Jerome — 9th century, first half; Eastern France (?)

Title

Jerome — 9th century, first half; Eastern France (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Marshall 19

Place of origin

Eastern France (?)

Date

9th century, first half

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

42leaves

Hands

Caroline minuscule by several hands.

Decoration

Initials highlighted in red.

Binding

Carolingian (contemporary (?)) limp binding of thick tawed leather, described by J. Vezin, 'Une reliure carolingienne de cuir souple (Oxford, Bodleian Library, Marshall 19)', Revue française d'histoire du livre, 36/3 (1982), 237-241.

Acquisition

Bequeathed by him and received in 1689 or 1690.

Provenance

Benedictine abbey of St. Médard at Soissons: fol. 1v, late 9th century (Bischoff) or 10th century (?) (Barker-Benfield): 'Hunc librum Teutbertus leuita dominis suis sancto Medardo et Sebastiano obtulit' (repeated, fol. 1, 11th century (?) (Barker-Benfield)). 'Teudbertus de ethimologiis quarundam parcium' appears on fol. 1, 12th century (Barker-Benfield), repeated with the variant Theudbertus on the outer front cover.

Abbey of St. Aldhelm at Malmesbury: 'Hunc quicunque librum Aldelmo depresseris deprenseris almo | Dampnatus semper maneas cum sorte malorum' (fol. 1, 10th century, second half (Bischoff) or late 10th/early 11th century (Barker-Benfield)).

St. Augustine's, Canterbury: 'Distinctio xi. Gradus i. ret rors us, liber sancti Augustini Cantuariensis' (fol. 1r, late 13th or early 14th century (Barker-Benfield)).

Thomas Marshall: the autograph 'Tho. Mareschallus' appears twice on fol. 1.

Title

St. Jerome's Latin translation of the treatise by Philo Judaeus 'Interpretatio nominum Hebraicorum'

Shelfmark

MS. Marshall 19

Summary

St. Jerome's Latin translation of the treatise by Philo Judaeus 'Interpretatio nominum Hebraicorum': pref. beg. 'Philo vir disertissimus Iudaeorum', beg. 'Adad precipuus, Aethiopiam tenebras'; ends: 'Regina malitia queppiam': followed by an erased inscription.

Date

Written in the late 9th century in France

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, bound in rough sheepskin, 12th cent. work, with marks of three studs

Physical extent

42 Leaves

Custodial history

The left margin of fol. 1v bears a nearly contemporary note showing that the MS. was owned by the Benedictine abbey of St. Médard at Soissons: 'Hunc librum Teutbertus leuita dominis suis sancto Medardo et Sebastiano obtulit' (repeated in a half-effaced 12th-cent. hand on fol. 1). Hence, 'Teudbertus de ethimologiis quarundam parcium' appears on fol. 1 about A.D. 1200 and is repeated with the variant Theudbertus on the outer front cover somewhat later.

The MS. later passed to the abbey of St. Aldhelm at Malmesbury, as suggested by the inscription 'Hunc quicunque librum Aldelmo depresseris [for deprenseris] almo | Dampnatus semper maneas cum sorte malorum' (fol. 1, late 10th cent.). In the 13th cent. the book was at St. Augustine's, Canterbury, where it was marked 'Di[stinctio] xi. Gra[dus] i. retro, liber sancti Augustini Cantuariensis' (fol. 1). The autograph 'Tho. Mareschallus' appears twice on fol. 1.

Manuscript (33).