London, British Library, Royal 10 C. v Petrus Cantor: Biblical Commentaries

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296. London, British Library, Royal 10 C. v

Petrus Cantor: Biblical Commentaries

[Ker 262, Gneuss - ]

HISTORY: As Ker (Cat.) notes, the only clue to the manuscript's history occurs in a note in the top margin of f. 389r: "Mag<iste>r Will<elm> us de Weleb<ur>ne h<abe>t q<u>at<er>nu<m> q<u>i h<ic> deest de notul<is> sup<er> actus [apostolorum]." Master William may have been a canon of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1237. Petrus Cantor was precentor of Notre-Dame in 1184 and afterwards Dean of Reims; he died in Longpont Abbey in 1197. Two notes in OE in the bottom margins of ff. 18r and 74v and a comment in Latin written above the first assist in the dating. That on f. 7 4v refers, as Ker documents, to the raising of the siege of Verneuil on 28 May 1194, that on f. 18r to the capture of Gisors in April 1193. Above the second note is added in different ink: 'hoc sc<ri>psi parisi<us> sedens ad libru<m> meu<m> die quo gisortiu<m> captu<m> fuit'. Ker assigns the manuscript the date 1193-1194.