Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 302: Old English Homilies, mostly by Ælfric
Description
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 302 is an important collection of Old English homilies, mostly by Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 950-c. 1010). It was written in the early twelfth century, probably in south-east England. It contains late Old English spellings, and is an important witness to the use made of the Anglo-Saxon homiletic tradition after the Norman Conquest. It was Parker's fifth volume of homilies in his numeration system.
- Contents
- Hexameron (extract) -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, First Sunday in Advent -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Second Sunday in Advent -- Lives of Saints, On auguries -- Baptism -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Christmas -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, St Stephen -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Assumption of St John -- Letter to Sigeferth, adapted -- Homily for the Third Sunday after Epiphany -- Homily for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany -- Homily for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Septuagesima -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Sexuagesima -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Quinquagesima -- Lives of Saints, Ash Wednesday -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, First Sunday in Lent -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, First Sunday in Lent -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Second Sunday in Lent -- Dominica III in Quadragesima -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Mid-Lent Sunday -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Fifth Sunday in Lent -- Homily for Friday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Palm Sunday -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Palm Sunday -- Homily In Cena Domini -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Easter -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Second Sunday after Easter -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, In Letania maiore -- Homily for Monday in Rogationtide -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Feria III de Dominica oratione -- Homily for Tuesday in Rogationtide -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Feria IIII de fide catholica
Bibliographic information
- M.R. James Date
- xi late?
- Downloadable James Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:fn520kv2192/MS_302.pdf
- Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:qd756mv5441/302.pdf
- Contains
-
- Ælfric OSB, Hexameron (extract). 11-22
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.5.13)
- Rubric
- (11) Her segð hu ure drihten gesceop heofonan 7 eorðan 7 ealla gesceafta
- Incipit
- (11) In principio creauit... terram. þæt his on englisc
- Note
- Also in MS 178, p. 16, MS 188, p. 1, and elsewhere. Copied for Professor Napier
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, First Sunday in Advent. 22-26
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.41)
- Rubric
- (22) Dominica prima de aduentu domini
- Incipit
- (22) Ðyses dæges þenung 7 þissere tide
- Note
- Thorpe I 600
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Second Sunday in Advent. 26-33
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.42)
- Rubric
- (26) Dominica II. de aduentu domini
- Incipit
-
(26) Erunt signa
(26) Se godspellere Lucas aƿrat - Note
- Thorpe I 608
- Ælfric OSB, Lives of Saints, On auguries. 33-40
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.3.18)
- Rubric
- (33) Dominica III. uel quando uolueris
- Incipit
- (33) Se apostol paulus ealra þeoda lareoƿ
- Note
- Skeat's Aelfric, no. XVII (I 364)
- Wulfstan, Baptism. 40-42
- Author
- Wulfstan
- Note
- (Cameron B2.2.4)
- Rubric
- (40) Dominica IIII. uel quando uolueris
- Note
- (40) Purple initial
- Incipit
- (40) Gehadedum mannum is sƿiðe micclum beboden
- Note
- Also in Otho B. 10
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Christmas. 43-50
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.3)
- Rubric
- (43) De natiuitate domini nostri Iesu Christi
- Incipit
- (43) Ƿe ƿillað to trimmincge eoƿres geleafan
- Note
- Thorpe I 28
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, St Stephen. 50-57
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.4)
- Rubric
- (50) De Sancto Stephano proto martire
