DCL MS. A.IV.1Leviticus, glossed
Held by: Durham Cathedral Library: Durham Cathedral Manuscripts

Leviticus, glossed, written in England or Northern France at the end of the 12th century; presented to Durham Priory by Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham.

Digitised: https://n2t.durham.ac.uk/ark:/32150/t2mnz805z69g.html

Physical description of manuscript
Support

Parchment

Extent: ii+87+i f
Size: 278 mm x 180 mm

Foliation

Modern pencil foliation.


Secundo folio: hec uocatio
Collation

I-XI8

Signatures: Contemporary signatures.
Script

Written in protogothic by a single hand, similar to DUL Cosin MS V.ii.1

Binding

Standard Tuckett binding, mid 19th century full brown calf over thick wooden boards (Charles Tuckett, binder to the British Museum, rebound many Durham manuscripts in the 19th century)

Manuscript history
Creation

Written in England or France, end of 12th century.

Provenance

One of the books given by Hugh de Puiset to Durham Priory.
Inscriptions: “liber Hugonis Episcopi”; “Leuiticus Glosatus”, later 12th century, f.2r, top. “Liber Sanctj Cuthbertj.”, 12th/13th century “de Dunelm” added below it, 13th century, f.2r, top. “.D.” or “.G.”, later 14th century, f.2r. “.D.” later 14th century, altered to “.G.”, f.3r, outer margin, top. “Leuiticus glos.”, early 15th century; “In le splendement”, 14th/15th century added by Thomas Swalwell, monk of Durham c.1483-1539, f.3r, upper margin.

Manuscript contents
(a)     f.3-89
Modern title: Leviticus, glossed
Language: Latin

Microfilm
Microfilmed in 1985/86 by the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, St John's Abbey and University, Collegeville, Minnesota. Copies held by them and Durham University Library.

Digitised material for Durham Cathedral Library MS. A.IV.1 - Leviticus, glossed
Digitised October 2016 as part of the Durham Priory Library Recreated project There are two f.69 in the foliation, the second one designated f.69*
https://n2t.durham.ac.uk/ark:/32150/t2mnz805z69g.html
Bibliography

Catalogi veteres librorum Ecclesiae cathedralis dunelm. Catalogues of the library of Durham cathedral, at various periods, from the conquest to the dissolution, including catalogues of the library of the abbey of Hulne, and of the mss.   OCLC citation, Surtees Society 7, (London: J.B. Nichols and Son, [1838]).

de Hamel, Christopher, Glossed books of the Bible and the origins of the Paris book trade   OCLC citation, (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Boydell Press, 1984)

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