Complete Catalogue - University of Massachusetts Amherst

55 Pages·2013·1.3 MB·English

Catalogue of
Manuscripts
in the
Five Colleges
C M
ATALOGUE OF ANUSCRIPTS
F C
OF THE IVE OLLEGES

AMHERST COLLEGE
SMITH COLLEGE
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE

Compiled by: S. J. Harris, V. K. Worth, J. Kelly, M. Antonetti, M. Kelly, et al.
[as of 4/2013]

NOTES. This is a preliminary list based on MARC records. Those records were written by Jim
Kelly of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. With the MARC records collated, Victoria
Kent Worth physically corroborated the existence of each manuscript, checked the information
against the accession files (if available), and noted any manuscripts uncatalogued or missing.
Her list of MHC uncatalogued and missing mss. can be found as Appendix A at the end of this
document.

Alongside the MARC records, there exist a collection of a dozen or so analytic bibliographies as
well as codocilogical and cultural studies of Amherst College and Smith College manuscripts.
These studies and bibliographies were the result of graduate courses in paleography and
codicology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (The most extensively studied
manuscript is AC MS B 3.15, a rule for nuns. The Five-College Digital Manuscript Group
therefore recommends that AC MS B 3.15 be the first one digitized.)

CONTENTS:
1) preliminary list of manuscripts
2) preliminary catalogue of manuscripts which includes the MARC record of each
manuscript (with the exception of AC, for which the records have been modified)
3) Appendix by V. K. Worth.

—SJH, April, 2013
PRELIMINARY LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS

AMHERST COLLEGE

[1] MS B 3.1. Holy Offices. Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae
[2] MS B 3.2. Life of St. Anthony of Padua
[3] MS B 3.3. Castiglione. Ad sacratissimum Britanniae Regem Henricum.
[4] MS B 3.4. Jerome, Vita beati Pauli. Jerome, De Malcho. Cicero, Ad Q. fratrem
[5] MS B 3.5. Jacopo Campora. De immortalitate anime
[6] MS B 3.6. Augustine. Meditationes.
[7] MS B 3.7. Book of hours. Horae.
[8] MS B 3.8. Antoninus, Saint. Summa theologica.
[9] MS B 3.9. Pope Clement VIII. Breve al Card. Pietro A[l]dobrandini
[10] MS B 3.10. Psalter
[11] MS B 3.11. Cavalca, Domenico. Specchio di Croce.
[12] MS B 3.12. Arithmetical and geometrical rules, receipts for board
[13] MS B 3.13. Lucan. Pharsalia
[14] MS B 3.14. Cicero. De officiis.
[15] MS B 3.15. Benedictine Rule
[16] MS B 3.16. Constitutiones operae Imprunetanae
[17] MS B 3.17. Constitutions of the Convent of Santa Martha, in Siena
[18] MS B 3.18. Sallust. Bellum Catilinae.
[19] MS B 3.19. Del Nero, Giovanni. Il Priorista.
[20] MS B 3.20. Frontinus, Sextus Julius. Strategematica.
[21] MS B 3.21. Horace. Ars poetica, Epistolae.
[22] MS B 3.22. Persius. Satirae.
[23] MS B 3.23. Horace. Satirae.
[24] MS B 3.24. Ordinal

MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE

[1] MH-sc WS +F86. Fraterna di S. Nicolo delli Marineri. Registro.
[2] MH-sc 32XI –P2. Papyri fragments from Oxyrhynchus and the Fayûm.
[3] MH-sc DS822.2 .s44. Shikyō [?]
[4] MH-sc C28 G. Leaf from Gradual.
[5] Card 69YH5. Hindustani booklets. [not included below]
[6] Card 69YH5b. Book in Hindi [not included below]
[7] N/A. Account for Wattisfield House, 1597. [not included below]
[8] N/A. Arabic Manuscript 1. [not included below]
[9] N/A. Arabic Manuscript 2. [not included below]
[10] N/A. Arabic Manuscript 3. [not included below]
[11] N/A. Arabic Manuscript 4. [not included below]
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[12] Card 635XJ+P. Persian poem. [1577?] [not included below]
[13] Card 69XJ-S. Sutras. [on bamboo?] [not included below]
[14] BZMB MS 1. Koran (1276) [not included below]
[15] BZMB MS 2. Koran (1226) [not included below]
[16] Card 36Y.B63g. Boccaccio, Genealogiar deorum gentilium. [1590?] [not included
below]
[17] Card 35Y//T3. Terence. Comodiae. (1475) [not included below]
[18] Card 35Y//L5. Livy. Ab urbe condita [1380?] [missing]
[19] MH-sc BS2674 .A76. Bible leaf [15th C?] [missing]

HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE

No manuscripts.

