Iohannes Scotus — Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Benedictine Abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Aldhelm.
| Provenance: | Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Benedictine Abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Aldhelm. |
| Location: | Trinity College , Cambridge |
| Shelfmark: | O. 5. 20 |
| Author/Title: | Iohannes Scotus |
| Type of evidence: | inferred evidence |
| Notes on evidence: | On 12 May 1365 the abbot of Malmesbury received back from the abbot of Glastonbury two books, one Isidore, De naturis rerum, with twelve other tracts, the other 'Perifiseon Iohannis Scoti' (i.e. Peri physeon, or De diuisione nature) with the gospel of St Luke, which Roger Swynshead had borrowed (BL MS Arundel 2, fol. 80v). The contents marry with this manuscript; the work is otherwise rare. (William of Malmesbury claimed that Iohannes Scotus was buried at Malmesbury.) 'RICARDUS SCRIPSIT'. |
| Contents of the book: |
Iohannes Scottus Eriugena, Peri physeon. Gospel of St Luke. |
| Date: | s. xii |
| Ownership: | Roger Gale, by whom given to Trinity College in 1738. |