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  • Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 365: Richard Rolle of Hampole, Commentaries on the Psalms, the Canticles and the Nine Lessons of the Office of the Dead (Paruum Job)

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 365: Richard Rolle of Hampole, Commentaries on the Psalms, the Canticles and the Nine Lessons of the Office of the Dead (Paruum Job)

Description

Alternative title
Richard Hampole
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 3 + 168
Date created
[ca. 1400-1499]
Language
Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material
Vellum
Layout
39 etc. lines to a page
Height (mm)
226
Width (mm)
155
Collation
a(2) b(2) (wants 1) 1(12)-14(12).
Writing
clearly written
Foliation
ff. a-b + i-iii + 1-168 + c-e
Provenance
From Dover Priory: on f. iiiv is: A. Vo.Ex dono Willelmi Warren quondam Maioris Douorrie. It is too late to be in the Catalogue. See Ancient Libraries, p. 523.
Additions
On f. iv an erasure: Iste liber.
Various scribbles (xv) on f. iv: Madaliel. le cesse mercy paster drotur. Si quis furetur hunc librum vituperetur Et condempnetur nisi furti liber habetur. En se va le munde el no sage beuore ky par la ven cauntera curtesy. Auez moun cuer en qe e tout moun foy.
Verses. Notes on the Sacrament. (f. iv)
Notes of the signs given to the three Magi (f. iir):Nota quod Germanus historiographus temporum et teophilus scriptor gestorum Christi tradunt tria miracula facta tribus magis.See Oscar Schade, Narrationes de vita... B. M. V. etc. Königsberg, 1876 and a MS. in Bishop Cosin's Library at Durham V iv 9.
f. iiiv. Verses on the Sacrament: Constat in altari carnem de pane creari.
f. iiv Note on the Ages of the World, ending: Anno ab incarnacione domini mo cccco quadrag. v.

Abstract/Contents

Summary
This book, written c. 1400, contains a collection of the Latin works of Richard Rolle of Hampole (d. 1349). It was given to the Benedictine priory of Dover by Richard Warren and bears the library pressmark of Dover. The works included are Rolle's commentaries on the Psalter, the Canticles, the nine lessons (Paruum Job) of the Office of the Dead, on Psalm 20, and his tract Liber de amore Dei contra amatores mundi.
Contents
Commentary on the Psalms and the Canticles -- Paruum Iob siue Libellus in nouem lectiones mortuorum -- Commentary on Psalm 20 -- Liber de amore Dei contra amatores mundi

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:tc165bh7648/MS_365.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:mh869gd8715/365.pdf
Contains
  • Richard Rolle of Hampole, Commentary on the Psalms and the Canticles. 1r-113v
    Nasmith
    Varia opera Latina Richardi Hampole hermitae, viz. 1r-113v
    Author
    Richard Rolle of Hampole
    Note
    1. Commentarium in psalterium.2. In canticum Ysaie, cap. 12.3. In canticum Ezechie, Ysaie, 38.4. In canticum I. Reg. 2.5. In canticum Moisis, Exod. 15.6. In canticum Abakuk, cap. 3.7. In canticum Moisis, Deut. 32.
    Items 1-7 headed:
    Rubric
    (1r) Diuinum flamen opus istud compleat amen. Assit principio, etc.
    Note
    Note: James conflates Nasmith's items 1-7 into a single description
    Incipit
    (1r) Magna spiritualis iocunditatis vanitas
    Explicit
    (1r) Stetit non sedit
    Rubric
    (1r) Incipit Hampol super psalterium
    Incipit
    (1r) Beatus vir. Scilicet christus qui vir dicitur
    Note
    The gloss on the Psalter and Cantica ends:
    Explicit
    (113v) misericors erit terre populi sui id est ecclesie que constat ex populo suo
    Rubric
    (113v) Explicit textus psalterii cum glosa secundum Ricardum Ampule heremitam, etc. Deo dicamus gracias
    Note
    Ed. Cologne, 1536. See Horstmann, Richard Rolle of Hampole II, p. xxxvii
  • Richard Rolle of Hampole, Paruum Iob siue Libellus in nouem lectiones mortuorum. 114r-144v
    Nasmith
    In novem lectiones mortuorum. 114r-144v
    Author
    Richard Rolle of Hampole
    Note
    Another hand
    Incipit
    (114r) Parce mihi domine, etc. Exprimitur autem in hiis verbis humane conditionis instabilitas
    Explicit
    (143v) a quo christus nos liberet qui cum patre et spiritum Sanctum regnat in eternum Amen
    Rubric
    (143v) Explicit expositio Ricardi heremite super nouem lectiones mortuorum
    Note
    Printed by Rembolt, Paris 1500 and at Cologne in 1536. Horstmann, Richard Rolle of Hampole II, p. xxxvii
    Note
    Incipit
    (143v) Latria est honor soli deo debitus
    Explicit
    (144v) et secundarie cruci representante crucifixum
  • Richard Rolle of Hampole, Commentary on Psalm 20. 145r-152v
    Nasmith
    In psalmum vicesimum. 145r-152v
    Author
    Richard Rolle of Hampole
    Rubric
    (145r) Glosa psalmi vicesimi Ricardi hampol super psalmum vicesimum
    Incipit
    (145r) Domine in virtute tua ... Cum omnes psalmi dulces sunt
    Note
    (145r) Gold initial
    Explicit
    (152v) laudemus in ipso gloriemur in secula seculorum. Amen
    Note
    Printed, Cologne 1536. Horstmann, Richard Rolle of Hampole II, p. xxxvii
  • Richard Rolle of Hampole, Liber de amore Dei contra amatores mundi. 152v-168v
    Nasmith
    De amore Dei contra amatores mundi. 152v-168v
    Author
    Richard Rolle of Hampole
    Rubric
    (152v) Incipit liber de amore dei contra amatores mundi Ricardi hampol
    Incipit
    (152v) Quoniam mundanorum infamia gaudium putat eterni amoris
    Explicit
    (168v) in tua dulcedine te mecum et meis commendo sine fine Amen
    Note
    Horstmann, Richard Rolle of Hampole II, p. xxxvii. Other copies are Corpus Christi Oxford 293. Balliol Oxford 224. St John's Oxford 127
TJames
313
Stanley
3. 3
Repository
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
Location
MS 365

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