'St Wulfstan's Homiliary'; England (Worcester), s. xi3/4; additions to s. xiii1

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Title

'St Wulfstan's Homiliary'; England (Worcester), s. xi3/4; additions to s. xiii1

Shelfmark

MSS. Hatton 113-14

Place of origin

English, Worcester, cathedral priory

Date

additions, through to 13th century, first half

11th century, third quarter (Watson: between 1064 and 1083)

Language

Latin

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

MS. Hatton 113 'St Wulfstan's Homiliary', part 1

Articles are numbered in arabic as in Ker; the roman numbering follows that in the table of contents, fol. xi verso, and running heads.

79. fol. ii recto Rubric: EPISTOLA CARDINALIUM URBIS ROMAE AD WLSTANUM EPISCOPUM

Incipit: Oremus omnes. deum patrem omnipotentem. ut sanctam ecclesiam suam pacificet

fol. ii verso Rubric: RATIO CALCULANDI INCHOAT. EN HIC. PRIMO TAMEN DE DIEBUS MENSIVM

fols. iii recto – viii verso Calendar

fol. ix recto – xi recto Computistical tables:

Fol. ix verso: table of a 19-year lunar cycle showing the age of the moon of the first day of each month, surrounded by text on the ember days ('quattvor ieivniae')

Fol. x recto: table of a 19-year lunar cycle showing the dates of the moon at various ages, for calculating Easter, Rogationtide, Pentecost, and Septuagesima (as The Leofric Missal (1883), p. 47), followed by instructions ('Terminus decima luna septuagesima. Ubi cumque inueneris...')

Fols. x verso - xi recto: table from 1064 to 1095 with the date of Easter and other information (cf. The Leofric Missal (1883), p. 50); entries for 1062–3 inserted above (1062 'or(dinatio) W(ulfstani) e(piscopi)'); continued less elaborately for 1096 to 1119 on fol. xi recto, the entries for 1116 to 1119 lacking the final three columns.

fol. xi verso Table of sermons, originally covering items i-lx, with items lxi-lxiii (Ker 76–8) added shortly after.

1 (i). fols 1r–3r Wulfstan Homily

2 (ii). fols 3r–4r Wulfstan Homily: The Six Ages of the World

3 (iii). fols 4r–10v Wulfstan An Outline of History

4-5 (iv). fols 10v–16r Wulfstan The Creed

6 (v). fols 16r–21r Wulfstan Baptism

7 (vi). fols 21r–27r Wulfstan Isaiah on the Punishment for Sin

8 (vii). fols 27r–31v Wulfstan Gifts of the Holy Spirit

9 (viii). fols 31v–34r Wulfstan Antichrist

10 (viiii). fols 34r–44r Wulfstan The Christian Life

11 (x). fols 44r–47v Wulfstan The Last Days

12 (viii). fols 47v–49v Wulfstan Matthew on the Last Days

13 (viiii). fols 49v–52r Wulfstan Luke on the Last Days

14 (x). fols 52r–56v Wulfstan The Deeds of Antichrist

15 (xi). fols 56v–58v Wulfstan The First Sunday in Lent

16 (xii). fols 58v–61r Wulfstan The False Gods

17-21 (xiii). fols 61r–66r Wulfstan A Pastoral Letter

22 (xiiii). fols 66r–73r Anonymous Homily, Napier XXIX

23 (xv). fols 73r–80v Anonymous Homily, Napier XXX

24 (xvi). fols 80v–81r Anonymous Homily

25 (xvii). fols 81r–83r Wulfstan Cena Domini-The Reconciliation of Penitents

26 (xviii). fol 83r–84v Wulfstan The Consecration of a Bishop

27 (xviiii). fols 84v–90v Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos

28 (xx). fols 90v–91v Wulfstan Evil Rulers

29 (xx). fols 91v–93v Wulfstan Homily 'Be mistlican gelimpan'

30 (xxi). fols 93v–94v Wulfstan The Consecration of a Bishop

31 (xxii). fols 94v–102v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Feria III de dominica oratione

32 (xxiii). fols 102v–5v Ælfric Sermo ad Populum, in Octavis Pentecosten Dicendus

33 (xxiiii). fols 115v–24r Ælfric Second Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies II]: Christmas

34 (xxv). fols 124r–30v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Stephen

35 (xxvi). fols 130v–39v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Assumption of St John

36 (xxvii). fols 139v–44v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Innocents

MS. Hatton 114 'St. Wulstan's Homiliary', part 2

Items are numbered as the description for English Manuscripts 1060–1220, followed by Ker's numbers in parentheses, and the numbers from the table of contents and running heads.

1 (Ker 82). fols 1r–4v Anonymous Homily 'In die iudicii'

2 (Ker 83). fol. 4v Ælfric Second Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies II]: Fifth Sunday in Lent

3 (Ker 84). fols 5r–8v Ælfric Second Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies II]: Alexander, Eventius, and Theodolus

4 (Ker 36) (xxvii). fol. 9r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Innocents

5 (Ker 37) (xxviii). fols 9r–15r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Circumcision

6. fols 9v–10r, margins Table of contents

7 (Ker 38) (xxix). fols 15r–22v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Epiphany

8 (Ker 39) (xxx). fols 22v–30r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Purification

9 (Ker 40) (xxxi). fols 30r–36v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Annunciation

10 (Ker 41) (xxxii). fols 36v–42v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Quinquagesima

11 (Ker 42) (xxxiii). fols 42v–49r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: First Sunday in Lent

12 (Ker 43) (xxxiiii). fols 49r–54r Anonymous Homily

13 (Ker 44) (xxxv). fols 54r–57r Anonymous Homilies, Homilies for Specified Occasions, Temporale: Second Sunday in Lent

14 (Ker 45) (xxxvi). fols 57r–63v Ælfric Homilies of Ælfric: Dominica III in Quadragesima

15 (Ker 46) (xxxvii). fols 63v–68r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Mid-Lent Sunday

16 (Ker 47) (xxxviii). fols 68r–75v Ælfric Lives of Saints: The Prayer of Moses [De Oratione Moysi]

17 (Ker 48) (xxxviiii). fols 75v–85v Ælfric Second Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies II]: Palm Sunday

(fol. 75v) Summary of John XI added in the margin, thirteenth century.

