f.2 Capitula to Joshua beginning
Promisit dominus iosue dicens.
Ending. Item congregatis cum pacto attestationis alloquitur iosue.
f.2 Gloss. Defunctus est moyses ·I ·lex
f.3 Iosue Glosatus. Text
Initial cut out.
f.46 Iudicum liber. First leaf cut out
f.85b Ruth. Fine initial, medallions, monkey blowing horn, lion, red man with fiddle
f.91b 1. Paralipomenon. Fine initial
f.131 2. Paral. " "
f.178b Oratio Manasse, no title, but a small initial
Gloss ends: humana creatura et angelica famulantur.
Amen (f.180a).
f.180b is blank.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
B.3.12
| Shelfmark | B.3.12 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Glossed Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Chronicles |
| Alternative Title | Libri Iosue, Iudicum, Ruth, Paralipomenon Glosati. |
| James Number | 91 |
| Century | 13th |
| Physical Description | Double columns of text and gloss, text 24 lines to a full column. Initials of exceedingly similar type to those of B.3.11, decorative, and of excellent style. Some have been cut out. |
| Provenance | Whitgift, John From Christ Church, Canterbury. On f.1b is an early list of contents without heading or class-mark. At the top of f.2 is the mark ·an·. It might be either Becket's or Bosham's copy, see Edwards, pp. 182, 185. The Libri Regum mentioned in both these, possibly by mistake: no other entry suits. Ingram no. 36. Iosue glosatus. 2 fo. (incepcio libri) Et factum est post. |
| Second Folio | Et factum est |
| Religious House | Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine Cathedral Priory (Christ Church) |
| Donor | Whitgift, John (1530/31?–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury, Master of Trinity |
| Size (cm) | 32.5 x 24 |
| Folio | 180 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | Latin |
| Collation | 12 (wants 1) a8-f8 (wants 5) g8-w8 x6? (3, 4 canc. ?). |
| Notes | UV image of f170r at end Available online since 11/03/2016, images updated 03/04/2024 |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.3.12/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 03/04/2024 |
Contents
Bibliography
Jackson, D., Morgan, N. and Panayatova, S. (eds.), Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge : A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part 3, France, vol 1, c.1000-c.1250 (London, 2015), vol 1. no. 28.
Ker, N. R., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 3, 2nd edn (London, 1964), Canterbury
Dodwell, C. R., The Canterbury School of Illumination 1066-1200 (Cambridge, 1954), p. 107, pl. 65c
Robinson, P., Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries, 2 vols. (Cambridge, 1988), no. 325, pl. 75 [datable between 1164 and 1194? Written in France, probably Paris]
de Hamel, C., Glossed Books of the Bible and the Origins of the Paris Booktrade (Woodbridge, 1984), pp. 41, 43 [given by Thomas Becket to Christ Church, Canterbury]
James, M. R., The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover (Cambridge, 1903), p. 510
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