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Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 15

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  • Latin MS 15
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  • Latin
Title
    • Heading in uncials, part1y gone: 'Inc. Epistula Sancti De Celerino confessore lectore Cyprianus presbyteris, etc., Ad cognosecnda et amplectanda' (Hartel 39, p. SRI). 'Expl. ad cierllm de Cel. Conf. lectore ordinato.'
    • 'Inc. de Martiale ... Cyprianus et ceteri coepiscopi, etc.'; 'Cum in unum conuenissemus' (H. 67, p. 735). f. 5b left blank, because of bad quality of vellum. 'Expl. de Martiale et de Basilide.'
    • 'Inc. ad martires et confessores...Cypr. martyriblls, etc. ...Exulto letus' (H. 10, p. 490). Ends imperfectly 'in hoc mundo' (H. 1. 19).
    • Part of H. 69, cap. 13-15 (p. 762, l. 21) 'eo quod ad (!) aqua salu(tari)' to 764, l. 22 'diuina indulgentia liberatur'. Followed by the rest of the text H. 69, cap. 12, etc., p. 760. 'Inc. de cis qui (in lecto consequuntur)' 'Quesisti etiam fili' to cap. '3 'existimat eos nihil consecutos' (here follows f. 7).
    • End of H. 10, from 'in quo oportet' (p. 493, l. 4) 10 Remaining portion of H.10, from 'nec plus adiciendum (!)' (p. 490, 1. 19) to 'apostolus Paulus' (p. 493, J. 4) 1I The text is therefore complete: order of leaves, 8, 11, 10.
    • Further portion of H. 69, cap. 15, 'Nam si scripsi' (p. 764, I. 22) to end, 'ad inuicem iudicemus'. Expl. (12") 12 At this point is a change of hand.
    • Title in outlined capitals. 'Inc. ad Quirinum liber primus'; 'Cyprianus Quirino, etc. Testimoniorum libri iii' (Hartel, p. 35); 'Capitula' on 13v, numbered with Greek numerals, A-KΓ. 'Lib. ii, f. 23v. Capitula numbered A-KΘ. Apparent change of hand at f. 34r, resumption at f. 42. 'Lib. iii, f. 42r. Capitula not numbered. Ends f. 74r: 'die et nocte. Ad Quirinum finit liber tertius excepta (sic) capitulorum numero cxx.'
    • 'Inc. ad Cycilium de sac!"amento dominici calicis. Ciprianus Cecilio fratri salutem' Hartel, no. 63, p. 701, down to p. 707, 1. 13, 'mulierem dominus loquitur dicens'.
    • Hartel 74, p. 807, l. 17, 'lenis et mitis...a pastore restitui. Expl. ad Pompeianum contra epistolam Stephani de hereticis baptizandis.'
    • 'Inc. ad Magnum de Nouatiillli baptismo' (H. 69, p. 749) to l. 13 'neque pot est excepi'. Continuing, without break, at p. 755, l. 16 'intellegentiae lucem' (78) to 758, l. 15 'sacrificia eorum tanquam panis' (79). Then continuing without break
    • H. 63, p. ,707, l. 13 'omnis qui biberit' to end. 'Expl. de sacramento dominice calicis'.
    • 'Inc. ad Rogatianum et ceteros conff'. (H. 6, p. 480)
    • 'Inc. ad Antonianum' (H. 55, p. 624) A change or modification of hand on ff. 86-90.
    • Heading in larger capitals: 'Inc. Mosi et Maximo prr. et ceteris conff.' (H. 28, p. 545)
    • 'Inc. quibus supra' (H. 37, p. 576).
    • 'Inc. ad clerum de precando deo pro peccatis nostris' (H. II, p. 495).
    • 'Inc. ad clerum et plebem de Aurelio conf. lectore ordinato' (H. 38, p. 579)
    • 'Inc. ad martyr et conff. in metallo constitutis' (1) (H. 76, p. 827)
    • 'Inc. ad Iubaianum de hereticis baptizandis' (H. 73, p. 778) Ends 120r: lower half ofleaf cut off: 120v blank. Change of hand.
    • 'Inc. ad Quintum' (H. 71, p. 771)
    • 'Inc. ad Eosdem' (H. 70, p. 766). 'Expl. ad Iubaianum de hereticis baptizandis Epistule numero iii.'
    • 'Inc. Sententiae episcoporum numero lxxxvii' (Hartel i, p. 435)
    • 'Inc. de diacono superbo' (H. 3, p. 469. 'Finit de diacono superbo.'
    • 'Inc. ad Pompeium contra aepistula Sthefani' (H. 74, p. 799), to 'ut serpentinis'(p. 806, 1. 10) Continues without break
    • H. 69, p. 758, 1. 15 'luctus, omnes qui manducant', to end of Cap. ii 'ad Christi etclesiam ueniunt. amen. Expl. ad Magnum de Novatiani Baptismo' (p. 760. 13)
    • 'Inc. ad Fidum de infantibus baptizandis' (H. 64, p. 717)
    • 'Inc. ad Eucratium de Istrione' (H. 2, p. 467)
