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Bernard of Clairvaux, William of St.-Thierry — Multiple dates; English

MS. Bodl. 168

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Title

Bernard of Clairvaux, William of St.-Thierry — Multiple dates; English

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 168

Place of origin

English

Date

14th century

added initial, 15th century, end

12th century, third quarter

13th century

Language

Latin

Contents

1. (fol. 1) Bernard of Clairvaux De consideratione
2. (fol. 31) William of St.-Thierry De amore Dei
3. (fol. 48v) Bernard of Clairvaux Ep. 77
4. (fol. 55) Bernard of Clairvaux Ep. 190
5. (fol. 62) Bernard of Clairvaux Ep. 189 contra Abaelardum
At fol. 63v are three extracts, presumably from st. Bernard: the MS. ends abruptly in the third piece, some leaves being lost.
Incipit: Adam igitur bestiis
Incipit: Sicut in corporum medicina
Incipit: Cum ab his. vii. purgatus
MS. Bodl. 168 - endleaf (fol. i)
Grammatical text
MS. Bodl. 168 - endleaf (fol. 67)
Cistercian missal

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ii + 67 leaves, in double columns

Decoration

Good initials. Good initial added, 15th century, end, fol. i verso. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 139)

Binding

White parchment on boards, clasp lost, rebound in the 14th cent., English work.

Provenance

Bordesley, Worcestershire, Cistercian abbey: 'Liber Sancte Marie de Bordesleia', with a list of contents (contemporary with the text: MLGB) and a 15th cent. figure of a dragon on fol. ii verso.

'Liber ex dono Guilielmj Willowghby equitis aurati 25º Maij 1615.'

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  • Willoughby, Sir William, fl. 1615

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

  • William, of Saint-Thierry, Abbot of Saint-Thierry, approximately 1085-1148?

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