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Detailed record for Egerton 3323


Part 1	f. 1r-v
	Title		Leaf from a Pontifical containing part of the Benedictio corporalis and the Benedictio baculi et perae
	Origin		England
	Date		2nd half of the 13th century, or 14th century
	Language		Latin
	Script		Gothic
	Decoration		Large initials in red with green pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.
	Dimensions in mm		255 x 175 (240 x 155) in two columns

Part 2	f. 2r-v
	Title		Fragment of a bifolium from a Pontifical, containing parts of the Ordo ad barbam tondendam, the Ordo ad clericum faciendum, and the Benedictio salis et aquae
	Origin		England
	Date		2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
	Language		Latin
	Script		Protogothic
	Decoration		Large initials in red, blue and green, with red penwork decoration.
	Dimensions in mm		160 x 240 (in two columns)

Part 3	ff. 3-4v
	Title		Two leaves, not consecutive, containing parts of the Decretals of Gregory IX
	Origin		England?
	Date		2nd half of the 13th century
	Language		Latin
	Script		Gothic, written below top line
	Decoration		Small initials in red with green pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.
	Dimensions in mm		210 x 140 (195 x 115) in two columns

Part 4	f. 5r-v
	Author		Aristotle
	Title		Fragment of a leaf of Nicomachean Ethics
	Origin		Italy?
	Date		13th century
	Language		Latin
	Script		Gothic
	Decoration		Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.
	Dimensions in mm		230 x 155 in two columns

Part 5	f. 18r-v
	Author		Gerbert of Aurillac
	Title		Fragment of a leaf of the De Abaco
	Origin		Ireland
	Date		11th century
	Language		Latin
	Script		Insular minuscule
	Decoration		Small decorated initials in brown ink.
	Dimensions in mm		240 x 145 in two columns

Official foliation		ff. 31 (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning and 2 at the end)
Form		Parchment codex
Binding		BM/BL in-house.
Provenance		Rev. J. A. Giles (d. 1884), of Bampton, co. Oxon: inscribed 'Ex Bibl. Rev. J. Giles de Brampton Oxon' (1st flyleaf verso). Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books and manuscripts: inscribed '21162' (1st flyleaf verso). Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829).
Notes		Only the illuminated parts are described.
Select bibliography		British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1946-1950, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1979), I, no. Eg. 3323. Françoise Henry and G. I. Marsh-Micheli, 'A Century of Irish Illumination (1070-1170)', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 62 (1962), pp. 101-164 (p. 102, 120-1).

Images

Part 1 f. 1r-v

Leaf from a Pontifical containing part of the Benedictio corporalis and the Benedictio baculi et perae

f. 1
Decorated initial

f. 18
Coloured initials

Part 2 f. 2r-v

Fragment of a bifolium from a Pontifical, containing parts of the Ordo ad barbam tondendam, the Ordo ad clericum faciendum, and the Benedictio salis et aquae

f. 2
Decorated initials

Part 3 ff. 3-4v

Two leaves, not consecutive, containing parts of the Decretals of Gregory IX

f. 3
Decorated initials.

Part 4 f. 5r-v

Aristotle Fragment of a leaf of Nicomachean Ethics

f. 5
Decorated initials

Part 5 f. 18r-v

Gerbert of Aurillac Fragment of a leaf of the De Abaco



f. 18 Decorated initial	f. 18 Decorated initial

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