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The Miracles of Saint Frideswide

MS. Digby 177

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Title

The Miracles of Saint Frideswide

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 177

Place of origin

Oxford, Augustinian priory of St Frideswide

Date

June 1180 × June 1183

Language

Latin

Contents

(fols 1r–30r) Philip of Oxford Miracula sancte Frideswide
(fol. 1r–v) Prologue
(fols 1v–2r) The translation of St Frideswide, 12 February 1180
(fol. 2r) Martin of Oxford sees a heavenly light
(fol. 2r–v) Edith of Oxford’s vision of a golden column, 1171/72
(fol. 2v) The dream of Robert, Prior Philip’s relative, 1179?
(fols 2v–3r) The daughter of Geoffrey Pady healed of a swollen neck, the night of 12–13 February 1180
(fol. 3r) Alice of Oxford sees on Maundy Thursday, 17 April 1180?
(fol. 3r–v) William of Wales recovers from a bent back
(fols 3v–4r) William of Ardley cured of various ailments
(fol. 4r–v) Haimo de Saint-Cyr cured of three ailments on Easter, 20 April 1180
(fol. 4v) Winneva of Heythrop healed of dropsy
(fols 4v–5r) Reinildis of Abingdon cured of swelling
(fol. 5r) Raganilda of Burford cured of various ailments
(fol. 5r) Brithiva of Haverhill and Eve of Gatehampton cured
(fol. 5r–v) The sisters Turkiva and Seilda, of Eynsham, see
(fols 5v–6r) Azelina of Pillerton cured of paralysis
(fol. 6r) Matilda cured of illnesses
(fol. 6r–v) Raganildis of East Anglia walks
(fol. 6v) Christina of Ampney healed from pain
(fol. 6v) Emma of Exeter cured of dropsy
(fols 6v–7v) William of Lincoln walks
(fol. 7v) The daughter of Richild of Winchester walks during vespers
(fols 7v–8r) Eustace of Coleshill cured of madness on the Invention of the Cross, 3 May
(fols 8r–9r) Fulk Grove’s son returned to life on the Invention of the Cross, 3 May
(fol. 9r) Leviva of Wroxton healed of a tumour and ill humours
(fol. 9r) Childiva of Enstone cured of a pain in her abdomen
(fol. 9v) Constance of Denchworth healed of intolerable headaches
(fol. 9v) Leviva of Shoreham recovers from a fever and walks
(fols 9v–10v) Emmeline of Eddington survives suicide and speaks, May 1180
(fol. 10v) Richard of Winchester healed of paralysis
(fols 10v–11r) Alexis of Hereford healed of many ailments
(fol. 11r) Godwin of Watchfield hears and speaks at matins
(fol. 11r–v) Isabella of Beachampton, wife to an adulterous man, healed after childbirth
(fol. 11v) Beatrice of Wroughton healed of abdominal pain
(fols 11v–12r) Margaret, Roger fitz Ralph of Stratton’s daughter, cured of scrofula on Ascension Day, 29 May 1180
(fol. 12r–v) Mabel of Shifford healed outside the church door on Ascension Day, 29 May 1180
(fols 12v–13v) The death of Deulecresse fil Moses, a young Jewish man in Oxford, the night of 29–30 May 1180
(fols 13v–14r) John of Chadlington healed after coming near to death, June 1180
(fol. 14r) Cecilia, John of Chadlington’s wife, gives birth
(fol. 14r–v) Walter of Oxford healed of quinsy
(fol. 14v) Wulviva of Abingdon healed before the archbishop’s Mass
(fols 14v–15r) A blind woman from London sees during the same Mass
(fol. 15r–v) Matilda of Northampton sees on Pentecost, 8 June 1180?
(fols 15v–16r) An adulteress cannot see the church door
(fol. 16r–v) A thief cannot find the way out
(fol. 16v) Brichtiva of Northampton removes an ear blockage at St Margaret’s Well in Binsey
(fol. 17r) Hawise of Shifford healed of a debilitating illness
(fol. 17r) Margaret of Shrewsbury walks
(fol. 17r) Stephen of York, a student at Oxford, healed of a fever
(fol. 17r) Wimarcha of Stoke cured of an intestinal pain
(fol. 17r–v) The priest Ralph of Andover makes a votive candle
(fol. 17v) The priest Ralph of Andover makes a votive candle for his son, Robert
(fol. 17v) The subdeacon Thomas of Andover makes a votive candle
(fol. 17v) Emma of Southampton healed of paralysis
(fol. 17v) Thomas of Warminster cured of a debilitating swelling
(fol. 17v) Alice of Breighton cured of harmful humours
(fols 17v–18r) Agnes of Duns Tew healed in one eye only
(fol. 18r) Agnes of Bristol regains the use of her hands
(fol. 18r) Emma of St Albans cured of a paralysed arm
(fol. 18r–v) Peter of Marlborough cured of sciatica during matins
(fols 18v–19r) A boy from Leicestershire sees
(fol. 19r–v) Thurben of Holywell, a fuller, goes mad after a headache and is cured
(fol. 19v) Richard of Alton healed from bowel pains, alongside his daughter
(fol. 19v) Emma of Pyrton healed of swollen limbs
(fols 19v–20r) Agnes of Southampton cured of dropsy
(fol. 20r) The daughter of Robert of Churchover healed from a fever
(fol. 20r) A girl from Warwickshire healed of epilepsy
(fol. 20r–v) Ediva of Wanborough receives her sight; Henry of Wanborough uses his right hand and foot
(fol. 20v) Aluitha of Dorchester recovers from dropsy
(fol. 20v) Thorsten of Wycombe healed from a fever
(fols 20v–21r) A boy from Wycombe sees
(fol. 21r–v) A traveller from Winchester falls ill on avoiding the church
(fol. 21v) Albreia of Fulbrook lifts her feet
(fol. 21v–22r) Margaret of Collingbourne recovers from an abdominal illness
(fol. 22r–v) Richard Pauncefoot’s left hand and arm restored
(fol. 22v) Hawise of Faringdon sees after two pilgrimages
(fol. 22v–23r) A young girl from Woburn recovers her sight
(fol. 23r) Goda of Warwick healed of a skin disease
(fol. 23r–v) The son of Mauger of Gloucester recovers from paralysis
(fol. 23v) A woman from Inglesham healed of sores
(fol. 23v) Cecilia of Salden recovers from a fever
(fol. 23v) Agnes of Farthinghoe walks
(fol. 23v) A woman from Wednesbury hears
(fol. 23v–24r) Alviva recovers from insanity
(fol. 24r) Alice of Tackley hears
(fol. 24r) Hawise of Wolford recovers from depression
(fol. 24r) Alice of Ashbury recovers her strength
(fol. 24r–v) Swethiva of Bierton walks
(fol. 24v) Godiva of Lus Hill healed of a headache and walks
(fol. 24v) Hawise of Newbury recovers her sight
(fols 24v–25r) Hugelina of Oxford healed of a fever
(fol. 25r) Agnes of Sarsden walks
(fol. 25r) Christiana of Northleach healed of an intermittent illness
(fol. 25r–v) Sibyl of Wendover healed of gout in her hands
(fol. 25v) Helen of Ludgershall Castle recovers from piercing pain
(fols 25v–26r) William of Shrivenham healed from syncope
(fol. 26r) Christiana of Dean walks
(fol. 26r–v) Hugh of Shrewsbury healed of epilepsy
(fol. 26v) Leviva of Lockinge walks
(fol. 26v) Doubtful healings left untold
(fol. 26v) John, constable of Chester, healed of abdominal distension
(fols 26v–27r) Margaret, wife of Richard fitz Gerald, finds her holy water transformed into milk
(fol. 27r–v) Prior Philip recovers from a tertian fever
(fols 27v–28r) Agnes of Leicester cured of fever and madness
(fol. 28r) Mabel, wife of William Achard, healed of dropsy
(fol. 28r–v) Emma of Wheatley healed of a spiritual ailment
(fols 28v–30r) Laurence Kepeharm survives surgery
(fol. 30v) Acrostic hexameter poem on ‘FRIDESVVIDA’
(fol. 30v) Hexameter acrostics on ‘FRIDESVVIDA’, forming mnemonics for her miracles, set against the seven vices

