henry, Joëlle Quaghebeur et Bernard Tanguy, Sources médiévales de l'histoire de Bretagne, 4, (Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2014).
- Publications:
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Léopold Delisle, 'Le cartulaire de Quimperlé', Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, 42 (1881), 250-253.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum, 1901), pp. 550-52 [with detailed description and bibliography]
Léon Maître and Paul Berthou, Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé, 2nd revised edition (Rennes: Philon et Hommais, 1904), online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1138272/f2.image.r=Cartulaire%20Quimper [accessed 4th March 2013].
Hubert Guillotel, 'Cartulaires bretons médiévaux', in Les cartulaires: Actes de la table ronde organisée par l'École nationale des chartes, ed. by Olivier Guyotjeannin, Laurent Morelle and Micher Parisse (Paris: Ecole des Chartes, 1993), p. 336.
Louis Goulpeau, 'À propos des cartulaires' at Société d'Archéologie et d'Histoire du Pays de Lorient, online at: http://www.sahpl.asso.fr/site_sahpl/Goulpeau_Louis_Cartulaires.htm#Quelques mots sur le Cartulaire de Quimperlé [accessed 4th March 2013].
Cartulaire de Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé, ed by Cyprien Henry, Joëlle Quaghebeur et Bernard Tanguy, Sources médiévales de l'histoire de Bretagne, 4, (Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2014) [facsimile].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)