Dublin, Trinity College, 174 (B. 4. 3)
174 (B. 4. 3)
General Information
103
215
A composite manuscript of saints' lives in Latin written by many hands. The manuscript is made of two booklets: A (fols 1-49) and B (fols 50-115) which is itself made up on seven mini-booklets (Lucas 1997, p. 11). There is also a Latin list of contents on fol. iir, written by two hands of s. xi/xii and early s. xii. The OE scribble 'of searbyrig ic eom' (I am of Salisbury) is written on the recto of the first old flyleaf (fol. ir). Ker 1957 assigns this hand to s. xi2, but Lucas 1997 assigns it to s. xi/xii.
Object Description
Codex
Support: Parchment
Extent:
- 278 mm x 174 mm (dimensions of all - size of leaves)
- 225-232 mm x 123-126 mm (dimensions of Booklet A - size of written space)
- 208-247 mm x 122-144 mm (dimensions of Booklet B - size of written space)
Foliation/Pagination: ii + 124 leaves. Modern foliation is in pencil.
Collation:
Quires: Fols i, ii and 124 are medieval flyleaves. The OE scribble appears on fol. ir, the first leaf of Booklet A. According to Lucas 1997, p. 15, the collation is as follows:
Booklet A: 12 (fols i-ii), 28 (fols 1-8), 38 (fols 9-16), 46 (fols 17-22), 58 (fols 23-30), 68 (fols 31-38) 78 (fols 39-46), 86 (wants 4, 5, 6; fols 47-49).
Booklet B: 94 (fols 50-53), 104 (fols 54-57), 116 (fols 58-63), 1210 (wants 10; fols 64-72), 138 (fols 73-80), 148 (wants 6, 7, 8; fols 81-85), 1510+1 (wants 6, 8; fols 86- 94), 1610 (wants 2; fols 95- 103), 1712 (fols 104-115), 188 (fols 116-123; with rear flyleaf having repaired stub sewn around this quire like a wrapper, the stub showing before fol. 116).
Condition: The manuscript is physically damaged, with many portions of pages missing, and some repaired.
Layout Description: Some pricking is visible and all ruling is in hardpoint.
Hand Description
Number of Hands: 1 in Old English
Summary: The scribble in Old English is by a s. xi/xii hand. Latin items were written by many hands in minuscule script of s. xi/xii. Webber 1992 has established that some of the scribes who contributed to this manuscript were early Salisbury canons.
Hand: Scribble
Scope: Minor
Script: English Vernacular Minuscule
Ker reference: Ker 104
Description: fol. i.r. A scribble, 'of searbyrig ic eom'
Summary of the characteristics of the hand:
- Caroline a with a very short head.
- Insular f.
- Insular g, its loop closes with a hairline.
- Insular r, with its descender of the second r curves to the left.
- Caroline short s, finishes on the writing line.
Bound in white vellum in 1987.
Additional Information
Described by Takako Kato with the assistance of Hollie Morgan and Johanna Green, with reference to published scholarship (2010; 2013).
Microfiche in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile (Tempe, AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1994), vol. 5: Latin Manuscripts with Anglo-Saxon Glosses
History
Unknown.
Provenance: According to Ker 1957, p. 143, 'the manuscript was, no doubt, at Salisbury from about the time of the first establishment of canons there by St. Osmund' (Bishop of Salisbury 1078-1099). It was catalogued as no. 160 Vita et miracula S. Andreae in Patrick Young's catalogue, 1622 (Lucas 1997, p. 11).
Acquisition: The manuscript was borrowed by James Ussher (1581-1656), archbishop of Armagh, on 30th September 1640 according to a memorandum kept in Salisbury. Ussher did not return the book: 'supposedly it was lost in the looting of his home at Chelsea in 1643' (Lucas 1997, p. 11). It came to Trinity College through Ussher.
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Takako Kato