The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark B.15.25
Manuscript Title Jocelin of Furness, Life of St Patrick
Alternative Title Jocelini Vita S Patricii
James Number 361
Century 15th
Physical Description 26 lines to a page. In a large hand. Grotesque figures hold the catchwords.
Provenance In the Memoriale this volume occurs among MSS. ad Collegium pertinentes In the first cover is stuck a leaf of a xvth cent. missal with parts of two Gospels (Jo. iii., Lc. xvi.).On f.114 is:De Sancto Machioll(?),and other late scribbles, the most interesting beingEst tuus anna pater ysacar nazaphath tua materMatris messie anna fuit marie.On f.109b is an inscription in Irish giving the date 25 March 1611, as Dr Norman Moore has kindly informed me.
Second Folio mus. si vitas
Donor Manuscripti ad Collegium pertinentes ( ),
Size (cm) 28.5 x 19.5
Folio 114 + 2 ff.
Binding Skin over boards. Clasp gone.
Material Parchment
Language IrishLatin
Collation 18 (catchword, nimbed man spearing fish) 28 (dog) 38 (man with scroll) 48 (fish) 58 (monster human-headed) 68 (man holds dog's legs) 78 88 (wrestlers) 98 (human-headed lion(?)) 108 (man with faggot, dog on L., moon and stars on R.: the man in the moon) 118 (hand holding snake) 128 (fore-arm) l38 (dog or hare) 146 156.
Notes Catchwords on ff.7v, 15v, 23v, 31v, 39v, 47v, 55v, 63v, 71v, 79v, 87v, 95v, 103v
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.15.25/manifest.json
Online Since 03/12/2014

Contents

At top of f.1: Ihesu.
f.1 Inc. prologus in vitam S. patricii episcopi et hybernie apostoli dictati a ihoscelino monacho de furnesio.
Plurimorum propositum erat et studium
-diuino iudicio totum committimus.
f.2b Inc. uita S. patricii primatis hybernie c. i.
Extitit uir quidam calpurnius.
(See Hardy i. no.195.)
Ends f.109b:
post xxxa dies in domino feliciter requieuit.
Then the Irish inscription mentioned above.
Inc. tabula de uita s. patricii de capitulis per ordinem.
Two hundred chapters are enumerated:
Ending f.113b.
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