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  • Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 451: Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistolae. Apollonius of Tyre. Miscellaneous Theological Tracts. Sermons on the Virgin Mary

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 451: Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistolae. Apollonius of Tyre. Miscellaneous Theological Tracts. Sermons on the Virgin Mary

Description

Alternative title
Hildeberti Epistolae, etc.
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 1 + 194
Date created
[ca. 1175-1225]
Language
Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material
Vellum
Layout
mostly 29-30 lines to a page
Height (mm)
182
Width (mm)
131
Collation
1 flyleaf, 1(8)-4(8) 5(4) 6(2) | 7(8) 8(8) | 9(8)-14(8) 15(6) (5 a slip, 6 canc.) 16(8) 17(8) (+1) | 18(10) | 19(8)-25(8) 26(4).
Writing
in various hands
Foliation
ff. a-b + i + 1-194 + c-d
Provenance
From St Mary's Abbey, York. A list of contents on flyleaf (xiv-xv), and the mark In O.9 (twice), cf. nos 181,309.

Abstract/Contents

Summary
The miscellany of seventeen texts in CCCC MS 451, dating from the late twelfth or early thierteenth century, has no apparent unifying them. They include the Epistolae of Hildebert of Lavardin (1056-1133), theological tracts by Richard of Saint-Victor OSA (d. 1170) and Achard of Saint-Victor OSA (d. 1170), the De disciplina clericali of Petrus Alfonsi (fl. early twelfth century), the Historia Apollonii regis Tyri (a text originating in late antiquity), and several sermons on the Virgin Mary, some by Ambrosius Autpertus, Fulbert of Chartres (d. 1029) and Anselm of Canterbury OSB (d. 1109). A press mark shows the book to have been in the library of the Benedictine abbey of St Mary, York.
Contents
Epistolae -- De eruditione hominis interioris -- De disciplina clericali -- Prophecy of the Sibyls -- Historia Apollonii regis Tyri -- De creatione primi hominis -- Compendium in Iob (fragment) -- De discretione animae, spiritus et mentis -- Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae -- De partu uirginis -- De assumptione beatae Mariae -- De assumptione beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 3) -- Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae -- Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae (extract) -- Sermo de natiuitate beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 4) -- Sermo de beata Maria -- Sermo de natiuitate sanctae Mariae

