Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 027: Zacharias of Besançon OPrem, De concordia euangelistarum

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Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 027: Zacharias of Besançon OPrem, De concordia euangelistarum

Alternate Title:

Unum ex quatuor Zachariae Chrysopolitani

Language:

Latin

Extent:

ff. 228

Dimensions:

365 Height (mm) and 240 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1100 - 1225]

Provenance:

From Leiston Abbey, Suffolk. The inscription is gone, but Nasmith says: Paginae primae olim legebatur inscriptum: Ex dono dompni Galfridi archidiaconi cuius anima per misericordiam dei requiescat in pace. Amen. De ecclesia beatae Marie de Leystona, Suffolc.

Table of contents:

De concordia euangelistarum

Description:

CCCC MS 27, dating from the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, contains a copy of Zacharias of Besançon's De concordia evangelistarum, also known as the Vnum ex quatuor, a Gospel-harmony which also gives etymologies for Greek, Hebrew and some Latin words. Zacharias, who died in 1156, was a member of the Premonstratensian abbey at Laon, and an ex libris inscription, now lost, identified CCCC MS 27 as belonging to the Premonstratensian abbey of St Mary's, Leiston, Suffolk.