Manuscripts

Oxford, St John’s College, MS 17

Latin
c. 1110
English manuscripts
vellum

English manuscript compilation of Latin materials on computus, mathematics and other medieval sciences.

Identifiers

Location

England Oxford, St John's College

Shelfmark

17

Type

computistics religious calendars

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Latin

Date

c. 1110

Origin, provenance

Provenance: ThorneyThorney

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more Thorney Abbey, Cambridgeshire.

Hands, scribes

Two main hands and three assistants have been detected.

Additions

Old English glosses

Codicological information

Material

vellum

Table of contents

Legend

Texts

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Locus

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f. 23ra.34: meaning folio 23 recto, first column, line 34
f. 96vb.m: meaning folio 96, verso, second column, middle of the page (s = top, m = middle, i = bottom)
- Note that marg. = marginalia, while m = middle.
p. 67b.23: meaning page 67, second column, line 23

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English manuscripts

Sources

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

[dig. img.] Oxford Digital Library, Online: Oxford University, 2001–present. URL: <http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library>.

direct link

[dig. img.] [ed.] The calendar and the cloister: Oxford, St John's College MS 17, Online: McGill University Library, Digital Collections Program, 2007–present. URL: <http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/ms-17/>.

abstract:

The calendar and the cloister is a scholarly resource devoted to a single medieval manuscript: Oxford, St John's College 17. This splendid volume was created in the first decade of the 12th century at Thorney Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Cambridgeshire. Its importance for the cultural and intellectual history of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England has been recognized since the 16th century by historians, philologists, and scholars working in the fields of medieval science, monastic culture, and the history of the book.

Secondary sources (select)

The calendar and the cloister: Oxford, St John's College MS 17, Online: McGill University Library, Digital Collections Program, 2007–present. URL: <http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/ms-17/>.

abstract:

The calendar and the cloister is a scholarly resource devoted to a single medieval manuscript: Oxford, St John's College 17. This splendid volume was created in the first decade of the 12th century at Thorney Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Cambridgeshire. Its importance for the cultural and intellectual history of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England has been recognized since the 16th century by historians, philologists, and scholars working in the fields of medieval science, monastic culture, and the history of the book.

Commentary by Faith Wallis