Dijon Bibl. Municipale MS 340 (249)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchContents: William of Ockham, 1 Dial. (fols. 1-274v), 2 Dial. (fols. 274v-299v), 3.2 Dial (fols. 299v-377v). 1 Dial. books 2-7 begin at 9r, 27v, 33v, 52r, 91v, 189v
From the British Academy description:
- Published Information: See Auguste Molinier, Henri Auguste Omont, Etienne Bougenot and Philippe Guignard, Catalogue général des Manuscrits des Bibliothèques publiques de France: Départements, t. V: Dijon (Paris: Plon, 1889), pp. 92. Dates MS to 15th century.
- Observations: The Ballweg has drawn attention to the changes of handwriting in this manuscript. It seems to consist of gatherings of 16-24 folios, each written by a different hand. This would seem to indicate that the MS was produced quickly by taking its exemplar to pieces for simultaneous copying (cf. We). See fols. 2r, 22r, 40r, 64r, 88r, 108r, 126r, 146r, 166r, 184r, 200r, 220r, 245r, 265r, 285r, 303r, 323r, 345r, 365v.
- What was apparently originally the last gathering ended (fol. 365v) at the equivalent of Ly, fol. 270 a24 ("antistitem", the point at which a number of other MSS also end -- see below). Just before the end two passages were omitted (=Ly fol.269v b2-40, fol.270r b17-55). The first of these omitted passages is not supplied. However, some time later the passage on 365v following the point at which the second omission (=Ly fol. 270r b56-270v a23) had been made was crossed out and text equivalent to Ly fol.270r b17 to the end of Ly was copied in a new hand, continuing into what is now the last gathering (which begins on 366r). Before this change of handwriting, the chapter numbering in Di was one ahead of Ly, i.e. the chapter including the material deleted was ch. 17, whereas in Ly it is ch. 16. After the new hand takes over, the chapter numbering is the same as in Ly, and each chapter has a content summary (e.g. compare 367v with Ly 271ra) identical with the summaries found in Ly and (as far as we know) in no earlier witness. The last sentence "Et hec de tertia parte dialogorum pro nunc tibi sufficiant", is found otherwise only in Ly (not in Pz). These facts suggest that the last gathering of Di was copied from Ly (published 1494). Since the last gathering is integral to the MS as at present bound, the MS must have been bound after the publication of Ly, though presumably the bulk of the volume had been copied some (undetermined) time earlier. Only the binding establishes any relationship between this MS and the Cistercian order and there is otherwise no indication of ownership. Since it was in their possession, it may well have been copied by or for a member of the order, but we cannot be sure.
- Collation shows that in 1 Dial. and 3.2 Dial. this MS is close to the family that includes Ba. Di is especially close to Ba; Ba (or its ancestor) could be the ancestor of Di.
