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GILES OF ROME
Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/L25
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Sion L40.2/L25
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Title (The name of the record)
- GILES OF ROME
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1442
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Description (What the record is about)
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De regimine principum', a guide for princes by Aegidius Romanus, also known as Egidius Romanus, or Giles of Rome (c.1243-1316). This manuscript was written in Basel in 1442 (at the time of the Council of Basel) for Cardinal Louis de la Palud, also known as Louis de Palude (d. 1451). 'Incipit liber de Regimine principum editus a fratre Egidio romano ordinis fratrum heremitarum sancti Augustini. Ex regia ac sanctissima prosapia oriundo ... (f. 1v) requisiuit. (... table of chapters of bk. 1, pt. 1 ...) Oportet ut latitude ... (f. 225v) qui est benedictus in secula seculorum. Amen. Explicit liber de regimine 'regum et' principum editus a fratre Egidio Romano ordinis fratrum heremitarum sancti augustini quem scribi fecit Reuerendissimus in Christo pater et dominus dominus ludouicus miseratione diuina titulo sancte Susanne sacrosancte Romane ecclesie presbiter Cardinalis de Varambone vulgaritus nuncupatus Basilee Anno a natiuitate domini Millesimo quadringentesimo quadragesimo secundo. die vero veneris xxv mensis octobris completus extitit. sacro generali concilio residen' similiter et sanctissimo domino felice papa v(to)'. Two tables follow, written by the same scribe: ff. 226-245. 'Tabula ... ex duabus aliis tabulis compilata. Abhominari debemus ...'. ff. 246-256. 'Acies-Zelotipus'. ff. 256v-259v. blank.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Other manuscripts of the De regimine principum at Lambeth: MSS. 150, 184, 266 and Sion L40.2/L26.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sion College
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- viii, 259 ff.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Written at Basel in 1442 for Cardinal Louis de la Palud (d. 1451) called the Cardinal of Varambon or the Cardinal of Maurienne. His armorial shield is at the foot of f. 1r. Bought by Sion College with part of £50 given in 1632 by Robert Parkhurst, citizen and alderman of London, as appears from the Sion Benefactors' Register (Sion L40.2/E64, p. 17) and from a label pasted inside the cover. Sir Robert Parkhurst (c.1569-1636), merchant, was Lord Mayor of London in 1635. Recorded in John Spencer's catalogue of the Sion College manuscripts in 1650 (Sion L40.2/E92 f. 2r). Spencer recorded two copies of this text (now Sion L40.2/L25-26), with shelfmarks A6 and Y8. They were evidently confused, since the present manuscript, A6, has A6 written within the front cover but Y8 written on the foredge. Both copies are recorded as having survived the Fire of London (Sion L40.2/E58/2 f. 31v). This manuscript appears to have survived the Fire of London because (for some reason, perhaps because the text was duplicated in the Sion collection) it was chained amongst the printed books; only the manuscripts on shelves V, X and Y were saved. Recorded at Sion College in Edward Bernard, 'Catalogi Manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae' (Oxford, 1697) vol 2, no. 4067. Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Leather binding of first half of the 17th century, 292 x 220 mm., bearing arms of Parkhurst of London in gilt: argent a cross ermine between 4 bucks trippant proper. Evidence of chaining on front cover. Paper leaves, 286 x 210 mm. Written space (single colummn) 196 x 120 mm. 43 long lines. ff. iii-viii are blank paper, 15th century. Medieval foliation. Collation: 1-15(l6); 16(20) wants 20, probably blank. Written in fairly current hybrida. 4-line red initials, but only some of the spaces left for them have been filled. Secundo folio 'subtilem'.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/9ca0b191-49d1-40be-b1d1-d5b501d0286c/
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SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION
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SION COLLEGE: LATIN MANUSCRIPTS
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GILES OF ROME