f.2 Inc. prefatio Heraclidis episcopi de uita sanctorum patrum ad Lausium prepositum palatii (P.L. lxxiv. 243)
In hoc libro quem de uita sanctorum patrum scripturi sumus
-uite nobiliores reuersos.
Expl. prefatio. Inc. prologus (f.2b).
f.2b Multi quidem multos uariosque libros
-et predicabiles mores.
f.5 Expl. prologus Inc. liber de uita sanctorum patrum qui appellatur paradysus
f.5 Cum primum alexandrinam attigi ciuitatem
Ends with Remedia contra morbum superbie.
-eius esse muneris in ueritate credamus.
(f.61 b).
Added in a hand of cent. xv.
Confitemini domino quoniam bonus -laudate omnes populi.
Scripsit hoc Jhones Glave.
Os facies mentum dens guttur lingua palatum.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
B.2.30
| Shelfmark | B.2.30 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Vitas Patrum |
| Alternative Title | Vitae Patrum. |
| James Number | 73 |
| Century | 12th |
| Physical Description | Double columns of 33 lines. Well written. Red and green initials. |
| Provenance | Given by Whitgift. Very likely the copy in Edwards, p.151. See E.C. Butler, Historia Lausiaca, I. p.60. It is a MS. of the "first Latin version."Notes on the fly-leaf and on f.1 (xvii) say Haec est Palladii Historia Lausiaca quam Gentianus Hervetus iterum vertit et edidit Parisiis 1555.Extat Graece Msc. in Bibl. Sioniana Londini. [Ker (1964) rejects Canterbury.] |
| Second Folio | uiderim |
| Religious House | Buildwas, Shropshire, Cistercian Abbey |
| Donor | Whitgift, John (1530/31?–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury, Master of Trinity |
| Size (cm) | 28.5 x 20 |
| Folio | 62 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | Latin |
| Collation | i8-vii8 viii4. 2 fly-leaves. |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.2.30/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 11/07/2016 |
Contents
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. 17, pp. 86-90 + fig. 20
James, M. R., The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover (Cambridge, 1903), p. 529
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