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Collection of mystical theology. English, late 15th century.

MS. Lat. th. d. 27

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Title

Collection of mystical theology. English, late 15th century.

Shelfmark

MS. Lat. th. d. 27

Associated place

Stourbridge

Place of origin

English

Date

15th century, late

Language

Latin

Contents

1. (fol. 111) Hugh of St.-Victor De tribus diebus
2. (fol. 123) Regula Benedicti
3. (fol. 124) Anselm Meditatio I de timore mortis
4. (fol. 125) Anselm Meditatio II Deploratio uirginitatis male amissae
5. (fol. 126) Ps.-Origen Homily on Maria stabat
6. (fol. 130) Rubric: Modica et devota excerpcio ex libris beatorum Augustini et Anselmi de contemplacione secundum Hugonem de S. Victore
7. (fol. 131v) Walter Hilton Epistola ad Adam Horsley de origine et utilitate religionis
8. (fol. 142v) Ps.-Macharius Epistola ad monachos
9. (fol. 143v) Ps.-Peter of Blois Regula aurea Silencium teneas
10. (fol. 144) Peter Damian Institutio monalis
Art. 8–10 are found in the same order in MS. Lat. th. e. 26, following Hilton's Epistola; cf. MS. Merton College 47.
11. (fol. 144v) Walter Hilton De imagine peccati
12. (fol. 151) Religious treatise
13a. (fol. 152v) Birgitta of Sweden Reuelationes
13b. (fol. 152v) Elizabeth of Schonau Visiones
14. (fol. 153) William Flete De remediis contra temptationes
15. (fol. 157) Jehan Castel De adhaerendo Deo
16. (fol. 165v) Richard Rolle De excellentia contemplationis
17a. (fol. 177) Prayer
17b. (fol. 177) Prayer
18. (fol. 177v) Roger of Waltham Compendium morale
19. (fol. 181) Aelred of Rievaulx De institutione inclusarum
20. (fol. 196v) Collection of extracts on religious life
21. (fol. 200) John Norton (d. 1489) De uita solitaria
22. (fol. 201) Prayers
Rubric: Devota oratio b. Ambrosii
(fol. 202) Rubric: Oracio cotidiana dicenda ante missam
Rubric: Oracio S. Ambrosii
(fol. 203v) Rubric: Oracio S. Ambrosii
Rubric: Oratio eiusdem
Rubric: Oratio eiusdem etc.
(fol. 204) James of Milan Stimulus Amoris
(fol. 205) Rubric: Peticio ad excitandum cor in amorem dulcissimi Iesu
(fol. 205v) Henricus Suso Horologium sapientie
23. (fol. 213) Rubric: Brevis tractatus meliflui Bernardi de laude sacerdotum sive ordinis sacerdotalis
24. (fol. 214) Peter of Blois Ep. 124
25a. (fol. 217v) Gregory the Great Dialogi
Gregory the Great Homiliae XL in Evangelia
26. (fol. 222) Exemplum on the sacrament of the altar
27. (fol. 222v) Hugo Ripelinus Compendium ueritatibus theologie
28. (fol. 227) Rubric: Tractatus de discrete discernendo et de recte iudicando quando pollucio nocturna est peccatum et quando non
29a. (fol. 229v) Extracts from Jerome
Clementines
29c. (fol. 229v) Bede Historia ecclesiastica
30. (fol. 234) Prayers
Rubric: Oratio b. Gregorii
(fol. 234v) Rubric: Oratio coram imagine crucifixi dicenda
(fol. 236v) Rubric: Oratio pro universali statu ecclesiae catholice

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ii + 129 leaves (fol. 111–233 of a larger volume)

Hands

probably in four hands: (1) fol. 111–123, (2) fol. 123–180, 201–233, (3) fol. 181–200, (4) fol. 230v–233v.

Decoration

Blue initials with extensive red penwork in the margins.

Acquisition

Bought at Sotheby's 14 March 1949, lot 79.

Provenance

' Thomas Arden ', 16th century (fol. 236v)

' Thomas Goodwin ', 17th century (fol. 235v)

Pen trial of charter 'I Abel Walton of Stourbridge in the county of Worcester'

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Connections

People associated with this object

  • Walton, Abel, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire

  • Origen, pseudo

  • Goodwin, Thomas, 17th cent.

  • Hugo, Argentinensis, approximately 1210-approximately 1270

  • Gregory, I, Pope, approximately 540-604

  • Macharius, pseudo

  • Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373

  • Peter, of Blois, approximately 1135-approximately 1212

  • Castel, Jean

  • Augustinus, de Ancona, 1243-1328

  • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735

  • Hilton, Walter, -1396

  • Cranewys, Thomas, chaplain of Norwich diocese, fl. 1446

  • Henry, of Ghent, 1217?-1293

  • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

  • Norton, John, OCarth (d. 1489)

  • Peter of Blois, pseudo

  • James, of Milan, active 13th century

  • Arden, Thomas, 16th cent.

  • Gascoigne, Thomas, 1403-1458

  • Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141

  • Fishacre, Richard, approximately 1200-1248

  • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

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

  • Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366

  • Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420

  • Flete, William, approximately 1310-approximately 1382

  • Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109

  • Peter Damian, Saint, 1007?-1072

  • Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167

  • Elisabeth, of Schönau, Saint, 1129-1164

  • Rolle, Richard, 1290?-1349

  • Arnaldus, Abbot of Bonneval, -approximately 1156

  • Aquinas, Thomas, Saint, 1225-1274

  • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397

  • Roger, of Waltham, ca. -1332

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