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Detailed record for Egerton 2710
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| Author |
Guischard de Beauliu |
| Title |
Theological miscellany, including a paraphrase of the Old Testament, in verse, imperfect, and a life of John (ff. 139v-142v) |
| Origin |
England |
| Date |
1st half of the 13th century |
| Language |
French (Anglo-Norman) |
| Script |
Gothic, written above top line |
| Decoration |
1 full-page ink drawing with a red wash of Christ in Majesty (f. 1). Large initials in gold on blue grounds with white filigree, with pen-flourishing in red and blue extending into the margins. Large initials in red with brown or blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. 1 marginal drawing in brown ink of Saul (f. 35v). Line-fillers in red and blue. From f. 136, paraphs in red or brown, probably added. Decorated title (f. 143v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
260 x 180 (180 x 130) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 151 ( + 2 unfoliated parchment leaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Brown leather with gold tooling by F. Bedford; gilt edges. |
| Provenance |
The Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, King's Mead, Derby: late 15h-century inscription (f. 83v).
W. G. Warton, Esq. , bought on 14 January 1889 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). |
| Notes |
One of four copies of Guischart de Beauliu's sermon, or Romaunz de Temtacioun de Secle in alexandrines in rhyme; another copy is Harley 4388 (see Legge 1963). |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum, 1894), no. Eg. 2710.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1929), no. 59.
M. Dominica Legge, Anglo-Norman in theCloisters: The Influence of the Orders upon Anglo-Norman Literature, Edinburgh University Publications Language and Literature, 2 (Edinburgh: University Press, 1950), pp. 113-14.
M. Dominica Legge, Anglo-Norman Literature and its Background (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963), pp. 134-38.
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 57.
La vie de Saint Laurent: An Anglo-Norman Poem of the Twelfth Century, ed. by D. W. Russell, Anglo-Norman Text Society, 34 (London: Anglo-Norman Text Society, 1976), preface, pp. 3-4 (as 'B') [with additional bibliography].
La Vengeance de Nostre-Seigneur: The Old and Middle French Prose Versions, ed. by Alvin E. Ford, 2 vols, Studies and Texts, 63 and 115 (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1993), II, pp. 2, 52 [ff. 39-41).
Ruth J. Dean and Maureen B. M. Boulton, Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts, Anglo-Norman Text Society, Occasional Publications Series, 3 (London: Anglo-Norman Text Society, 1999), p. 509.
Ian Short, 'Introduction, The Texts', in The Trinity Apocalypse (Trinity College Cambridge, MS R.16.2) (London: British Library, 2005), pp. 123-36 (p. 129). |
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f. 1v
Christ in Majesty |
f. 2
Illuminated initial |
f. 35v
Illuminated initial |
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f. 83v
Decorated initial |
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