Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 12
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- Latin MS 12
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- Language
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- Latin
- Title
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- Homiliary, ending imperfectly
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- Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899)
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- Former owner
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- Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher
- Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899
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- Quaritch, Bernard (1819-1899)
- Bernard Quaritch
- Bernard Quaritch, 1819-1899
- Bernard Quaritch 1819-1899
- Bernard Quaritch, Limited
- Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
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- James Ludovic Lindsay (comte de Crawford, 1847-1913)
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- Former owner
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- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913
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- Lindsay, James Ludovic, Earl (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, 1847-1913
- Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- James Ludovic Lindsay 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford of Haigh Hall
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- Description
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- Extent:
ff. 149 (143+vi) Leaf height: 298 mm, width: 210 mm.
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:
27 long lines.
Collation:
Quire 18, plus 1
Quires 2-58
Quire 66
Quires 7-188
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):
Religion; Christianity; Bible. Latin--Versions--Vulgate; Sermons
Abstract:
'The Luxeuil Homiliary', produced at the Abbey of Luxeuil in the eighth or ninth century.
Format:
Codex
Material:
Parchment, with six paper endleaves at the front.
Provenance:
The Benedictine abbey of St Pierre, Luxeuil-les-Bains, France: produced here and in its ownership until at least 25 February 1790 when it appears as no. 4 in the library catalogue compiled by Prior Vautherot
No. 3 in the 'Baron de Marguery' sale held in Paris on 28 February 1857
Purchased by Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher for £31 at the Libri Sale in London in March 1859 (CLL, 1859, No.96
James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford from Quaritch in April 1859 for £36, which sum had also been offered for it by Bateman (ibid. nos. 103, 105; CLR, 1856-62, no. 952; CLI, 1851-60, no. 236).
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