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Bible : [manuscript]

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vol. I, ff. 1v- 241v; vol. II, ff. 1v- 262v. [Bible]. Latin. Bible in the following order: in vol. I: Octateuch, Psalms (with Ps. 151), Sapiential books (with the prayer of Solomon), 1-2 Paralipomenon, Ezra, Nehemiah, Gospels; in vol. II: 1-4 Kings, Job, Tobit, Esther, Judith, 1-2 Maccabees, Prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Acts, Catholic Epistles, Apocalypse, Pauline Epistles (with the letter to the Laodiceans after Hebrews); Baruch has been added at the end in a later hand. Most books are preceded by a chapter list (except the Minor prophets); there are 71 prologues; stichometry noted in rubrics concluding Romans and Hebrews. In Vol. 1: f. 1, s. XIII, list of the contents of vol. I, and an ownership note: Prima pars biblie per bone memorie Gundulfum Roffensem Episcopum. Liber de claustro Roffensi quem qui inde alienaverit alienatum celaverit vel hunc titulum in fraudem deleverit excomunicatus est, ferentibus sentenciam [dicto] sancto Episcopo Priore et singulis presbiteris Capituli Roffensis; f. 1, s. XVI/XVII, an owner's note: Memorandum this Bible is perfecte which I woulde wishe to be safelye kepte togither with ye booke in written hande called Reductorium Bibliae in quo moralizantur omnes figurae Bibliae. The book is covered in wood and white lether. In Vol. II, f. 1, s. XIII, list of the contents of vol. II, and an ownership note: Secunda pars biblie. Per felicis recordacionis Gundulfum Roffensem episcopum. Liber de claustro Roffensi quem qui inde alienaverit alienatum celaverit vel hunc titulum in fraudem deleverit excomunicatus est, ferentibus sentenciam dicto sancto Episcopo Priore et singulis presbiteris capituli Roffensis. vol. I, f. 240. [Alcuin]. [Verses on the books of the Bible]. Incipit: In hoc quinque libri retinentur codice moysi. Explicit: Ad laudem christi propriamque in secla salutem. Latin. Added, s. XIImed, Stegmüller 290 and 1083. vol. I, ff. 240-241. [Theodulf of Orleans]. [Verses on the books of the Bible]. Incipit: Quicquid ab hebreo stilus atticus atque latinus. Explicit: Lector cui fulvum mentis acumen inest. Latin. Added, s. XIImed, Stegmüller 298 and 8006, lacking the last 4 verses. vol. I, f. 241; f. 241v blank. [Chanson de geste: first six verses, unidentified]. Incipit: Oor escutez seinurs que deus vus seit ami/L chevalier e seriant baieler e meschin/ Cest atre povre gent nel quier mie tolir/ Chancun bien fete plereit vus a oir/ Deu munt seint michiel d'ici qu'en puntif/ E de cordres sur mer d'ici qu'en aufric. French. Added, s. XIImed, the first 6 verses of an unidentified chanson de geste; see S. Harrison Thomson,"Oor Escutez Seinurs...," MLN 46 (1931) 368-69, and B. Woledge and I. Short,"Liste provisoire de manuscrits du XIIe siècle contenant des textes en langue française," Romania 102 (1981) 1-17, recording HM 62 on p. 8.
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Date
[between 1050 and 1099]
Call number
mssHM 62
Provenance
In both volumes, f. 1, thirteenth century ex libris of the Rochester cathedral priory attributing early ownership to Gundulf, bishop of Rochester, 1077-1108. Marginal note in lead, vol. II, f. 134, "Dominus Gilbertus episcopus scit bene cantare, deus eum litera dicat" may refer to Gilbert Glanville, bishop of Rochester, 1185-1214; other notes in the same hand, f. 192v. Listed, ca. 1130, in the Rochester library catalogue which forms the second part of the Textus Roffensis, reproduced by P. Sawyer, Textus Roffensis Part II. Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile 11 (Copenhagen 1962) f. 225v; printed by R. P. Coates in Archaeologia Cantiana 6 (1864-65) p. 124. Also listed in the Rochester catalogue of 1202, London, Brit. Lib., Roy. 5.B.XII, f. 2, printed by W. B. Rye in Archaeologia Cantiana 3 (1861) n. 48. Ker, MLGB, p. 164 . First reappears in the library of John, Lord Lumley (1534?-1609); see S. Jayne and F. R. Johnson, eds., The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609 (London 1956) p. 48, n. 111. At some time thereafter the book moved to the continent where it appears in the collection of the Amsterdam theologian Herman van de Wall (1672-1733), who owned another manuscript bible presumably of English origin, containing the letter of Senatus, prior of Worcester, to Master Alured; van de Wall's sale, Catalogus variorum et insignium librorum...quos...collegit et reliquit...Hermannus van de Wall...Minister Amstelodamensis; quorum publica auctio habebitur...ad diem 7 Septembris et sqq. Anno 1734...Amstelodami apud Salomonem Schouten, reported by F. L. Hoffmann in Serapeum 19 (1858) 225-28. Hereafter the bible passes through a number of private libraries and sales in the Low Countries: mentioned as "sold not many years ago by a bookseller at Louvain for 2000 florins" in John Thorpe, Customale Roffense (London 1788) p. 158. Sale of Jean-Baptiste Leplat (bookseller at Malines) in Malines, 2 May 1763, n. 3. Gasparoli sale, Antwerp, 3 September 1823, n. 2 to J. Schuylen. Belonged to the Rev. Theodore Williams who had the book rebound; his sale, by Steward, Wheatley and Adlard, London, 5 April 1827, n. 355 to Sir Thomas Phillipps. Phillipps n. 3504.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
260 x 400 mm
Associated people
Canterbury/Rochester school, (approximately 760-821.)
Theodulf, (735-804.)
Alcuin, (1024?-1108,)
Gundulf, (1534?-1609,)
Lumley, John Lumley, (1672-1733,)
Wall, Herman van de, (1792-1872,)
Phillipps, Thomas,
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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