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PATRISTICA ET THEOLOGICA; S. XIV ex., XV1

Merton College MS. 16

Merton College, University of Oxford

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Title

PATRISTICA ET THEOLOGICA; S. XIV ex., XV1

Shelfmark

Merton College MS. 16

Place of origin

England

Date

S. XIV ex.

XV1

Language

Latin

Contents

fols. i, ii-ivv blank. On fol. iv is a table of contents, s. xv, referring to the contemporary foliation.
Merton College MS. 16 – Part I
1. (fols. 1–2) Ps.-John Chrysostom De Poenitentia
2. (fols. 2–6v) Ps.-John Chrysostom De Psalmo Quinquagesimo
3. (fols. 6v–18v) JOHN CHRYSOSTOM De Reparatione Lapsi
4. (fols. 19–26v) Richard Rolle Emendatio Vitae
Incipit: Cuncta Deus celat, homo si peccata reuelat
5. (fols. 27–138v) Ps.-John Chrysostom Opus Imperfectum in Mattheum
6. (fols. 139–69v) Gregory Regula Pastoralis
7. (fols. 170–219v) Gregory Homiliae XL super Evangelia
8. (fols. 220rv) Ralph d’Escures Homily on Intravit Iesus in quoddam castellum
Incipit: ⟨P⟩rimogenitum asini mutabis oue Exo. 13. Asinus inmundiciam significat
9. (fols. 221–30v) John Holywood Computus
Incipit: M. Christi bis C. quarto deno quater anno / De Sacro Bosco discreuit tempora ramus
10. (fols. 230v–1) Ps.-Augustine (Caesarius of Arles) Serm. app. 277
11. (fols. 231; 231v–2v blank) Ps.-Jerome (?Peter Damian) Conturbatio Animae in Extremis
12. (fols. 233–42v) Anselm Cur Deus Homo
13. (fols. 242v–3v) Hugh of St Victor De Amore Sponsi ad Sponsam
14. (fols. 244–5v) Gennadius De Ecclesiasticis Dogmatibus
15. (fols. 245v–7v) Cassian Conlationes
16. (fols. 247v–9v) Fulgentius De Trinitate
17. (fols. 249v–54v) Fulgentius De Fide ad Petrum
18. (fols. 254v–7v) Augustine De Poenitentia (Serm. 351)
19. (fol. 257v) Ps.-Augustine De Poenitentibus (Serm. 393)
20. (fols. 258–63v) John Chrysostom Quod Nemo Laeditur Nisi a Seipso
21. (fols. 264–6; 266v blank) Ps.-Bernard Meditatio de Passione Christi
Merton College MS. 16 – Part II
22. (fols. 267–79) Subject-index to art. 5
23. (fols. 279v–83; 283v–4v blank) Ps.-John Chrysostom De Psalmo Quinquagesimo

Form

codex

Support

Parchment

Physical extent

287 leaves (iv + 283), foliated s. xv 1–226, 226–258, 260–281, 285 (mod. 284). Extra slips after mod. 129 and 133 were omitted, 259 was omitted in error, and only two leaves appear to be missing between 281 and 285. The edges retrimmed, affecting marginalia, and spattered with red.

Binding

Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on seven bands; formerly chained from the usual position. fol. 284 was a pastedown in an earlier binding. Near the foot of fol. 284v are three verdigris marks, two large and lozenge-shaped, the third round, from a large brass chain-staple of unusual pattern.

Provenance

At the head of fol. ivis ‘Liber Hamundi Haydok ex empcione’, and ‘prec’ v. marcas’. Haydok (BRUO 894), fellow c. 1421, still in 1432, d. 1465.

Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with the contents, s. xvii, ‘N. 2. 4. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘B. 2. 4 (XVI)’ in red. The College bookplate. ‘4’ is inked on the foredge. At the head of fol. 1 is the James no. ‘242’, s. xvii in.

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Connections

People associated with this object

  • John Chrysostom, pseudo

  • Cassian, John, approximately 360-approximately 435

  • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

  • Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349

  • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, pseudo

  • Haydock, Hamond, M.A., B.Th., -1465

  • Fulgentius, Saint, Bishop of Ruspa, 468-533

  • Caesarius, of Arles, Saint, 470?-542

  • Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141

  • Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153, pseudo

  • Fenton, Robert, fl. 1391

  • Ralph, d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury, -1122

  • Gregory, I, Pope, approximately 540-604

  • John Chrysostom, Saint, -407

  • Jerome, pseudo

  • Johannes Sacrobosco, early 13th cent.

  • Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109

  • Gennadius, of Marseilles, active 5th century

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