BEDE ON MARK; S. XII, XIII, XIV1

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Title

BEDE ON MARK; S. XII, XIII, XIV1

Shelfmark

Merton College MS. 180

Place of origin

script of English appearance.

main script of English appearance

Date

s. xiv

s. xiv (after 1346)

s. xii 3/4

s. xiii

s. xiii in.

Language

Anglo-Norman

Latin

On fol. iii is a table of contents, s. xvii; fols. iiiv-ivv blank.

Merton College MS. 180 – Part I (fols. 1–98v)

(Fols. 1–2) Incipit: Prefatio Bede presbiteri super ⟨Marcum⟩. Marcus euuangelista Domini Petri in baptismate filius

(fols. 3–96v) Bede Commentary on Mark

Prologue

(fols. 3v–4v) capitula

Rubric: Initium euuangelii Iesu Christi Filii Dei.

Followed by:

Incipit: Spem uelit ut celis infigere quisque fidelis

Incipit: Tres tribus Anna uiris peperit Iudea Marias

Incipit: B. Albe uestes congruunt exaltationi

Incipit: Claudianus. In breuibus nunquam sese probat eolus undis

Merton College MS. 180 – Part II (fols. 99–146v)

2. (fols. 99–146v) PETER LOMBARD Sententiae(extracts)

Merton College MS. 180 – Part III (fols. 147–149v)

3. (fol. 147rv) Tract on the Incarnation

4. (fols. 148v–9) Arbor Consanguinitatis, glossed by VINCENTIUS HISPANUS

Incipit: Omnes sunt Ioachim sed non omnes sibi iuncti

fols. 148 and 149v are filled with sermon drafts in a rough note-hand, s. xiii, all edges cropped. On fol. 148 the text is continuous. On 149v it is divided into sections, with headings ‘De diuersitate iusticie hic agitur’, ‘Thema de penitencia’, ‘Sermo in dedicatione ecclesie’, ‘De diuersitate misericordie’.

Merton College MS. 180 – Part IV (fols. 150–165v)

5. (fols. 150–9) Homilies, Meditations and Prayers

Incipit: Christum regem ascendentem in celum uenite adoremus. Odiernus dies est dies ille quo Christo [sic] celos ascendit

Incipit: Estotes misericordes ... F. k. quia mundo quasi in peregrinatione sumus

Incipit: Ascendens Christus in altum &c. Considerandum est nobis f. quis ascenderet

Incipit: Ibat Iesus in ciuitate que uocatur Nain &c. Nain interpretatur commotio

Incipit: Paulus ad Romanos. F. humanum dico propter infirmitatem carnis uestre. Quicumque in domo Dei constituitur et assignatum sibi officium non exsequitur inobediens

ANSELM Meditatio 1

ANSELM Orat. 6

ANSELM Orat. 11

ANSELM Orat. 12

ANSELM Orat. 13

ANSELM Orat. 15 (but addressed to Benedict)

ANSELM Orat. 14

ANSELM Orat. 8

ANSELM Orat. 9

ANSELM Orat. 10

6. (fols. 159–62v) ALEXANDER NEQUAM Sermons

Incipit: Dominus ipse ueniet et saluabit me. Te aperientur oculi cecorum et aures surdorum

Incipit: Dixit Iesus Petro Sequere me ...; Dominus Iesus Saluator noster sapientia Patris

Incipit: Alexander in primo aduentu scolaribus Oxonie. Tu exurgens domine misereberis Sion ...; In Patre unitas in Filio equalitas in Spiritu Sancto unitatis equalitatisque connexio

Incipit: Sermo in circumcisione Domini. Cum uenit plenitudo temporis ...; Post longam uatum seriem post tantam prophetarum et patriarcharum expectationem

Incipit: Sermo de natiuitate Domini. Transeamus uersus Betleem ...; In ortu uere leticie. In natiuitate illius quiem uera leticia

(fols. 162v–5) A tract or series of shorter pieces

Incipit: Ortus conclusus ...; In orto inutiles et noxie herbe eradicant

Merton College MS. 180 – Part V (fols. 166–168v)

7. (fols. 166–8v) ‘De Consecratione Ecclesiae’

Ps.-Hugh of St Victor Speculum Ecclesiae

Bernard of Clairvaux Sermon

Incipit: Prima gratia est timor Dei

Incipit: Secundum carisma est spiritus pietatis

Incipit: Tercium donum est Spiritus Sancti de quo Salomon

Incipit: Quarta gratia fortitudinis spiritus

Incipit: Quintum donum est spiritus consilii. Sexta gratia est spem intelligencie

Incipit: Septimum donum est spiritus sapiencie

Incipit: Sapiencia edificauit sibi domum &c. Cum multis modis sapientia intelligatur

Bernard of Clairvaux Incipit: Populus quem non cognoui seruiuit mihi. Non esset magne admiracionis si populus a Deo cognitus seruiret illi

Incipit: Deo duo debentur timor et amor

Merton College MS. 180 – Part VI (fols. 169–179v)

8. (fols. 169–79v) IACOBUS DE VORAGINE Legenda Aurea

Merton College MS. 180 – Part VII (fols. 180–182v)

9. (fols. 180–2v) La Terre des Sarazins

Merton College MS. 180 – Part VIII (fols. 183–190v)

10. (fols. 183–8v) THOMAS BRADWARDINE Sermo Epinicius

(fol. 189) Table of contents

Form

codex

Support

Parchment

Physical extent

192 leaves (iv + 192) The edges savagely retrimmed with loss of text, and spattered with red.

Binding

Standard Merton s. xvii, repaired, rebacked and resewn on three bands; formerly chained from the usual position. Fols. i-ii, 191–2 are modern paper blanks. fol. 190 was once a pastedown.

Provenance

Near the head of fol. 2v a 3-line inscription in red, apparently beg. ‘Liber’, has been thoroughly erased.

At the foot of fol. 1 is ‘Liber domus scolarium de Merton’ in Oxon’ ex legato Magistro Ioh’ Raynham sacre pag[ine] professoris et quondam socii eiusdem domus.’ For Reynham, fellow 1335–58, d. 1376, see MS 18.

Inside the front board is another table of contents and ‘E. 5, 6’ (canc.), s. xvii, and ‘O. 7. 8. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘H. 1. 11 (CLXXX)’ in red; the College bookplate.

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