The note in red chalk on f.1 is mutilated. It reads
hic desunt / 13 fol. 47? / Capitis Init? / Iam vero q /W. Malmes / De antiqu / te glascon / ecclesie.
At the bottom is a note by Dr Mason,
Deest pars paginae 251 et non nihil post p.30. desunt initio circiter 13 fol.
An old pagination runs from 27 to 264.
Text begins imperfectly
dominum ihesum assistere causam aduentus sui blande scicitantem.
(Hardy II.157, ed. Hearne 1727. Johannes Glastoniensis, p.86.)
The hand seems to change with p.187.
On p.198 in the margin is a slight sketch of a rood, with Mary and John -that erected by Abbot Walter de Taunton. On P.199 is a little sketch of a church (? the shrine of St Dunstan). And on p.207 is another sketch of a church with the letters S. D. (S. Dunstanus), and below 'Adam incepit.' The text speaks of the shrine of St Dunstan being enriched by Adam de Sobbury.
The text of Joh. Glast. as printed by Hearne ends on p.212 of this MS. (p.272 Hearne) and then follows a list of the monks who entered under Walter de Monyton.
At p.215 begins another good xivth cent. hand in single lines
Hic sunt ostensa Walteri de Monytona.
Que sunt impensa per eum pulcherima dona.
A very pretty pen-work initial and border.
7 ff. ending with his epitaph in another hand.
The rest of the book is in more of a charter hand, beginning at p.233
Cum sit necessarium antiquitatis monumenta.
Ending imperfectly with p.264 in an inventory of kitchen utensils.
Item in mortaria marmorea red.
The matter after p.212 is not printed in Hearne's Joh. Glast.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
R.5.16
| Shelfmark | R.5.16 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | John of Glastonbury, Cronica Sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie |
| Alternative Title | Johannis Glastoniensis Historia De Rebus Glastoniensibus |
| James Number | 711 |
| Century | 14th |
| Physical Description | Mostly in double columns of 30 lines. Well written. |
| Provenance | Given by Nevile From Glastonbury. On f.1 etc. are notes in red chalk, indicating that the MS belonged to Abp Parker. |
| Religious House | Glastonbury, Somerset, Benedictine Abbey |
| Donor | Neville [Nevile], Thomas (c. 1548–1615), College Head and Dean of Canterbury |
| Size (cm) | 30.5 x 20 |
| Folio | 119 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | Latin |
| Collation | first quire or quires gone: a8 (wants 1-3, and 6) b8-d8 e8 (wants 8) f8-i8 k8 (wants 4) l8 m8 n4 || o8 (wants 7 blank) || p10 q8 (wants 8: 1 mutilated). |
| Notes | Begins at p. 27. No pp. 225-8. |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.5.16/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 09/05/2016 |
Contents
Bibliography
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