London, British Library Harley 3826 Alcuin, Bede "De orthographia;' Abbo of St. Germain, Martianus Capella, etc.

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276. London, British Library Harley 3826

Alcuin, Bede "De orthographia;'

Abbo of St. Germain, Martianus Capella, etc.

[Ker 241, Gneuss 438]

HISTORY: Late 10c/early  11c, English. Origin perhaps Abingdon on the basis of paleography (Bishop 1971: 13) and evidence of glossary material (Porter 1999: 172, 2002: 38); items 1 and 2 textually agree very closely with Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 221, a 9c manuscript written on the continent at a center with insular roots (Jones 1975: 4; Bishop 1955: 187). Name 'Antho: Turpyne' (16c) appears on f. 167v; Ker notes same name on Bodi. Auct. D. 3. 4 (2031), f. 389v and Bodley 776 (2559), f. 7 1r; all three signatures are in the same hand, and Auct. D. 3. 4, a 13c Bible, was apparently from Exeter; probably this is the Anthony Turpyn of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, d. 1624 (cf. Wright 1972: 332-33). Owned by William Howard of Naworth (1563-1640) in 17c (Bernard 1697 2.15, no. 629), from whom John Warburton (1682-1759) must have acquired it (his table of contents, f. 168v, rotated, cf. Wright 1972: 198-99). It was acquired by Edward Harley (1689-1741) from Warburton (note on old paper front flyleaf, verso) on 16 July 1720 along with Harley 2965 [271], Harley 3013 [272], and Harley 3376 [274] (Ker, Cat. p. 309). The warrant for the inclusion of this item in the series are the two integral OE gloss words on f. 166v.