Marston MS 11           Germany, s. XIII med
Eusebius Pamphili, Historia ecclesiastica, Lat. tr. Rufinus



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1. ff. 1r-2r  //Dicunt esse medicorum ubi imminere urbibus uel regionibus
generales uiderint morbos prouidere aliquod medicamenti uel poculi...ita
et christiani fide atque operibus id agant ut paterne superstitionis
errore [added in another hand:]  relicto ad uere fidei lumen conuertantur.

Prologue of Rufinus with list of capitula for ch. 1 of Eusebius,
Historia ecclesiastica; large space unfilled at top of f. 1r, presumably 
for a decorative heading and initial.  The scribe copied this portion of
the text twice (see art. 3 below), though the text deviates from art. 3 after 
chapter viii (De nece infantium apud), and continues without interruption:  
"conscribuntur etiam si homine rebus tamen et religione christianos fuisse...;"
recognizing the error, the scribe recopied the text afresh on f. 3r.

2. f. 2v  Genealogy of the Virgin Mary in chart format, with explanation
below:  "Notandum quod duo ioseph in hac genealogia positi sunt.  Primus
frater Cleophe cui idem desponsauit...autem genuit sanctum servatium."

3. ff. 3r-139v  [Rubric damaged:]  Eusebius cesariensis episcopus et
hystoriographus librum istum ex hebr**cam transtulit linguam.  Rufinus uero
in latinam.  Prologus eiusdem ** Cromatium episcopum.  Peritorum dicunt
esse medicorum ubi imminere urbibus uel regionibus...[table of
contents for Bk. 1; f. 3v:]  Incipiunt capitula. I.  Prefatio de deitate 
christi.  ij.  Quod deus et creator omnium...de Syrorum lingua translata
sunt.  Expliciunt capitula in nomine domini.  [text:]  Incipit
liber primus.
Successiones sanctorum apostolorum et tempora que a saluatore nostro ad nos
usque decursa sunt...cum piissimis principibus precepturus premia
meritorum.  Explicit liber undecimus.

Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica, Lat. tr. Rufinus, preceded by the
prologue of Rufinus.  T. Mommsen, ed. (Leipzig, 1903-09) Bd. 2, parts 1,
2, 3 in Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei
Jahrhunderte; Marston MS 11 not listed.

Each book is preceded by a chapter list signalled by Roman numerals.
There are no titles for the chapters in the text, but only Roman numerals
that do not always correspond to those in the chapter list. Book I = 16
chs., II = 28 chs., III = 39 chs., IV = 29 chs., V = 27 chs., VI = 37 chs.
(numbering in text skips iv and therefore runs i-xxxviii), VII = 28 chs.
labelled in chapter list and 29 in text, VIII = 19 chs. labelled in chapter
list and 18 in text, IX = 10 chs., X = 40 chs. in chapter list and 36 in
text, XI = 34 chs. in chapter list and 31 in text.

	Parchment (thick; holes and end pieces), ff. i (paper) + 139 + i (paper),
302 x 215 (230 x 158) mm.  35-36 long lines.  Single vertical and double
horizontal bounding lines, full length and usually full width.  Ruled in ink;
remains of prickings in lower and outer margins, often with double prickings
for the first of the lower horizontal bounding lines.
	I-III 8, IV 6, V-XII 8, XIII 10, XIV-XVII 8, XVIII 6 (-2, 5, 6, all blank).
Remains of catchwords, most enclosed by rectangles, center of lower edge, verso.
	Written in gothic bookhand below top line by several scribes whose hands
are uneven; text is written for the most part between the rulings.
	Decorative initials, 8- to 6-line, in red, some with modest penwork
designs in red and black, or with foliage type appendages, in red, mark
the beginning of each book; plain red 3-line initials, with knobs, for
beginning of chapters.  Rubrics, chapter numbers, and initial strokes,
in red.  Guide letters and instructions for rubricator.
	Outer edge of f. 1v damaged and repaired resulting in some loss of text.
	Binding:  Germany, s. xix.  Bound in a grey-beige paper case with the 
title, in ink, on a label on the spine:  "Eusebii Caesariensis Hystoria
Ecclesiastica."

Written in Germany in the middle of the 13th century, presumably at the
Premonstratensian abbey of St. Peter at Weissenau (founded 1145 and
suppressed 1803);  contemporary inscription in upper margin of f. 1r:  "Liber
sancti petri in augia minori" and later inscription in lower margin of f. 1v
(partially effaced):  "Bibliotheca Weissenav***." Bookplate (with initials 
BAZW) of Abbot Benedict Rheindl of Weissenau on front pastedown (see F. 
Warnecke, Die deutschen Buecherzeichen...[Berlin, 1890] no. 2409).  
Listed by P. Lehmann, Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Deutschlands
und der Schweiz (Munich, 1918) Bd. 1, p. 409, as Muenchen, Antiquariat 
Jacques Rosenthal, no. 21933; Rosenthal's white oval paper tag with 
scalloped edges (superimposed on a rectangular label) with handwritten
ink notations "21933/ III.M" and note in pencil inside front cover: 
"(Fol. 21933.) Coll [?] T[sch?] k 139 Blt."  Unidentified shelf-marks 
include "Eusebius" in blue crayon on front pastedown and round circular 
paper tag on spine with number "456".  From the collection of Sir Thomas
Phillipps (no. 19049; tag on spine and number written on Rheindl bookplate
with "a 32.522" added beneath).  Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1949 
by Thomas E. Marston (bookplate).

secundo folio:  [reli]gio est ut

Bibliography:  Faye and Bond, p. 65, no. 11.

Barbara A. Shailor