    • 'Inc. ad Stephanum de Concilio' (H. 72, p. 775)
    • 'Inc. ad presbiteros et diacones et (corr. to ut) his confratres qui in carcere sunt constituti humallitas omnis prebeatur.' (H. 12, p. 502)
    • 'Inc. ad Romanos' (H. 32, p. 565)
    • 'Item inc. ad Romanos' (H. 20, p. 527)
    • 'Inc. ad Rogatianum et ceteras de observanda disciplina' (H. 13, p. 504)
    • 'Inc. ad plebem de Uirtio bresbitero' (H. 43, p. 590)
    • 'Inc. ad epictititum et ad plebem ad syritanorum de episcopo eorum' (H. 65, p. 721)
    • 'Inc. ad cornelium de nouatiano' (H. 52, p. 616)
    • 'Inc. ad clerum et plebem de Uictore qui Faustinum presbiterum tutorem nominauit' (H. I, p. 465)
    • 'Inc. ad Fortunatum et ceteros qui per tormenta superantur' (H. 56, p. 648)
    • 'Inc. ad Rogatianum de diacono' (H. 3, p. 469) (see f. '35)
    • 'Inc. ad Cornelium' (H. 47, p. 605)
    • 'Item ad Cornelium inc.' (H. 45, p. 599)
    • 'Inc. item ad eundem' (H. 44, p. 597) 168 Ad Com. de episcopatu eiusdem epistule nostre tertia expl.
    • 'Inc. ad Lucium de exilio reuersum' (H. 61, p. 695)
    • 'Inc. ad Maximum et Nicostratum'(H. 46, p. 604)
    • 'Inc. de Numidio Conf. presbitero ordinato' (H. 40, p. 585)
    • 'Inc. ad Ponponium de virginibus' (H. 4, p. 472) 5.5 lines on f. 173r erased, and the rest left blank. Text continued on 174. On 173v is an insertion of a passage omitted on 174r, viz. p. 473, l. 18 'quam ut qui deum' to 474 'conscientia grauissima.'
    • 'Inc. ad Cornelium de lapsis' (H. 57, p. 650)
    • 'Inc. ad Cornelium de quinque pro' (H. 59, p. 666) Change of vellum
    • 'Inc. ad eundem' (H. 48, p. 606)
    • 'Inc. ad Cornelium de confessione eius' (H. 51, p. 614)
    • 'Inc. ad Maximum pr. et Urbanum et Sidonium et Macarium' (H. 54, p. 621)
    • 'Inc. ad Cornelium de confessione eius' (H. 60, p. 691)
    • 'Inc. quod Idola Dii non sint' (H. 1, p. 19) Ends f. 203v: 'si Christum fuerimus secuti. Omnis labor finem habet premium autem non(a)bet finem.'
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    • Cyprien (saint, 02..-0258)
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    • CYPRIANUS (S.)
    • CYPRIANUS CARTHAGINENSIS ep. (s.)
    • S. Cyprianus
    • CYPRIANUS (s.), Carthaginiensis episcopus
    • Cyprianus Carthaginensis
    • Cyprianus (saint ; 02..-0258)
    • Cyprianus, Thascus Caecilius (Carthaginiensis)
    • S. Cyprianus , Carthaginensis episcopus
    • Cyprien
    • Cyprien (saint ; 02..-0258)
    • Cyprianus
    • CYPRIANUS CARTHAGINENSIS ep.
    • Cyprianus Carthaginiensis
    • Cyprien (02..-0258 ; saint)
    • Sancti Cypriani
    • Cyprien, saint, 02..-0258
    • Cyprianus‏ ‎von Karthago,‏ ‎200-258
    • S. Cyprianus carthaginensis episcopus
    • Cyprianus,‏ ‎Bischof,‏ ‎200-258‏
    • Cyprianus, Thascius Caecilius,‏ ‎Saint, Bishop of Carthage
    • Cyprien de Carthage,‏ ‎saint,‏ ‎02..-0258
    • Cyprianus, Thascius Caecilius, ‎02..-0258
    • Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus,‏ ‎Santo
    • Cipriano de Cartago,‏ ‎Santo
    • S. Cyprianus Carthaginensis
    • Cyprianus van Carthago (heilige)
    • Cebrià, sant, bisbe de Cartago, ca. 205-258
    • Cipriano, Santo, Obispo de Cartago
    • Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage
    • Cyprianus, Thascius Caecilius 200-258
    • Cyprianus (heilige)
    • Author: Cyprianus, Thascius Caecilius
    • Cyprian of Carthage, c 200-258, Saint, Bishop of Carthage
    • Cyprian of Carthage
    • Cyprianus, Thascius Caecilius, 200-258
    • Cyprianus, Thascius Caecilius
    • Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus (200-258)
    • Cipriano, Santo, ca 210-258
    • H. Cyprianus - 3de E. na C. - auteur
    • Cyprianus Carthaginensis - 3de eeuw - auteur
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    • Libri, Guglielmo, Unspecified, Count, of Add MS 38128
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Description
  • Extent:
    ff. 207 (ii+204+i) Leaf height: 321 mm, width: 184 mm.
    Binding:

