f.1 is a waste-leaf (without initials and with blank verso of capitula of 1 Regum).
1. f.2. Fecit ergo Salomon in tempore illo festiuitatem celebrem, et omnis Israel cum illo.
- lingua maris rubri in cuius littore ahila posita est.
2. Dabo tibi poculum etc. Summi regis sponsa iam multa gratiarum dote.
Ends. Premittit autem Ier. prologum dicens uiginti duas litteras esse apud etc.
3. f.3 Prologue of Jerome
Uiginti duas esse
-et silui a bonis.
4. f.5 Capitula
5. f.7 Liber I. Regum
f.58 Liber II.
f.99 Liber III.
f.158 Liber IV.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
B.4.30
| Shelfmark | B.4.30 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Glossed Kings |
| Alternative Title | Libri IV Regum Glosati. |
| James Number | 144 |
| Century | 12th13th |
| Physical Description | Text 23 lines to full page, gloss 46. In a very fine hand. There are magnificent initials to Jerome's Prologue and the four books of Kings of foliage with small red and yellow lions: very like the work in Herbert de Bosham's glosses. |
| Provenance | Given by Whitgift. From Christ Church, Cant. The colophon is GVILLELMVS : TRVNCAT : LEONEM : SCRIPSIT : EXPLIC¯ :IIII. LIB' : REGUM. resembling that of the gloss on the prophets, B.3.11. It may very well be that of p. 184 in Edwards, or p. 185, among the books either of Radulfus Remensis or Herbert de Bosham. |
| Second Folio | littere |
| Religious House | Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine Cathedral Priory (Christ Church) |
| Donor | Whitgift, John (1530/31?–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury, Master of Trinity |
| Size (cm) | 35 x 25 |
| Folio | 200 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | Latin |
| Collation | 18-258. |
| Notes | In Ingram, no. 34. Liber regum, 2 fo. littere aput ebreos. Robinson (1988) dates between 1164 and 1194?, written in France, possibly Paris. Images available online since 02/09/15, updated 22/11/2023 |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.4.30/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 22/11/2023 |
Contents
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