Gregory the Great, Ps.-Ambrose, Gregory Nazianzen — 12th century, end; English
MS. Selden Supra 35
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gregory the Great, Ps.-Ambrose, Gregory Nazianzen — 12th century, end; English
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 35
Date
12th century, end
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
DecorationInitials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 235)
Binding
White parchment on reversed older boards, with clasp-fittings but clasp gone, 14th cent. English work.
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659
Provenance
John Selden, 1584–1654
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Title
Collection of Latin writings
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 35
Summary
Fol. 3. 'Liber pastoralis' of Gregory the Great, with list of chapters and prologue.
Fol. 83v. 'Liber pastoralis sancti Ambrosii episcopi', sive de dignitate sacerdotali: beg. 'Si quis fratres oraculum.'
Fol. 89. 'Apologeticus sancti Gregorij Nazanzeni', 'in Latinum translatus ex Greco', preceded by a 'prefatio Rufini presbiteri de opusculis sancti Gregorii'.
Fols. 121-3 are a leaf from an early 14th cent. MS. of the Codex Justiniani. On fol. 120 is a Latin prophecy of rain: 'Si pluit in festo Processi & Martiniani', July 2, 13th cent., and on fol. 120v a list of the contents of the book, 13th cent.
Date
Written in the second half of the 12th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with illuminated capitals, etc.; binding, white parchment on reversed older boards, with clasp-fittings but clasp gone, 14th century English work
Physical extent
122 Leaves
Custodial history
'Iste est liber R P.', and on the back is 'R P', a 15th cent. monastic shelf-mark. A nearly erased inscription on fol. 120 reads 'D ... ... ... de s . . ber ... y . . de seynt Martyn deschaumps' (15th cent.), possibly 'Donum ... Seber presbyteri' of st. Martin in the Fields, London. 'Thys bok belongyth to Robert Blumston prest' (15th cent.). The name of 'Johannes de Depyng' occurs on fol. 119v in reversed writing, 14th (?) cent. 'Ex donacione magistri Johannis Cook de Tekhyll' 16th cent.
Manuscript 3437 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Collection of Latin writings
