Aldhelm — c. 1000; English, Canterbury, Christ Church
MS. Bodl. 577
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Aldhelm — c. 1000; English, Canterbury, Christ Church
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 577
Place of origin
English, Canterbury, Christ Church
Date
c. 1000
Language
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine miniatures (drawings, some colour but perhaps added later).
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Title
Two poems by Aldhelm
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 577
Summary
Two poems by Aldhelm:
(fol. 1) 'Incipit liber Aldhelmi episcopi de Virginitate': at end 'Explicit libellus Aldhelmi episcopi de laude sanctorum Patrum atque Virginum ...'
(fol. 64) 'Incipit liber eiusdem de Octo Vitiis': at end 'Explicit liber Aldhelmi de Octo Vitiis.'
There are some slightly later Latin glosses, interspersed with a very few English ones (sambuca . speglhorn, fol. 11v, ingluviem . frecnesse, fol. 65v): the whole volume appears to have been written in the Continental hand in England, glosses and all.
Each side of fol. ii, which is a separate leaf, bears an outlined picture with slight red, green and gold colouring, the recto depicting St. Aldhelm seated with a reading desk and book beside him, the verso the saint presenting his book to some women. Red is freely used for capitals and rubrics.
[Dated hitherto among the palaeographical exhibits as '10th century': my own dating would be 'latter half of the 10th century?' E.W.B.N.]
Date
written early in the 11th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated, see below
Physical extent
77 Leaves
Custodial history
'Verus possessor meus est Guilielmus Seller': 'Thys hys Wylliam Ryffe hys boke' (both 16th cent.): there is other late writing.
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Collection contents
Two poems by Aldhelm
