Theological pieces; Normandy, late 11th century

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Title

Theological pieces; Normandy, late 11th century

Shelfmark

MS. Lat. th. d. 20

Place of origin

French, Normandy (?)

Date

Late 11th century, 1091 or later

Language

Latin

(fol.2) Gennadius Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

(fol.9) Commentary on the Old testament

(fol.74v) Summary of Jewish history

(fol.86v) History of the Church under the Emperors from Nero to Theodosius

(fol.97v) Patristic extracts

(fol.97v) Abbreviated extracts from Augustine, De civitate Dei, notably Bks.21, ch.4, 5, 22 ch.13–19, 30.

(fol.103) Ps.-Damasus Ep. 5

Ps.-Jerome ep.47 § 1

(fol.103v) Nicetas of Remesiana (Ps.-Augustine) De laude spiritualium canticorum

(fol.107) Remigius of Auxerre Enarrationes in Psalmos

Extracts on the psalms from Gregory and Cassiodorus

(fol.108v) Compilation from Augustine, Enarrationes in psalmos

(fol.115v) Jerome ep.30

(fol.123v) General anthology of pieces from Augustine, Bede and Gregory

(fol.126v) Extracts from decreta and registers, very largely those of Gregory the Great

(fol.143v) Ordo for use at a council

(fol.144v) Rubric: Excommunicatio leonis pape

(fol.146) Excerpts, mostly from Augustine, but also from Amalarius De eccles. off. (fol.146–8, including bk.1 ch.18, 2 ch.26, 3 ch.8, 4 ch.7), Gregory Moralia (fol.149v, 159v, 172v), Jerome (fol.156, 168v – 170, the latter containing excerpts from epp.22, 107, 130), Bede (fol.156, 163v), Isidore Etymologiae (fol.159v), and Ambrose (fol.156v, 170). The series ends (fol.174v) with extracts from Augustine, Jerome and Ambrose on the penitence of Solomon (cf.R. W. Hunt, Medieval and Renaissance Studies IV.30).

(fol. 175) Akathistos hymn (Latin adaptation)

(fol.176v) Horace Ars poetica

Scattered through the book are marginal notes of the 15th, 16th and later centuries.

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

178 leaves

Hands

Mainly in two hands, (1) fol. 1–3v, 74–85v, 164–75v (2) fol. 3v-74, 85v-164.

Decoration

Plain red and blue initials.

Binding

Medieval binding of white leather over oak boards, with marks of strap and peg fastenings.

Provenance

' Tho Lot(?)ha ', 17th century.

'A 579', 18th - 19th century.

Quaritch.

Robinson, bought 1934.

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