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ii + 30 + ii leaves

Hands

Protogothic script. The first phase of production may have been limited to the two quires, with the following sections added in at least two later phases.

Chap. 106 (fols 28v–30r) is written in a darker shade of ink, probably added to the volume shortly after its creation. The same shade of ink is used to make numerous corrections to the text, particularly adding punctuation to assist oral reading (sometimes the additions are overpunctuated in comparison to the original text).

Decoration

Text opens with an 8-line arabesque initial in red and green. Subsequent chapters open with 2-line initials, generally alternating between blue and red.

Along with letters added plummet to direct the rubricator, there are numbers whose function is unclear: iii in the margin of fol. 10rb; iii, fol. 17rb; iiii, fol. 17va; iii, fol. 18ra; iiii and viii, fol. 18rb.

Binding

Standard Digby binding (Delisle type I). Brass clasps.

Acquisition

Donated to the Bodleian, 1634.

Provenance

Thomas Allen (MS fº 7); Allen/Digby inventory A 14: inscribed, fol. 1r. Many of Allen’s manuscripts were from Oxford, and he owned other books from shrines; cf. Michael Foster, ‘Thomas Allen (1540–1632), Gloucester Hall and the Survival of Catholicism in Post-Reformation Oxford’, Oxoniensia, 46 (1981): 99–128.

Kenelm Digby: inscribed, with his motto, Vindica te tibi (fol. 1r).

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Title

Philippi, Prioris monasterii S. Frideswidae, Oxon., liber de miraculis S. Frideswidae, virginis, cum prologo

Shelfmark

MS. Digby 177

Date

1180–1183

Language

Latin

Physical extent

30 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 1505 acquired by the Bodleian Library (121). Belonged in whole or in part to Thomas Allen of Gloucester Hall.

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