The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark B.1.32
Manuscript Title Glossed Book of Wisdom
Alternative Title Liber Sapientiae Glosatus.
James Number 30
Century 13th
Physical Description Begins imperfectly. Text 13 lines, gloss 27. Fairly well written.
Provenance Given by Whitgift (?). Probably from Buildwas: first leaves gone. [Ker (1964) rejected Buildwas, but Sheppard (1997) re-established the volume as from Buildwas having belonged to Master Robert Amiclas]
Religious House Buildwas, Shropshire, Cistercian Abbey
Donor Whitgift, John (1530/31?–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury, Master of Trinity
Size (cm) 23 x 17
Folio 27 ff.
Material Parchment
Language Latin
Collation (i, ii gone) iii8-v8 vi? (1-3 left).
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.1.32/manifest.json
Online Since 02/06/2014

Contents

Capiat omnes spiritus intelligibiles.
Gloss. Rabanus. Spiritus qui inplet omnia.
Ends f.27a. Expl. liber sapientie.
Gloss. Multe enim tribulationes iustorum sed d. o. h. ĪlĪ e. d ’.
(i.e. de omnibus hiis liberat eum dominus).

Bibliography

Ker, N. R., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 3, 2nd edn (London, 1964)

Sheppard, J. M., The Buildwas Books: Book Production, Acquisition and Use at an English Cistercian Monastery, 1165-c.1400, Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications 3rd ser. 2 (Oxford, 1997), no. 40, pp. 208-11

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