Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 135: Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Letters and related works

Description

Alternative title
Anselmi Epistolae etc.
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 165 + 5
Date created
[ca. 1100-1199]
Language
Latin
Material
Vellum
Layout
mostly double columns of 35 lines
Height (mm)
317
Width (mm)
203
Collation
a(2) 1(8)-13(8) (+ two after 5) 14(8)-20(8) 21(6) (wants 6) b(4) (wants 4).
Writing
in a fine clear pointed hand
Foliation
ff. a-b + i-ii + 1-101 + 101a-101b + 102-165 + iii-v + c-d
Provenance
From Bury. On flyleaf (f. iv) (xiv): A. 83.Liber S. Edmundi regis et martiris in quo continentur ccclxvij epistole anselmi archiepiscopi meditacio anselmi de eterna beatitudine concilium prouinciale ab anselmo london celebratum.
Additions
On f. 1r at top: Liber monachorum S. Edm. A. 83. On f. iir numbers of various Epistles noted. On f. 31v a pencil note: habetur tractatus (?) de fr. J. de Sybetune. On f. 89v a pencil note: nota (?) b (or h) de Ramesaye et aliis de pecunia mutuanda...

Abstract/Contents

Summary
CCCC MS 135 is a collection of the letters of Anselm of Canterbury OSB (d. 1109) with other related works. It may be the collection made by Anselm of Bury OSB (d. 1148), the saint's nephew, since it has certain provenance at Bury St Edmunds. It has been suggested that it was made for the younger Anselm at Canterbury, but a Bury origin seems more likely since it shares a scribe with several manuscripts from Bury, including Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R. 7. 28 (scribe 2). It seems to have come into the hands of the historian John Bale (1495-1563) and thence to Parker.
Contents
Epistolae -- De beatitudine caelestis patriae -- Provincial Council under Anselm of Canterbury OSB, 1102 -- Letter of Gerald, Archbishop of York, to Anselm of Canterbury OSB -- Verses in praise of Anselm of Canterbury OSB -- Tractatus de uirtute corporis Christi

