Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 371: Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Opuscula
Description
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- CCCC MS 371 was the personal manuscript of Eadmer of Canterbury OSB (c.1060-c.1124), a monk of Christ Church, and the friend and biographer of Anselm of Canterbury. The manuscript provides the primary witness for most of Eadmer's shorter writings (opuscula), including his major hagiographical works and other letters, hymns and sermons. It also contains the sermons De beatitudine perennis uitae and De ordinatione beati Gregorii, which are reputedly by Anselm of Canterbury OSB (d. 1109), a view which has recently been supported by Hayward.
- Contents
- Hymn for St Dunstan -- Hymn for St Edward king and martyr -- Epistola de matre Sancti Eadwardi martyris -- Epistola de primatu sedis Eboracensis in Scotia -- Epistola ad Glastonienses -- Letter from the archbishop of York to the pope concerning the bishop of Durham -- Vita Sancti Wilfridi Eboracensis -- Breuiloquium uitae Sancti Wilfridi -- Vita Sancti Odonis Cantuariensis -- Vita Sancti Dunstani -- Miracula Sancti Dunstani -- De ordinatione beati Gregorii Anglorum apostoli -- De excellentia uirginis Mariae -- Vita Sancti Oswaldi -- Miracula Sancti Oswaldi -- De beatitudine perennis uitae -- Vita Sancti Bregowini archiepiscopi -- Vita Sancti Anselmi -- Miracula Sancti Anselmi -- De conceptione sanctae Mariae -- Vita beati Petri primi abbatis -- De memoria sanctorum quos ueneraris -- Scriptum Eadmeri peccatoris ad mouendam super se misericordiam beati Petri ianitoris regni caelestis -- De reliquiis Sancti Audoeni -- Consideratio de beatissimo Gabriele archangelo
Bibliographic information
- M.R. James Date
- xi-xii
- Downloadable James Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:kk581jz4096/MS_371.pdf
- Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:rz364hz2851/371.pdf
- Contains
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- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Hymn for St Dunstan. 2r-2r
- Nasmith
- Versus de sancto Dunstano. 2r-2r
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Rubric
- (2r) Versus de Sancto Dunstano
- Note
- Not the same hand as the main text
- Incipit
- (2r) Salue sancta dies
- Note
-
Stubbs, Memorials of S. Dunstan, 424
4 blank
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Hymn for St Edward king and martyr. 3r-3v
- Nasmith
- Hymnus de sancto Edwardo rege et martire. 3r-3v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Rubric
- (3r) Ymnus de Sancto Eadwardo Rege et martire
- Note
- (3r) At the top of the page is the music (four-line stave ruled with dry point)
- Incipit
- (3r) Aue dies prefulgida in qua superna curia congaudet et dignissimam
- Nicholas of Worcester OSB, Epistola de matre Sancti Eadwardi martyris. 3v-4r
- Nasmith
- Epistola Nicolai ad Eadmerum de matre sancti Edwardi. 3v-4r
- Author
- Nicholas of Worcester OSB
- Note
- Annotavit Jocelinus, Hujus epistolae descriptionem improbat antiquior chronographus Osbernus Cantuar. in vita Dunstani.
- Incipit
- (3v) Domno Eadmero suus Nicolaus
- Note
-
(3v) Purple initial
Stubbs, l. c., p. 422. Rule, Eadmeri Historia Novorum, p. cxxvi
- Nicholas of Worcester OSB, Epistola de primatu sedis Eboracensis in Scotia. 4r-5r
- Nasmith
- Epistola Nicolai ad Eadmerum sancti Andreae electum quod archiepiscopus Eboracensis nullum habet jus primatus in Scotos. 4r-5r
- Author
- Nicholas of Worcester OSB
- Incipit
- (4r) Electo per dei gratiam in S. Andree cathedram
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Epistola ad Glastonienses. 5v-9r
- Nasmith
- Quale sit quod Glastonienses asserunt se corpus beati Dunstani habere. 5v-9r
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (5v) Quale sit quod Glastonienses
- Note
- Stubbs, l. c., p. 412
- Letter from the archbishop of York to the pope concerning the bishop of Durham. 9v-11v
- Nasmith
- Epistola ad summum pontificem contra episcopum Dunelmensem per archiepiscopum Eboracensem. 9v-11v
- Note
-
duabus paginis antea vacuis inscripta a Mattheo Parker, ex libro qui dicitur forma componendi epistolas
In Parkerian hand - Rubric
- (10r) Hec e libro qui dicitur forma componendi epistolas in quaternione G.
