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Record Id:
032-002029071
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029071
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x00021a
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 6522
Title:

GOSPELS: Four Gospels, St Jerome's version glossed, probably written in England; 13th cent. Latin. Origin: England? St Luke's Gospel lacks part of the gloss. Additional interlinear and marginal glosses in contemporary and later medieval hands occur throughout. Few post-medieval marginal notes. Prefaces as follows: S. Berger, Les Préfaces jointes aux Livres de la Bible dans les manuscrits de la Vulgate (1902), nos. 199 (St Matthew), 225 (St Mark), 230 (St Luke), St John has no preface. See also: Migne, PL, cxiv, Glossa Ordinaria, 63-426; B. Smalley, 'Les commentaires bibliques de l'epoque romane: glose ordinaire et gloses périmées', Studies in medieval thought and learning (1981), pp. 17-25; B. Smalley, The study of the Bible in the Middle Ages, 3rd. ed. (1983), pp. 46-66; C. F. R. de Hamel, Glossed Books of the Bible and the origins of the Paris book trade (1984). The following names are written: (a) Thomas Wade; 16th cent. f. 1;- (b) 'Thomam Taylor de Bonydon'; 16th cent. f. 189. Presented with Add. 6523-6524 by Joseph Planta, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, circa 1823-1824, see Donations Register, Manuscripts Departmental archives.

Vellum; ff. 318. 335 x 240mm. Gatherings: i10 (lacks 3), ii12 (lacks 12), iii14, iv-xi8, xii8 (lacks 7, 8), xiii10 (lacks 6-10), xiv12 (lacks 3), xv12, xvi12 (lacks 12), xvii6 , xviii10 (lacks 10), xix8 (lacks 6), xx16 (lacks 1, 3, 10), xxi10, xxii8 (lacks 7), xxiii-xxiv10, xxv10 (lacks 9), xxvi6, xxvii8, xxviii10 (lacks 3), xxix10, xxx16 (lacks 4, 16), xxxi-xxxii16, xxxiii-xxxiv8. Catchwords regular from f. 177v. The placing of f. 177 as the first folio of quire xxi is a binder's error, see catchword, f. 177v. Gothic book scripts. Two scribes as follows: A. St Matthew and St Mark. ff. 1-164v;- B. St Luke and St John. ff. 165-318. Each Gospel begins on a new quire. Red and blue initials and penwork, probably by the same scribe throughout. Marginal grotesques, chiefly human heads and figures, with some animals and birds, in crayon and pen, red and blue. Wheel of fortune, pen, lower margin, f. 32. Plain gold initial letter, beginning of St Matthew, f. 4.

Scope & Content:

Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Gospels: initials and grotesques: 13th cent.

Bible LATIN: Glossed Gospels: 13th cent.

includes:

  • f. 1 Thomas Wade, fl. 16th cent: Signatures?: 16th cent.
  • f. 189 Thomas Taylor, of 'Bonydon': Name written: 16th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029071
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Hierarchy:
032-002029071
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1200
End Date:
1299
Date Range:
13th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Joseph Planta, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Presented, circa 1823-1824.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Planta, Joseph, Principal Librarian British Museum
Taylor, Thomas, of 'Bonydon'
Wade, Thomas, fl 16th century