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A sermon or tract on spiritual warfare (binding fragment)

St John's College MS 235 (fragment 20)

St John's College, University of Oxford

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Title

A sermon or tract on spiritual warfare (binding fragment)

Shelfmark

St John's College MS 235 (fragment 20)

Date

s. xiv1

Language

Latin

Contents

A sermon or tract on spiritual warfare, Jesus pierced by the spear on the cross as an example, ‘ […] militum lancea latus eius aperuit ⟨ ⟩ ab infeccione sanguinis peccati mortalis vt ⟨ ⟩ infectiuus […] ’; includes a reference to HRABANUS, De universo 19.

Form

codex

Support

Vellum.

Physical extent

A strip from a conjoint bifolium

Hands

Written in anglicana, s. xiv1(some hooked ascenders, r not fully below the line).

Decoration

Unfinished; a space for a heading unfilled

Provenance

The signature ‘W Thomas’ in the gutter and a further illegible entry ending with the name ‘James’.

MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragment 20 only.

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  • Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856

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