- Note
-
(no. 358)
20-22 blank, ruled
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Vita Sancti Wilfridi Eboracensis. 12r-39v
- Nasmith
- Vita sancti Wilfridi Eboracensis archiepiscopi et confessoris. 12r-39v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (12r) Britannia quam angli victis a se
- Note
- Raine, Historians of Church of York, Rolls I 161
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Breuiloquium uitae Sancti Wilfridi. 39v-44r
- Nasmith
- Breviloquium uitae ejusdem patris. 39v-44r
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (39v) Spero fratres karissimi sanctitatem uestram non latere
- Note
- Raine, l. c., p. 227
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Vita Sancti Odonis Cantuariensis. 44r-51v
- Nasmith
- Vita sancti Odonis archiepiscopi et confessoris. 44r-51v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (44r) Venerabilis Christi confessor odo nobilibus sed paganis parentibus
- Note
- Hardy I 568. Wharton, Anglia Sacra I 78. Acta Sanctorum 4 July (II 67). P. L. CXXXIII 931, etc.
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Vita Sancti Dunstani. 51v-77v
- Nasmith
- Vita sancti Dunstani archiepiscopi et confessoris. 51v-77v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (51v) Quia Deum in sanctis suis mirabilem
- Note
- Stubbs, l. c., p. 162
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Miracula Sancti Dunstani. 77v-88r
- Nasmith
- De miraculis quae idem pater mundo exemptus fecit in mundo. 77v-88r
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (77v) Nonnulla que de uita beati dunstani
- Note
- Stubbs, l. c., p. 223
- Anselm of Canterbury OSB (attrib.), De ordinatione beati Gregorii Anglorum apostoli. 88v-95v
- Nasmith
- Scriptum de ordinatione beati Gregorii Anglorum apostoli. 88v-95v
- Author
- Anselm of Canterbury OSB (attrib.)
- Incipit
- (88v) Ad gloriam beati patris Gregorii audientium mentibus commendandam affectum nostrum hodierne diei solemnitas excitauit
- Explicit
- (95v) gratiosos et exultantes deo perspexerit. ipso eodem deo donante qui semper idem existens eternaliter uiuit uincit regnat et imperat. Amen
- Rubric
- (95v) Scriptum de ordinatione beati Gregorii explicit
- Note
- Rule. Eadmer, Historia Novorum LXXIX note
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, De excellentia uirginis Mariae. 95v-107v
- Nasmith
- Consideratio Eadmeri peccatoris et pauperis Dei de excellentia gloriosissimae virginis matris Dei. 95v-107v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (95v) Supereminentem omni quod post hominem deum creatum est
- Explicit
- (107v) iugi deuotione famuletur qui cum deo patre et spiritu sancto uiuit dominatur et regnat per infinita secula deus. AMHN
- Rubric
- (107v) Scriptum Edmeri peccatoris de piissima matre domini saluatoris explicit
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Vita Sancti Oswaldi. 107v-123v
- Nasmith
- Vita sancti Oswaldi Eboracensis archiepiscopi et confessoris. 107v-123v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (107v) Secundum propositum gratie dei uenerandus eboracensis antistes
- Note
-
Raine, l. c. II 1. P. L. CLIX
221-222 form a slip (221 blank) of smaller size, in another hand, supplying an omission
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Miracula Sancti Oswaldi. 123v-130v
- Nasmith
- De miraculis ejusdem patris. 123v-130v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (123v) Transcursis iuxta quod deus dare dignatus est
- Note
- Raine, l. c. II 41
- Anselm of Canterbury OSB (attrib.), De beatitudine perennis uitae. 130v-141r
- Nasmith
- Scriptum de beatitudine vitae perennis, desumptum ex sermone habito ab Anselmo Cantuariensi in cenobio Cluniacensi. 130v-141r
- Author
- Anselm of Canterbury OSB (attrib.)
- Note
- (130v) Prologue
- Incipit
- (131r) Reuerendo domino et fratri et amico suo Gulielmo monacho ... Eadmerus
- Explicit
- (131r) recordari ualebam. Ualeat sanctitas tua et oret pro me
- Rubric
-
(131r) E(x)plicit prologus
(131r) Incipit scriptum quoddam de beatitudine perennis uite - Incipit
- (131r) Multi homines quibus nonnumquam boni mores
- Note
- (P. L. CLIX 587)
- Explicit
- (141r) Sit igitur deus benedictus in omnibus. Amen
- Rubric
- (141r) Explicit scriptum de beatitudine perennis uite sumptum de uerbis beati patris Anselmi Cantuariensis archiepiscopi
- Note
- Cf. MS 135 etc.
