Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 437: Bible

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Summary
CCCC MS 437 is a thirteenth-century portable Bible of small size and written in very small script, probably made in northern France. The manuscript begins with a heavily abbreviated copy of Peter of Poitiers (d. 1205), Genealogia historiarum (Compendium in genealogia Christi), and ends with a list of themata for sermons with a listing of gospel readings for the Sundays of the year.
Contents
Genealogia historiarum -- Bible -- Themata for Sermons

Description

Alternative title Biblia
Type of resource mixed material
Extent ff. 300
Date created [ca. 1200 - 1299]
Language Latin
Material Vellum
Layout double columns of 64 lines
Height (mm) 190
Width (mm) 135
Collation i (six), 1(16)-5(16) 6(18) 7(14) 8(12) 9(10) 10(14) 11(12) 12(16)-14(16) 15(14) 16(16)-18(16) 19(12) 20(12).
Writing in a very fine minute hand.
Foliation ff. i-ii + 1-300 + iii-iv

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date xiii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:jq102gm4120/MS_437.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:hy927hr3273/437.pdf
Contains
Title
Peter of Poitiers, Genealogia historiarum. 1r-6v
Author
Peter of Poitiers
Note
(1r) On the first six leaves is an epitome of Bible History to the Ascension with genealogies (names in medallions)
Incipit
(1v) Considerans historie sacre prolixitatem
Explicit
(5v) cum ioseph fuit electus inter dies ascensionis et pentecosten
Note
ff. 5 and 6 have been misbound (6/5), while f. 5v is the explicit, the epitome continues to f. 6v
Title
Bible. 7r-283v
Note
(7r) Prol. a. Jerome ad paulinum
(8v) b. Desiderii mei
(9r) Genesis-2 Par.; no prayer of Manasses
(99v) Ezr., Neem., Tobit-Job
(119r) Psalter, Gallican
(131v) Prov., Ecclus. Oratio Salomonis
(153v) Ysa.- Mal. 1, 2 Macc.
(221v) Evv., Act., Paul. Epp.
(264v) Prefacio pelagii. Primum queritur
(265r) Laod. follows Col.
(269v) Cath. Epp., Apoc.
(277r) blank
(278r) Interpretationes nominum
Incipit
(278r) Aaron mons fortis
Explicit
(283r) Zorobabel ... uel iste magister confusionis. Aggeus et mt I
Note
(283v) blank
Title
Themata for Sermons. 284r-296v
Note
(284r) Themata for sermons
Rubric
(284r) Dom. I in aduentu domini
Incipit
(284r) Cum appropinquaret ... Nota quod hoc ewangelium deseruit duobus diebus
Note
(295r) The last (unfinished ?) is for Dom. XXVI Post pent., on Est puer unus hic
(295r) List of topics in the Gospels
Incipit
(295r) de diuinitate uerbi et genealogia ihesu
Note
(296r) List of Epistles and Gospels. Proper of Time
ff. 297r-300v blank
TJames 105
Stanley I. 15
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/hr471qc4349
Location MS 437
Repository UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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