The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

B.1.36

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Shelfmark B.1.36
Manuscript Title

Glossed Gospel of St John
Alternative Title

Iohannes Glosatus.
James Number 34
Century 12th13th
Physical Description

Text 18 lines, gloss 38. In a beautiful hand. Blue and red initials.
Provenance

Given by Whitgift (?). On f.2b lower margin in red is Liber scē Marie de Bildewas.
Religious House Buildwas, Shropshire, Cistercian Abbey
Donor Whitgift, John (1530/31?–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury, Master of Trinity
Size (cm) 23.5 x 17
Folio 111 ff.
Material Parchment
Language Latin
Collation

a4 (wants 1, 2) b8-o8 p4 (wants 4) q2.
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.1.36/manifest.json

Contents

Prol. inc. Hicce est Iohannes Ewangelista.
Gloss. Iohannes interpretatur gratia.
Text f.3.
Gloss (f.2b). Contra eos qui propter temporalem natiuitatem.
Text ends f.109b. deo gratias explicit ewangelium Iohannis.
Gloss ends. oportet [t suspended above ampersand] ut sibi eligat otium.
On f.110a are a few short notes from Aug. super Iohannem.
f.110b is blank.
f.111a is blank.
On f.111b are the words: neque ex uoluntate carnis neque ex uoluntate uiri, showing it to be a waste leaf of another copy of a gloss on John.

Bibliography

Jackson, D., Morgan, N. and Panayatova, S. (eds.), Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge : A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part 3, France, vol 1, c.1000-c.1250 (London, 2015), vol 1. no. 26.

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. 48, pp. 244-7

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