Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 27

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    • MS 027
    • Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 27
    • CCCC MS 27
    • Parker Library MS 27
  • Held at : Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
  • Languages : Latin
  • Author : Zacharie de Besançon (11..?-1157)
  • Date of Origin :
  • Script :
    • in a good clear round hand
  • Support Material : Vellum
  • Composition :
    • ff. 228
  • Dimensions :
    • 240 x 365
  • Codicological details :
    • double columns of 48 lines
    • ff. a-b + i-iii + 1-227 + c-d
    • 3 flyleaves, 1(8)-28(8) 29(4).

Contents

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  • Résumé : CCCC MS 27, dating from the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, contains a copy of Zacharias of Besançon's De concordia evangelistarum, also known as the Vnum ex quatuor, a Gospel-harmony which also gives etymologies for Greek, Hebrew and some Latin words. Zacharias, who died in 1156, was a member of the Premonstratensian abbey at Laon, and an ex libris inscription, now lost, identified CCCC MS 27 as belonging to the Premonstratensian abbey of St Mary's, Leiston, Suffolk.


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    Langue(s) des textes : latin


    Intervenants :

    Zacharias of Besançon OPrem - author

    1r-227v - Zacharias of Besançon OPrem, De concordia euangelistarum || Unum ex quatuor Zachariae Chrysopolitani

    Note : Title (xvi)

    rubric : (1r) Unum ex quatuor sive concordia euangeliorum cum expositione continua zacarie zacharie inquam chrisopolitani

    Note : (P. L. CLXXXVI 11)

    Note : Prologue

    incipit : (1r) De excellentia euangelii et differentia ipsius ad legem etc.

    Note : Ending

    explicit : (12r) et apprehendere expetunt recognoscant

    rubric : (12r) Explicit

    rubric : (12r) Incipit prefacio Zacharie crisopolitani in unum ex quattuor

    incipit : (12r) Unum ex quattuor euangelistarum dictis euangelium claro studio composuit amonius alexandrinus

    explicit : (12v) huic operi sepe applicare oportere

    rubric : (12v) Explicit prologus

    Note : (12v) Capitula

    rubric : (14r) Expositiones

    incipit : (14r) Notum facimus lectori quod expositionis lucem sumpsimus a ieronimo etc.

    explicit : (14v) eadem uel uicina dixerunt. hucusque ieronimus

    rubric : (14v) Incipit prologus luce

    incipit : (14v) Quandoquidem multi ... ueritatem. Multi non tam numerositatem quam heresium diuersitatem etc.

    rubric : (15r) Incipit unum ex quatuor seu concordia euangelistarum

    incipit : (15r) In principio ... apud deum. Verbum id est sapientia nata

    Note : Text ends

    explicit : (224r) post paruum tempus ascensionis

    rubric : (224r) Gratias ago tibi christe: quoniam explicit liber iste

    rubric : (224r) Explicit unum ex quatuor seu concordia euangeliorum et desuper expositio continua exactissima diligencia edita a Zacharia crisopolitano

    Note : In later hand

    incipit : (224r) Et ueniunt bethsaidam et adducunt ei cecum etc. Cuncti qui a domino curantur languores

    explicit : (224v) ubi et merces operum restat sint contenti

    Note : In the original hand

    Note : Interpretationes nominum

    incipit : (225r) Abraham, pater uidens populum

    Note : Ends

    explicit : (227v) Zebedeus memoria domini uel memor domini uel sacrificium uel donatus uel fluens iste

    Note : f. 228 blank, now missing

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Provenance

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  • From Leiston Abbey, Suffolk. The inscription is gone, but Nasmith says: Paginae primae olim legebatur inscriptum: Ex dono dompni Galfridi archidiaconi cuius anima per misericordiam dei requiescat in pace. Amen. De ecclesia beatae Marie de Leystona, Suffolc.

Notes

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  • Additions: On the flyleaves at the beginning is a list of the liturgical Gospels for the year with references to the text of the volume. The 3rd leaf is blank.

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