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Burney MS 298

Record Id:
040-002237209
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002236305
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00015a
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 298
Title:
Selected works of St Bernard of Clairvaux
Scope & Content:

Selected works of St Bernard of Clairvaux

  • ff. 1-24v: St Bernard of Clairvaux: De diligendo Deo with prologue Inc. prol. "Viro illustrissimo Aimerico..." Expl. prol. "...diligentioribus reservate" Inc. text. "Vultis a me audire quare et quomodo. Expl. text. "...poterit mirae ratoinis affectus." (PL 182, 975-1000)
  • ff. 25-26v: St Bernard of Clairvaux: Sermo 6.1 in Quadragesima (De peregrino mortuo et crucifixo)Inc. Obescramus tamquam advenas (1Pet 2:11) - Felices qui se praesenti saeculo neque...." Expl. "perveniat ad salutem" (PL 183, 183-186)
  • ff. 26v-91v: St Bernard of Clairvaux: Sermones 17 in Psalmum 90 "Qui habitat". Sermo1 (ff. 26v-30); Sermo 2 (ff. 30-31); Sermo 3 (ff. 31-34); Sermo 4 (ff. 34-36v); Sermo 5 (ff. 36v-37v: not indicated as a separate unit); Sermo 6 (ff. 37v-41); Sermo 7 (ff. 41-50); Sermo 8 (ff. 56v); Sermo 9 (ff. 56v-61); Sermo 10 (ff. 61-64v); Sermo 11 (ff. 64v-70); Sermo 12 (ff. 70-74v); Sermo 13 (ff. 74v-77v); Sermo 14 (ff. 77v-82); Sermo 15 (ff. 82-85); Sermo 16 (ff. 85-87v); Sermo 17 (ff. 87v-91v). (PL 183, 185-254)
  • f. 92 blank
Decoration: Large puzzle initials in red and blue with elaborate tight penwork flourishing in red, blue or purple (ff. 1; 10v; 25; 26v; 34; 36v; 41; 50; 56v; 61; 64v; 70; 74v; 77v; 82; 85; 87v.)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Burney Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002236305
040-002237209
Is part of:
Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

 

Burney MS 298 : Selected works of St Bernard of Clairvaux
Hierarchy:
032-002236305[0293]/040-002237209
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
Parchment codex.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1300
End Date:
1399
Date Range:
14th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 290 x 215 mm (text space 190 x 145 mm in two columns with intercolumn of 20 mm).

Foliation: ff. i-iii + 94 (ff. i-ii and 93-94 are paper flyleaves with a pastedown containing Burney's table of contents; ff. iii and 92 are parchment flyleaves)

Script: Gothic with few marginal notes in Gothic cursive.

Binding: Post-1600. Burney binding of brown lightly diced calf; back repaired in 1962.

Custodial History:

Origin: France.

Provenance: Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar. Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney's library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818.

Information About Copies:
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1455&CollID=18&NStart=298
Publications:
Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: The British Museum, 1834-1840 ), I, part II: The Burney Manuscripts (1840), p. 76.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot of Clairvaux, ?1090-1153,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120962264,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/59875293