The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark B.4.8
Alternative Title

S. Gregorii Moralium Libb. Xii-xxiii.

James Number 122
Century 12th13th
Physical Description

Double columns of 38 lines. In a very fine upright hand.

Provenance

Entered, as are all the MSS. from Wardon, in the Memoriale (R.17.8) among MS ad Collegium pertinentes On f.3b is Liber scē Marie de Ward(on) in a hand not much later than the book.

Religious House Warden, Bedfordshire, Cistercian Abbey
Donor Manuscripti ad Collegium pertinentes ( ),
Size (cm) 36.5 x 26.5
Folio 149 ff.
Material Parchment
Language Latin
Collation

a4 b8 (l canc.) c12 d8 e12 f8 g12 h8 i12 k4 (+4*) l10-q10 r (1 left).

Notes

Two stubs at back not photographed.

IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.4.8/manifest.json
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Contents

ff.1-3 have a table of cent. xiv, alphabetical, in double columns, roughly written.
Title in red, blue and green capitals occupies a column.
f.4 Moralium B. Gregorii pape liber duodecimus
Mos iustorum est.
Ends f.149a solidius uiuat.
Moralium b. Greg. pape (erased) liber xxiii Expl.
f.149b is blank.
See P.L. lxxv. 985.

Bibliography

Becquet, J., 'L'Institution premier contumier de l'Ordre de Grandmont', Revue Mabillon 46 (1956), 15-32

James, M. R., The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover (Cambridge, 1903), p. 514

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

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