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:xz642jc1350/MS_135.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:kt952fn3204/135.pdf
Contains
  • Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Epistolae. 1r-147r
    Nasmith
    Anselmi archiepiscopi epistolae CCCLXVII. 1r-147r
    Author
    Anselm of Canterbury OSB
    Note
    Each hundred of the Epistles is separately numbered
    After 101v are inserted two leaves of a smaller (9 x 6) and perhaps older MS. containing two letters
    1. MCI. Henrico regi Angl.
    Incipit
    (101ar) Legationis tue uerba
    Explicit
    (101av) sullimatione disponat
    Note
    2. Henrico
    Incipit
    (101br) In litteris uestre celsitudinis
    Note
    (Ep. 233 in this collection.)
    3. Verses (28)
    Incipit
    (101bv) Petre supra petram nec inaniter edificasti Illic et turres quibus itur ad astra locasti
    Explicit
    (101bv) Presul in exilio mortalia nostra professus Ora pro nobis ad celica regna regressus
    Note
    Epistola (3) 67 (Thome electo archiepiscopi eboracensi) ends
    Explicit
    (146v) concedo ut officio sacerdotali quod iam suscepisti utaris
    Note
    Extract on Freewill
    Incipit
    (146v) Est considerandum quia uolumus aliquando ita ut si possumus faciamus ut sit quod uolumus
    Explicit
    (147r) aut quia non uult eam uiolari. quod est in quarto modo
    Note
    (147r) Confessio. P. L. CLVIII 685
    Incipit
    (147r) Letaris quod in fide Christiana moreris? Respondeat Etiam
    Note
    Ends
    Explicit
    (147r) dicat infirmus ter. In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum
    Note
    See also MS 299. 4
  • Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, De beatitudine caelestis patriae. 147r-160v
    Nasmith
    Meditatio ejusdem de eterna beatitudine. 147r-160v
    Author
    Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
    Incipit
    (147r) Multi homines quibus non nunquam boni mores
    Note
    P. L. CLIX 587
    Explicit
    a diabolo precipitati depereunt
    Incipit
    (154r) Quattuor modis dicimus aliquid
    Explicit
    (155v) alia facit per presentiam alia per absentiam
    Incipit
    (155v) Discipulus. Plura sunt de quibus tuam diu desidero responsionem. Ex quibus sunt potestas et inpotentia
    Explicit
    (160r) ut illi sunt aliquando beati
    Rubric
    (160r) Hec ad predicta pertinent
    Incipit
    (160r) Discipulus. Video plane. M. hec quidem exempla de causis efficientibus
    Explicit
    (160v) auferendo arma cum potest
    Incipit
    (160v) Quamuis post apostolos sancti patres et doctores nostri
    Explicit
    (160v) id aliis libenter aperio quatinus quid secure tenere debeam alieno discam iudicio
    Note
    See also MS 34. 2, MS 154. 48, MS 332. 14
  • Provincial Council under Anselm of Canterbury OSB, 1102. 161r-162r
    Nasmith
    Concilium provinciale celebratum sub Anselmo A. D. 1102. 161r-162r
    Incipit
    (161r) Anno dominice incarnationis millesimo centesimo secundo quarto autem presulatus Pascalis
    Explicit
    (162r) concubine cum rebus suis uelut adultere
    Note
    Wilkins' Concilia I. 382
  • Letter of Gerald, Archbishop of York, to Anselm of Canterbury OSB. 162v-163r
    Nasmith
    Epistola Girardi archiepiscopi Eboracensi ad Anselmum. 162v-163r
    Author
    Gerald, Archbishop of York
    Incipit
    (162v) Patri et domino uere dilecto ... Ceruus sitiens
    Explicit
    (163r) ipsi quoque peccatores accedant
    Note
    Copied in MS 101. 35, MS 111. 137, 117. 2. 3
  • Verses in praise of Anselm of Canterbury OSB. 163r-165v
    Nasmith
    Versus in laudem Anselmi. 163r-165v
    Rubric
    (163r) Versus ad laudem domini Anselmi archiepiscopi
    Incipit
    (163r) Haud dubiture (habiture) parem sumas pater alme salutemQuam mea disparibus musa uelut pedibus
    Note
    (P. L. CLVIII 135)
    Explicit
    (164r) Unica scala poli nec ruitura. Vale
    Rubric
    (164r) Item uersus de eodem
    Incipit
    (164r) Presulis Anselmi quem nuper obisse dolemusLaudibus aptari littera nostra cupit
    Note
    (P. L. CLVIII 137)
    Ends
    Explicit
    (165v) Cantica letitie nullo tibi tempore desuntEt (sine) fine canis gloria deo magna (sic). Amen
    Note
    Followed by
    (165v) Omnia maiorem retinent sua dicta saporemQuam que dixerunt qui postue priusue fueruntHic cognoscetis qui talia picta uidetisQua spe uixit hugo uel sit opertus humoNobilis et diues fortisque per omnia milesFortior ut senuit. hic iuga sancta tulitDumque plebi uia. lustrat sidera celi (sic)Quod bene proposuit fortior exibuitMox aeris solem recipit sol perdit hugonemCui sol iusticie fulgeat in requie
    An erasure of a line follows
  • Anselm of Canterbury OSB (attrib.)Tractatus de uirtute corporis Christi. iiir-ivv
    Nasmith
    Anselmi tractatus de virtute corporis Christi. iiir-ivv
    Author
    Anselm of Canterbury OSB (attrib.)
    Note
    f. iiir-iiiv is from another book (xiii-xiv). At top is the end of a table to some treatise
    Rubric
    (iiir) Tractatus beati Anselmi de uirtute corporis christi
    Incipit
    (iiir) Quia de sacramento altaris persepe sermo incidit
    Explicit
    (iiiv) et gustus noster dissimulare non potest
    Note
    On f. ivr are scribbles: many numbers of Epistles noted: a pencil scribble: Ven. patri etc. Abbati Glastoniensi ffr. W. (dominus prior?) et precentor ecclesie Elyensis Salutem
    On f. ivv two extracts (xii): a. Caue frater illud quod multi stulti faciunt qui quanto diutius uiuunt tanto maiorem sibi spem uiuendi nutriunt etc. b. De elemosina. Si quis eorum qui habent substantiam mundi
    A note (xv): de sorte Iohannis wickam monachi monasterii S. Edmundi de buree actualiter scolatisantis Oxon. et permansuri ibi dum modo sit deputatus et legit(ime) electus per capitulum
    A few scribbles on the next leaf: 'ad festum S. eadmundi' is one. Another seems to be in Bale's hand.
    I notice that Bale in a list of MSS. that had belonged to him (Scriptores Britanniae, p. 165, Basle edition) includes: Anselmi archiep. ccclxvij Epistolae Eius meditatio de aeterna beatitudine which corresponds strikingly with the contents of this MS
TJames
129
Stanley
L. 8
Repository
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
Location
MS 135

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