Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Bibliography for Harvard University, Houghton Library,
MS Richardson 26
This bibliography was compiled by Jessica Berenbeim, Justin Stover, Joshua O’Driscoll, William Stoneman and Julia Schlozman.
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HOLLIS Record (Link) and Digitial Images (Link)
Note: A companion volume containing other works by Augustine, Bury St. Edmunds press mark A.10 and no. xlii in its list of books, is now San Marino, California, Huntington Library, MS HM 31151.
M. R. James, On the Abbey of S. Edmund at Bury, 2 vols, Cambridge Antiquarian Society Octavo publications, 28 (Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1895). MS cited vol. I, The Library, 3. HOLLIS
Catalogue of Valuable and Rare Old and Modern Books and Important Ancient and Illuminated and Other Manuscripts Comprising the Property of J.A. Ruston, Esq. (of Monks Manor, Lincoln), the Property of George Holt Wilson (of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk), a Portion of the Library of the late Dr. Gott, Bishop of Truro; and others… which will be Sold by Auction… on Thursday, the 21st of July, 1910, and Following Day (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1910). MS designated lot no. 159.
Bernard Quaritch, Catalogue 321(December 1912). MS designated no. 249.
Bernard Quaritch, Catalogue 344 (1916). MS designated no. 42.
Bernard Quaritch, Catalogue 357 (1920). MS designated no. 380.
The Library of A. Chester Beatty: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts by Eric George Millar, 2 vols ([London]: by J. Johnson, for B. Quaritch, at Oxford University Press, 1927–30). MS cited vol. I, no. 25 and pl. LXXIII (reproducing f. 3).
Physical description of the manuscript, with a note on provenance.
HOLLIS
Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Western Manuscripts, the Property of A. Chester Beatty, Esq., the First Portion: which will be Sold by Auction… on Tuesday, the 7th of June, 1932 (London: Sotheby and Co., 1932). MS designated lot no. 6, with pl. 7 (reproducing f. 3).
Extensive description of the manuscript’s contents, with notes on script, decoration and provenance.
HOLLIS
William A. Jackson, “The William King Richardson Library,” Harvard Library Bulletin 5.3 (1951), pp. 328–337. MS cited p. 329.
Mentioned briefly in an article on the acquisition of the Richardson collection. Available online (Link). HOLLIS
Seymour de Ricci, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935-1940. (Reprint 1961). MS cited v. II, p. 2300.
A listing of the manuscript’s contents with folio numbers and references to Migne’s PL. An additional note on provenance. Available online (Link). HOLLIS
Harvard College Library, Illuminated & Calligraphic Manuscripts: An Exhibition held at the Fogg Art Museum & Houghton Library, February 14–April 1, 1955. Cambridge, Mass.: n.p., 1955. MS cited no. 9 and pl. 6 reproducing f. 2.
A brief description of the manuscript’s physical properties, with additional notes on binding, provenance, and bibliography. Available online (Link). HOLLIS
Walters Art Gallery, The History of Bookbinding, 525–1950 A.D.: An Exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, November 12, 1957 to January 12, 1958. Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1957. MS cited no. 106.
A thorough description of the manuscript’s binding. HOLLIS
W.H. Bond and C.U. Faye, Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. MS cited p. 246.
Very brief description. HOLLIS
N.R. Ker, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, 2nd ed. London: Royal Historical Society, 1964. MS cited pp. 16 and 19.
Brief citation in a list of manuscripts from the library at Bury St. Edmunds. HOLLIS
Houghton Library, The Houghton Library 1942–1967: A Selection of Books and Manuscripts in Harvard Collections. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard College Library [distributed by Harvard University Press], 1967. MS cited pp. 36-37, reproducing front cover/spine and f. 3.
A brief description of the manuscript. HOLLIS
Elizabeth Parker McLachan, “The Scriptorium of Bury St. Edmunds in the Third and Fourth Decades of the Twelfth Century: Books in Three Related Hands and Their Decoration,” Mediaeval Studies 40 (1978), 328–348. MS cited p. 337; Group C, no. 3, and pl. Ib, reproducing f. 56v.
The manuscript is discussed in general terms as belonging to a group of manuscripts produced by the same scribe (Group C). HOLLIS
Laura Light, The Bible in the Twelfth Century: An Exhibition of Manuscripts at the Houghton Library. Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1988. MS cited p. 108.
A brief description of the manuscript and its contents. HOLLIS
Registrum Anglie de libris doctorum et auctorum veterum, ed. by Richard H. Rouse and Mary A. Rouse, with Latin text established by R.A.B. Mynors, Corpus of Medieval British Library Catalogues, 2. London: British Library / British Academy, 1991. MS cited nos. R.1.45, 61, 64, 155, 161, and 162.
Briefly cited as a source for a variety of texts by Augustine. HOLLIS
English Benedictine Libraries: The Shorter Catalogues, ed. by R. Sharpe and others, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4. London: British Library / British Academy, 1996. MS cited no. B13.67
Briefly cited in a list of manuscripts from Bury St. Edmunds, press mark A.31 and no. lxii in its list of books. HOLLIS
Henry of Kirkestede, Catalogus de libris autenticis et apocrifis, ed. by Richard H. Rouse and Mary A. Rouse, Corpus of Medieval British Library Catalogues, 11. London: British Library / British Academy, 2004. MS cited nos. K.1. 34, 35, 36, 323, 340, and 442.
Briefly cited as a source for a variety of texts by Augustine. HOLLIS
William P. Stoneman, Of Current Interest: Recent Research on Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Hougton Library. Cambridge: Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library, 2006. MS cited no. 10.
A brief description that provides bibliography and a list of the manuscript’s contents. HOLLIS
Jorge Juan Fernandez Sangrador. “Textos patristicos en la coleccion de manuscritos latinos antiguos de The Houghton Library (The Harvard College Library,” Helmantica 61 (2010), 259-278 at p. 266. HOLLIS
Brief derivative description.
