MS. Bodl. 197
Summary Catalogue no.: 1906
Contents
Language(s): Latin
1. (fol. 1)
, Sermones de oneribus Preceded by a preface of 'Athelredus' to Gilbert Foliot, a single sermon by Ethelred (Migne's Patrol. Lat. clxxxiv, col. 817), and a list of the sermons.
2. (fol. 103v)
, De spirituali amicitia Rubric: Liber Athelredi abbatis de spirituali amicitia
With prologue.
3. (fol. 126v)
, De sex uerbis Domini in cruce Rubric: Liber Ernaldi abbatis de sex uerbis que Dominus in cruce locutus est
4. (fol. 142v)
, De cardinalibus operibus Christi Rubric: Liber de cardinalibus operibus Christi
With his prologue.
5. (fol. 180)
, De operibus sex dierum Rubric: Tractatus domini Ernaldi abbatis Boneuallensis apud Carnotum qui postea monacus fuit Clareuallensis ubi obiit, de operibus vi. dierum.
Language(s): Latin
6. (fol. 213)
, Sermo de sancta Maria (De laudibus beatae Mariae virginis) Incipit: Si linguis hominum
Final rubric: Explicit liber uenerabilis Ernaldi abbatis
Without title.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 224 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13 × 8.875 in.
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 286)
Binding
Stamped brown leather, Oxford work of about 1610
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Reading Abbey: erased ex libris, fol. vi recto flyleaf, s. xiii (MLGB).
On Oct. 10, 1608, it was owned by Richard Amye or Amyas.
Acquired between 1613 and 1620 (Summary Catalogue I, p. 101).
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2020) from the following sources, with reference to additional published literature as cited:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 286 [decoration, date, localization]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance, acquisition]
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-03-27: Description revised to include all information in SC.