A descriptive catalogue of the Western manuscripts in the library of Clare College, Cambridge / Described by Montague Rhodes James.

  • Clare College (University of Cambridge). Library.
Date:
1905
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Credit: A descriptive catalogue of the Western manuscripts in the library of Clare College, Cambridge / Described by Montague Rhodes James. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is headed by a miniature of excellent style. The ground on L. is red, on R. blue. On L. stands a speaker in cap, blue cloak, and light red robe. On R. a group of six: a seated man, two men standing, two women and a young girl. The men all wear long outer cloaks with sleeves which are empty. The poem ends on f. 21a'. Cest doctrinal deit hum escriure e retenir Kczr de bons enseignemenz oir e detenir Put hum ceu chose aprendre. dunt wn p/itrra ioir. Most of f. 22 a and all 22 h and 25 are blank. 5. Galfridi Monumetensis Historia Britonum . . . . f. 24 (See Ward’s Catalogue, l.c. p. 203.) Cum mecum multa et de multis sepius animo reuoluens. —interno gratulatur affectu. Britannia insularum optima ....... 24 Eneas post troianum bellum, etc. . . . . . 2\b The initial to the prologue represents a king with crown and sceptre in red mantle over blue, seated full face. It is of excellent style. On the lower margin of f. 36 <2 is a most excellent large drawing in outline. It represents Con- uuenna, the mother of Belinus and Brennius, greeting the latter when he had come to fight his brother. On the extreme L. is Brennius’s horse: shield, sword, and crowned helmet on the ground. Then Brennius in mail and surcoat embraced by his mother (who is crowned), while with one arm she bares her breast. Belinus in mail advances from R.: shield, sword and crowned helmet lie behind him. On R. he is seen again in helmet on horseback, another horseman by him. The lower margin of f. 53, which probably had a picture, has been cut off. On 56 b are the prologues to the Prophecies of Merlin. The Prophecies begin on f. 57. Ends on f. 75 b: in latinum transferre curaui. Then follows a note on the duration of the reigns of English kings from Alfred to Henry III., whose length of reign is left blank. Then a couplet (xiv, xv): Vxores trine domui sunt causa mine Tollantur bine sunt ad mala mox resupine. An erased couplet follows. On the last flyleaf are two rough late scribbles in English: no proper names occur. 28. Gelasius Cyzicenus. Kk. 5. 4 ? Paper, 16^ x iii ff. 2 + 52, 33 lines to a page. Cent, xvi, very well written, in a large sloping hand.