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Lectionary — 12th century, beginning; Flemish

MS. Marshall 4

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Title

Lectionary — 12th century, beginning; Flemish

Lections — 15th century; Flemish

Shelfmark

MS. Marshall 4

Date

15th century

12th century, beginning

Language

Latin

Contents

MS. Marshall 4 – Part 1
Lectionary
MS. Marshall 4 – Part 2
Lections

Binding

Stiff white parchment, 17th-cent. work.

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Title

Collection of two Latin items

Shelfmark

MS. Marshall 4

Summary

A. Fol. 1v. Lectionary from Low Sunday to the 24th Sunday after Trinity, being chiefly homilies from Bede and Gregory, and also from Leo, Jerome, bishop John [? Chrysostom], and Origen: text beg. 'In illo tempore, cum sero esset'.

There are also some 13th-cent. Latin benedictions on fol. 1.

B. Fol. 89. Lections in various 15th-cent. hands, originally fols. 160, 163-81 of a legendary from the abbey of Soignies in Flanders (see fol. 105):

Fol. 89. 'Homilia de Ewangelistis'

Fol. 89v. 'Homilia de quatuor doctoribus'

Fol. 96. nine lections 'in festo visitationis beate Marie virginis'

Fol. 94v. three lections from Augustine 'de lancea domini'

Fol. 95. six lections 'de sancto Anthonio'

Fol. 97. nine lections 'de transfiguratione ... Ihesu Christi'

Fol. 99. lections 'de beata Maria Magdalena'

Fol. 100. lections 'feria sexta quatuor temporum post festum crucis', with a late addition at end

Fol. 103. sermon on the Transfiguration, beg. 'Queritur quomodo post dies sex'

Fol. 103v. three lections 'beati Vincentii confessoris, patris sancti Dentlini', and three lections 'de sancto Vlderico'

Fol. 104. nine lections 'de sancto Dentlino'

Fol. 106. three lections 'de doctoribus'

Date

Made up of two MSS. written (A) in the 12th and (B) 15th century

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, bound in stiff white parchment, 17th-cent. work, illuminated initials, with grotesques at fols. 17, 18v, 22, 25v, 62v, 69v

Physical extent

108 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript (20).

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Collection contents

Marshall Manuscripts

Collection of two Latin items

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