The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark B.2.6
Manuscript Title

Glossed Book of Exodus

Alternative Title

Exodus Glosatus

James Number 49
Century 12th13th
Physical Description

Text 17 lines to a page. Fine hand, red initials.

Provenance

Given by Whitgift.

From Buildwas. On a slip at the beginning is (xv) Reuerendo patri in Christo dom. Willelmo d.g. Epo Conue(ntriensi), and at the end is the beginning of a deed (xv).Omnibus in christo fidelibus -peruenerunt. ihoēs abbas monasterii b. marie de buldewas ord. cisterc. ligfeldens dioces. salutem -notificamus quod dilectum nobis in Christo fratrem Ricardum Kyrkeby...

Religious House Buildwas, Shropshire, Cistercian Abbey
Donor Whitgift, John (1530/31?–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury, Master of Trinity
Size (cm) 29 x 21
Folio 134 ff.
Material Parchment
Language Latin
Collation

Collation : i8-xvii8 (7, 8 slips).

IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.2.6/manifest.json
Online Since 20/09/2018

Contents

Gloss. L. Helesmoth. Exodus grece.
R. Rabanus. In penthateuco excellit exodus.

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. 32, pp. 171-6

Smalley, B., 'Les commentaires bibliques de l'époque romane: glose ordinaire et gloses perimées', Cahiers de civilisation médiévale 4 (1961), 15-22

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