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xii late and xiii early
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:fd688gx5605/MS_451.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:hw825bk7038/451.pdf
Contains
  • Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistolae. 1r-38v
    Nasmith
    Epistolae Hildeberti Cennomanensis episcopi. 1r-38v
    James
    Epistole Hildeberti Cennomanensis Episcopi. 1r-38v
    Author
    Hildebert of Lavardin
    Rubric
    (1r) Epistole Hildeberti Cennomanensis Episcopi
    Incipit
    (1r) Conuersione et conuersatione tua letatur et exultat anima mea
    (1v) Iustum est ut aduersa communicent
    (2r) Virtuti gratulor cui sub solo rege nostro
    (2r) Pro Willelmo tuo pater sancte
    Note
    no. 54 (Dignitatis gradu amoris intimi affectu) ends
    Explicit
    (35r) Vale, ut in uno sed non solo ualeat uterque
    Note
    Change of hand
    Incipit
    (35r) Dauid futura spiritu prouidens liberauit inquid deus pauperem
    Note
    (Sermo de Christi beneficiis, Bibl. Patr. 305)
    Incipit
    (37r) In regno quidem nullus. in errore autem omnis homo sibi consortem querit
    Note
    (Ep. 51 Bibl. Patr.)
    Ends
    Explicit
    (38v) sanctis pro nobis orantibus ut orent sancti pro uobis
    Note
    Bibl. Patr. Paris, de la Bigne III 223
  • Richard of Saint-Victor OSA, De eruditione hominis interioris. 39r-54v
    Nasmith
    Expositio moralis in somnium Nabugodonozor. 39r-54v
    James
    Expositio moralis super sompnium Nabugodonosor. 39r-54v
    Author
    Richard of Saint-Victor OSA
    Note
    Large hand
    Incipit
    (39r) Ego nabugodonosor quietus eram ... quid per domum intelligimus nisi conscienciam
    Explicit
    (53v) rex prius filios postea oculos amisit
    Note
    Another hand
    Incipit
    (53v) Nabugodonosor interpretatur sessio in agnitione angustie
    Explicit
    (54r) et uasa templo reddidit cum documenta ecclesie et medicamenta asignauit
    Note
    On f. 54v in beautiful letters drawn as folded scrolls or ribbons: Ihc nazare(nus)
  • Petrus Alfonsi, De disciplina clericali. 55r-83v
    Nasmith
    Petrus Adelfunsus de disciplina clericali. 55r-83v
    James
    Petrus AdelfunsusDisciplina clericalis. 55r-83v
    Author
    Petrus Alfonsi
    Note
    Hand like that of item 1
    Incipit
    (55r) Dixit petrus adelfunsus seruus Christi Ihesu. compositor huius libri Gratias ago
    Note
    (P. L. CLVII 671)
    Explicit
    (55v) spe credulitatis mee innitor. Amen
    Rubric
    (55v) Explicit prefatio. Incipit liber petri adelfunsi de clericali disciplina
    Incipit
    (55v) In hoc (Enoch) philosophus qui lingua arabica cognominatur edric
    Explicit
    (83v) eterna requie cum suis fidelibus mereamur perfrui in aula celesti prestante domino nostro Ihesu Christo. Cui est honor et gloria cum patre et spiritu sancto per infinita seculorum secula. Amen
  • Prophecy of the Sibyls. 83v-87v
    Nasmith
    Tractatus de sibyllis. 83v-87v
    Note
    Change of hand
    Incipit
    (83v) Sibille generaliter omnes femine
    Note
    Ends f. 88v with the acrostic (Judicii signum)
    Explicit
    (87v) ignisque et sulphuris amnis
    Note
    Bede (P. L. XC 1181). Opsopoeus, Sibyllina. Alexandre, Oracula Sibyllina II 290. Cf. MS 404. 1, etc.
  • Historia Apollonii regis Tyri. 88r-107v
    Nasmith
    Vita [fabulosa] Appollonii Tirii. 88r-107v
    James
    Historia Apollonii. 88r-107v
    Incipit
    (88r) In ciuitate antiochie Rex fuit antiochus
    Explicit
    (105v) unum in templo diane ephesiorum alium bibliothece sue exposuit
    Note
    Mentioned but not used by Riese in his edition (Teubner 1871, p. vii)
    A paragraph in another hand
    Incipit
    (105v) Si per ignorantiam euenerit quod absit ut missa(m) cantans pauem uel uinum oblitus fuerit
    Note
    ff. 106r-107v are part of an old flyleaf with list of contents (xiii)
    (106v) In isto vol. cont. libelli subscripti videlicet. Epistole diuersorum Patrum. Liber Petri Adelfunsi. Vaticinium Sibille. Narracio apollonii
    f. 107r blank: on f. 107v note on illusio nocturna
  • De creatione primi hominis. 108r-125v
    Nasmith
    De creatione primi hominis et ejus lapsu. 108r-125v
    Note
    Hand like that of item 1: more than one change
    Rubric
    (108r) De creacione primi hominis et eius lapsu
    Incipit
    (108r) Quinque modis in anima constat homo factus ad imaginem et similitudinem dei
    Note
    (Sketch of a queen on f. 122v)
    Ends with a paragraph on essencia karitatis
    Explicit
    (124v) affectus operi nomen imponit
    Note
    Paragraph
    Incipit
    (124v) Sciendum quod omne nomen quod de deo dicitur
    Note
    Another hand
    Incipit
    (125r) Sciendum est quod apud grecos sunt hec iiii uocabula in usu. usia. usiosis Ypostasis et prosopa
  • Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath, Compendium in Iob (fragment). 126r-131r
    Nasmith
