Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 31

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  • Latin MS 31
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Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Postilla litteralis in uetus et nouum testamentum (New Testament)
Agent
  • Preferred form
    • Nicolas de Lyre (1270?-1340?)
    Role
    • Author
    Original form
    • Lyra, Nicholas of, 1270-1349
    • Nicholas of Lyra (b. 1270, d. 1349), Franciscan theologian
    Other form
    • Nicolaus de Lyra
    • Nicolaus de Lyra (1270?-1340?)
    • Nicolaus de Lira
    • Nicolas de Lyre (1270?-1340?)
    • NICOLAUS DE LYRA
    • Author: Nicolaus, de Lyra
    • De Lyra, Nicholaus
    • Nicholas de Lyra
    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • Nicholas of Lyre OFM
    • Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349
    • Nicolaus, de Lyra, 1270-1349
    • Nicolaus de Lyra, 1270-1349
    • Nicolas de Lyre
    • Nicholaus de Lyra
    • Nicolas de Lire
    • Nicolaus <de Lyra> (1270-1349)
    • Nicolaus De Lyra
    • Nicholas of Lyra (approximately 1270-1349)
    • Nicolaus
    • Nicolaus, de Lyra, 1270-1349, O.F.M.
    • Nicolaus, de Lyra, 1270-1349 > , coment.
    • Nicolas de Lyre (1270?-134.)
    • Nicolaus de Lyra - ca. 1270 - 1349 - auteur
    • NICOLAUS de LYRA
    • NICOLAVS de LYRA
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  • Preferred form
    • Gonzaga (famille)
    Role
    • Former owner
    Original form
    • The Gonzaga family (fl. 1328-1708)
    • The Gonzaga family, 1328-1708
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  • Preferred form
    • Paola Malatesta (138.?-1453?)
    Role
    • Former owner
    Original form
    • Paola Malatesta (b. 1393, d. 1449), Italian noblewoman
    • Paola Malatesta, 1393-1449
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  • Preferred form
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (comte de Crawford, 1847-1913)
    Role
    • Former owner
    Original form
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford
    • Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913
    Other form
    • 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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  • Preferred form
    • Thomas and William Boone
    Role
    • Former owner
    Original form
    • Thomas and William Boone (fl. 1817-1872), booksellers
    • Boone, Thomas and William, 1817-1872
    Other form
    • Seller: T. & W. Boone
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Description
  • Extent:
    ff. 206 (ii+202+ii) Leaf height: 425 mm, width: 279 mm.
    Binding:

    Modern binding.


    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:

    2 columns, 68 lines per page


    Collation:

    Quire 18
    Quire 210
    Quire 310
    Quire 48
    Quires 5-810
    Quire 9>8
    Quires 10-1510
    Quires 16-21>8
    Quire 2210


    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):
    Bible--Commentaries
    Abstract:

    Nicholas of Lyra, Postilla litteralis in uetus et nouum testamentum, part 3 of 3. Originally one volume, parts 1 and 2 are now John Rylands Latin MS 29 and 30 respectively. 14th century. Written by Ugolino Marini Gilbertuzzi of Sarnano, by order of Pandolfo de Malatesta, and finished in the Franciscan convent at Pesaro in April 1402.


    Format:
    Codex
    Material:
    Parchment.
    Provenance:

    Ubaldo Meroni in the catalogue of the Mostra dei Codici Gonzagheschi (held in the Biblioteca Comunale, Mantua, 18th Sept.-10th Oct. 1966), pp. 37 and n. 93, 51, 52(1), suggests that these codices probably came into the possession of the The Gonzaga family (fl. 1328-1708) in 1441 through Paola Malatesta (b. 1393, d. 1449), Italian noblewoman by inheritance from her brother Pandolfo, Bishop of Patras (d. 1441)

    Bought by James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford from Thomas and William Boone (fl. 1817-1872), booksellers of 29, New Bond Street, London, on 23 February 1866 for £200 for the three volumes (CLR, 1863-70, nos. 1200, 1216)

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