The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

B.2.20

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Shelfmark B.2.20
Manuscript Title

Hugh of Saint-Victor, Commentary on pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis
Alternative Title

Dionysii Hierarchia Hugo Super Eundem
James Number 63
Century 12th13th
Physical Description

Double columns of 41 lines.
Provenance

Given by Nevile. A mark of monastic provenance on the lower margin of f.1b [f.3v] is carefully erased. It is probably the copy mentioned in the Catalogue of Christ Church, Canterbury, Edwards, p.146. Ker (1964) rejects Canterbury. The erased inscription, revealed using UV light, reads 'Pro noua libraria london' per me Iohannem Lowe'
Second Folio Oportet ergo
Religious House London, Austin Friars
Donor Neville [Nevile], Thomas (c. 1548–1615), College Head and Dean of Canterbury
Size (cm) 29.5 x 21
Folio 97 ff.
Material Parchment
Language Latin
Collation

two fly-leaves: a8 b4 | i8-vii8 viii12 ix8 x8 (wants 8).
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.2.20/manifest.json
Online Since 16/12/2014

Contents

At the beginning are parts of two leaves of a xiiith cent. MS of questions on the Incarnation.

f.1 Dionysii Hierarchia

1. Omne datum optimum et omne donum perfectum -tanquam consequens et rationabile et eque uerum habentem (f.12).
ff.12b-14b are blank.

2. Inc. prefatio mag. Hugonis canonici ecclesie sancti Victoris super ierarchiam theologi dionisii ariopagite.
f.15 De differentia mundane theologie atque diuine et de demonstrationibus earum
Ends: Iudei signa querunt et greci sapientiam. Michi autem solatium affert quia illius quem exponendum suscepi in quo sapientia transcendit, sanctitas condescendit.
(P.L. clxxv. 923.)

Bibliography

Manuscript Owners and a Newly-Identified Manuscript from the Austin Friars, London, London, Library Blog (2019)

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

James, M. R., The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover (Cambridge, 1903), p. 508

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