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  • Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 421: Old English Homilies

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 421: Old English Homilies

Description

Alternative title
Homiliae Saxonicae (VI)
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 2 + 177
Date created
[ca. 1000-1099]
Language
English, Old (ca. 450-1100), Latin
Material
Vellum
Layout
19 and 25 lines to a page
Height (mm)
205
Width (mm)
120
Collation
a(2), 1(8) 2(8) 3(4) 4(8)-6(8) 7(6) (6 canc.) || 8(8)-14(8) (wants 8) || 15(8) || 16(8)-21(8) 22(6) 23(10) (8 canc.) 24 (two).
Writing
largely in the same hand as no. 419
Foliation
ff. a-b + i-ii + pp. 1-354 + ff. c-d
Research
MS. A in Napier's Wulfstan. Wanley, p. 131.
Professor Napier notes: At the end was the Tractate de xii abusiuis: it is now apparently lost. (I doubt if this is correct: T. James notices the occurrence of this tract under his no. 285 which is no. 303. In that volume the tract occurs.)
Additions
On f. iir Parkerian title (Liber Sextus) and list of contents.
Decoration
On p. 1 a contemporary frontispiece of good English work washed copiously with red in background: high lights left in white. The Crucifixion, with maria and iohannes: the extremities of the Cross are stepped: there are 4 nails. Christ has a fillet or diadem on His head, and a cross-nimbus. Above is the Divine Hand; below, a dragon, both within the outline of the Cross. Conventional foliage in the upper corners.

Abstract/Contents

Summary
CCCC MS 421 is an important collection of Old English homilies, many by Ælfric of Eynsham OSB (d. 1010). It originated in the first half of the eleventh century as a companion volume to CCCC MS 419, partly written by the same scribe, and pp. 1–2 of MS 421 were originally physically part CCCC MS 419. Substantial additions were made to MS 421 at at Exeter in the time of Bishop Leofric (1050-1072). The manuscript contains an eleventh-century frontispiece drawing of the Crucifixion in the part (p. 1) which was originally in CCCC MS 419. MS 421 was Parker's sixth volume of homilies in his numeration system.
Contents
Prayer following Homily for the Feast of an Apostle -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Pentecost -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Apostle -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Martyrs -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Confessor -- Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Virgins -- Sermo ad populum in octauis Pentecosten dicendus -- Sermon on Larspel and scriftboc -- Sermon Ammonitio amici -- Homily for Tuesday in Rogationtide -- Sermon on Larspel -- Luke on the last days -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, In Letania maiore -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Feria III de Dominica oratione -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Feria IIII de fide catholica -- Catholic Homilies, First Series, Ascension

