John of Salisbury, Alcuin — 13th century, first half; England, Malmesbury

Title

John of Salisbury, Alcuin — 13th century, first half; England, Malmesbury

Shelfmark

MS. Wood empt. 5

Place of origin

England, Malmesbury

Date

13th century, first half

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i + 176 leaves. The foliation is by Anthony à Wood

Decoration

Deorated initials, e.g. fols 9r, 47v, 49r, 60v, 81r and 82r

Coloured initials, e.g. fol. 5r

Binding

Contemporary white leather on boards, with excess leather overlapping the edges. The title 'Questiones super Genesim' is on the spine. Kept in a box that is covered with brown book cloth

Acquisition

Bought by the library in 1690

Provenance

Malmesbury, Wiltshire, Benedictine Abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Aldhelm: ( MLGB3)

William Fulman in Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MS 299, fol. 129r, says that this belonged to Henry Jackson, and in 1660 to Anthony à Wood. No doubt the copy seen by Leland (MLGB3)

Anthony à Wood

Title

A register of Malmesbury abbey

Shelfmark

MS. Wood empt. 5

Summary

A register of Malmesbury abbey, co. Wilts., containing:

Fol. 1. Documents relating to Richard, earl of Cornwall and king of the Romans, hence printed in Neues Archiv, xiii. 219-22

Fol. 4. A sequence, beg. 'Ave gemma confessorum', with music, and a copy of an inquest held by William de Clifford upon the customs and services of the town of Malmesbury

Fol. 5. A short commentary on 1 Samuel

Fol. 9. Chapters xii-xlvi and lxiiii of the chartulary almost as printed in the Rolls series (see vol. ii, p. xxix) from a MS. in the Public record office

Fol. 60. The life of st. Thomas of Canterbury by John of Salisbury

Fol. 81. Alcuin's answers to the interrogatories of Siwlf, or Sigulf, the priest, upon Genesis, beg. 'Omnino dilectissimo in Christo'; followed by 'Questiones partim in Genesim partim in alios libros divinos', beg. 'Queritur quid in celi'

Date

Written in the 1st half of the 13th century in England

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, bound in contemporary white leather on boards

Physical extent

176 Leaves

Custodial history

There is a late 14th-century table of contents at fol. 169. Commonplaces from the Fathers at fol. 171v are in the hand which has inserted marginalia throughout. The foliation is by Anthony à Wood.