MS. Bodl. 223
Summary Catalogue no.: 2106
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fols. iii, 1, bearing the above title, the preface, and part of the first sermon, as far as 'aliquando prophetantis', and fols. 154, 155, commencing 'flamma sermo' in the last Homily, are supplied in a 12th cent. hand.
With marginal notes.
At the end are added in 12th cent. hands:
From Reinaldus Cisterciensis and Bernardus Claraevallensis to pope Innocent II about the see of Lisieux, 1141
A letter from archbp. T(heobald) to Alfred bishop of Worcester, printed in Migne, Patrol. Lat. 199, col. 51, about 1159.
A copy of the foundation charter of the Benedictine priory of St. Mary in the Isle (S. Mariae de Insula) at Alcester, 1140.
Another early deed was on fol. ii, but is almost entirely cut off. These seem to connect the volume with Worcester.
Physical Description
Decoration
Coloured capitals.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'In the same script as Junius 121 and other Worcester MSS.' (MLGB3) Still at Worcester cathedral in the twelfth century when the documents on fols. ii, 156–7 were added.
Windsor, collegiate chapel: pressmark ‘C.P’ at head of fol. iii recto (MLGB3)
Presented by the dean and canons of Windsor in 1612.
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-05-18: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.