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Oxford. Merton College, MS 249

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Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
Library
Oxford. Merton College
Shelfmark
  • Merton College MS 249
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Date
  • 1175–1350
Language
  • Latin
  • Old French
Title
  • Bestiary and other texts
Agent
  • Preferred form
    • Innocent III (pape, 1160?-1216)
    Role
    • Author
    Original form
    • Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 1161-1216
    Other form
    • Innocentius III (pape ; 1160?-1216)
    • Innocent III
    • Innocentius III
    • INNOCENTIUS III, papa
    • Lothaire de Segni, futur pape Innocent III
    • Innocentius III papa
    • INNOCENTIUS III, papa (Lotharius Signiensis)
    • Innocent III, pape
    • Innocent III, pape, 1160-1216
    • Innocenci III, papa, 1160-1216
    • Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216
    • Innocentius III (paus)
    • Innocentius Papa, III. fl.1198/1216
    • Inocencio III, Papa
    • Author: Innocentius III, Papa
    • Innocentius III, Pont. Max.
    • Innocent III, 1160/61-1216, Pope
    • Innocent III (1160-1216 ; pape)
    • Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis)
    • Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis) (attrib.)
    • Innocentius III, paus, 1160?-1216
    • Innocent III (pape ; 1160-1216)
    • Innozenz III., Papst, 1160-1216
    • Innocentius III. Papa
    • Innozenz III.
    • Innozenz <III., Papst> (1160-1216)
    • Lotharius diaconus
    • Innocentius papa III
    • Lotharius Levita
    • Innocent III, Pope (1160 or 1161-1216)
    • Innocent III, né Lothaire de Segni, 176e pape de l'église Catholique de 1198 à 1216 (1160?-1216)
    • Innozenz
    • Innocentius <Papa, III.>
    • Igreja Católica, Papa 1179-1180 (Inocêncio III) > , co-autor
    • Igreja Católica, Papa 1179-1180 (Inocêncio III) > , compil.
    • Inocêncio III, Papa, 1198-1216
    • Innocentius Papa, III. - ca. 1160 - 1216 - auteur
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  • Role
    • Author
    Original form
    • Richard of Thetford, 13th cent.
  • Preferred form
    • Guillaume du Mont (1140?-1213)
    Role
    • Author
    Original form
    • De Montibus, William, approximately 1140-1213
    Other form
    • William de Montibus, c 1140-1213
    • William de Montibus
    • William, de Montibus, approximately 1140-1213
    • Guilelmus de Montibus - ca. 1140 - 1213 - auteur
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  • Preferred form
    • Walter Map (1140?-1209?)
    Role
    • Author
    Original form
    • Map, Walter, active 1200
    Other form
    • Map, Walter (1140?-1209?)
    • Gautier Map
    • Gautiers Map
    • Map, Walter, 1140?-1209?
    • Map, Walter, fl. 1200
    • Walter Map
    • Map, Walter
    • Map, Walter (active 1200)
    • Map, Gautier (1200 fl)
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  • Preferred form
    • Philippe de Thaon
    Role
    • Author
    Original form
    • De Thaon, Philippe
    Other form
    • Philippe de Thaon, fl 1113-1150
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  • Preferred form
    • Maurice de Sully (1120?-1196)
    Role
    • Author
    Original form
    • De Sully, Maurice, 1120?-1196
    Other form
    • Maurice de Sully (1120?-1196)
    • Maurice de Sully
    • Mauritius de Sulliaco
    • MAURITIUS DE SULLIACO, Parisiensis ep.
    • Mauricius de Sulliaco
    • Author: Mauritius, de Sulliaco
    • Maurice of Sully, c 1120-1196, Bishop of Paris
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  • Preferred form
    • Grégoire I (pape, 0540?-0604)
    Role
    • Author
    Original form
    • Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
    Other form
    • GRÉGOIRE LE GRAND
    • Grégoire le Grand
    • GREGORIUS I papa (S.)
    • GRÉGOIRE LE GRAND (S.)
    • Gregorius I (pape ; 0540?-0604)
    • Gregorius Magnus
    • Grégoire I (pape ; 0540?-0604)
    • Gregorius I
    • GREGORIUS MAGNUS I (s.), papa
    • GREGORIUS Magnus I (s.), papa
    • S. Gregorius Magnus
    • S. Gregorius
    • Gregoire Le Grand, S.
    • Gregorius
    • Saint Gregoire
    • Sancti Gregorii papae
    • GREGORIUS MAGNUS
    • Grégoire I (pape, 0540?-0604)
    • Gregorius Magnus (s.)
    • Gregorii
    • Saint Grégoire le Grand
    • GREGORIUS I MAGNUS (s.), papa
    • Beati Gregorii papae
    • Gregorio papa
    • Gregorii Papae
    • Sancto Gregorio
    • S. Gregorii Magni
    • Sancti Gregorii
    • Grégoire I (0540?-0604 ; pape)
    • Sanctus Gregorius Magnus
    • GREGORIUS I Magnus (s.), papa
    • Gregorii [Magni]
    • Gregorius (saint ; 06.. ?-07.. ? ; évêque d'Agrigente)
    • Saint Grégoire
    • Grégoire le Grand (Saint), pape
    • Grégoire I, pape, 0540?-0604
    • Grégoire le Grand,‏ ‎saint‏, ‎0540?-0604
    • Gregorius Magnus,‏ ‎sant,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Gregorius Magnus,‏ ‎saint,‏ ‎0540?-0604
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Gregorius‏ ‎Magnus, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604‏
    • Gregorius de Grote (paus)
    • Gregorius (heilige)
    • Gregorius I, papa
    • Gregorius Magnus,‏ ‎santo,‏ ‎ca. 540-0604
    • Gregori I, papa, 540-604
    • Gregorio I, Papa
    • Gregorius I (paus)
    • Gregorius Papa, I. 540-604
    • Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604
    • Author: Gregorius I, Papa
    • Gregory the Great
    • Gregorius I, Pont. Max.
