Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 187: Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia ecclesiastica, transl. by Rufinus
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- Title:
- Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 187: Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia ecclesiastica, transl. by Rufinus
- Alternate Title:
- Eusebii Historia per Rufinum
- Language:
- Latin
- Extent:
- ff. 133
- Dimensions:
- 293 Height (mm) and 192 Width (mm)
- Approximate Date:
- [ca. 1000 - 1099]
- Provenance:
- No mark is left, but from a list of books repaired at Christ Church, Canterbury, it can be identified as having belonged to that house. The opening words of the second leaf give the clue. Ancient Libraries, p. 158, no. 155.
- Table of contents:
- Historia ecclesiastica, transl. by Rufinus
- Description:
- CCCC MS 187 contains the translation by Rufinus (c. 345-410) of Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260-c. 340), Historia ecclesiastica and was written at the end of the eleventh century or start of the twelfth. It has certain later provenance at the cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury and may have been written there, but since it is not in the typical Christ Church script of this time, it may have been imported from elsewhere in England. At some point in the first quarter of the twelfth century CCCC MS 184 was copied from it either at or for Rochester, incorporating a textual omission from CCCC MS 187. The omission in CCCC MS 187 was rectified at some point in the twelfth century, while the Rochester copy's lacuna remained. This suggests that CCCC MS 187 was compared with another exemplar of the work at Canterbury.