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xi
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:vt721xp7463/MS_421.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:tx954cf7573/421.pdf
Contains
  • Prayer following Homily for the Feast of an Apostle. 2-2
    Note
    (Cameron B12.4.8.2)
    (2) Prayer or conclusion of Sermon in honour of an Apostle (such as no. 3) not on the hand which follows
    Incipit
    (2) Uton nu biddan ealle eadmodlice [uel an] þysne [þas] halgan [haligan] Apostol [uel las] .N. þaet he [uel hi] for his [uel hira] mæran gearnungum, etc.
    Note
    ending
    Explicit
    (2) þe ƿe nu to dæg ƿurþigeaþ 7 mid eallon his halgan. Se þe leofað 7 ricsað a buton ende on ecnysse. Amen. Credo in unum deum
  • Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Pentecost. 3-25
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.1.24)
    Rubric
    (3) In die Sancto Pentecosten
    Incipit
    (3) Fram ðam halgan Easterlican dæge
    Note
    Thorpe I 310
    pp. 3-96 are in a more regular hand than what follows
  • Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Apostle. 25-36
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.2.44)
    Rubric
    (25) In natale unius Apostoli
    Incipit
    (25) Ðes Apostolica freols dæg
    Note
    Thorpe II 520
  • Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Martyrs. 36-54
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.2.46)
    Rubric
    (36) In Natale Plurimorum Sanctorum Martyrum
    Incipit
    (36) Cum audieritis prelia
    (36) Se Hælende foresæde
    Note
    Thorpe II 536
  • Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Confessor. 54-76
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.2.47)
    Rubric
    (54) In Natale Unius Confessoris
    Incipit
    (54) Homo quidam peregre
    (54) Ure Drihten saede
    Note
    Thorpe II 548
  • Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Virgins. 76-98
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.2.48)
    Rubric
    (76) In natale Sanctarum Virginum
    Incipit
    (76) Simile est regnum ... decem uirginibus
    (76) Se Hælend sæde gelomlice
    Note
    Thorpe II 562
    Ends p. 96
    pp. 97, 98 blank
  • Ælfric OSB, Sermo ad populum in octauis Pentecosten dicendus. 99-150
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.4.11)
    Rubric
    (99) Sermo ad populum in octavis Pentecosten
    Incipit
    (99) Ƿe ƿillað eoƿ sæcgan sume sƿutelunge
    Note
    MS 178 (5), MS 188 (22), MS 303 (42) and elsewhere
    (99) pp. 99-208 are in the hand of no. 419
  • Sermon on Larspel and scriftboc. 150-159
    Note
    (Cameron B3.4.38)
    Rubric
    (150) Lar Spel 7 Scrift Boc
    Incipit
    (150) Leofan men. doð sƿa ic eoƿ bidde gehyrað þæt soð is
    Note
    Napier, Wulfstan XLVII, p. 242
  • Sermon Ammonitio amici. 159-170
    Note
    (Cameron B3.4.39.2)
    Rubric
    (159) Ammonitio amici þaet is freondlic mynegung
    Incipit
    (159) Eala geƿynsuman men 7 æþele ƿæpmen
    Note
    Napier, Wulfstan XLVIII, p. 246
  • Homily for Tuesday in Rogationtide. 170-208
    Note
    (Cameron B3.2.40.2)
    Rubric
    (170) Lar spell
    Incipit
    (170) Men ða leofestan ƿe gehyrdon oft sæcgan be þam æþelan to cyme
    Note
    Napier, Wulfstan XLIX, p. 250
  • Sermon on Larspel. 209-221
    Note
    (Cameron B3.4.40)
    Rubric
    (209) Lar spell
    Incipit
    (209) Ƿe secgeað urum cyne hlaforde
    Note
    Napier, Wulfstan L, p. 266
    pp. 209-224 are in a careful upright hand, 25 lines to a page
  • Wulfstan, Luke on the last days. 221-226
    Author
    Wulfstan
    Note
    (Cameron B2.1.3)
    Rubric
    (221) (Erunt signa)
    Incipit
    (221) Crist cƿæð on his halgan godspelle þæt fela fortacna
    Note
    Napier, Wulfstan XV, p. 90
    Ends p. 224
    pp. 225, 226 are blank
  • Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, In Letania maiore. 227-254
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.1.20)
    On p. 227 the hand of MS 419 resumes
    Rubric
    (227) In L(etania maiore)
    Incipit
    (227) Ðas dagas synd gehatene Letanige
    Note
    Thorpe I 224
  • Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Feria III de Dominica oratione. 254-287
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.1.21)
    Rubric
    (254) Feria III. De Dominica Oratione
    Incipit
    (254) Se hælend Crist syððan he
    Note
    Thorpe I 258
  • Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Feria IIII de fide catholica. 287-324
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.1.22)
    Rubric
    (287) Feria IIII. De fide catholica
    Incipit
    (287) Ælc Cristen man sceal æfter rihte cunnan
    Note
    Thorpe I 274
  • Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, First Series, Ascension. 324-354
    Author
    Ælfric OSB
    Note
    (Cameron B1.1.23)
    Rubric
    (324) In ascensione domini. Primum quidem sermonem
    Incipit
    (324) Lucas se godspellere us manede
    Note
    Thorpe I 294
    Ends
    Explicit
    (354) Bartholomeus on India. Matheus on æthiopia. And sƿa heora gehyƿylc on his daele 7 godes miht
TJames
266
Stanley
S. 13
Repository
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
Location
MS 421

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