Accounts of properties of the hospital in Vernon

France, Vernon, 13th century, last quarter

parchment

140 leaves

245 × 180 mm

Latin, French

1 (ff. 1r–1v) List of land

Incipit: Ci sont les terres de lespinoy qui appartiennent alostel dieu de vernon

Explicit: Le courtil deuant laporte C xiiii perches

Note: f. 2: blank.

2 (ff. 3r–140r) Accounts of properties of the hospital in Vernon

Incipit: Quicumque uoluerit scire modum et ordinacionem eorum que in isto libello continentur Legat ea et videat que secuntur Continet autem iste libellus seu continere debet Redditus debitos domui dei de vernone

Explicit: Magistro Ricardo pele vnum quarterium mutonis ad ascensionem domini de domo que fuit Johannis trop cras

Note:

The manuscript contains many blank leaves to allow the list to be expanded. These leaves are ruled and sometimes provided with running titles.

f. 140v: blank.

Edition: Louis (1997).

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI

Support: Parchment

Locus: RCI

Support: Paper

Watermark 1

RCI,

Motif: Beehive 1839

Leaf dimensions: 245 × 180 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1r–140v

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 245 × 180 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in ink and pencil.

Running titles in black ink.

Collation

Formula: 1(8, lacks 1-2), 2-16(8), 17(8, lacks 7-8), 18(8)

Note: Viscoll collation

Condition

Textblock

f. 22, f. 97: bottom half of leaf cut off.

Layout

Columns: 1

Ruled lines: 33

Written area: 180 × 125 mm

Note: Ruling in ink and lead. Pricking (slahes) in the margins. The majority of the text is a list. The top most line is used for the running titles, the outer margin is ruled in several narrow columns. One of these columns is filled with roman numerals and in the column next to the main text the capitals introducing a new paragraph is placed.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

(ff. 3r–140r)Cursiva antiquior.

Hand 2

(ff. 1r–1v)Textualis

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top of page, in black ink by a medieval hand, four lines of text in French; bottom left corner, National Library book label with current signum.

Textblock

(f. 3r) Manicule in the inner margin.

(f. 28r) Elaborate cross-like shape drawn in the outer margin in brown ink.

(ff. 35v, 67r, 107v–107v) Additions in the margin in ink by a medieval hand. The first two are short additions, while the one on (f. 107v) is longer (8 lines).

(f. 107A) Parchemnt note attahced to (f. 107v) with a metal pin. (f. 107Ar) contain 7 lines of text in French written by a medieval hand, (f. 107Av) is blank.

(f. 135r) Interlinear addition in French.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in black ink. Capitals often placed in a separate column in the outer margin, e.g. (f. 3r).

Initials:

(f. 1r): Penwork initial C over 5 lines (+ extending above the line) in black ink, penwork intitial over 2 lines below the larger initial. (f. 3r): opening plain intitial Q over 3 lines in black with interior reserved shapes. There is a face drawn in the counter space (possibly a later addition) and a guide letter in the margin. (ff. 15r–140r): plain initials over 2-4 lines in black.

Binding

Description:

Medieval binding. Brown leather over wooden boards. 4 double raised bands, 2 single raised band, and endbands. LCO, top of page in black ink: ‘N^o 39. Reditus Domus Dei in vernone’. Spine, black ink and printed on a torn label: ‘St-s II REDITUS DOMUS DEI DE VERNONE’; stamped in gold (but faded): ‘A 239’; National Library book label with current signum.

Binding dimensions: 250 × 190 × 50 mm

Condition: Leather worn. Spine repaired with newer leather. LCO, repairs with white leather; middle of cover outer edge, 2 holes; upper part of cover, two nails (remnats of clasp).

History

Origin

France, Vernon, 13th century, last quarter

Provenance

The manuscript was likely written in Vernon. Later the manuscript probably belonged to Paul Petau, from whom it was acquired by Queen Christina and brought to Sweden. The signum on the LCO corresponds to the catalogue of 1734 (125e), where it is listed as:‘ Phil. in 4^o no 39’.

In 1997 the manuscript was on loan to Vernon.