Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 312: Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Works on St Augustine of Canterbury

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Title:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 312: Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Works on St Augustine of Canterbury
Alternate Title:
Goscelini Vita S. Augustini, etc.
Language:
Latin
Extent:
ff. 2 + 146
Dimensions:
240 Height (mm) and 175 Width (mm)
Approximate Date:
[ca. 1000 - 1199]
Provenance:
On f. ir: Di. IXa Gra Vus. Vita et uirtutes S. Augustini anglorum apostoli sociorumque cum C.Liber S. Augustini Cantuar., It is no. 939 in the catalogue, Ancient Libraries, p. 297. Other similar books are Vesp. B. XX, Harley 105; Lambeth 159 is a xvth cent. copy made at Christ Church., and On f. iiv in pencil:Mater cunctorum salua cetum monachorum quod Bachon (followed by a little flower)Spes infirmorum miserans miserere tuorum.
Table of contents:
  • Historia maior de aduentu Sancti Augustini
  • Historia maior de miraculis Sancti Augustini
  • Sermo in festiuitate Sancti Augustini
  • Historia minor de aduentu Sancti Augustini
  • Historia minor de miraculis Sancti Augustini
  • Lections and prayers for the feast of St Augustine
Description:
CCCC MS 312 is what might be termed a "Libellus Sancti Augustini", a book of hagiographical material concerning St Augustine of Canterbury, predominantly by Goscelin of Canterbury OSB (d. after 1114), formerly a monk of St Bertin. Goscelin came to England either shortly before or shortly after the Norman Conquest, later becoming a monk of St Augustine's Canterbury, and had a flourishing career as a hagiographer, especially of native English saints. He wrote a number of works for the translations of major Canterbury saints in 1091, including these St Augustine texts. This manuscript was written in the mid-twelfth century, and includes liturgical material with music. Like CCCC MS 50 it seems to have been owned by someone called Bachon, who wrote his name in it accompanied by a little flower, before it came into the hands of Parker.
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