Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 187: Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia ecclesiastica, transl. by Rufinus
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 187 contains the translation by Rufinus (c. 345-410) of Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260-c. 340), Historia ecclesiastica and was written at the end of the eleventh century or start of the twelfth. It has certain later provenance at the cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury and may have been written there, but since it is not in the typical Christ Church script of this time, it may have been imported from elsewhere in England. At some point in the first quarter of the twelfth century CCCC MS 184 was copied from it either at or for Rochester, incorporating a textual omission from CCCC MS 187. The omission in CCCC MS 187 was rectified at some point in the twelfth century, while the Rochester copy's lacuna remained. This suggests that CCCC MS 187 was compared with another exemplar of the work at Canterbury.
- Contents
- Historia ecclesiastica, transl. by Rufinus
Description
Alternative title | Eusebii Historia per Rufinum |
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Type of resource | mixed material |
Extent | ff. 133 |
Date created | [ca. 1000 - 1099] |
Language | Latin |
Material | Vellum |
Layout | 30 and 35 lines to a page |
Height (mm) | 293 |
Width (mm) | 192 |
Collation | I(8)-XVI(8) XVII(6) (wants 6). |
Writing | in a fine and delicate round minuscule. Two scribes seem readily distinguishable |
Foliation | ff. i-ii + 1-133 + iii-iv |
Provenance | No mark is left, but from a list of books repaired at Christ Church, Canterbury, it can be identified as having belonged to that house. The opening words of the second leaf give the clue. Ancient Libraries, p. 158, no. 155. |
Research | It seems evident that this MS. and MS 184 are related in view of their nearly identical omissions in Liber XI, xxiii. MS 184 reads: Post hoc reuulsum ceruicibus que apud illos sunt elementis cuius littere seu uocabuli. With no note there, or subsequently, of omission. MS 187 reads: Post hoc reuulsum ceruicibus [then an erasure of a few words and .Θ. written in the space]. Cuius littere seu uocabuli. The omitted text is supplied on ff. 131v-133r preceded by a Θ. It seems likely to me that the words que apud illos sunt elementis were originally written in MS 187 (which was copied from a mutilated archetype): that the omission was discovered later on, the words erased and a sign of omission put in, and the text written at the end of the book. In the interval the MS 184 was copied from MS 187. |
Decoration | Titles in small red and green capitals. |
2 fo. | Testimonium Iosephi |
Bibliographic information
M.R. James Date | xi |
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Superseded Interim Catalogue Record | |
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TJames | 3 |
Stanley | A. 3 |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/vw680fn2153 |
Location | MS 187 |
Repository | UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library |
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