SMITH COLLEGE

[1] MS 225. Thomas, of Celano, Vita sancta clare
[2] MS 240. Bible, Latin. Vulgate. 12--. France
[3] MS 241. Bible, Latin. Vulgate. 12--. Germany
[4] MS 254. Catholic Church. Book of Hours. France. 15th c.
[5] MS 255. Catholic Church. Book of Hours. [ca. 1410-1420]
[6] MS 257 Catholic Church Missal [15--] Uncatalogued?
[7] MS 261. Catholic Church Missal
[8] MS 263. Catholic Church Vesperal
[9] MS 274. Catholic Church. Book of Hours. [1442]
[10] MS 288. Catholic Church. Book of Hours. ca. 1460
[11] MS 291. Catholic Church. Psalter, ca. 1250

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST

[1] MS 570. Fifty leaves from medieval mss. (s.xii–xvi)
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A C M
MHERST OLLEGE ANUSCRIPTS

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AC • MS B 3.1

Holy Offices
Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae

PLACE & DATE: [Italy, 14--]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 73 leaves : parchment, music ; 175 x 120 (125 x 95) mm. bound to
185 x 135 mm.
LANGUAGE NOTE: Latin.
NOTE(S): Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Chiefly written in 5 lines on pages with music; full pages without music in 16
lines; other pages have varying numbers of lines ranging from 6 to 15.
Script: Written in Latin minuscule.
Decoration: Illuminated initials.
Music: Contains musical notation (Gregorian).
Binding: 16th cent., early. Stamped deerskin over oak boards.
Origin: Written in Italy, late 15th cent.
Shelfmark: Amherst, Amherst College Library, MS B3 no. 1.
Contents: Fol. 1r-73r: "[rubr.] Dominica in ramis palmarum. [text] Pueri hebreorum tollentes
ramos olivarum obviaverunt domino clamantes et dicentes et dicentes [sic] osanna in
excelsis ... Satisfaciat et cum ut super notatum est. [rubr.] Cinis est."
CITATION/REFERENCES: Faye & Bond, p. 202, no. 1.
Abstract: Fol. 1-50 and 53-73 are original parchment; fol. 51-52 are supplied in a 16th cent.
cursive hand.

NOTES:

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AC • MS B 3.2

Life of St. Anthony of Padua

PLACE & DATE: [Italy, ca. 1450?]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 38 leaves : parchment ; 165 x 110 (108 x 74) mm. bound to 173 x
122 mm.
LANGUAGE NOTE: Italian.
NOTE(S): Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Written in 25 lines.
Script: Written in Italian minuscule.
Decoration: Illuminated initials and miniatures.
Binding: Ca. 1700. Green goatskin.
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1450.
Shelfmark: Amherst, Amherst College Library, MS B3 no. 2.
Bookplate (18th cent.) on front cover paste-down: Ex libris Andreae Belli Rom Iatro-
Chirurgi.
CONTENTS: Fol. 1r-32v: [Life of Saint Anthony of Padua]. [text] "Lterno verbo altissimo oe
figiulo dedio delpaterno utero in nant alucifero generato elquale nelprincipio fondo la
terra insapienda edeli con prudentia stabili destelle lucente ... Etutte laltre sono falsitade
evantidae einganni e ombra lequale tutte fugendo o anima dinota solo idio cercha
morento almondo acio che troiu vera vita laquale e idio vino evero."
CONTENTS: Fol. 33r-38v: [Homily on the creation]. [rubr.] "Incominda ladetta omelia sopra
eldetto evȧ[n]gelio. [text] Oloe elsacro evangelio che maria che maria sta almonimė[n]to
epi̇[n]angeva ... possendo dendo tale gratia i̇[n]questa vita pervenue possiamo alasua
celestiale gloria doue lanime goveṙ[n]ano per infinita secula seculorum. Aṁ[en]."
CITATION/REFERENCES: Faye & Bond, p. 202, no. 2.

