WORKS OF THEOLOGY AND PASTORAL INSTRUCTION; S. XIV (I), c. 1478 (II-III)

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Title

WORKS OF THEOLOGY AND PASTORAL INSTRUCTION; S. XIV (I), c. 1478 (II-III)

Shelfmark

Merton College MS. 13

Place of origin

England

Date

s. xiii

c. 1478

S. XIV

Language

Latin

Merton College MS. 13 – Part I (fols. 3–13, 198–243)

1. (fols. 3–13v) Draft sermons

1.1. (fols. 3–5) Incipit: Qui mihi ministrat me sequitur. Io. 15. In his uerbis notantur duo; primum est Christo debita administracio

1.2. (fol. 5r–v) Rubric: De natura angelorum

1.3. (fol. 6) Incipit: ⟨D⟩eus caritas est ... ; Ysidorus Expedit iam probatos amare non amatos probare ...

1.4. (fols. 6v–7v) Incipit: ⟨V⟩erbo Domini celi firmati sunt &c. Tria in hiis uerbis sunt notari primum omnium sacre scripture dignitas

1.5. (fol. 8rv) Incipit: Ecce reges terre congregati sunt. Ecce postillis ad uerbum demonstratum reges dicuntur prelati ecclesie

1.6. (fol. 9rv) Incipit: Fuit in diebus Herodis sacerdos quidam ...; Iste sacerdos commendatur autem 4. que debentur omnibus sacerdotibus

1.7. (fols. 9v–10) Incipit: Iohannes est nomen eius. In uerbis istis commendatur sanctus iste quoad duo scilicet quoad sullimitatem uite

The originally blank fol. 10 col. 2 was filled with legal documents, apparently as pen-trials, s. xiv ex. One of these is a letter of William bishop of Lincoln dated 29 April 1371, but there was no William bishop of Lincoln then. Another names ‘Willelmus Ingram miles de Stapiletone’ and ‘Symon Attenoke’.

1.8. (fols. 10v–11v) Incipit: Erat magnus coram Domino ...; Quattuor modis ostenditur prerogatiua uel magnitudo Iohannis primo ratione originis humane

1.9. (fols. 11v–12) Incipit: Es tu Christus ...; Hac si diceretur quoniam distat inter uocem et istum cuius est uox

1.10. (fol. 12rv) Incipit: Magis mortem gloriosam quam uitam odibilem ... ; Per istum sermonem tria possunt nominari. Primum est finis lauda⟨bile⟩ generositas

1.11. (fol. 13rv) Incipit: Corona est Maria. Per illum sermonum possunt duo notari primum est de interpretacione huius nominis Maria

For items 2, 51–4 see Part II.

55. (fols. 198–208v) Eight sermons

Rubric: Incipit sermo primus beati Augustini in oratione

Incipit: Glorificatum a patre filium secundum formam serui

Incipit: De hiis uerbis Domini sicut ipse donauerat

Incipit: Cum de hiis quos iam discipulos habebat

Incipit: Loquens adhuc Dominus ad patrem et orans pro discipulis suis

Incipit: Dominus Iesus iam sua propinquante passione

Incipit: Cum Dominus Iesus orasset pro discipulis quos tunc secum habebat

Incipit: In magnam spem Dominus suos erigit

56. (fols. 208v–12v) Ps.-Bernard Speculum Conscientiae

57. (fols. 213–30) Robert Holcot Conuertimini

58. (fols. 230v–43v) Constitutiones Clementinae

The bifolium fols. 244–5 contains (a) on fol. 244rv a table of contents to the whole book, s. xv, showing that the ‘Speculum presbiterorum’ (presumably Bloomfield 4923) began on the original fol. 27, and is now lost; the next item began on the original f. 37; (b) on fols. 244v-5 a subject-index to the lost ‘Speculum’, plus three entries for the next art.

