Life of St. Éloi — 1294; French, Noyon
MS. Douce 94
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Description
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Title
Life of St. Éloi — 1294; French, Noyon
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 94
Date
1294
Language
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
171 fols.
Hands
Written by Gerars de Monsteruel.
Decoration
Good borders.
Good historiated initials.
Good other initials.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
A French Life of st. Eloy (Eligius), in rhyming verse
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 94
Summary
The first part is wanting, and the text beg. 'Non fesist il dusca calais | Ne de caíais dusca biaucaire': ends 'Diex les consaut quant il mourront': at end, 'Chi furent tout li glorieus miracle . que mesires sains Eloys li beneois euesques de Noion fist en sa tres sainte vie ... et si mescrist . Gerars de Monsteruel . en lan de l' incarnation ... Mil. ijc iiijxx . &, xiiij le diemenche apres le saint Nicholais le benoit ...'.
A leaf is lost after fol. 9, and fol. 147 is damaged.
This Life appears to be based on the prose one by st. Ouen (fol. 4: 'Sains Oains ki fist chest istoire'). This MS. has been edited by m. Peigné Delacourt in 1859.
On fol. 118v (16th cent.) 'Ce present liure appartient a labbaye de Sainct Eloy de Noyon ...': on fol. 171v 'Ce present liure a esté perduz en lan mil vc iiijxx et vnze, lorsque labbaye ... fut prise et pillee ...', with an erasure on which is written part of the following note:'A lan mil six cent et cinq au mois de Frebuier il a esté recognuz a Paris, et rachete par daomp Robert le Roy moiennant vng escus de lxiiij solx vj d [?] a vng nomme Pierre Fleury marchant demeurant deuant les hasles a Paris a lenseigne des Trois Jambes'.
Date
written in A.D. 1294 by G. de Monsteruel
Language
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with some small miniatures, illuminated borders, etc.
Physical extent
174 Leaves
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Collection contents
A French Life of st. Eloy (Eligius), in rhyming verse
