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Arundel MS 37
- Record Id:
- 040-002039317
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002039280
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000395.0x000223
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173571275.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Arundel MS 37
- Title:
- Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah
- Scope & Content:
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Bede (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk of Wearmouth-Jarrow, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah (In Esdram et Nehemiam prophetas allegorica expositio). Imperfect. Incipit (f. 1r, Book 2, ch. 2): 'Nunc inter hostes multiplicati at quinquaginta ferme milia viri redierunt in patriam'. Explicit of Book 2 (f. 60v): 'quia opus male inchoatum corrigens ex tempore perpetua in cęlestis mercede dignum reddit'. Rubric (f. 60v): 'explicit liber secundus in ezram prophete incipit liber tertius exposuit in verba neemię'. Incipit of Book 3 (f. 60v): 'Verba neaemiae filii elchiae; et factum est in mense charleu anno vicessimo. & ego eram in susis castro'. Explicit (f. 67v, Book 3, ch. 18): 'disperdantur de civitate domini omnes qui operantur iniquitatem, & quia magnę perfectionis est cum quis per meritum humilitatis'.
Decoration:
Some initials with decoration and rubrics in red (e.g. f. 60v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Arundel Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002039280
040-002039317 - Is part of:
- Arundel MS 1-550 : Arundel Manuscripts
Arundel MS 37 : Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah - Hierarchy:
- 032-002039280[0037]/040-002039317
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Arundel MS 1-550
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Parchment codex, 67 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100173571275.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0800
- End Date:
- 0849
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 9th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 285 x 200 mm (text space: 220 x 150 mm).
Foliation: ff. 67 (+ 7 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves: 3 at the beginning and 4 at the end).
Script: Caroline miniscule.
Binding: British Library/British Museum in-house binding; rebound in 1963.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Germany (Lorsch?).
Provenance:
The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Eberbach (today Erbach near Eltville, diocese of Mainz), 15th century: mentioned in the catalogue of the library of 1502 as 'H 9' (see Palmer 1998, p. 139).
Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician: purchased in 1636 in Germany, with other manuscripts confiscated from religious houses during the 30 years war.
Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.
The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp, 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1r); its book-plate with the pencil inscription 'XV.8.6' (inside upper cover).
Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831.
- Information About Copies:
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- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum, 1834-1840), I, part 1: The Arundel Manuscripts, p. 9.
Wilhelm Köhler, 'Die Karolingischen Miniaturen', in Zweiten Bericht über die Denkmäler Deutscher Kunst (Berlin: Reimer, 1912), pp. 51-77 (p. 62).
Nigel F. Palmer, Zisterzienser und ihre Bücher: Die mittelalterliche Bibliotheksgeschichte von Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der in Oxford und London aufbewahrten Handschriften (Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 1998), pp. 239, 281.
Berhard Bischoff, Katalog der festländischen Handschriften des neunten Jahrhunderts (mit Ausnahme der wisigotischen) (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1998- ), II (2004): Laon-Paderborn, ed. by Birgit Ebersperger, no. 2410.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)