MS 90: Composite manuscript including five texts, 15th century
Contents
Contains five different texts, all five in the same hand.
ff. 1r-13v: ‘Meditationes’ [incomplete] by Pseudo-Augustine of Hippo
ff. 14r-107r: ‘Meditationes’ by Anselm of Canterbury
ff. 107r-117v: ‘Speculum Peccatorum’
ff. 118r-129r: Meditations
f. 129r: ‘Enarrationes in Psalmos’ [incomplete] by Augustine of Hippo
The texts are described separately, under MS 90/ff. 1r-13v; MS 90/ff. 14r-107r; MS 90/ff. 107r-117v; MS 90/ff.118r-129r; MS 90/f. 129r.
A fair English hand with rubrics and plain red capitals.
Dates
- Creation: 15th century
Language of Materials
Latin
Physical Description
The volume is somewhat soiled and stained.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to all. The manuscripts can be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Main Library.
Extent
1 bound MS volume
Custodial History
The book is written in an English 15th century hand. It bears the inscription on f. 129v, in an Elizabethan hand, Friar Tindall Oxoniensis Academie fulgentissimus Bacca [larius]. Fortuna favet fatuis. One, John Tyndall, a ' Carme or Whyte Fryer,' was made Bachelor of Divinity on 17 July 1531. This may be the owner of the volume. There are no other marks of ownership, and it is not apparent how it came into Laing's hands. There is a label with the number 744 on a vellum fly-leaf. It has originally formed part of a larger volume, as the contemporary foliation begins at f. 79.
Previous title
Title given to the manuscript in Catherine Borland’s catalogue: Meditationes Augustini et Anselmi. Speculum peccatorum.
Previous reference
Laing 47.
Bibliography
Physical Description
The volume is somewhat soiled and stained.
Physical Facet
Material: Vellum.
Binding: Modern. The title ‘MEDITACIONES BEATI AGUSTINI &c. MS. SAEC. XV’ is stamped on the outer cover spine upright. It seems that a part of another manuscript was originally used to guard the strings.
Collation: a8-q8, r1= 129.
Dimensions
16.83 cm x 12.07 cm
General
Secundo folio: diligere pro malis
Foliation and number of lines to a page: ff. 129, 20-23 lines to a page.
Source
- Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) (Donor, Person)
- Tyndall, John, fl 1531 (white friar) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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