Rule of St. Benedict in French, etc.; France, mid-15th century
MS. Lyell 46
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Rule of St. Benedict in French, etc.; France, mid-15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 46
Place of origin
France
Date
15th century, middle
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
48 leaves.
Hands
Cursive hand.
Latin headings and incipits for each chapter of the Rule in two different textura hands
Decoration
The ink initial I on fol. 1r is in the form of a fish.
Binding
Contemporary parchment wrapper with title on lower cover: 'Regula beati Benedicti in ga.co' [en franceis added in a different hand].
Acquisition
Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.
Provenance
On fol. 48v (15th cent.): 'Iste liber vere Theobardo dicitur esse hoc nomen raptim Chenillon(?) vult esse vocatum'; and below, in the same hand, a rhyming book curse in French and Latin: 'Qui ce livre ycy emblera, propter suam malliciam, Au gibet pendu sera, repugnando superbiam, Au gibet pendu sera, sive(?) suis parentibus, Car ce sera(?) bien raison, exemplum dabit omnibus'. Inside the back binding among various pen trials are written (15th cent.): 'Iehan le maindre(?) des franzoys', and 'Perdiyan (?)'. A later erased note on fol. 1: 'dr.(?) Au [? . . .] bello (?)'.
Inside the front binding is: 'No. 37' (19th cent.).
James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948: Bought by Lyell in July 1936 from Goldschmidt: see his Cat. 36 (1935), no. 13; Cat. 41 (1936), no. 34.
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