18 (Ker 49) (xxxviiii). fols 85v–86r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Palm Sunday

19 (xxxviiii). fol. 86r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Cyrclice þeawas

20 (Ker 50) (xl). fols 86r–92r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Easter

21 (Ker 51) (xli). fols 92r–97v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: First Sunday after Easter

22 (Ker 52) (xlii). fols 97*v–102v Anonymous Homilies, Homilies for Specified Occasions, Temporale: In Letania Maiore

23 (Ker 53) (xlii). fols 102v–05v Anonymous Homilies, Homilies for Specified Occasions, Temporale: In Letania Maiore

24 (Ker 54) (xliii). fols 105v–11r Anonymous Homilies, Homilies for Specified Occasions, Temporale: In Letania Maiore

25 (Ker 55) (xliiii). fols 111r–14v Anonymous Homilies, Homilies for Specified Occasions, Temporale: Tuesday in Rogationtide

26 (Ker 56) (xlv). fols 115r–23v Wulfstan Eschatalogical Homilies: The Deeds of Antichrist

27 (Ker 57) (xlvi). fols 123v–31v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Ascension

28 (Ker 58) (xlvii). fols 131v–40r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Pentecost

29 (Ker 59) (xlviii). fols 140r–47v Ælfric Second Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies II]: Gregory

30 (Ker 60) (xlviiii). fols 147v–49r Ælfric Second Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies II]: Philip and James [Philip]

31 (Ker 61) (l). fols 149r–51r Ælfric Second Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies II]: Philip and James (James)

32 (Ker 62) (li). fols 151r–53r Ælfric Second Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies II]: Invention of the Cross

33 (Ker 63) (lii). fols 153r–55v Ælfric Second Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies II]: Alexander, Eventius, and Theodolus [second copy]

34 (Ker 64) (liii). fols 156r–63r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: John the Baptist

35 (Ker 65) (liiii). fols 163r–66r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Peter and Paul

36 (Ker 66) (lv). fols 166r–72v Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Passion of Peter and Paul

37 (Ker 67) (lvi). fols 172v–81r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Paul

38 (Ker 68) (lvii). fols 181r–90r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Assumption of the Virgin

39 (Ker 69) (lviii). fols 190r–200r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Bartholomew

40 (Ker 70) (lviii). fols 200r–v Poenitentiale Theodori (Capitula d'Acheriana)

41 (Ker 71) (lviii). fols 200v–01r Poenitentiale Theodori (Capitula d'Acheriana)

42 (Ker 72) (lviiii). fols 201r–12r Anonymous Homilies, Homilies for Specified Occasions, Sanctorale: Nativity of the Virgin Mary

43 (Ker 73) (lx). fols 212r–21r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: Dedicatio ecclesiae sancti Michaelis

44 (Ker 74-5) (lxi). fols 221r–30r Ælfric First Series of Homilies [Catholic Homilies I]: All Saints

45 (Ker 76) (lxi). fols 230r–35v Ælfric Homily for the Common of a Confessor

46 (Ker 77) (lxii). fols 236r–42v Ælfric Homily for the Dedication of a Church

47 (Ker 78) (lxiii). fols 242v–46v Anonymous Homilies, Homilies for Specified Occasions, Temporale: Dedication of a Church

48 (Ker 85). fol. 247r–v Mæsse Creda

49. fols 11v, 13v, 25r and 27v Marginal notes by Coleman

Glosses and alterations throughout by the Tremulous Hand

Acquisition

Given to the Bodleian by Hatton's son in 1675. Subsequently lent to Dr Thomas Marshall and by him to Franciscus Junius and returned to the Bodleian as part of the Junius collection after his death in 1678. Former shelfmarks MS. Junius 22 and MS. Junius 99.

Provenance

Worcester Cathedral. Written at Worcester, probably as companion volumes to MS. Junius 121. The Worcester origin and early provenance is established by the calendar, script and additions by Coleman. (According to William of Malmesbury's Vita Wulfstani, Wulfstan in old age delegated the office of preaching to Coleman ('praedicationis delegabat officium'; ed. Darlington, p. 40)). The manuscript was presumably still at Worcester in the early thirteenth century, when the Tremulous Hand annotated it. In the sixteenth century the inscription Liber Ecclesiæ Wygorn was added in the top margin of MS. Hatton 113, fol. ii recto, and subsequently erased. The manuscript was annotated by John Joscelyn and was a source for his Anglo-Saxon glossaries in London, Lambeth Palace 692, fol. 37. Still in Worcester in 1622–3, when catalogued by Patrick Young (Atkins and Ker 1944, nos. 318–319), and in 1638, when referred to (as a Worcester manuscript) in a letter from Ussher to Spelman dated 6th November 1638 (Oxford, Bodleian, Additional C. 301, fol. 48) (Ker 1957, p. 399).

Borrowed by Christopher, Lord Hatton by 1644, when indexed by Dugdale (Oxford, Bodleian, Dugdale 29, fol. iv verso).

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