The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark B.4.24
Manuscript Title

Ralph of Flaix, Commentary on Leviticus

Alternative Title

Radulfus Flauiacensis In Leuiticum Libri Xiii

James Number 138
Century 13th
Physical Description

Double columns of 45 lines. Well written: initials in blue and red.

Provenance

Given by Nevile. Inside the cover in red chalk is written J. Parker. Perhaps from Worcester. Two MSS. at Corpus Christi [Cambridge], 87 and 217, are bound in the same manner. The former is another copy of Radulfus, the other is a Miscellany from Worcester. [Ker (1964) rejects Worcester.]

Second Folio dite ne
Donor Neville [Nevile], Thomas (c. 1548–1615), College Head and Dean of Canterbury
Size (cm) 35 x 25
Folio 127 ff. + fly-leaves
Binding Old velvet with brass bosses, corners and clasp. A 16th century label under horn on the first cover 'Radulphus Flauiacensis super Leuiticum'
Material Parchment
Language Latin
Collation

a4 | i8-xvi8 (wants 8 blank) | b2.

IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.4.24/manifest.json
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Contents

f.1 Incipiunt capitula libri primi super Leuiticum.
Inc. secundus prologus in librum leuitici.
Tercius in moysi libris
-tradit dispensanda.
Inc. tractatus dompni Radulfi Flauiacensis monachi super librum Leuitici. (Bibl. Patr. Max. Lyons, xvii. 47.)
Uocauit autem dominus -testimonii dicens.
Huius libri initium precedentis respicit finem.
Lib. xiii ends
Contra bonitatem fidei illius. Expl. liber tertius decimus.
There should be twenty books. See Bibl. PP. Max. Lugd. xvii. 47

Bibliography

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

Hellinga, L., and J. B. Trapp, ed., The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, vol. 3, 1400-1557 (Cambridge, 1999)

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