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AC • MS B 3.3

Castiglione, Baldassarre, conte, 1478-1529.

Ad sacratiss. Britannie Regem Henricum Baltasar Charus Castilionus de Guidubaldo Mō[nte]feltrio
Urbini Duce.
Variant Title Ad sacratissimum Britanniae Regem Henricum.

PLACE & DATE: [Italy, ca. 1513?]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 32 leaves : parchment ; 204 x 140 (138 x 72) mm. bound to 204 x
148 mm.
LANGUAGE NOTE: Latin.
NOTE(S): Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 19 lines; frame-ruled.
Script: Written in Italian book hand.
Binding: Early 16th century. Vellum.
Origin: Written in Italy, early 16th cent.
Fol. 26r and 28v-32r are blank.
Shelfmark: Amherst, Amherst College Library, MS B3 no. 3.
CONTENTS: Fol. 1r-28r: [rubr.] "Ad sacratiss. Britannie Regem Henricum Baltasar Charus
Castilionus de Guidubaldo Mō[nte]feltrio Urbini Duce. [text] Illem sacratiss. Rex ut
quod olim ad te scribendi mihi iucundissimum erat argumentum ... virtun [sic]
hospicium tu dare solus habes."
CONTENTS: Fol. 32v: [rubr.] "Beata est mihi quae fuerat tam languida munere vel pretio tanto
crede labor, dolor."
CITATION/REFERENCES: Faye & Bond, p. 202, no. 3.

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AC • MS B 3.4

Vita beati Pauli primi eremitae ab Hieronymo presbytero compilata i[n]cip[it]. De
Malcho monacho captivo libellus ab Hieronymo editus incipit feliciter. M.T.
Ciceronis Ad Q. fratrem de petitione consulatus.

PLACE & DATE: [Italy, ca. 1475]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 46 leaves : parchment ; 168 x 122 (120 x 70) mm. bound to 172 x
130 mm.
LANGUAGE NOTE: Latin.
NOTE(S): Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Written in 18 lines.
Script: Written in Latin minuscule.
Decoration: Illuminated initials.
Binding: 17th cent. Vellum.
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1475.
Amherst College Library copy wanting fol. 1-14.
Shelfmark: Amherst, Amherst College Library, MS B3 no. 4.
Ms. exlibris of A. Francioni (1820) on front free endpaper.
CONTENTS: Fol. 1r-14v: [Theological treatise].
CONTENTS: Fol. 15r-26v: Vita beati Pauli primi eremitae / S. Hieronymus.
Fol. 26v-36v: De Malcho monacho captivo libellus / S. Hieronymus.
Fol. 37r-46v: Ad Q. Fratrem de petitione consulatus / Cicero.
CITATION/REFERENCES: Faye & Bond, p. 202, no. 4.

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AC • MS B 3.5

Jacopo Campora, bishop of Caffa
De immortalitate anime in modum dialogi vulgariter incipit prologus lege feliciter

PLACE & DATE: [Italy, ca. 1500?]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 59, [1], 10, 5 leaves : paper ; 216 x 145 (155 x 90) mm. bound to
225 x 150 mm.
LANGUAGE NOTE: Italian and Latin.
NOTE(S): Ms. codex.
Leaf following fol. 59 is numbered "61" in later pencil.
Layout: Written in 24 lines.
Script: Written in Italian book hand and Latin book hand by two different scribes.
Binding: Half sheepskin over oak boards, with clasp.
Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1500, by two hands.
Shelfmark: Amherst, Amherst College Library, MS B3 no. 5.
CONTENTS: Fol. 1r-58v: De immortalitate anime in modum dialogi vulgariter.
CONTENTS: Fol. 59: [Table of contents].
Fol. [1]r-[10]v (second group), [1]r-[5]r (third group): [Treatise on the difference
between the body and the soul].
CITATION/REFERENCES: Faye & Bond, p. 202, no. 5.

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