Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 479: William Brito OFM, Expositiones uocabulorum Bibliae (Summa Britonis)

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Summary
The sole text in CCCC MS 479 is the Expositiones uocabulorum Bibliae (Summa Britonis) by William Brito OFM (d. before 1285), followed by an index. This popular work is a dictionary of the Bible. It was given to the College by Thomas Markaunt (d. 1439).
Contents
Expositiones uocabulorum Bibliae (Summa Britonis) -- Interpretationes nominum Bibliae

Description

Alternative title Brito
Type of resource mixed material
Extent ff. 387
Date created [ca. 1200 - 1399]
Language Latin
Material Vellum
Layout double columns of 27 lines
Height (mm) 125
Width (mm) 72
Collation 1(16) 2(16) 3(18) 4(16)-11(16) 12(14) 13(16)-23(16) 24(18) (+1).
Writing clearly written
Foliation ff. i-ii + 1-387 + iii-iv
2 fo. geatus quarte

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date xiii-xiv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:hn247kc5741/MS_479.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:hj971jc1868/479.pdf
Contains
Title
William Brito OFM, Expositiones uocabulorum Bibliae (Summa Britonis). 1r-353v
Author
William Brito OFM
Rubric
(1r) In nomine Ihesu Christi Incipit interpretaciones uocabulorum biblie ... uocatur summa britonis
Incipit
(1r) Difficiles studeo partes quas biblia gestat
Explicit
(1r) mera lux et uera sophia
Rubric
(1r) Incipit liber a litera
Incipit
(1r) A litera sicut dicit ysidorus
Note
Ends with
Incipit
(353v) Zorobabel apud hebreos
Explicit
(353v) uerba sunt isidori ethimol. vii
Incipit
(353v) Hi(c) ego doctorum compegi scripta sacrorum
Explicit
(353v) Sorte beatorum quod sim uelut unus eorum. amen
Note
The verses differ from those in MS 460. 4
Title
Interpretationes nominum Bibliae. 354r-387v
James
Interpretationes nominum. 354r-387v
Note
Another hand
Incipit
(354r) Aaron mons fortis
Explicit
(387v) Zorobabel ... magister confusionis. hesdre 3. Aggeus et mt I
TJames 197
Stanley N. 40
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/yw081yh5713
Location MS 479
Repository UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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