Florilegium, mostly theological texts, written in England in the first third of the thirteenth century. Also includes contemporary flyleaves, originating as a bifolium in a separate Missal, written in England in the second half of the twelfth century. Part 1. Span folios: ff. 1-169 (ff. 1-3 medieval flyleaves; ff. 55r-v, 60v-61, 168-169, washed). Support: Parchment. Layout: 12(+3, added as a flyleaf) 2-78 84(through f. 55) 910(-7, 8) 10-138 142(ff. 96-97) 15-238. Quires 17-22 signed b-g in lower inner corner of the first recto. On ff. 4-54v, 25 long lines; the other texts in 2 columns of 34-35 lines; both written on the top line; ruled in... Part 1. Decoration: On ff. 4-54v, 3- to 2-line initials up to f. 25v (thereafter uncompleted) and rubrics in orange-tinged red; in the other texts, 3- to 2-line initials, placed outside the written space, in red, dark green or light blue. Part 2. Span folios: ff. 1-2v. Support: Parchment. Contemporary flyleaves, included in the foliation as ff. 1-2, but originating as a bifolium in a separate codex (i.e. a missal, bound here in reversed order). Written in a pregothic script. Music: Neumes on 4-line staves with C or F clef indicated. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/24/2012. Cloth label on spine: "MS 8." Belonged to the Tollemache Library, Helmingham Hall: n. 24 in the old Helmingham catalogue; label on inside of front cover: "L.J.II.6" altered to "L.H.II.28" and "24" in pencil (for a brief history of this library, see the Sotheby catalogue, 14 June 1965, iii-viii). Acquired by the Huntington Library from Alan G. Thomas, Catalogue 28 (1972) n. 4.
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