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Detailed record for Egerton 875
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| Author |
John Chrysostom , translated by Georgius Trapezuntius |
| Title |
Homilies on Matthew |
| Origin |
Italy, Central (Florence) |
| Date |
c. 1460 - c. 1470 |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Humanistic |
| Scribe |
The scribe of the Ferrara Strabo |
| Artists |
By the same hand as the illuminator of the title in Arundel 81. |
| Decoration |
1 large historiated initial with a three-sided inhabited white vine border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 3 large white vine initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1*, 2, 103). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue, and/or green grounds. |
| Dimensions in mm |
390 x 270 (265 x 160) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 1*-2* + 283 (+ 3 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 1 unfoliated original and 3 paper flyleaves at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Pre-1600. Parchment; gilt edges. |
| Provenance |
Paris Jesuits, by 1763: inscribed 'Colleg. Paris Soctis Jesu', 'Paraphe au desir de l'arrest du cinq juillet mil sept cens soixante trois', signed by 'Mesnil', and twice 'Desportes' (f. 1*).
Inscribed '284' (f. 1*).
Inscribed '147' (2nd flyleaf verso).
Johan Meerman (b. 1753, d. 1815): his catalogue Bibliotheca Meermanniana sive Catalogus Librorum Impressorum et Codicum Manuscriptorum... (The Hague: [n. pub.],1824), IV, no. 445 p. 71; inscribed '445 Meereman catalogue 446 Jesuit catalogue 13523', probably by Bohn (see below), with a cutting from his? catalogue (inside upper cover).
Bought by the British Museum from Henry Bohn, 26 September 1840 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. |
| Select bibliography |
List of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1836-1840 (London: British Museum, 1843), no. Eg. 875.
Albinia de la Mare, 'New Research on Humanistic Scribes in Florence', in Miniatura fiorentina del Rinascimento, 1440-1525: un primo censimento, ed. by Annarosa Garzelli, 2 vols, ([Florence]: Giunta regionale toscana, 1985), I, pp. 395-574 (p. 545). |
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f. 1
John Chrysostom |
f. 103
White vine initial |
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