Merton College MS. 13 – Part II (fols. 14–25, 186–197)

2. (fols. 14–23v; 24–5v blank) Vita S. Augustini

For items 3–54 see Part III

51. (fols. 186–91) Gospel of Nicodemus

52. (fols. 191–4v) Dialogus Beatae Mariae et Anselmi de Passione Domini

53. (fol. 195b) Vado Mori

54. (fol. 195v; 196–7v blank.) Versus de tribus regibus Coloniae

Merton College 13 – Part III (fols. 26–185)

3. (fols. 26–31v) M. Geerard, Clavis Apocryphorum Novi Testamenti (Turnhout, 1992), nos 51, 57. Ps.-Matthew ed. J. Gijsel in CCSL Series Apocryphorum 9 (1999), pp. 287–481, this copy at pp. 170–1; Gijsel, Die unmittelbare Textüberlieferung des sog. Pseudo-Matthäus (Brussels, 1981), pp. 205–6. Ps.-Thomas ed. C. Tischendorf, Evangelia apocrypha (Leipzig, 2nd edn. 1876/repr. Hildesheim, 1987), pp. 140–57. Followed by:

Gospel of Ps.-Matthew

Gospel of Ps.-Thomas

Incipit: Beatus Ieronimus dicit. Beata uirgo Maria mater Domini nostri Iesu Christi fuit in etate xiiii. annorum

4. (fols. 31v–41) Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarius

5. (fols. 41–2) Vita et Sententiae Secundi Philosophi

6. (fol. 42) Prouerbia Wiponis

(fols. 42v–50) Anon. Commentary on the Lord’s Prayer

8. (fol. 50rv) Anselm Meditatio 1

9. (fols. 50v–3v) Spiritus Guidonis

10. (fols. 53v–5) Ps.-Methodius Reuelationes

11. (fols. 55–7v) Ps.-Augustine Epistola ad Cyrillum (Epist. app. 18)

12. (fols. 57v–63v) Ps.-Cyril Epistola ad Augustinum (Epist. app. 19)

13. (fols. 63v–4v) Ps.-Bernard of Clairvaux (Bernard Silvestris) Epistola ad Raymundum

14. (fols. 64v–5v) Letter of Christ about Sunday

15. (fol. 65v) Epitaph

16. (fols. 65v–6v) Visio Pauli

17. (fols. 67–100v) William de Lavicea Dieta Salutis

(fols. 100v–2) subject-index

18. (fol. 102rv) Rubric: Reuelaciones Alberti archiepiscopi Coloniensis

19. (fol. 102v) Rubric: De sancto Thoma apostolo

20. (fols. 103–8v) Ps.-Augustine Dialogus Quaestionum LXV

21. (fols. 108v–9, 110–14v) Rubric: Sentencie et responsiones ex libris beati Augustini excerpte aduersum Manacheos et questiones eorum. Incipiunt sentencie et responsiones ex libris beati Augustini excerpte aduersum Manacheos et questiones eorum

22. (fols. 114v–16v) Ps.-Augustine (Prosper) Responsiones ad Capitula Calumniantium Gallorum

23. (fols. 117v–19) Ps.-Augustine (Quodvultdeus) Contra Iudaeos, Paganos et Arianos Sermo de Symbolo

24. (fols. 119–21) Ambrosius Autpertus De Conflictu Vitiorum et Virtutum

25. (fols. 121v–2; 122v blank.) Ps.-Augustine De Paenitentibus (Serm. 393)

