f.1 (In red capitals) Dialogorum Gregorii pape urbis Rome libri numero ● IIII ●
De miraculis patrum Italicorum. Inc. capitula de libro I
Text ends f.79
Expl. Dialogus B. Gregorii pape urbis Rome de vita et virtutibus virorum sanctorum in Italia commanentium. (Patrol.Lat. lxxvii. 127.)
2. f.79 Epistola fratrum Remensis cenobii ad fratres monasterii in monte Cassino constituti
Exigui ac permodici regularis uite sectatores.
They send a copy of a letter written by S. Benedict to S. Remigius, to introduce to him a demoniac girl whom he, Benedict, had been unable to cure.
Epistola b. Benedicti ad b. Remigium. (P. L. lxvi. 935.)
Dominico sacerdoti Remigio.
- Vale sacerdotum christi limpidissime calcule.
The cure of the girl followed.
- et omnes qui audie(rant) dederunt gloriam deo.
See Dachery and Mabillon, Acta SS. O. S. B. I.xviii.
f.80 has suffered from damp.
On the verso is a xvith cent. scribble of a Bishop. Also the following scribbles of cent. xv;
Douse plesant.
basstart (twice).
Bmasmary.
Grenewa.
Grimelwa.
Coogth fuit ho.
mr Tomas greneway.
Henr. Vm pin vanif.
pine Vanif pinavex Wynghamf.
Liber s. marie de B(y)ldewas.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
| Shelfmark | B.1.4 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Gregory the Great, Dialogi |
| Alternative Title | S. Gregorii Dialogi. |
| James Number | 3 |
| Century | 12th |
| Physical Description | 36 lines to a page. Well written. Plain coloured initials. |
| Provenance | Given by Abp Whitgift. On the upper margin of f.1 is Liber Scē Marie de Byldewas. |
| Religious House | Buildwas, Shropshire, Cistercian Abbey |
| Donor | Whitgift, John (1530/31?–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury, Master of Trinity |
| Size (cm) | 27 x 18.5 |
| Folio | 81 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | Latin |
| Collation | a8-k8 (+ one fly-leaf). |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.1.4/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 03/04/2017 |
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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. 5, pp. 20-4
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