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Sloane MS 263
- Record Id:
- 040-002112609
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000505.0x0003a7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059473362.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 263
- Title:
- Helperic of Auxerre, De computo; Bede, De duodecim mensibus, Hymnus de anno et mensibus; Priscian, Versus de sideribus; computistical tables and diagrams; an astronomical treatise about constellations and stars
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript contains the computistical treatise known as De computo (On the Computus) by Helperic of Auxerre (fl. c. 900), one of the most popular textbooks on computus of the Middle Ages. The manuscript also contains several astrononical tracts, including the poems De duodecim mensibus (On the Twelve Months), Hymnus de anno et mensibus (A Hymn on the Year and Months) by Bede the Venerable (b. 672, d. 735) and Versus de sideribus (A poem about the Stars) by the Latin grammarian Priscian (fl. 500). It also includes astronomical tables, diagrams and rotae.
Contents:
ff. 2r-13v: Helperic of Auxerre, De computo, beginning: Domino patri sanctissimo homine quidem Aspro'.
ff. 14r-19r: An astronomical tract, beginning: 'apud Grecos ab ornatu appelatur '... quedam alia de ratione compoti', preceded by 'Incipiunt quedam alia de ratione compoti'.
ff. 20v-21v: A versified astronomical tract, beginning: 'Ritmus cuiusdam sapientis calculi anni vertentis'.
ff. 21v-22v: Bede, De duodecim mensibus followed by Hymnus de anno et mensibus, beginning: 'Marcius Octobris maius quoque Iulius'.
ff. 22v-25v: Priscian, Versus de sideribus, beginning: 'Ad boreae partes arethi vertuntur'.
ff. 26r-49v: Computistical tables and diagrams with explanations on how to use them, beginning: ‘Hic figura ut videtur michi potius’ (f. 26v).
ff. 50r-65v: An astronomical tract containing a description of constellations and stars, imperfect at the beginning and the end, beginning: ‘postea in sollemnibus etiam religiosis sacrificiis’.
Decoration:
Several large initials in outline drawing in brown ink, some with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic motifs. Tables, diagrams and rotae in red, green and brown ink. Capitals in brown with red highlighting.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- England and France 700-1200 Project
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002112609 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 263 : Helperic of Auxerre, De computo; Bede, De duodecim mensibus, Hymnus de anno et mensibus; Priscian, Versus de sideribus;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[0272]/040-002112609
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100059473362.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 300 x 195 mm (text space: 235 x 135 mm).
Foliation: ff. 65 ( + 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves + 3 at the end); f. 1 is a modern paper flyleaf; ff. 50-65 have been mounted on paper guards; sets of unused paper guards between f. 9 and f. 10; f. 25 and f. 26; f. 33 and f. 34; f. 49 and f. 50; f. 56 and f. 57; f. 62 and f. 63; previous modern foliation (ff. 1-64) has been crossed out throughout the manuscript.
Script: Caroline minuscule.
Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house: gold-tooled brown half leather binding with Sloane’s bookplate gold-stamped on the upper and lower covers; the spine inscribed in gold: ‘HELPERIC, BEDE ETC. ON CHRONOLOGY’.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Lyon, Southeastern France.
Provenance:
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector.
Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753.
- Information About Copies:
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Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
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- Publications:
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Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Sloanianae (Manuscripts 1-1091) (London: British Museum, no date), pp. 38-39 (no. 263).
John Hennig, 'Studies in the Literary Tradition of the Martyrologium Poeticum', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 56, section C, no. 2 (1954), 197-226 (p. 197).
John Hennig, 'A Critical Review of Hampson's Edition of the Hexametrical Martyrologium Breviatum in London, British Library, Cotton Galba A XVIII', Scriptorium (1954), 61-74 (p. 61).
Patrick McGurk, 'Computus Helperici: Its Transmission In England In The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries', Medium Ævum, 43 (1974), 1-5 (p. 4).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This manuscript is part of The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project: Manuscripts from the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, 700-1200.