Lectionary — 12th century, beginning; Flemish
MS. Marshall 4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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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
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
Collection of two Latin items
