Dublin, Trinity College 114 (A. 5. 2) Clement of Llanthony: "Concordia quatuor evangelistarum"
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115. Dublin, Trinity College 114 (A. 5. 2)
Clement of Llanthony: "Concordia quatuor evangelistarum"
(Formerly belonged with BL Cotton Faustina A. v)
[Ker 152, Gneuss -]
HISTORY: This manuscript was earlier part of a larger collection that also included what is now London, British Library, Cotton Faustina A. v (191). After dismemberment by Henry Savile the Elder (1547-1622), Faustina was given to Thomas Allen (1542-1632), but TCD 114 came to Dublin via James Ussher (1581-1656), archbishop of Armagh (Watson 1969: 33). On f. iii verso there is a list of contents of the second half of the 15c including items 1 and 2-5, plus 'libellus Ric<ard>i hampole de eme<n>daci<on>e vite' and 'Exordiu(m) dunel<mensis> cenobij', the latter two items now in Faustina. The whole manuscript was at the Cistercian abbey of BVM at Fountains, and the Fountains pressmarks occur above and below the list of contents on f. iii verso: (a) The<c>a 8a in nou<is> lib<ris> 1 A. Lib. s<anc>te Marie de Fontib<us>; (b) Theca 8a in nouis arm<ari>is lib. 1 A. xvij. j In p<ro>pria classe codice<m> p<ost> lecta reco<n>de (reproduced with other pertinent pressmarks for comparison in Thompson, et al. 1903-1912: 2, pl. 147, nos. 3a, 36). Evidently Booklets A (item 1) and B (items 2-5) were together in the second half of the 15c, but B was earlier added to A, as indicated by the last three leaves of Quire IX being cut out as presumably unused and the handwriting and format of Quire X being different. The flyleaves, i and iii, contain theological text of the mid 15c, but could have been added later.