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Summary Catalogue no.: 2485

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Bernard of Clairvaux, Letters
Rubric: Epistola sancti Bernardi abbatis ad Henricum Senonensium archiepiscopum
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 7v)
William of Saint-Thierry, De amore dei
Language(s): Latin
3.
Bernard of Clairvaux
(fol. 28)
Apologia
Rubric: Apollogeticus eiusdem
Incipit: Venerabili patri Willelmo ... Vsque modo si qua me scriptitare iussistis
(fol. 34v)
Letters

One hundred and thirteen letters, including a statement of the heresies maintained by Peter Abelard (fol. 44v), and preceded by a list of the letters

(fol. 87)
Letters

A second series of one hundred and fifty-nine letters, preceded by a list

(fol. 135)
De Gradibus Humilitati

Preceded by a 'retractatio' of it and a list of chapters

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 145 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13 .625 × 8.75 in.

Layout

2 cols

Decoration

Penwork

History

Origin: 13th century, second quarter ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by William Ballow, of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1604

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 391
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 392

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-01-09: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)