    Fragmentum expositionis Petri Blessensis in Job. 126r-131r
    Author
    Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath
    Rubric
    (126r) de expositione Petri Blesensis in Job. finis tantum
    Note
    Begins
    Incipit
    (126r) mandaret. Nichil tibi et iusto illi
    Note
    Ends
    Explicit
    (128v) altissimus altissimi filius Ihesus Christus dominus noster qui cum patre et spiritu sancto uiuit et triumphat et regnat per omnia secula seculorum. Amen. Tu autem domine
    Note
    (129r) Smaller hand: headed Secretum meum mihi S. m. m.
    (De quinque sensibus)
    Incipit
    (129r) Cum quiescit uel in primi patris sompno uel in conditi Ioseph loculo uel in florido sponse lectulo
    Explicit
    (131r) perfectionem in quarto
  • Achard of Saint-Victor OSA, De discretione animae, spiritus et mentis. 131r-134v
    Nasmith
    Tractatus Magistri Achardi de divisione animae et spiritus. 131r-134v
    Author
    Achard of Saint-Victor OSA
    Rubric
    (131r) Tractatus Magistri Achardi de diuisione anime et spiritus
    Incipit
    (131r) Substancia interior que una cum corpore constituit
    Explicit
    (134r) comprehenduntur superiora aut nomine anime duo interiora
    Note
    Mentioned by Tanner, p. 3
    On f. 134v paragraphs in other hands
  • Ambrosius Autpertus, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae. 135r-143r
    Nasmith
    Sermones ex diversis autoribus de beata virgine. 135r-143r
    James
    Sancti Ansberti Episcopi sermo de assumptione. 135r-143r
    Author
    Ambrosius Autpertus
    Note
    Larger hand of earlier type for items 9-17 at bottom of f. 135r (xiv) In hoc libro cont. Sermones de assumpcione. Tractatus Mag. Achardi de diuisione anime et spiritus
    (pseudo-Augustine P. L. XXXIX 2130)
    Incipit
    (135r) Adest nobis dilectissimi fratres dies ualde uenerabilis
    Note
    MS 332. 5
  • pseudo-Paschasius Radbertus, De partu uirginis. 143r-159v
    Author
    pseudo-Paschasius Radbertus
    Rubric
    (143r) Sermo beati Jeronimi presbiteri de assumptione
    Note
    (P. L. XCVI 235)
    (Feria iiii, lectio 1)
    Incipit
    (143r) Quotienscunque dilectissime nobis aliquid
    Note
    MS 332. 10
  • pseudo-Augustine, De assumptione beatae Mariae. 159v-166v
    Author
    pseudo-Augustine
    Rubric
    (159v) Item sermo de assumptione
    Note
    (P. L. XL 1143)
    Incipit
    (159v) Quia profundissime et sua dignitate altissime
    Note
    MS 332. 6
  • Paschasius Radbertus, De assumptione beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 3). 166v-171v
    Author
    Paschasius Radbertus
    Rubric
    (166v) Item sermo de assumptione
    Note
    (P. L. XCVI 254)
    Incipit
    (166v) Adest nobis dilectissimi fratres hodierna festiuitas beata maria
    Note
    MS 332. 8
  • pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae. 172r-173v
    Author
    pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo
    Incipit
    (172r) Fratres dilectissimi cum aliquid pro amore creatoris
    Note
    (P. L. XCVI 258)
    MS 332. 9 (Jerome)
  • pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae (extract). 173v-176r
    Author
    pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo
    Incipit
    (173v) Creator omnium et auctor uite
    Note
    P. L. XCVI 279, Hildefonsus
    MS 332. 13 (Ambrose)
  • Fulbert of Chartres (pseudo-Ambrose), Sermo de natiuitate beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 4). 176r-185v
    Author
    Fulbert of Chartres (pseudo-Ambrose)
    Rubric
    (176r) Sermo beati Ambrosii ... de natiuitate Sancte dei genitricis Marie
    Incipit
    (176r) Natiuitas gloriose genitricis
    Note
    MS 332. 12
  • pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Sermo de beata Maria. 185v-189r
    Author
    pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB
    Rubric
    (185v) Sermo sancti Anselmi archiepiscopi de Sancta Maria
    Incipit
    (185v) Omnium sanctorum dilectissimi laus et exultatio
  • Fulbert of Chartres (attrib.), Sermo de natiuitate sanctae Mariae. 189r-194v
    Author
    Fulbert of Chartres (attrib.)
    Rubric
    (189r) Sermo domini Fulberti Carnotensis episcopi de natiuate Sancte Marie
    Incipit
    (189r) Approbate consuetudinis est apud Christianos
    Note
    (P. L. CXLI 320)
    Ends
    Explicit
    (194r) recuperare et habere perpetuam gratiam filii tui Ihesu Christo domino nostro qui cum patre et spiritu sancto unus deus uiuit in eternum. Amen
    Note
    On f. 194v in a later hand a charm in French and Latin for sheep.
    (194v) primes deit lem meitere tuz les berbiz en une meisun. ... Saint filiol sur le ile de la mer sist... aat dampnedeu li suruint et lui demanda et dit filiol que(fa)is tu ici. sire io garde mes berbiz de la uerole et del cloufic, etc.
TJames
292
Stanley
T. 9
Repository
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
Location
MS 451

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