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Shelfmark:
M. R. James n. 163
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Content
F.26
St. John's College
Cambridge
Travelling companions:
United Kingdom
Location:
Language:
45v
DSB Title:
NE: James dates the whole MS to late in the 15th century, but Dated and Datable specifies the c. 1439 date for the two booklets including the Cato and bearing signatures of Marchall (ff. 45v, 49r) and "a form of obligation on fol. 25, drawn up in the name of Thomas Marchall of Todyngton, Bedfordshire, is dated 10 May 17 Henry VI (1439), the date at about which both booklets were probably written," attributing the rest of the MS to the "middle to third quarter of the ffteenth century"
MS Title:
CAT Title:
DSB Author:
Abridgment of Distichs (1 page)
MS Author:
Latin (DC abridgement)
CAT Author:
Incipit:
James Descriptive Catalogue: An abridgment in one page of Cato's Disticha
Explicit:
Cum animaduerterem ... (per James)
History
Expl. lib. parui Catonis quod Marchall. (per James)
Cato
CAT Date:
c. 1439
DSB Date:
MS Date:
Origin:
Scribe:
c.1439
Provenance:
Additional Information
England
Digital reproductions:
Marchall
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Transcription:
Bibliography:
James, Descriptive Catalogue St John's College, pp. 194-97 | Dated and Datable in Cambridge, p. 87 (http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/manuscripts/medieval_manuscripts/medman/F_26.htm)
Notes:
N/A
NE: James dates the whole MS to late in the 15th century, but Dated and Datable specifies the c. 1439 date for the two booklets including the Cato and bearing signatures of Marchall (ff. 45v, 49r) and "a form of obligation on fol. 25, drawn up in the name of Thomas Marchall of Todyngton, Bedfordshire, is dated 10 May 17 Henry VI (1439), the date at about which both booklets were probably written," attributing the rest of the MS to the "middle to third quarter of the ffteenth century"
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