Transcripts of treatises from Brit. Mus. MSS.
MS. Bodl. 957
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Transcripts of treatises from Brit. Mus. MSS.
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 957
Summary
Transcripts of treatises from Brit. Mus. MSS.:
(fol. v) A transcript of William of Malmesbury's treatise de antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae, with prologue. The prologue beg. 'Domino in Christi visceri-bus': the text beg. 'Post Dominicę. resurrectionis gloriam.'
(fol. xiii) A transcript of a treatise de antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiæ, by John a monk of Glastonbury who made use of William of Malmesbury's treatise. The prologue beg. 'Universis patribus': the text beg. 'Glastoniensem ecclesiam non fecerunt.' The first thirty-five chapters correspond to some extent with art. I, and chapters 36-98 are stated to correspond closely with the rest of the Vespasian MS. From chapter 99 to the end (chapt. 146) John is apparently a continuator of William (about 1190-1342). At fol. 81 some copies of Glastonbury deeds follow, and an alphabetical index: and on fol. 103v a receipt by 'Ralph J ennynges' for 40s. received for his transcriptions and collations.
(fol. 104) A transcript of the Latin Life of Henry V by Titus Livius Forojuliensis of Ferrara. Hearne's edition (1716) was printed from this transcript. At fol. 153 is a Latin account of the first twenty-one bishops of Wells and of Bath and Wells, with a 'prohemium de tempore primævç inchoationis sedis episcopalis Wellensis.' On fol. 160v is a receipt by Ralph Jenninges for 20s. paid to him by Cornelius Bee for the transcript of Titus Livius, Jan. 10, 1650/1.
Date
written in about 1650 by Ralph Jennings
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
162 Leaves
Custodial history
This MS. was part of the collections made at the expense of Cornelius Bee, the London bookseller, for a second volume of Twysden's Decern Scriptores (vol. 1, 1652).
After Bee's death bp. John Fell purchased it, with other volumes: most of which passed after Fell's death, in 1686, to his son-in-law the Rev. Henry Jones.
Acquisition
Acquired by The Bodleian Library in 1698.
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Collection contents
Manuscripts collected the Rev. Henry Jones
Transcripts of treatises from Brit. Mus. MSS.
