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Property / associated name as recorded: Allard, Joseph-Félix / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / associated name as recorded: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 / rank | |||||||||||||||
Property / associated name as recorded: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
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Property / associated name as recorded: Saint Allyre (Abbey) / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / associated name as recorded: William H. Robinson, Ltd / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Secundo folio: ... tione mundi. Hoc ... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Collation: Parchment, fol. i (ca. 19th-century parchment) + 93 + i (ca. 19th-century parchment) ; 1-28 34 5-78 86 94 106 114 12-138 145 (lacking unknown number of quires after fol. 72, quire 10) ; modern pencil signatures in lower right corner, first recto of each quire, signed A-N. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper right corner of each recto. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Script: Written in three Caroline bookhands in brown ink with orange rubrics (fol. 1-72, fol. 73-91, and fol. 91-93). Fol. 1-72, initials stroked or filled with orange. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Binding: Bound in modern brown calfskin. Formerly bound in ca. early 19th-century marbled boards with spine title stamped in gilt ("Homiliae anonyme") and French paper spine liner from a printed Catechism. Housed in a tan cloth box together with earlier vellum pastedowns/free endpapers. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Origin: Written in the first third of the 10th century (per Bernard Bischoff, letter to Michael Gorman, see Gorman p. 157) at the Benedictine abbey of St. Allyre in Clermont (see pencil notation on front flyleaf), perhaps identical with the "Sermones in Quadragesima" noted by B. Montfaucon in his ca. 1735 inventory of the Clermont library (Étaix, p. 241, note 11). / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Provenance: Possibly at the abbey of St. Allyre until the library's dispersal ca. 1793. Later owned by Joseph-Félix Allard (1795-1831), though not clearly identifiable in the Techener sales of his library (18 and 26 October 1831). Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (nr. 13842), with his lion rampant stamp on former front pastedown and ownership inscription on fol. 1 (SDBM 203301). Phillipps sale at... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL in 1947 from the firm of W.H. Robinson (SDBM 57044). / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Call number: MS f Med.95. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Former call number: MS 1522. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Bibliography: C. Coudere, Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France: Départements XIV (Paris, 1890), xxv; R. Étaix, "Le Lectionnaire Liturgique de la Cathédrale de Clermont au Xe Siècle," Bulletin historique et scientique de l'Auvergne 88 (1977): 241; M. Gorman, "The Oldest Latin Manuscript in Boston: a Unique Carolingian Homiliary for Lent from Clermont" in... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Allard, Joseph-Félix | |||||||||||||||
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 | |||||||||||||||
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Saint Allyre (Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
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William H. Robinson, Ltd | |||||||||||||||
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France | |||||||||||||||
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston | |||||||||||||||
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century: 10. century
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earliest date: 900Gregorian
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latest date: 933Gregorian
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Extent: 93] leaves : parchment ; 350 x 260 (275 x 195 to 265 x 182) mm bound to 39 cm in box 41 cm | |||||||||||||||
Property / physical description: Extent: 93] leaves : parchment ; 350 x 260 (275 x 195 to 265 x 182) mm bound to 39 cm in box 41 cm / rank | |||||||||||||||
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parchment | |||||||||||||||
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In Latin. | |||||||||||||||
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. | |||||||||||||||
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Secundo folio: ... tione mundi. Hoc ... | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Secundo folio: ... tione mundi. Hoc ... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i (ca. 19th-century parchment) + 93 + i (ca. 19th-century parchment) ; 1-28 34 5-78 86 94 106 114 12-138 145 (lacking unknown number of quires after fol. 72, quire 10) ; modern pencil signatures in lower right corner, first recto of each quire, signed A-N. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper right corner of each recto. | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Collation: Parchment, fol. i (ca. 19th-century parchment) + 93 + i (ca. 19th-century parchment) ; 1-28 34 5-78 86 94 106 114 12-138 145 (lacking unknown number of quires after fol. 72, quire 10) ; modern pencil signatures in lower right corner, first recto of each quire, signed A-N. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper right corner of each recto. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Layout: Two columns, 22 lines (fol. 1-72) or 30 lines (fol. 73-92). Bounding and ruling lines in blind. | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Layout: Two columns, 22 lines (fol. 1-72) or 30 lines (fol. 73-92). Bounding and ruling lines in blind. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Script: Written in three Caroline bookhands in brown ink with orange rubrics (fol. 1-72, fol. 73-91, and fol. 91-93). Fol. 1-72, initials stroked or filled with orange. | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Script: Written in three Caroline bookhands in brown ink with orange rubrics (fol. 1-72, fol. 73-91, and fol. 91-93). Fol. 1-72, initials stroked or filled with orange. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Binding: Bound in modern brown calfskin. Formerly bound in ca. early 19th-century marbled boards with spine title stamped in gilt ("Homiliae anonyme") and French paper spine liner from a printed Catechism. Housed in a tan cloth box together with earlier vellum pastedowns/free endpapers. | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Binding: Bound in modern brown calfskin. Formerly bound in ca. early 19th-century marbled boards with spine title stamped in gilt ("Homiliae anonyme") and French paper spine liner from a printed Catechism. Housed in a tan cloth box together with earlier vellum pastedowns/free endpapers. