Homilies of Saint Gregory on the Book of Ezekiel
Pope Gregory I
(about 540–604)
mid-13th century
Medium/TechniqueTempera and ink on parchment; bindings of calfskin over boards, with leather bands
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 33.7 x 23 cm (13 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Other (writing space): 8.6 x 6.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Other (intercolumnar space): 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Other (writing space): 8.6 x 6.3 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Other (intercolumnar space): 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.138
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Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceMid-thirteenth century, probably written at the royal Cistercian abbey of Royaumont for King Louis IX [see note 1]; 1791, documented at the Abbey of Royaumont [see note 2]; 1806, acquired by Charles Chardin (bookseller; b. 1742 - d. 1826), Paris [see note 3]; February 9 - March 22, 1824, Chardin sale, Debure Frères, Hôtel de Bullion, Paris, lot 223, sold to J.-P. Aillaud, probably for Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792 - d. 1872), Cheltenham, England [see note 4]; June 10-17, 1896, posthumous Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 117, to Quaritch, Ltd., London [see note 5]; probably sold by Quaritsch through Edward Waldo Forbes to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)
NOTES:
[1] Two thirteenth-century inscriptions on f. 117 read: "Liber s[an]c[ta]e Mariae Regalis Montis," which can be found in other manuscripts originating at Royaumont; and "Iste liber de fuit de armario domini regis" ("This book is from the cabinet of the lord King").
[2] The abbey at Royaumont was dissolved in 1791. An inventory drawn up at that time lists the present manuscript under no. 44. See M. Huglo, "La dispersion des manuscrits de Royaumont," Revue Benedictine 113 (2003): pp. 379-380.
[3] Huglo 2003 (as above, n. 2), pp. 370 and 390. In Chardin's catalogue of 1811, this was cat. no. 47. There is also a pencil notation inside front cover.
[4] Huglo, p. 390. Phillipps lion rampant stamp on front flyleaf and notation "Phillipps Ms 766" on flyleaf verso.
[5] Ross acquired other manuscript leaves from Quaritsch through Forbes.
NOTES:
[1] Two thirteenth-century inscriptions on f. 117 read: "Liber s[an]c[ta]e Mariae Regalis Montis," which can be found in other manuscripts originating at Royaumont; and "Iste liber de fuit de armario domini regis" ("This book is from the cabinet of the lord King").
[2] The abbey at Royaumont was dissolved in 1791. An inventory drawn up at that time lists the present manuscript under no. 44. See M. Huglo, "La dispersion des manuscrits de Royaumont," Revue Benedictine 113 (2003): pp. 379-380.
[3] Huglo 2003 (as above, n. 2), pp. 370 and 390. In Chardin's catalogue of 1811, this was cat. no. 47. There is also a pencil notation inside front cover.
[4] Huglo, p. 390. Phillipps lion rampant stamp on front flyleaf and notation "Phillipps Ms 766" on flyleaf verso.
[5] Ross acquired other manuscript leaves from Quaritsch through Forbes.
about 1400–50
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
about 1400–50
about 1250–1300
late 13th century
about 1433–66
about 1450–75