- Note
- (50) Purple and green initials
- Incipit
- (50) Ƿe rædað on þære bec
- Note
- Thorpe I 44
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Assumption of St John. 57-66
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.5)
- Rubric
- (57) De Sancte Iohanne evangelista
- Incipit
- (57) Iohannes se godspellere cristes dyrlinc
- Note
- Thorpe I 58
- Ælfric OSB, Letter to Sigeferth, adapted. 66-71
- Note
- adaptation of (Cameron B1.8.5)
- Rubric
- (66) Dominica II. Be ðere halgan clænn(ysse)
- Incipit
- (66) Ure Hælend crist cydde þæt he lufod ða halagon clænnesse
- Note
- Assmann, Angelsächsische Homilien 1889, no. II, p. 13
- Homily for the Third Sunday after Epiphany. 71-73
- Note
- (Cameron B3.2.5)
- Rubric
- (71) Dominica III. et quando uolueris. Be heofen ƿarum 7 be hel ƿarum
- Incipit
- (71) Men ða leofestan ute gehyran her godes ƿord 7 gelyfan
- Note
- Also in Faustina A. 9, f. 20v. Copied for Professor Napier
- Homily for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. 73-78
- Note
- (Cameron B3.2.6)
- Rubric
- (73) Dominica IIII. et quando uolueris. be urum drihtene
- Incipit
- (73) Men ða leofestan ure drithen ælmihtig god us singalice mynegað
- Note
- Assmann, Angels#228;chsische Homilien 1889, no. XIV, p. 164
- Homily for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. 78-83
- Note
- (Cameron B3.2.7)
- Rubric
- (78) Dominica V. aut quando uolueris de uerbis domini
- Incipit
- (78) Men ða leofestan utan geþencan georne on ure geþance 7 þæt fæste gehealden. hu sanctus iacobus
- Note
- See also at p. 221. It is the same as the 2nd part of a Wulfstan Homily (Wulfstan, p. 257, l. 9 to end) (Napier)
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Septuagesima. 83-91
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.2.6)
- Rubric
- (83) Dominica in septuagesima
- Incipit
- (83) Drihten sæde þis bigspel his leorning cnihtum
- Note
-
(the Vineyard)
Thorpe II 72 - Rubric
- (90) De Alleluia
- Incipit
- (90) Ƿe ƿillað eoƿ secgan be þissere andƿearden tide
- Note
- Thorpe II 84
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Sexuagesima. 91-97
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.2.7)
- Rubric
- (91) Dominica in sexta gesima
- Note
- (91) Purple initial
- Incipit
- (91) Cum turba plurima convenirent
- Note
- (Sower)
- Explicit
- (97) On sumere tide ða micel mennu
- Note
- Thorpe II 88
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Quinquagesima. 97-104
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.11)
- Rubric
- (97) Dominica in quinquagesima
- Incipit
-
(97) Assumsit Iesus duodecim
(97) Her is geræd on ðisum god spelle - Note
- Thorpe I 152
- Ælfric OSB, Lives of Saints, Ash Wednesday. 104-112
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.3.13)
- Rubric
- (104) Lar spel. In capite ieiunii
- Note
- (104) Purple initial
- Incipit
- (104) On ðissere ƿucan on ƿodnes dæg sƿa sƿa ge sylfe ƿiton
- Note
- Skeat, Aelfric, no. XII (I 260)
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, First Sunday in Lent. 112-120
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.12)
- Rubric
- (112) Dominica I. in quadragesima
- Incipit
-
(112) Ductus est iesus
(112) Ic ƿolde eoƿ trahtnian þis godspell - Note
-
Thorpe I 166
In margin, p. 113, a note
(113) Robberus 7 Reafer. þeofas 7 falsa mynetera(s) Ƿicche 7 panpestras þe fordoþ men 7 mana bigleofa
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, First Sunday in Lent. 120-125
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.2.8)
- Rubric
- (120) Feria II. Euangelium. Cum uenerit
- Incipit
- (120) Men ða leofostan eoƿ eallum is cuð þæt þes gearlica ymbryne
- Note
- Thorpe II 98
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Second Sunday in Lent. 125-129
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.2.9)
- Rubric
- (125) Dominica II in quadragesima
- Incipit
-
(125) Egressus in die (!) Iesus secessit
(125) Drihten hælend þreade mid ƿordum - Note
- Thorpe II 110
- Ælfric OSB, Dominica III in Quadragesima. 129-137
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.4.4)
- Rubric
- (129) Dominica III in quadragesima
- Incipit
-
(129) Erat Iesu eiciens
(129) On þæra mæran tide - Note
- Also in MS 188, p. 123, MS 198, p. 316, MS 303, p. 30 and elsewhere
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Mid-Lent Sunday. 137-142
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.13)
- Rubric
- (137) Dominica IIII Quadragesima
- Incipit
-
(137) Abiit Iesus trans mare
(137) Se hælend ferde ofer þa galileiscan sæ - Note
