Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 036: Vitas Patrum

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Summary: This manuscript is an early fifteenth-century copy of the Lives of the Fathers (Vitae Patrum or Vitas Patrum). This is a compilation of lives of hermit and monk saints of Egypt, Palestine and Syria in the early centuries of the Church. The Latin version of the text dates from the sixth century. Its pressmark indicates a provenance at the cathedral priory of the Holy Trinity at Norwich. The manuscript is written in a characteristically English hand, and there are catchwords enclosed in attractive scrolls.
Contents: Vitas Patrum

Alternative title	Vitae Patrum etc.
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 182
Date created	[ca. 1400 - 1425]
Language	Latin
Material	Vellum
Layout	double columns of 44 lines
Height (mm)	335
Width (mm)	224
Collation	1(8)-23(8) (wants 7, 8).
Writing	in a good upright English hand
Foliation	ff. i-ii + 1-182 + iii-iv
Provenance	From Norwich Cathedral Priory.
Decoration	Catchwords enclosed in pretty scrolls.

M.R. James Date	xv early
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:kz895rq9909/MS_36.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:sf873hj1316/36.pdf
Contains	Title Vitas Patrum. 1r-182v
TJames	234
Stanley	P. 5
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/yd753kz3631
Location	MS 036
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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