Sermons on the Gospels, arranged for the whole Christian year. — 15th century; English
MS. Barlow 24
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Sermons on the Gospels, arranged for the whole Christian year. — 15th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 24
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Musical notation
Music (see van Dijk 1957).
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691
Provenance
Thomas Barlow, 1607–1691
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Title
Sermons on the gospels
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 24
Summary
Sermons on the gospels, arranged for the whole Christian year, beg. 'Cum appropinquasset Jhesus Jerusalem etc... . Karissimi tempus presens' (fol. 1). There is an alphabetical index of subjects (fol. 132v) followed by a table of subjects referring to the second half of the book, which consists of sermons for saints' days, and an explanatory note 'In primis quotantur sermones par [sic] numerum algorismalem, deinde quotantur partes ipsorum par quatuor littere [sic] nominis compilatoris, nam S significat quidquid precedit sermonis processum, E significat primum principale, L secundum principale et K tercium principale' referring probably to Robert Silk, for whom see MS. Bodl. 410 (fol. 135).
The fly-leaves are taken from a 15th-cent. book of hours.
Date
Written in the 15th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
218 Leaves
Custodial history
On fol, 2 is 'Dominus Thomas Noly est huius libri verus possessor' in a 15th-cent. hand.
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Collection contents
Sermons on the gospels