    The binding is of wooden boards, recovered in modern times with brown leather.


    Acquisition:

    Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford. Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.


    Layout:

    1 column, 28-29 lines to a page


    Collation:

    Quire a2
    Quire i gone
    Quire ii8, 6 cancelled
    Quire iii8 (no old number), wants 5-7
    Quire iv (iii)8, 3 cancelled
    Quire v8, 6 cancelled
    Quire vi (v)8, 3 cancelled
    Quire vii (vi)8
    Quire viii (vii)8, 3 cancelled
    Quire ix (viii)8, 2 cancelled
    Quire x (ix)8, 7 cancelled
    Quire xi (x)8, 8 cancelled
    Quire xii (xi)8, 2 cancelled
    Quire xiii (xii)8, 6 cancelled
    Quire xiv (xiii)8, 3 cancelled
    Quire xv (xiv)8, 7 cancelled
    Quire xvi (xv)10, 3 and 7 cancelled
    Quire xvii (xvi)12, 4 and 8 cancelled
    Quire xviii (old number gone)6, 2 cancelled, 6 mutilated
    Quire xix (xviii)8, 3 cancelled
    Quire xx (xix)8, 3 cancelled
    Quire xxi (xx)8, 3 cancelled
    Quire xxii (xxi)8
    Quire xxiii (xxii)8, two replaced
    Quire xxiv (xxiii)8
    Quire xxv (xxiv)10, 2 cancelled
    Quire xxvi (xxv)4
    Quire xxvii(xxvi)10, two cancelled
    Quire xxviii (xxvii)10, two cancelled
    Quire xxix(xxviii not numbered)10
    Quire b (I)


    Data Source(s):
    Description based on M.R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester (Manchester, 1921), reprinted with an introduction and additional notes and corrections by F. Taylor (München, 1980), revised and expanded by Joanne Edge.
    Subject(s):
    Fathers of the Church
    Abstract:

    Miscellaneous works of St Cyprian, produced in the Lake Constance area in the late 8th century.


    Format:
    Codex
    Material:
    Parchment.
    Provenance:

    The collection of Canon Maimbourg, curé of Colmar, to which this manuscript belonged (James, i. pp.xxvi, 41), passed to his heir Henri Chauffour and was sold by auction on 6th March 1858 (not in 1838); this manuscript was no. 138 and brought 505fr. See an account of the sale in A. Claudin, 'Archives du bibliophile' i (1858), 25-26 and cf. ibid. ii (1859), 218 (de Ricci, RLL, Sept. 1923).

    On Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher's advice James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford was prepared to offer £21 when the manuscript appeared in the Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief sale on 29 March 1859 but it went to Bateman for £170. It was purchased over 30 years later for the Bibliotheca Lindesiana by James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford at the Bateman Sale for £270 - he had been prepared to offer £350 (CLL, 1859, nos. 83-4, 86, 88; ibid. May-Aug. 1893, nos. 417, 461; CLI, 1892-94, no. 153).

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