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Vita Sancti Bregowini archiepiscopi. 141r-146v
- Nasmith
- Vita beati Bregowini Cantuariensis archiepiscopi et confessoris. 141r-146v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (141r) Exordium propositi mei atque procursum
- Explicit
- (146v) benedictus in secula seculorum et ultra amen
- Note
- Hardy I 483. Wharton, Anglia Sacra II 184. Acta Sanctorum 26 Aug. (V 831). P. L. CLIX 753
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Vita Sancti Anselmi. 147r-189v
- Nasmith
- Vita Anselmi Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, libri ii. 147r-189v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Rubric
- (147r) Incipiunt capitula in vitam Anselmi archiepiscopi
- Note
- Paler ink
- Rubric
- (150r) Incipit Prefatio sequentis operis
- Incipit
- (150r) Quoniam multas et antecessorum
- Note
-
(150r) A gay initial in red, green and purple
(167r) Liber II, 333
Ends 377. 378 blank
Rule, l. c. p. 303 sqq.P. L. CLVIII 49
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Miracula Sancti Anselmi. 190r-197v
- Nasmith
- Descriptio quorundam miraculorum gloriosi patris Anselmi archiepiscopi. 190r-197v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Note
- (190r) Prologue
- Incipit
- (190r) Cum uitam uenerandi patris
- Note
- Text
- Incipit
- (190v) Helias quidam nomine monachus fuit
- Explicit
- (195v) Ego hic finem imposui
- Note
-
391-394 blank
Rule, p. 425. Liebermann, Ungedruckte Anglonormannische Geschichtsquellen no. XVI (p. 302, 3)
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, De conceptione sanctae Mariae. 198r-208r
- Nasmith
- De conceptione sanctae Mariae editum ab Eadmero monacho magno peccatore. 198r-208r
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (198r) Principium quo salus mundo processit mihi considerare uolenti
- Explicit
- (208r) sue carnis substantia uerum hominem genuisse. Amen
- Rubric
- (208r) Explicit de conceptione Sancte Marie
- Note
- Ed. 1904 by Thurston and Slater (Freiburg, Herder): cf. P.L. CLIX 301
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Vita beati Petri primi abbatis. 208r-212r
- Nasmith
- Vita beati Petri primi abbatis cenobii gloriosorum apostolorum Petri et Pauli quod Cantuariae situm est. 208r-212r
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (208v) Inter innumeras sue deitatis sententias summus et equo moderamine cuncta disponens
- Explicit
- (212r) coheredes ipsi constituat per eum qui secum in unitate sancti spiritu per omnia secula uiuit et regnat. Amen
- Note
- Hardy I 206. Cf. Acta Sanctorum 6 Jan. (I 334)
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, De memoria sanctorum quos ueneraris. 212r-212v
- Nasmith
- Sententia de memoria sanctorum quos veneraris. 212r-212v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Note
-
In three Lectiones
i. - Incipit
- (212r) Ex memoria sanctorum que a filiis sancte ecclesie
- Note
- ii.
- Incipit
- (212r) Cum enim isti diebus ac noctibus insistunt laudibus dei
- Note
- iii.
- Incipit
- (212v) Uult et precipit ut eos diligamus
- Explicit
- (212v) misericorditer introducat
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Scriptum Eadmeri peccatoris ad mouendam super se misericordiam beati Petri ianitoris regni caelestis. 212v-220v
- Nasmith
- Scriptum Eadmeri peccatoris ad commovendam super se misericordiam beati Petri janitoris regni celestis. 212v-220v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Eadmeri
- Incipit
- (213r) Eximium decus regni dei aliqua mei officii deuotione
- Explicit
- (220v) et ad idem felici cursu peruenire. Amen
- Rubric
- (220v) Explicit scriptum Edmeri de memoria et prouocatione gratie beati Petri
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, De reliquiis Sancti Audoeni. 220v-225v
- Nasmith
- De reliquiis sancti Audoeni et quorundam aliorum sanctorum quae Cantuariae in ecclesia Domini salvatoris habentur. 220v-225v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (221r) Quoniam multas terrarum partes fama respersit reliquias beati Audoeni
- Explicit
- (225v) hominem omnino reliquit immunem. ubi ad uota precum eius dictum est a circumstantibus Amen Amen Amen
- Note
- Rule, l. c. LXXIX note. E. Bishop, Bosworth Psalter, p. 64, note
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Consideratio de beatissimo Gabriele archangelo. 226r-231v
- Nasmith
- Insipida quaedam divinae dispensationis consideratio edita ab Eadmero magno peccatore de beatissimo Gabriele archangelo. 226r-231v
- Author
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
- Rubric
- (226r) Insipida quedam diuine dispensationis consideratio
- Incipit
- (226r) Quia me de nonnullis que corporeis sensibus subiacent
- Explicit
- (230v) ipso nuntiante in homine uenit. uiuens et regnans cum deo patre suo in unitate spiritu sancti unus solus et omnipotens deus per immortalia secula seculorum. Amen
- Note
- 461 blank. On 462 in a late hand: Liber de vitis aliquot sanctorum
- Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, Hymn for St Dunstan. 2r-2r
- TJames
- 338
- Stanley
- 15. 1
- Location
- https://purl.stanford.edu/xn117yn5845
- MS 371
- Repository
- UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
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