    • Gregory, I, Pope, approximately 540-604
    • Gregory
    • Gregory I, Pope
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Pope Gregory the Great
    • Gregorius I, Magnus, paus, 540?-604
    • Grégoire (pape)
    • Gregorius, I.<Papa>
    • Gregor I., Papst, 542-604
    • Gregor, I.<Papst>
    • Gregorius papa
    • S. Grégoire
    • Grégoire le Grand (saint), pape
    • S. Grégoire le Grand
    • Gregor <I., Papst> (542-604)
    • Gregorius papa I
    • D. Gregorius
    • B. Gregorius
    • Divus Gregorius
    • Beatus Gregorius papa
    • Divus Gregorius papa
    • S. Gregorius papa
    • Gregorius PP.
    • Gregorius papa, 1., ca. 540-604
    • Gregory the Great, 540-604
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Gregory I, Pope (approximately 540-604)
    • Grégoire le Grand, pape, saint (540 - 604) > Pape
    • Grégoire le Grand, pape, saint (540 - 604)
    • Grégoire le Grand, pape, saint (540 - 604) > Père de l'Eglise
    • Gregorius (ca. 540-604)
    • Gregorio I, Papa, Santo, 540-604
    • Gregor
    • S. Gregorii
    • Gregor <I., Papst>
    • Gregorius Magnus (Nachtrag: Catalogus operum Gregorii Magni monasterio in maiore Frankenthal anno 1486 pertinentium)
    • Gregório Magno, Santo, 540-604
    • Gregório Magno, Santo, 540-604 > , co-autor
    • Igreja Católica, Papa 590-604 (Gregório I)
    • Gregorius Papa I - ca. 540 - 604 - auteur
    • Gregorius Papa I - ca. 540 - 604 - oorspronkelijke auteur
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Description
  • Early 13th-century copy of Philippe de Thaon's Bestiary illustrated with line drawings, and 14 other items. Composite manuscript of 5 structurally distinct parts that were bound together by 1374.
    Digitisation note: This manuscript was refoliated after being photographed. Where the new foliation differs from the old foliation, both numbers are provided.
    Provenance: Entire volume: Thomas Trillek, bishop of Rochester 1364-1372); sold to William Reed (d. 1385) who gave it to Merton in 1374.
    Contents: A cut-down bifolium from a 12th-century liturgical book, written in a Continental hand (f. iii, originally the front pastedown) [not photographed]. Part I (ff. 1r-11v): Philippe de Thaon, Bestiary (ff. 1-10). [Anon.?] De Corpore Christi (f. 11). Part II (ff. 12r-51v): Innocent III, De Miseria Humanae Conditionis (ff. 12r-29v). Canons of Lateran Council IV 1215 (ff. 29v-45v). Two sets of verses 'Qui bene perpendit quam sit graue pondus honorum'; 'Est leuis et uacua fragilis radice lutosa' (f. 45v). Walter Map, Valerius ad Rufinum de Vxore non Ducenda (De Nugis Curialium iv. 3-5) (ff. 45v-48v). ‘Sermo de Zacharia’ (ff. 49r-51v). Part III (ff. 52r-73v): Innocent III, De Sacro Altaris Mysterio. 'Ordo pro iter agentibus ad adorandum (f. 73r). 'Ordo Missae per annum' (ff. 73r-74v). Notes on Zacharia (ff. 74v-75r). Typological notes on Matthew, Abraham, Aram (f. 75r-75v). Prayers to Mary Magdalen and Nicholas (f. 75v). Note recording a transaction between Alicia molote and Gerard Croftun of Salisbury, dated 1324 (f. 75v). Part IV (ff. 76r-78v): Calendar, Sarum with some northern English names, later additions in the 13th, 15th, and 17th centuries. Part V (ff. 80r-185v): Gregory I, Regula Pastoralis (ff. 80r-115v [formerly 80r-116v]). Commentary on the Psalter in French, fragment (ff. 116r-141r [formerly 117r-142r]). Verses 'Nectareum rorem tellus instillat Olimphis (f. 141r [formerly 142r]). Verses on the death of Robert Grosseteste 'Anni cum Domini transissent mille ducenti' (f. 141r [formerly 142r]). Maurice de Sully, Sermons (ff. 141v-174v [formerly 142v-174v]). Richard of Thetford, Ars Dilatandi Sermonum (ff. 175r-179v). William de Montibus, Peniteas cito, glossed (ff. 180r-182r). Sermons (ff. 182r-185v). Verses 'Numquam natura conuersit sic sua iura' (f. 185v).
    Hand: Fol. iii: Continental protogothic bookhand. Part I: early gothic bookhand, French?. Parts II-V: English bookhands. Additions on blank spaces (fol. 11v and elsewhere) in anglicana.
Place
  • Preferred form
    • England (United Kingdom) (?)
    Original form
    • England; France?
  • Preferred form
    • France (?)
    Original form
    • England; France?
Rights
  • © The Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC BY-SA) | Enquiries about higher-resolution images should be addressed to the Fellow Librarian, Merton College at library@merton.ox.ac.uk.
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