f.1 Prologue to the table
Paulo apostolo teste prime quam scribit ad chorinthios epistole xii. capitulo.
The Version, says the prologue, is the work of Franciscus Aretinus.
Table. Abstinencia -Christiani.
f.15 Table of the church-gospels here treated
Dedication.
f.16 Ad clarissimum uirum Cosmum Medicen. Florentinum in Iohannis Chrisostomi commentarii (sic) super Iohannis Evangelio Prefatio
Communis fere omnium opinio est, Cosme
-et ad hanc perficiendam et alia aggredienda.
Cosmus lector hortabitur.
f.18 Iohannis Chrisostomi commentarii super Iohannis Ewangelio prologus
Qui agonum certamina spectare consueuerunt.
Ends with Hom. xli. on John vi.
Gracia et benignita(te) d. n. I. C. per quem et cum quo patri gloria et spiritui sancto in sec. sec. Amen.
A slip of a well written MS. of cent. xiii is at the end.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
B.3.21
Shelfmark | B.3.21 |
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Manuscript Title | John Chrysostom, Homiliae XLI super Iohannem |
Alternative Title | S. Iohannis Chrysostomi Homiliae Xli Super Iohannem. Latine. |
James Number | 100 |
Century | 15th |
Physical Description | Double columns of 34 lines. In a Roman hand. There are partial borders and nice initials (in a Flemish style) on ff.1, 1b. |
Provenance | Given by Whitgift. From Christ Church, Canterbury. Ingram, no.69. Iohannis Crisost. super Iohannis euuangelio. 2 fo. Amantium seculariter. I believe it to have been a book given by Prior William Sellyng (1472-94). |
Second Folio | Amantium seculariter |
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 23 |
Folio | 182 ff. |
Material | Parchment |
Language | Latin |
Collation | 18-118 126 138-238. |
Contents
Bibliography
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