Oxford, Bodleian Library, Auct. F. 4. 32. Century 10 | 11 | 9 Place of origin Brittany, Wales, England Language English | Greek | Latin Previous owners This remarkable volume seems to have been made up in the following way. Pt. III was written in Wales and is "the patriarch of all Welsh Books known", according to Henry Bradshaw. Pt. I, written in Brittany, must have crossed thence to Wales early in s. 10. Pt. IV, written about the same time as pt. I, but in Wales, must have joined the other two in time for the trasmission of all three (pts. I, III, IV) from Wales to Glastonbury in the time of St. Duncan (945-88). It can hardly be doubted that Dunstan owned at least pt. I, and probably Pt. III & IV, or that pt. II was written at Glastonbury and added to the volume in s. 11. Late in s. 15 the book (or at least IV) was "in custodia fratris. H. Langley") (47), and it (or at least pt. I) was seen by Leland in about 1540 at Glastonbury (Collectanes III 154 "Grammatica Euticis, liber olim s. Dustani"). "THo. Allen : D(ono) D(edit)", in 1601. Composite ms. 4 parts Material Membr. Height × width 10 3/5 x 7 7/8 in. No. of leaves ii + 48 Cover s. 19 Initials etc. With some ornamental capitals Printed catalogs F. Madan & H.H.E. Craster, A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford II 1 (1922) 243-5 # 2176. | In the old catalogue of the Library at Glastonbury, made in 1248 (printed in Hearne, Johannes Glastoniensis 2 (1726) 423-4), this book may be "Duo libri Euticis de verbo . vetustis" at p. 441. Publ. descriptions The chief authorities on this book are Hickes, Thesaurus 2 (1706) 63 (Wanley on pt. II, &c.). Villemarque, Archives des Missions ... littéraires 5 (1856) 235 241-4. Zeuss, Grammatica Celtica (2^1871) xxvi-vii 1052-60. Stubbs, Memorials of St. Dunstan, Rolls Series 63 (1874) cx-xi. R. Ellis, Hermes 15 (1880) 425-32. H. Bradshaw, Collected Papers (1889) 283 455-8 483-7. Macray, Annals of the Bodleian (2^1890) 23-4 443. New Palaegraphical Society (1906) 1st series, plates 81-2. W.M. Linsay, Early Welsh Script (1912) 7-10. Source Folkerts | Madan & Craster (1922) Type of source cat. | pvt. notes Source’s source insp. Work 1Scribe(s) A son of Chomoneus (chiefly) Title (ms.) The "Liber Commonei", containing amongst other things: Short title Liber Commonei Century 9 Precise date c. 820 Place of origin Wales Language Greek | Latin | Welsh No. of ms. part III (19-) Type of writing Hiberno-Saxon characters Initials etc. With some illuminated capitals. Work 2Title (ms.) A Runic alphabet Contents With geometrical and calendarial matter, including a cycle for 817-35. Incipit geometrie (?) cal^e computus mathe Language Latin | Welsh Additional remarks (geometrical and calendarial matter) Partly in Welsh Folio no. 20- | 20-1v Rubric Nemnius istas reperit literas uituperante quidam scolastico saxonici generis quia brittones non haberent rudimentum at ipse subito ex machinatione mentis suae formauit eäs ut uituperationem et hebitudinem deieceret gentis uae <?> de figuris et nominibus dicens Work 3Title (ms.) A calendarial piece Folio no. 22- Rubric En onoma(ti) Christi Incipit paruum experimentum de luna Work 4Title (ms.) De mensuris calculi Contents Notes on several kinds of measures of quantity and weight Incipit Mensura centum sextarii omnes sextarii Printed catalogs C. Singer & D.W. Singer, Hand-list of scientific MSS. in the British Isles dating from before the sixteenth century; cf. D.W.Singer, Transactions of the Bibliographical Society 15 (1917-9). Facsimiles (facsimile of Nemnius alphabet) Hickes, Thesaurus 1 (1706) 168. Folio no. 23- | 23-4 Rubric Incipiunt pauca excerpta de mensuris calculi | Parca exemplum (??) de mensuris calculi olearia incipiunt Explicit ebellus I scrupulum. Glosses etc. With many Latin glosses.
