Distinctiones

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 21693B
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006711127
  • Dates of Creation
    • [early XIII cent.]
  • Language of Material
    • Latin Latin.
  • Physical Description
    • 26 ff. : Parchment ; c. 215 x 160 mm.
      Limp vellum covers.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

An early-thirteenth century collection of distinctiones from the Mostyn library. The distinctiones are theological and scriptural and, to a small extent, merely grammatical. They are set out in the characteristically medieval schematic pattern. Quotations in the distinctiones are mostly from Scripture; there are also however some from the Fathers, from the Liturgy and, among the pagan writers, Boethius, Virgil, Ovid and Lucan. The compilation appears in part at least to be an original one. It is the work of one hand, an English one, well written and prettily decorated in red and green.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 21693B.

Custodial History

Bookplate of 'Tho Mostyn 1744 No. 76'; sold in 1920, it then passed through the collections of J. P. R. Lyell and H. Bradfer-Lawrence.

Additional Information

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