Homilies, &c. , s. xi2; xiimed; xiiex; xiiiin

Title

Homilies, &c. , s. xi2; xiimed; xiiex; xiiiin

Shelfmark

MS. Hatton 115

Date

11th century, second half

additions, 12th century, middle, 12th century, late, and 13th century, early

Language

Latin

Middle English (1100-1500)

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Suede-like parchment.

Physical extent

v + 156 + iii leaves Fol. 139a: 195 75 Fol. 65: 242 155 (written space 190 100 ).Fols. 140-7: 247 155 (written space 187 100 ).Fols. 148-151: 247 155 (written space 192 105 ). Fols. 152-5: 218 155 (written space 170 115 ).

Hands

Fols 1-64v, 66-139v: A round and regular insular script with occasional Caroline features, undistinguished through script, 'not like the hands of other Anglo- Saxon manuscripts from Worcester' (Ker 1957, p. 403). This hand also shares some similarities with Royal 15.B.xxii, perhaps through training. a is Caroline in the combination æ. Long sis regular initially and medially but not finally. The cross-bar of ðis usually nearly horizontal and sometimes inclines slightly downwards from left to right. Tall tapered ascender curving to the left descenders: tapered descenders with a serif which turns to the left, except p, which ends with a flat foot. The mark of abbreviationis cup-shaped. Words omitted in error from the text and added in the margin are marked by a triangle of dots which corresponds to a triangle of dots in the main text. s.xi2 Also writes British Library MS. Cotton Faustina A. x, fols 3-101 (see also Ker 1957, p.403).

Fols 65r-65v/14: A round, small English Vernacular hand. d: similar to ð, but with short ascender which slightly curves to the right. Long swith a hooked top, and a back which extends below the line of writing. The cross-bar of ðextends from the middle of the ascender to the right. ascenders: wedged, usually more prominent to the right. Probably s. xiex.

Fol. 65v/17-21: d: similar to ð, but with short often tapered ascender, at times with hook protruding to the left. Long swith a hooked top, and a tapered back which extends below the line of writing. The cross-bar of ðis median, ending with a dot to the right of the cross-bar. ascenders: wedged, usually more prominent to the left. Probably s. xiex.

Fols 140-7: A round, thick hand, 'quite different and perhaps rather earlier type' (Ker 1957, p. 403). c: horned. d: similar to ð, but with a long thick ascender curving occasionally to the right at the top. Long and low forms of sare used indifferently and round salso occurs. The long shas a hooked top, and a tapered back which extends below the line of writing curving to the left. d: similar to ð, but with a long thick ascender curving occasionally to the right at the top. ascenders are tall and clubbed. s. ximed

Fols 148-53v: A clear upright, 'pointed hand' mixing Caroline and insular letter forms(Ker 1957, p. 403) a: regularly Caroline. d: round back with a tapered ascender to the right. f is Caroline. h is Caroline. r Caroline and insular. ð is of the same size and shape as d. The cross-bar ends with a dot to the left of the cross-bar y is rounded and dotted. The combined de with e attached to the top of the rounded back of d occurs. s. xiimed

Extensive glosses, corrections and alterations by the Tremulous Hand . The scribe also copies four lines on fol. 154r and adds to the table of contents. The Tremulous Hand does not annotate fols 148-53 (Franzen 1998, p. 46) xiii1

Fol. 155r: A hand with predominantly Caroline letter forms, but retaining insular features. þ is used. ð is used. ƿ is used. s. xiiex

Decoration

Fols. 1-64, 66-139a, decorated initials in green and in red. Capital letters beginning sentences and titles are in red. Red is also used for the first line of text on fols 58r, 59v, 60r, 61v, 63r, 66r, as is the title on fol. 70v. Occasional pen decoration in red on the AMENat the end of sermons (Franzen 1998, p. 45-46). fol. 65Red decorated initials and capitals. fols 148-155 Red decorated initials.

Binding

Brown leather binding, s. xvii/xviii. There are rust marks on fols iv, v, 155 perhaps from the strap-and-pin fastening on the medieval binding. Ker (1957) notes that the manuscript was bound at the same time as Hatton 20, Hatton 76 and Hatton 116, probably soon after they were obtained by the Bodleian Library (pp. 16-17).

Acquisition

Given to the Bodleian by Hatton's son in 1675.

Provenance

Worcester, Worcestershire, Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary the Virgin : Erased Worcester inscription: "Liber ecclesiae Wygorn" (fol. iv recto). ".xxii." (cf. Hatton 114). ( MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution). The manuscript must have been in Worcester by s. xiii , as the extensive glossing by the Tremulous Hand can be dated to s. xiii is dated xiii 1(on a possible Worcester provenance, see also Tinti 2010, n. 297). Treharne suggests 'a south-eastern origin', and considering that at least some of the parts were copied by the same scribe who wrote Cotton, Faustina A. x (fols 3-101), it may be possible to suggest that some parts of this manuscript may have a south-east provenance perhaps from Rochester or Christ Church, Canterbury (see also, Treharne 1998, pp. 232-233 ). As noted above, Tremulous Hand does not annotate all the manuscript, so booklet four and five may have been separate to the rest of the manuscript in s. xiii 1(see, also Franzen 1998). The manuscript remained in Worcester until after 1623, as it is mentioned in Young's catalogue (Atkins and Ker 1944, no. 317)

Christopher, Lord Hatton: borrowed by him before August 1644.

Title

Old English sermons and tracts

Shelfmark

MS. Hatton 115

Summary

Old English sermons and tracts, in the same hand as Cott. MS. Faust. A. x, with contemporary Latin glosses, and further glosses by the Worcester 'tremulous' hand (for which see MSS. Hatton 20, Hatton 76, Hatton 113).

Nos. iv (fols. 23-30v, also in MS. C.C.C.C. 178, fol. 101), vi, xvi, xxvi, xxvii, xxxii are perhaps unprinted. Fols. 140-53 are additional leaves.

(a leaf is missing after fol. 82)

Date

Written in the 11th century at Worcester

Language

Latin

Multiple languages

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

Physical facet

On parchment, binding, blind-tooled brown leather on boards, late 17th-cent. English work. The first three and last two leaves are 17th-century paper.

Physical extent

157 leaves, of which

Custodial history

On fol. 1 is a (?) 12th-cent. library press-mark .xxii., and an erased 16th-cent. Worcester inscription (cf. MS. Hatton 113). Acquired by the Library in the same way as MSS. Junius 21, Hatton 113-114, 116.