Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 123: Herbert of Bosham, Epistolae. Robert Grosseteste, Epistolae

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Abstract/Contents

Summary: CCCC MS 123 is the unique collection of the Epistolae of Herbert of Bosham (d. c. 1194), Thomas Becket's secretary and author of a version of the Vita Sancti Thomae Cantuariensis. The Epistolae gathered here do not represent the complete version of the letters as originally conceived, since both the early and later quires have suffered losses. The manuscript was copied in second half of the fourteenth century, though its long-presumed provenance from the cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury, has been disputed by Neil Ker.
Contents: Epistolae -- Epistolae

Description

Alternative title	Herberti de Bosham Epistolae. Rob. Grosseteste Epistolae
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 64, ff. 68
Date created	[ca. 1300 - 1399]
Language	Latin
Material	Vellum, Paper
Layout	Double columns of 31 lines
Height (mm)	312
Width (mm)	215
Collation	Volume I: i(2) \|\| e(8)-m(8) (wants 4, 5) \| gap \| first and last leaves of another quire: quire a-d gone. Volume II: 1(12) (wants 1) 2(12) 3(14) 4(12)-6(12) (wants 2-6, 12).
Writing	in a large clear black hand
Foliation	ff. a-b + i-ii + 1-132 + iii-v + c-d

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiv?
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:rm623nt6817/MS_123.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:pc195sp7495/123.pdf
Contains	Title Herbert of Bosham, Epistolae. 1r-64v Author Herbert of Bosham Note Ep. 1 begins imperfectly (1r) (dis)crecio tua serenissime consul. Detracto igitur huic epistole Ep. 46. Rubric (61r) Hernulfi Lexoviensis Ep. ad Thomam Note Ends Explicit (62v) que mutua simul inuicem ratione connexe Note (P. L. CCI, col. 59) ff. 63r-64v contain portions of letters which I do not find printed f. 63r begins (63r) fieri in seculo. cur te subtrahis ab hominibus seculi. dicas uolumus. Tu cum homo sis an sis de celo an sis de mundo an de inferno On f. 63v (the writer complains of being at Court) (63v) puto si flactus (Flaccus) aduiueret apologum suum de urbano et rusticano mure michi adaptaret... Esopus eciam de sua cornice garriret etc. ends (63v) Tu ergo bone ihesu qui tres mortuos le... f. 64r begins (64r) ab omnibus celebratus est in abscondito iam in celebri est ignominiosus iste contractus et scelestum commercium Col. 2 (64r) uulgi genus quod tota die deridendo clamare non cessat. Ecce hic christus, ecce ibi, crucifixus eboracensis cantuariensi preualuit. sic cotidie contendunt et litigant f. 64v, col. 2 (64v) aduerto quod epistolici caracteris iam excesserim modum Ends (64v) nam absque fortitudine omnes de quibus propheta dicit Dederunt preciosa queque pro cibo ad refocillandam ... Title Robert Grosseteste, Epistolae. 65r-131r Author Robert Grosseteste Note Quires 4, 5 (ff. 38r-61v) contain letters 4-42 Quires 1, 2 contain letters 74 (end)-130 (88v) Ep. 130 ends on 24v Then follows the letter (Ep. 127, Luard) Incipit (89r) Moyses qui tradente domino susceperat gubernaculum Explicit (101v) omnium supremo in ipsa superiori potestate obeditur Note (101v) Scripta sunt hec in crastino sancte lucie a. d. 1456, deo gracias See also MS 257. 4, MS 453. 2. On ff. 62r-63v in double columns is a list of the Epistles (1-121) 1. Deus est prima forma et forma omnium 2. Quando paulisper a peregrinando supersedebat, etc. Then follow Epp. 1 (1 Luard), 3 Luard, 16 Luard
TJames	387
Stanley	Misc. 22
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/fs557zw6332
Location	MS 123
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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