26. (fols. 123–31) Hugh of St Victor De Institutione Nouitiorum

27. (fols.131–4v ) Hugh of St Victor De Virtute Orandi

28. (fols. 134v–6) Hugh of St Victor De Amore Sponsi ad Sponsam

29. (fols. 136v–7v) Hugh of St Victor De Meditatione

30. (fol. 137v) Hugh of St Victor De Refectione Verbi Dei

31. (fols. 137v–9) Hugh of St Victor De Quinque Septenis

32. (fol. 139rv) Hugh of St Victor De Oblivione Praeteritorum Malorum et Memoria

33. (fols. 139v–40) Hugh of St Victor Misc. I. 99

34. (fols. 140–1) Hugh of St Victor De Substantia Dilectionis

35. (fol. 141) Hugh of St Victor De Archa Noe morali

36. (fols. 141–2) Hugh of St Victor Misc. I, 172

37. (fol. 142) Hugh of St Victor Misc. I, 95

38. (fol. 142) Hugh of St Victor Misc. I, 77

39. (fols. 142v–7) Hugh of St Victor De Arrha Animae

40. (fols. 147–9) Hugh of St Victor De Laude Caritatis

41. (fols. 149–54) Hugh of St Victor De Beatae Mariae Virginitate

42. (fols. 154–65v) Hugh of St Victor De Vanitate Mundi De Sacramentis Legis Naturalis et Scriptae Dialogus

43. (fols. 165v–72) Hugh of St Victor (?) Commentary on pseudo-Athanasius, De Trinitate

44. (fol. 172rv) Miracula

45. (fols. 172v–3) Miracula

46. (fol. 173) Two short miracle stories

Rubric: Miraculum de sacramento altaris

Incipit: Erat homo quidam in Hibernia circa annos Domini MCCCCXX septimi

47. (fol. 173v) Gregory Hom. de Divite et Lazaro

Rubric: De quodam presbytero qui semper cantabat missam de requiem eternam et ideo apud episcopum suum accusato

Incipit: Anno Domini MCCCC XXI quedam mulier Christiana seruiebat Iudeo ceco

48. (fols. 173v–7v) Seven homilies attrib. Maximus the Confessor, Jerome, Bede and Origen

Incipit: Ante dies deuocionum sancte quadragesime predicantes

Incipit: Audistis k. sicut euangelica tuba cecinit

Incipit: Conflictus iste mirabilis

Incipit: Hec secunda parabola est cum interpretacione sua

Incipit: Commendat nobis beatissimus euuangelista et apostolus Iohannes priuilegium

Incipit: Docente in monte Domino discipuli uenerunt ad eum

Incipit: Ingrediente domino in nauiculam

49. (fol. 178rv) Rubric: Anecdota de SS. Bonifacio et Thecla uirgine

Rubric: De sancto Bonefacio martyre

Rubric: De Sancta Tecla uirgine

50. (fols. 178v–81v; 182v–5v blank) Rubric: Excerpta libri beati Augustini de fide Christiana et regule theologice

Merton College MS. 13 - fols. 1–2 (fragment)

(fols. 1–2) A treatise on legal procedure

Physical extent

252 leaves (iii + 248, incl. 231A) The edges savagely retrimmed, with loss of text and running heads, and spattered with red. fol. 231A lacks the outer col., but no text.

Hands

All parts written in anglicana: the two parts of I are in two similar hands; II is in a single hand, and III is in one hand or several similar ones.

Decoration

Rough red initials and titles; red highlighting and paraphs.

Binding

Standard Merton s. xvii; sewn on four bands; formerly chained from the usual position. fols. i-iii, 246–8 are paper binding leaves, the first two and the last from a printed Latin-English dictionary, s. xvi. On fol. iiiv is a table of contents, s. xvii.

Provenance

All parts made in England, probably for a parish priest. At the head of fol. 245v is ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ ut incathenetur in libraria eiusdem ex dono Magistri Henrici Seuer sacre theologie professoris. Oretis igitur pro eo’, in an anglicana hand influenced by humanistica. For Sever, see MS 6.

Near the foot of this leaf, towards the spine, is a rust-mark presumably from a chain-staple of uncertain form.

Inside the front board is a long table of contents and ‘N. 2. 1. Art’, s. xvii. Pasted on is a sheet of paper with pencilled ‘N. 2. 1’, canc. and replaced with ‘A. 1. 1. (XIII)’ in red. The College bookplate.

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