John Chrysostom, Ps.-Origen — 15th century; English
MS. Fairfax 25
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
John Chrysostom, Ps.-Origen — 15th century; English
Shelfmark
MS. Fairfax 25
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Binding
White leather on bevelled boards with traces of two clasps, 15th-cent. English work.
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Title
Minor works of Chrysostom, Jerome, and Origen
Shelfmark
MS. Fairfax 25
Summary
Minor works of Chrysostom, Jerome, and Origen:
Fol. 1. 'De reparacione lapsi' by Chrysostom: beg. 'Quis dabit capiti meo aquam. Oportunius multo ...' (Patr. Graec. xlvii. 277)
Fol. 49. 'Nemo leditur nisi a se ipso' by Chrysostom: beg. 'Scio quod crassionibus quibus et presentis' (ib. lii. 459)
Fol. 78v. the pseudo-Chrysostom 'Super psalmum miserere mei deus': beg. 'Pictores ... arte naturam' (Basel edition, 1547, i. 723)
Fol. 116. letter of Jerome 'de planctu Origenis': beg. 'In afflictione et dolore animi'
Fol. 126. Chrysostom 'de compunctione cordis': beg. 'Cum te intueor beate Demetri' (Patr. Graec. xlvii. 393)
Fol. 135v. the pseudo-Origen's homily 'de Magdalena': beg. 'Maria stabat ad monumentum plorans', incomplete, for which see Royal MS. 6. E. III, art. 28, in the British Museum
There is a contemporary list of contents on fol. iiv
Date
Written in the 15th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, binding, white leather on bevelled boards with traces of two clasps, 15th-century English work
Physical extent
138 Leaves
Custodial history
Fol. ii has 'Fare fac', and 'C. Fairfax 1656 ex dono fratris H. F.'. Fol. iiv bears an erased inscription 'empt ... 1498' (cp. fol. iii).
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Collection contents
Minor works of Chrysostom, Jerome, and Origen
