Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 069: Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in euangelia
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 69, containing Gregory the Great's Forty Homilies on the Gospels, was written in Insular Hybrid minuscule and decorated in typical Insular fashion with red dots, interlace, and occasional animal heads. It was probably made in England south of the Humber, dating to the early part of the early ninth century, and is as such a relatively late product of the Insular book-producing tradition in England, which was to be greatly disrupted by Viking attacks of the middle of the ninth century. The text was used by Étaix in his edition of the work, although he denigrated it as containing terrible readings and fantastic spellings; but its place of origin and early date seemed to him too significant for the manuscript to be ignored.
- Contents
- Homiliae XL in euangelia
Description
M.R. James Title | Gregorii Homiliae |
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Type of resource | mixed material |
Extent | ff. 83 |
Date created | [ca. 700 CE - 899 CE]; viii-ix |
Language | Latin |
Material | Vellum |
Layout | Double columns of 31 and 36 lines. |
Hand note | In a fine Hiberno-Saxon hand. |
Decoration note | With initials of Celtic type. |
Height | 300 mm |
Width | 215 mm |
Dimensions | 12 x 8.7 in |
2 fo. | Reuocando |
Decoration | The initials are of rather rough execution. A peculiar feature is that every page is bordered on R. and L. and between the columns with lines of red dots, in groups of three. |
Writing | The hand varies in closeness but may very probably be the same throughout. |
Foliation | ff. i + 1-83 + ii |
Bibliographic information
Original James Record | https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:nt812rh7571/MS_69.pdf |
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Superseded Interim Catalogue Record | |
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Source ID | CCCC:69 |
Stanley ID | L. 14 |
T. James ID | 135 |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/cf386wt1778 |
Location | MS 69 |
Repository | UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library |
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Collection
Parker Manuscripts
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