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MS. Bodl. 527

Summary Catalogue no.: 2219

Physical Description

Composite: three parts
Form: codex
Extent: iv + 191 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.875 × 6.375 in.

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Waverley, Surrey, Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin: 'Liber ecclesie beate Marie de Waverley, W. S.' above table of contents on flyleaf, fol. ii verso, all in one hand s. xv in. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Presented by Sir George More, 1604.

MS. Bodl. 527 – Part 1

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Iuuencus, Euangelia metrica
Final rubric: Expliciunt .iiijor. Euangelia a Iuuenco presbitero oratore uel rethore exametris uersibus pene ad uerbum translata […]
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 49v)
Concertatio inter carnem et spiritum (De contemptu mundi)
Rubric: Incipit prefatio Er monachi in sequens opusculum ad amicum suum
Incipit: Cogis me litem
Incipit: Cum[sic] tibi leta salus
Walther 3004
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, early ; English

MS. Bodl. 527 – Part 2

Contents

Language(s): Latin

3. (fol. 59)
Prosper of Aquitaine, Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini
Final rubric: Liber Prosperi'

About a hundred Latin epigrams; the first beg. 'Hec Augustini ex sacris epigramata dictis', the 2nd 'Dum sacris mentem', each having the corresponding passage of Augustine attached.

(fol. 83)
Prosper of Aquitaine, Poëma conjugis ad uxorem

Without title.

Incipit: Qui centum quondam
Final rubric: Explicit liber Prosperj
Language(s): Latin
4. (fol. 85)
Alexander of Ashby, Libellus de sanctorum miraculis

Here anonymous, with the prose preface to an abbot, from which the above title is taken: the poem, which is a Festial or Gesta et passiones Sanctorum in elegiac verse, begins with a second prologue, and is in two books, see fol. 115. Two handwritings occur, both different from the rest of the MS., and a leaf or leaves are lost at the end, fol. 128v ending with 'recipit Normannia binis' in the Life of king Edward.

Incipit: Duo preclara diuine pietatis
Incipit: Omnia cum nequeam sanctorum scribere gesta
Incipit: Quem primum proprio celi rex ore uoca uit

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, early ; English

MS. Bodl. 527 – Part 3

Contents

5. (fol. 129)
Walter of Châtillon, Alexandreis

In ten books, here without title, with prose prologue (beg. 'Moris est usitati') and verse arguments, and many marginal notes: the poem beg. 'Gesta ducis Macedum': on fol. 189v is a small Mappa mundi, with notes.

A 15th cent. list of contents on fol. iii verso shows that originally there followed, after the above, 'Epistole magistri Petri Blesensis, Jmpnarium [Hymnarium] glosatum, Bernardus in sermone super Missus est angelus Gabriel, Sermo beati Augustini de Passione Domini.'

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Mappa mundi (fol. 189v)

History

Origin: 13th century, early ; English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (Oct. 2022) from the Summary Catalogue (1922), with additional reference to other literature as cited.
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 263
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 264

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-10: Revised to incorporate all information in printed catalogues.