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Origin: Written in the first third of the 10th century (per Bernard Bischoff, letter to Michael Gorman, see Gorman p. 157) at the Benedictine abbey of St. Allyre in Clermont (see pencil notation on front flyleaf), perhaps identical with the "Sermones in Quadragesima" noted by B. Montfaucon in his ca. 1735 inventory of the Clermont library (Étaix, p. 241, note 11). | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Origin: Written in the first third of the 10th century (per Bernard Bischoff, letter to Michael Gorman, see Gorman p. 157) at the Benedictine abbey of St. Allyre in Clermont (see pencil notation on front flyleaf), perhaps identical with the "Sermones in Quadragesima" noted by B. Montfaucon in his ca. 1735 inventory of the Clermont library (Étaix, p. 241, note 11). / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Provenance: Possibly at the abbey of St. Allyre until the library's dispersal ca. 1793. Later owned by Joseph-Félix Allard (1795-1831), though not clearly identifiable in the Techener sales of his library (18 and 26 October 1831). Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (nr. 13842), with his lion rampant stamp on former front pastedown and ownership inscription on fol. 1 (SDBM 203301). Phillipps sale at... | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Provenance: Possibly at the abbey of St. Allyre until the library's dispersal ca. 1793. Later owned by Joseph-Félix Allard (1795-1831), though not clearly identifiable in the Techener sales of his library (18 and 26 October 1831). Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (nr. 13842), with his lion rampant stamp on former front pastedown and ownership inscription on fol. 1 (SDBM 203301). Phillipps sale at... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL in 1947 from the firm of W.H. Robinson (SDBM 57044). | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL in 1947 from the firm of W.H. Robinson (SDBM 57044). / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Call number: MS f Med.95. | |||||||||||||||
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Former call number: MS 1522. | |||||||||||||||
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Bibliography: C. Coudere, Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France: Départements XIV (Paris, 1890), xxv; R. Étaix, "Le Lectionnaire Liturgique de la Cathédrale de Clermont au Xe Siècle," Bulletin historique et scientique de l'Auvergne 88 (1977): 241; M. Gorman, "The Oldest Latin Manuscript in Boston: a Unique Carolingian Homiliary for Lent from Clermont" in... | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Bibliography: C. Coudere, Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France: Départements XIV (Paris, 1890), xxv; R. Étaix, "Le Lectionnaire Liturgique de la Cathédrale de Clermont au Xe Siècle," Bulletin historique et scientique de l'Auvergne 88 (1977): 241; M. Gorman, "The Oldest Latin Manuscript in Boston: a Unique Carolingian Homiliary for Lent from Clermont" in... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Latest revision as of 17:44, 24 August 2024
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444697, MS f Med.95)
Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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English | Homiliary and saints' lives : in Latin]. (DS3362) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444697, MS f Med.95) |
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28 November 2023
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Homiliary and saints' lives : in Latin].
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Allard, Joseph-Félix
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Saint Allyre (Abbey)
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William H. Robinson, Ltd
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 900 and 933?
10. century
900Gregorian
933Gregorian
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Extent: 93] leaves : parchment ; 350 x 260 (275 x 195 to 265 x 182) mm bound to 39 cm in box 41 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: ... tione mundi. Hoc ...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i (ca. 19th-century parchment) + 93 + i (ca. 19th-century parchment) ; 1-28 34 5-78 86 94 106 114 12-138 145 (lacking unknown number of quires after fol. 72, quire 10) ; modern pencil signatures in lower right corner, first recto of each quire, signed A-N. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper right corner of each recto.
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Layout: Two columns, 22 lines (fol. 1-72) or 30 lines (fol. 73-92). Bounding and ruling lines in blind.
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Script: Written in three Caroline bookhands in brown ink with orange rubrics (fol. 1-72, fol. 73-91, and fol. 91-93). Fol. 1-72, initials stroked or filled with orange.
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Binding: Bound in modern brown calfskin. Formerly bound in ca. early 19th-century marbled boards with spine title stamped in gilt ("Homiliae anonyme") and French paper spine liner from a printed Catechism. Housed in a tan cloth box together with earlier vellum pastedowns/free endpapers.
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Origin: Written in the first third of the 10th century (per Bernard Bischoff, letter to Michael Gorman, see Gorman p. 157) at the Benedictine abbey of St. Allyre in Clermont (see pencil notation on front flyleaf), perhaps identical with the "Sermones in Quadragesima" noted by B. Montfaucon in his ca. 1735 inventory of the Clermont library (Étaix, p. 241, note 11).
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Provenance: Possibly at the abbey of St. Allyre until the library's dispersal ca. 1793. Later owned by Joseph-Félix Allard (1795-1831), though not clearly identifiable in the Techener sales of his library (18 and 26 October 1831). Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (nr. 13842), with his lion rampant stamp on former front pastedown and ownership inscription on fol. 1 (SDBM 203301). Phillipps sale at...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL in 1947 from the firm of W.H. Robinson (SDBM 57044).
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Call number: MS f Med.95.
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Former call number: MS 1522.
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Bibliography: C. Coudere, Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France: Départements XIV (Paris, 1890), xxv; R. Étaix, "Le Lectionnaire Liturgique de la Cathédrale de Clermont au Xe Siècle," Bulletin historique et scientique de l'Auvergne 88 (1977): 241; M. Gorman, "The Oldest Latin Manuscript in Boston: a Unique Carolingian Homiliary for Lent from Clermont" in...
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4 December 2023
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