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Collectio canonum — 12th century, early; English(see Brett)

MS. Bodl. 561

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Title

Collectio canonum — 12th century, early; English(see Brett)

Theobald of Étampes — 12th century, first half; English

Sermon — 12th century, first half; English

Untitled works or fragments — 12th century, first half; English

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 561

Place of origin

English

English(see Brett)

Date

12th century, first half

12th century, early

Language

Latin

Contents

MS. Bodl. 561 – Part 1
(fol. 2) Collectio canonum
MS. Bodl. 561 – Part 2
Texts relating to the debate on whether monks should be priests, all surviving uniquely in this manuscript, and printed with discussion by R. Foreville and J. Leclercq, 'Un débat sur le sacerdoce des moines au XIIe siècle', in Studia Anselmiana 41 (Analecta Monastica, 4th ser.) (1957)
(fol. 61) Theobald of Étampes Improperium cuiusdam in monachos
(fol. 62) Rescriptum cuiusdam pro monachis
(fol. 87v) Incipit: Scribere decreui quia ludum fingere sueui
(fol. 90v) Rubric: Quod ex auctoritate ueterum scripturarum sanctorumque canonum monasticus ordo predicare & promoueri ualeat
Fols. 96v-97r: fragments from the school of Anselm of Canterbury, pr. Memorials of St. Anselm, ed. R. W. Southern and F. S. Schmitt (1969), pp. 305-8.
MS. Bodl. 561 – Part 3
(fol. 98) Sermon
(fol. 106) Incipit: In Natale sacro
(fol. 107) Sermon
(fols. 115v–118) Rubric: De cimiterio
(fol. 118r–v) Fragments from the school of Anselm of Canterbury, pr. Memorials of St. Anselm, pp. 308-9
MS. Bodl. 561 – Part 4
Allegories and moralizations from the school of Anselm of Canterbury (Memorials of St. Anselm, pp. 304-5)
(fols. 119r–129r) Rubric: De aratro et carro
(fols. 129r–139v) Rubric: De naui
(fols. 139v–147r) Rubric: De molendino
(fols. 147v–149r) Rubric: De Milite temporali et spirituali
(fols. 149v–150r) Fragments from the school of Anselm of Canterbury, (partly?) pr. Memorials of St. Anselm, ed. R. W. Southern and F. S. Schmitt (1969), pp. 309-10

Physical extent

iii + 159 leaves

Decoration

Some illuminated capitals.

Acquisition

Presented by sir George More in 1604.

Provenance

'At least seven distinct sections ... Two versions of an early list of contents on the fly-leaves show that the miscellany had taken more or less its present form by c.1200' (M. Brett, 'The Collectio Lanfranci and its Competitors', in Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages: Essays Presented to Margaret Gibson, ed. L. Smith and B. Ward (London, 1992), p. 157). For the date of parts 2-4 see Memorials of St. Anselm, ed. R. W. Southern and F. S. Schmitt (1969), p. 304.

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  • Isidore Mercator, 08..?-08..? (‘Pseudo-Isidore’)

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

  • Thibaut d'Étampes

  • More, George, Sir, 1553?-1632

  • Ivo, Saint, Bishop of Chartres, approximately 1040-1116

  • Alexander, of Canterbury, active 1120

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