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Title

Jacobus de Voragine — 15th century, first half (watermarks suggest c. 1420); German

Shelfmark

MS. Hamilton 58

Place of origin

German

Date

15th century, first half (watermarks suggest c. 1420)

Language

Latin

(fols. 1r–264v) Jacobus de Voragine Sermones de sanctis

(fol. 1r, Andrew) Schneyer no. 295, additional sermon, 296; (fol. 5r, Nicholas) 302, 300; (fol. 7v, Lucy) 305; (fol. 8v, Thomas) 310, 308; (fol. 11v, Vigil of the Nativity) additional sermon, 313; (Nativity) 323, 322; (fol. 16v, Stephen) 327, 326; (fol. 19r, John Evangelist) 332, 333; (fol. 22r, Holy Innocents) 338; (fol. 23r, Thomas) 340, 339; (fol. 26r, Silvester) 343; (fol. 27r, Circumcision) 346, 347; (fol. 29r, Epiphany) 353, 354; (fol. 31r, Sebastian) 357; (fol. 32r, Agnes) 360; (fol. 32v, Vincent) 364, 366; (fol. 34v, Conversion of Paul) 369, 475; (fol. 37r, Purification) 373, 375; (fol. 39r, Agatha) 379; (fol. 40v, Peter in Chains) 381, 380; (fol. 43r, Matthias) 384, 382; (fol. 45v, Benedict) 389; (fol. 46v, Annunciation) 395, 393; (fol. 49v, in cena domini) 402; (fol. 51r, in parasceue) 407; (fol. 52r, vigil of Easter) 413; (fol. 53v, Easter) 414, 415; (fol. 55v, feria tertia) 420; (fol. 57r, Ambrose) 422; (fol. 58v, George) 424, 426; (fol. 60v, Mark) 625, 427; (fol. 63r, Philip) 434, 433; (fol. 65r, Invention of the Cross) 436, 534; (fol. 67r, John ante portam latinam) 439, 440 (ending 'fonte potavit', as in the edition of c. 1478); (fol. 69v, Rogation) additional sermon; (fol. 70v, Ascension) 446, 443; (fol. 73r, Pentecost) 451, 453, additional sermon; (fol. 77v, Trinity) 458; (fol. 79r, Vitus and Modestus) additional sermon; (fol. 80v, Gervasius and Prothasius) 463; (fol. 81r, John Baptist) 464, 467; (fol. 83v, John and Paul) 470; (fol. 84v, Peter and Paul) 471, 473, additional sermon; (fol. 88r, Paul) 474; (fol. 89v, Barnabas) additional sermon; (fol. 90v, Margaret) 477; (fol 92r, Mary Magdalene) 482, additional sermon; (fol. 94r, James) 485, 484; (fol. 95v, Vincula Petri) 488, 487; (fol. 96v, Invention of Stephen) 489, 490; (fol. 99v, Dominic) 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496; (fol. 109r, Laurence) 497, 498, 499, 500; (fol. 114v, Hyppolitus et socii) 501, 502, 503 (explicit differs); (fol. 118v, Assumption) 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512; (fol. 138v, Bernard) 513, 514, 515, 516; (fol. 145v, Bartholomew) 517, 518, 519, 520; (fol. 152r, Augustine) 521, 522, 523, 524; (fol. 160r, Decollation of John Baptist), 525, 526, 527; (fol. 164r, Nativity of the Virgin) 528, 529, 530, 531, 532; (fol. 173r, De sancta cruce), 533, 534, 535, 536; (fol. 179r, Matthew) 537, 538, 539; (fol. 184v, Mauricius et socii) 540, 541; (fol. 187v, Cosmas and Damian) 542, 543; (fol. 190r, Michael) 544, 545; (fol. 192v, Jerome) 551, 552, 553, 554; (fol. 198r, Francis) 555, 556, 557, 558; (fol. 205r, Dionysius) 559, 560, 561; (fol. 209r, Luke) 562, 563, 564; (fol. 213v, Simon and Jude) 565, 566, 567; (fol. 217r, All Saints) 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573; (fol. 227v, de mortuis) 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581; (fol. 236v, de animabus) additional sermon; (fol. 237v, Martin) 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587; (fol. 244r, Cecilia) 588; (fol. 245r, Clement) 589, 590; (fol. 247v, Katherine) 591, 592, 593; (fol. 252r, In dedicatione) 594, 595, 596, 597; (fol. 259r, Gregory) 598, 599, 600.

(fol. 2r) Incipit: Sermo secundus [de sancto Andrea]

(fol. 11v) Rubric: In vigilia natiuitatis

(fol. 69v) Rubric: In rogacionibus

(fol. 76r) Rubric: Tercius de eodem [Pentecost]

(fol. 79r) Rubric: Vito et modesto

(fol. 87r) Rubric: Petri et Pauli sermo

(fol. 89v) Rubric: De sancto barnaba sermo

(fol. 93r) Rubric: sermo secundus

(fol. 236v) Rubric: De animabus

Form

codex

Support

Paper. Watermarks include Ochsenkopf, several varieties including with lily (fols. 49–50 etc.; similar motifs with dates 1418–1424 in WZIS, WZMA) and with 'dreiblatt im kreis' (fols. 24–6; similar motif with date 1419 in WZIS); fol. 29, bell with six-leafed flower above (similar examples in WZMA dated 1418-c.1430).

Physical extent

i + 265 + i fols

Hands

Cursive by four hands: fols. 1r-24v; fols. 25r-96v; fols. 97r-228v; fols. 229r-264v.

Decoration

5-line red initial, fol. 1; elsewhere 2–3 line red initials, sometimes with very simple arabesque decoration.

Binding

Contemporary binding of brown leather over boards, ruled in blind; clasps and bosses lost; re-backed and repaired. Contemporary contents label ('Jacobus de Uoragine de sanctis').

Acquisition

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

Provenance

Erfurt, St Peter's: ex libris and pressmark C 32 on the upper pastedown, 15th century; pressmark C XXXII on the upper cover, with an older pressmark, XXVI; ex libris, 18th century (?), fol. 1r.

Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von Bülow, 1760-?1831 (?): probably identifiable as 90 in the catalogue of part 3 of his sale, 10 Oct. 1836

Sir William Hamilton, 1788–1856

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