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Johannes a Sancto Geminiano, Sermones quadragesimales; Germany (in part Erfurt), c. 1442

MS. Hamilton 8

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Title

Johannes a Sancto Geminiano, Sermones quadragesimales; Germany (in part Erfurt), c. 1442

Shelfmark

MS. Hamilton 8

Associated place

Erfurt

Place of origin

Germany, Erfurt (at least in part)

Germany

Date

14th century

c. 1442

13th century

15th century

Language

Latin

Contents

(fols. 1ra–161vb) Johannes a Sancto Geminiano Sermones quadragesimales
(fols. 1ra–139va) Schneyer III.734–41, nos. 155–242; the end of 165 and the beginning of 166 lost. As pr. Convivium quadragesimale (Cologne, 1612).
(fols. 139vb–140ra) Incipit: Inclinato capite emisit spiritum Jo. xix Mors saluatoris nostri karissimi quam hodie recolimus per inclinacionem factam
(fols. 140ra–141ra) Incipit: Memento mei domine dum veneris […] Luc. xxiij Introducit breuiter ewangelista primo latronem humiliter postulantem
(fols. 141ra–143va) Schneyer, no. 243
(fols. 143va–146vb) Incipit: Descendit primum ad inferiores … Eph. iiij Cum dominus iesus christus nostre redempcionis opere in cruce consummato
(fols. 146vb–148vb) Schneyer, no. 244
(fols. 149ra–150vb) Schneyer, no. 245
(fols. 150vb–153ra) Incipit: Duo ex discipulis Iesu ibant ipsa die in castellum Luc. xxiiij Consueuerunt boni et magni doctores quando volunt discipulos suos de aliquo re difficili informare
(fols. 153ra–154ra) Incipit: Surrexit dominus vere et apparuit […] Luc. xxiij Quia testes debent esse certi de hiis
(fols. 154ra–155vb) Incipit: Stetit iesus in medio […] Luc. ultimo Quando rex a turma(?) sua alias pontifex ab acclesia
(fols. 155vb–156vb) Incipit: Oportebat pati christum […] Luc. ultimo Sicud dicit philosophus, Opposita iuxta se posita magis elucescunt, sicud nigrum magis apparet
(fols. 157ra–161vb) Index
MS. Hamilton 8 - upper pastedown
Honorius of Autun Elucidarium
MS. Hamilton 8 - lower pastedown, fragment A
Peregrinus de Opole Sermones de sanctis
MS. Hamilton 8 - lower pastedown, fragments B and C
Alexander de Villa Dei, Doctrinale, with interlinear glosses and commentary in textus inclusus.
Alexander de Villa Dei Doctrinale
Commentary on Alexander de Villa Dei, Doctrinale magnum

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

161 folios

Hands

Mostly the work of two scribes, (a) fols. 1ra-108vb (b) fols. 109ra-161v, Johannes Czesaris; a third scribe seems to appear briefly on fols. 153vb-154ra.

Scribe a, cursiva

Scribe b, hybrida (loopless cursive)

Decoration

Red initials, mostly 2–3 lines, sometimes with simple 'arabesque' or 'silhouette' decoration.

Rubrication of fols. 1–108 apparently unfinished.

Binding

Contemporary binding of white whittawed skin over boards; clasps lost; formerly chained from the head of the back board. Contemporary contents label on the front cover, with pressmark E 1.

Acquisition

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

Provenance

Colophon, fol. 161vb, referring to fols. 109–161, but fols. 1–108 are evidently contemporary.

Erfurt, unidentified religious house: Liber conuentus Erfford' Held'ug' (Heldrug'?) (fol. 1r); pressmark E 1 on the binding.

Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von Bülow, 1760-?1831 (?): probably identifiable as 209a in the catalogue of part 3 of his sale, 10 Oct. 1836 ('JOHANNIS (Fr. Ord. S. Domin.) Sermones quadragesimales (a. 1442. scr.)').

Sir William Hamilton, 1788–1856

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  • Czezaris, Johannes, fl. 1442

  • Bülow, Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von, 1760-?1831

  • Peregrinus, de Opole

  • Alexander, de Villa Dei

  • Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156

  • Johannes de Sancto Geminiano 1260-1332

  • Hamilton, William, Sir, 1788-1856

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