Augustine, Ambrose — 12th century, late; England

Title

Augustine, Ambrose — 12th century, late; England

Shelfmark

MS. Wood empt. 24

Place of origin

England

Date

12th century, late

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iii + 113leaves. Stylus ruling fols 1–38

Binding

White vellum on boards (17th-century work)

Acquisition

Bought by the library in 1690

Provenance

Durham, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert: Letter mark 'K' (fol. 1r)

'Poklyngton; (fol. ii recto), s. xiv ex. = ? William Poklyngton, monk of Durham (cf. Catt. Vett., pp. 39, 90 [or 40?], 212)

'liber dompni Iohannis [...] ex collacione domini Willelmi de Strygate capellani' (MLGB3)

Anthony à Wood: fol. i has the signature 'Anthony Wood'

Title

Theological works by st. Augustine and st. Ambrose

Shelfmark

MS. Wood empt. 24

Summary

Theological works by st. Augustine and st. Ambrose, comprising:

Fol. 1. Augustine 'de quantitate anime', beg. 'Quoniam video te abundare otio' (Migne, Patr. Lat., tom. xxxii, col. 1035)

Fol. 39. Ambrose 'de bono mortis', beg. 'Quoniam de anima sermonem' (ib. xiv. 559)

Fol. 67v. Two sermons by Ambrose, beg. 'Frequens nobis est de fugiendo seculo' (ib. xiv. 595), and (fol. 92) 'sermo de viduis' [rectius 'de virginitate'], beg. 'Nobile apud veteres' (ib. xvi. 279), ending abruptly, where some leaves have been torn out, at the end of chapter xviii

Date

Written in the late 12th century in England

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, bound in white vellum on boards, 17th-century work

Physical extent

113 Leaves

Custodial history

Fol. i has the signature 'Anthony Wood' and fol. ii 'Poklyngton', in a late 14th-cent. hand, and an erased 14th-cent. inscription. Fol. iiiv has 'liber dompni Johannis ... ex collacione domini Willelmi de Strygete capellani' (late 14th cent.).