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Johannes Marienwerder, Matthew of Cracow, sermons, etc.; Germany (Kottbus), 1419

MS. Hamilton 2

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Title

Johannes Marienwerder, Matthew of Cracow, sermons, etc.; Germany (Kottbus), 1419

Shelfmark

MS. Hamilton 2

Place of origin

German, Kottbus

Date

1419

Language

Latin

Contents

1.1. (fols. 1ra–4rb) Rubric: (fol. 1ra) ⟨P⟩ro tabula[sic] exposicionis symboli
1.2. (fols. 4rb–57vb) Johannes de Marienwerder Dicta super symbolo Apostolorum
2. (fols. 57vb–58vb) ⟨Caesarius of Arles⟩ ⟨Sermo de indigna familiaritate extranearum mulierum⟩
3. (fols. 59ra–65ra) ⟨Jan Milič z Kroměříže⟩ ⟨Gratia Dei, sermo de omnibus sanctis siue de octo beatitudinibus⟩
4. (fols. 65ra–70vb) Johannes de Marienwerder De octa beatitudinibus
Sermons, etc.
5.1. (fols. 70vb–72va) Incipit: Egressus iesus perambulabat yericho [Luke 19.1] Hic informat pt hominem ad opera vite active quantum adincipientes
5.2. (fol. 72va–74vb) Rubric: Sermo de Natiuitate b. virginis marie M. Matthei de Cracouia
5.3. (fol. 74vb–77ra) Rubric: In natiuitate gloriose virginis marie M. Matteus
5.4. (fol. 77ra–79ra) Rubric: Sermo de visitacione gloriosissime virginis marie ad elizabeth
5.5. (fol. 79ra–81vb) Rubric: Sermon in die purificacionis uirginis gloriose
5.6. (fol. 81vb–83rb) Rubric: Sermo M. Mathei beate virginis marie in die Assumpcionis
5.7. (fol. 83rb–84rb) Rubric: Sequitur postilla euisdem
5.8. (fol. 84rb–86va) Rubric: In octava assumpcionis beate virginis Mr. Mattheus
5.9. (fol. 86va–88vb) Rubric: Sermo in die marie magdalene M. Petri
5.10. (fols. 89ra–90vb) Rubric: Sermo de beata katherina M. Matthei
5.11. (fols. 90vb–92vb) Rubric: Alter sermo de eadem virgine
5.12. (fols. 92vb–95vb) Rubric: In die sancti Steffani Mr. Matteus
5.13. (fols. 95vb–96ra) Rubric: In die sanctii Procopii Mr. Provyn(?)
5.14. (fols. 96ra–101rb) Rubric: Sermo de corpore christi
5.15. (fol. 101rb–102va) Incipit: Nota ysiderus de Summon bono dicit quod in quolilbet iudicio de Iure communi 4or persone requiritur
5.16. (fols. 102va–103ra) Incipit: Hii sunt quos aliquando habemus in derisum et in similitudinem improperij ... [Sap. 5.3–5] Quantum ad primum, Hii sunt quos aliquando, Job xij deridere iusti simplicitas
5.17. (fols. 103ra–vb) Incipit: Nota auaricia est immoderatus appetitus d(iu)iciarum in quibus creatura magis quam creator diligitur et alio modo vocatur cupiditas siue ambicio
6. (fols. 104ra–162rb) ⟨Matthew of Cracow⟩ ⟨Sermones de sanctis ‘Mens humana’⟩
Incipit: Ambulans iesus iuxta mare Galilee Mt. iiijto Mens humana homini in est quam pena est peccata a primis parentibus comissi
Incipit: Ecce ego mitto vos Mt. x Inter omnia que predicatori necessaria sunt patentia necessarior est
Incipit: Respiciens iesus uidit eos etc. Luc. xxj Karissimi omnes videmus et sepius experimur
Items on fols. 108rb-109vb interrupt the sequence, in the middle of serm. 3 (as noted fol. 108rb):
7.1. (fol. 108rb–vb) Incipit: Legitur quod beata Walpurga fuit nata in regione Sabulon filia regis Saraces
7.2. (fol. 109ra–rb) Sermons
Incipit: Assumpsit iesus xij discipulos suos et ait illis Ecce ascendimus Ierosolymam Mt. xviijo [Luke 18.31] Solent homines et specialiter uenatores istius temporis
Incipit: Assumpsit iesus etc. [Luke 18.31] Quidam doctor dicit quod ecclesia(?) sancta nunquam populus turbatur per mundanam
7.3. (fol. 109va) Incipit: In momento in ictu oculi in nouissima tuba canet enim tuba et mortui resurgent incorrupti ad thesselonii 4to [1 Cor. 15.52] In his verbis apostoli describitur futura resurreccio
7.4. (fol. 109vb) Incipit: Omnes morimur et quasi aqua dilabimur in terra que non revertuntur 2o R. xiiijo Fratres consideremus mortem momentis omnibus meditandam
8. (fols. 162va–171va) Stella Clericorum
9. (fol. 171va–vb) ⟨Bertrandus de Turre⟩ ⟨Sermones quadragesimales⟩

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

172 fols. (the final two folios are fragmentary and are followed by further fragments)

Hands

Written by Johannes Ostralus of Kottbus colophon, fol. 57v, covering fols. 1–57v. The rest of the manuscript is in the same hand.

Gothic cursive (cursiva)

Decoration

Coloured initials, rubrics.

Binding

Whittawed leather over boards, 15th century. The upper board has an offset from a former pastedown, no longer present. Two strap-and-pin fastenings, mostly lost; 4+1 bosses on the front and back boards, lost.

Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by his sons and received in 1857.

Provenance

Largely illegible ownership inscription on the inside back cover: Liber Joh leg ff e cotbus ('e cotbus' probably later). (Read by Watson as 'Liber presbiteri Johannis ostrali presbiteri de cotbus'.)

Cisterican abbey of Neuzelle, near Guben (Gubin), 15th century: 'Dominus michael frengkel assignavit pro testamento librum presentem ad nouam cellam prope gubin' (fol. 1).

Sir William Hamilton, 1788–1856

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  • Hamilton, William, Sir, 1788-1856

  • Caesarius, of Arles, Saint, 470?-542

  • Johannes, Marienwerder, 1343-1417

  • Matthew, of Cracow, 1355-1410

  • Frengkel, dom. Michael, 15th century

  • Bertrando, di La Tour, -1332?

  • Milíč z Kroměříže, Jan, -1374

  • Ostralus, Johannes, priest, of Kottbus, fl. c. 1419

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