Hildebert of Lavardin, Ps.-Bede — 13th century, early
MS. Douce 89
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Hildebert of Lavardin, Ps.-Bede — 13th century, early
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 89
Date
13th century, early
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 143leaves
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Canterbury, Kent, Benedictine abbey of St Augustine (originally of St Peter and St Paul): "D. VIII. G. V. Liber fratris I. Pistoris" (with list of contents, fol. iv verso, s. xiii in.). "Collecciones I. pistoris cum. b." (fol. iv verso, s. xiv in.) (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).
'Iacobus Watts me iure tenet. Hoc non verum' (fol. 140v: 16th cent. ?).
David Swan ('Bibliotheca Swaniana') (Douce Legacy, no. 88)
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Theological pieces, consisting of single sermons, excerpts or short treatises
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 89
Summary
Themes include:
(fol. 1) the Trinity
(fol. 13) Original Sin
Marriage (fol. 16v)
Baptism (fol. 37)
Holy Communion (fol. 49v)
Holy Orders (fol. 56v), etc.
Among the separate pieces are:
(fol. 71v) 'Versus de contemptu mundi', beg. 'Precipitem mundum fugiamus ut omne profundum'
(fol. 77) 'Vita sanctę Marię Ægyptia[cę]', by Hildebertus Cenomanensis: beg. 'Sicut hyemps laurum non urit, nec rogus aurum': ends, wanting at least one leaf, 'fastidit lubrica rerum'
(fol. 120v) 'De septem miraculis manufactis', by Bede: beg. 'Primum. Capitolium Romę.'
Short Latin poems are at fols. 71, 122. A 13th cent. list of contents (fol. iv) shows that part of the original volume is lost, and an inscription written in about A.D. 1300 proves that this book was probably in the library of st. Augustine's, Canterbury: 'D[istinctio] viii G[radus] v. Liber fratris I. Pistoris', the figures altered from iiii and iii respectively (?). A few leaves are cut into, and there are marginal additions.
'Iacobus Watts me iure tenet. Hoc non verum' (fol. 140v: 16th cent. ?).
Date
written early in the 13th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
143 Leaves
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Collection contents
Theological pieces, consisting of single sermons, excerpts or short treatises
