Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 203: Nicholas of Lyre OFM, Postilla litteralis in nouum testamentum

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Summary: MS 203 contains Postilla litteralis in nouum testamentum by Nicholas of Lyre OFM (1270-1340). His biblical commentaries, which also included the Old Testament, were very popular in the later centuries of the Middle Ages and the early modern period. A large number of manuscript and early printed copies survive. The manuscript dates to the first quarter of the fifteenth century and was donated by Thomas Fawscet.
Contents: Postilla litteralis in nouum testamentum

Alternative title	N. de Lyra super Novum Testamentum
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 1 + 331
Date created	[ca. 1400 - 1499]
Language	Latin
Material	Vellum
Layout	double columns of 57 lines
Height (mm)	370
Width (mm)	250
Collation	1 flyleaf, 1(8) (1 left) 2(8)-18(8) (wants 8) 19(8) (wants 2) 20(8)-25(8) (wants 8) 26(8) (wants 1) 27(8)-36(8) 37(10) 38(8)-42(8) 43 (four).
Writing	clearly written
Foliation	ff. i + 1-331

M.R. James Date	xv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:jp430hs3764/MS_203.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:nn749qn7595/203.pdf
Contains	Title Nicholas of Lyre OFM, Postilla litteralis in nouum testamentum. iv-331v James Lyra super Novum Testamentum. iv-331v Author Nicholas of Lyre OFM Note (iv) A contemporary list of the books with references to the leaves is on the fly-leaf Rubric (1r) Prologus super Evangelia Incipit (1r) Quatuor facies uni Note After f. 1v is a gap. f. 2r begins on Matt. iv The books have pretty initials, usually in blue with a filling of red hatching bearing a white foliage pattern (148r) Pauline Epistles (259r) Catholic Epistles (280r) Acts (309r) Apocalypse (331r) Ending unfinished in Apoc. xxi in sinum abrahe. et nomina scripta
TJames	vac.
Stanley	Lib. ab Al. 7
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vx826tz1598
Location	MS 203
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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