Lincoln, Cathedral Library, MS 138
| Library | Lincoln, Cathedral Library |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | MS 138 |
| Century | saec. XII |
| Provenance | Lincoln cathedral |
| European region of origin | England |
| Collection | Gratian, Concordia discordantium canonum |
| Description at | archive.lincolncathedral.com |
| Description at 2 | archive.org (1927 catalogue) |
| Description at 3 | mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
Lincoln, Cathedral Library, MS 138 is a copy of Gratian's Concordia discordantium canonum.
The 1927 catalogue dated it to the thirteenth century, but Kuttner (followed by Thomson) asserted it was written in the twelfth. It can be identified with an entry in the 15th c. Lincoln catalogue. According to Woolley, many initials and even whole pages were cut out.
The 1989 catalogue describes it as an English manuscript saec. XIIex composed of 172 parchment leaves, with most quires being quaterniones; the collation formula is: 18 (- 1), 2-88, 98 (-2), 108 (-1), 11-138, 148 (-2), 15-228. Written in two columns. Thomson describes the decoration, based on the only (!) remaining inital, as late Channel style. Not glossed, but annotated "in hands of the late 12th-15th centuries" (Thomson).
Literature
Woolley, Catalogue pp. xii, 97. – Kuttner, Repterorium p. 106. – Ker, Medieval libraries p. 117. – Thomson, Catalogue pp. 106-107.