- Thorpe I 180
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Fifth Sunday in Lent. 142-151
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.2.15)
- Rubric
- (142) Dominica V in quadragesima
- Incipit
- (142) Ðeos tide fram þisum andƿeardum dæge
- Note
- Thorpe II 224
- Homily for Friday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent. 151-155
- Note
- (Cameron B1.5.4)
- Rubric
- (151) Feria VI. ante ramos palmarum
- Incipit
-
(151) Collegerunt pontifices
(151) (Þ)æt halige godspel þe ge gehyrdon nu rædon - Note
- Assmann, Angels#228;chsische Homilien no. V, p. 65
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Palm Sunday. 155-163
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.15)
- Rubric
- (155) Dominica in die ramis palmarum
- Incipit
- (155) Cristes ðroƿung ƿæs geræd nu
- Note
- Thorpe I 206
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Palm Sunday. 163-173
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.2.16)
- Rubric
- (163) Feria II de passione domini
- Incipit
- (163) Drihtenes þroƿunge ƿe ƿillað eoƿ gedafenlice secgan
- Note
- Thorpe II 240
- Homily In Cena Domini. 174-182
- Note
- (Cameron B3.2.22)
- Rubric
- (174) In cena domini feria V
- Incipit
- (174) Segeð on þisum bocum be þære arƿurðnesse
- Note
- Assmann. Angels#228;chsische Homilien 1889, no. XIII, p. 151
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Easter. 182-188
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.2.17)
- Rubric
- (182) Sermo de sacrificio in die pasche
- Note
- (182) Purple initial
- Incipit
- (182) Men ða leofostan Gelome eoƿ is gesæd embe ures hælendes æriste
- Note
-
Thorpe II 262
Ends imperfectly - Explicit
- (188) transitus 7 in englisc færeld for þan þe on
- Note
- a leaf gone after p. 188
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Second Sunday after Easter. 189-198
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
-
(Cameron B1.1.19)
(189) (On Ego sum pastor bonus: begins imperfectly) - Incipit
- (189) to gitsunge sume he onrærð to modignesse
- Note
-
(189) Two additions, alia manu, in lower margin
Thorpe I 238
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, In Letania maiore. 198-205
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.20)
- Rubric
- (198) Sermo in Letania maiore
- Incipit
- (198) Þas dagas sind gehatene letanie
- Note
- Thorpe I 244
- Homily for Monday in Rogationtide. 205-212
- Note
- (Cameron B3.2.35)
- Rubric
- (205) Feria II in Letania maiore
- Incipit
- (205) Men ða leofestan us is sƿiðe mycel neod þearf
- Note
- Copied for Professor Napier
- Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Feria III de Dominica oratione. 213-221
- Author
- Ælfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.21)
- Rubric
- (213) Eodem die de dominica oratione
- Incipit
- (213) Se hælend crist syððan he to þysum life com
- Note
-
There are marginal notes and interlinear glosses here of cent. xvi in Latin and German
Thorpe II 258
- Homily for Tuesday in Rogationtide. 221-230
- Note
- (Cameron B3.2.40.5)
- Rubric
- (221) Feria III. in Letania maiore
- Incipit
- (221) Men ða leofestan ƿe gehydron for hoft secgan be þam æðelan to cyme
- Note
-
Napier, Wulfstan no. XLIX, p. 250
(224) On the margins of p. 224 are some names in pencil of cent. xiii, and amounts of money, mostly ob. and quart. (0.5 d. or 0.25 d.). Among the entries I can read are
(224) Garinus ob. Iohannes deb. Alicia ... ob. Ferandus ob. Matell vidua ob. Wills sutor quart. Ric bere ob. Walt lutere quart. Nic Eugen quart. (Cri)stina vidua ob. (Iu)dith vidua ob. (S)abina vidua ob. ...a Chantebon ob. ...ditha Carpn ob. (Con)stantia nutrix quart. Jo(h)annes le bon quart. ...as consutrix quart. and de Th////ng ... In lower margin: Summa collecta ad C..t.f. per T. frances per... xxixd ob.
- #198;lfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Feria IIII de fide catholica. 230-242
- Author
- #198;lfric OSB
- Note
- (Cameron B1.1.22)
- Rubric
- (230) Eodem die de fide catholica
- Incipit
- (230) Ælc cristen mann sceal aefter rihcte cynnan
- Note
-
Thorpe I 274
Ends imperfectly p. 232 - Explicit
- (232) Þæt ƿu lufast þæt þu ne leofast
- Note
- (233) A hand of cent. xvi supplies the rest on paper and vellum leaves (pp. 233-242)
- Ælfric OSB, Hexameron (extract). 11-22
- TJames
- 272
- Stanley
- S. 9
- Location
- https://purl.stanford.edu/cg531kv2466
- MS 302
- Repository
- UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
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