MS. Bodl. 561
Summary Catalogue no.: 2345
Physical Description
Decoration
Some illuminated capitals.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'At least seven distinct sections ... Two versions of an early list of contents on the fly-leaves show that the miscellany had taken more or less its present form by c.1200' (M. Brett, 'The Collectio Lanfranci and its Competitors', in Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages: Essays Presented to Margaret Gibson, ed. L. Smith and B. Ward (London, 1992), p. 157). For the date of parts 2-4 see Memorials of St. Anselm, ed. R. W. Southern and F. S. Schmitt (1969), p. 304.
Presented by sir George More in 1604.
MS. Bodl. 561 – Part 1
Contents
Fols. 1-33 comprise the preface of Ivo of Chartres, followed by canons derived mostly from the Tripartita B collection and from Pseudo-Isidore, longer form, in the version brought by Lanfranc from Bec, the Collectio Lanfranci. Fols 35-60 are essentially a text of Tripartita B, xxix, cc. 8-283A. The collection is analysed in more detail by M. Brett, 'The Collectio Lanfranci and its Competitors'.
Physical Description
Decoration
Initials.
History
MS. Bodl. 561 – Part 2
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Texts relating to the debate on whether monks should be priests, all surviving uniquely in this manuscript, and printed with discussion by R. Foreville and J. Leclercq, 'Un débat sur le sacerdoce des moines au XIIe siècle', in Studia Anselmiana 41 (Analecta Monastica, 4th ser.) (1957)
Followed by the reply:
Poem against priests.
Fols. 96v-97r: fragments from the school of Anselm of Canterbury, pr. Memorials of St. Anselm, ed. R. W. Southern and F. S. Schmitt (1969), pp. 305-8.
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History
MS. Bodl. 561 – Part 3
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Theological notes, including a short poem on the Christmas liturgy
Pr. Memorials of St. Anselm, pp. 310-19; an enlarged version of Alexander of Canterbury, Dicta Anselmi, c. 20.
A continuation of the preceding (Memorials of St. Anselm, p. 304)
Fragments from the school of Anselm of Canterbury, pr. Memorials of St. Anselm, pp. 308-9
Physical Description
History
MS. Bodl. 561 – Part 4
Contents
Allegories and moralizations from the school of Anselm of Canterbury (Memorials of St. Anselm, pp. 304-5)
The second part is based on Alexander of Canterbury (?), Liber Anselmi de humanis moribus per similitudines, cc. 41-2.
A version of Alexander of Canterbury (?), Liber Anselmi de humanis moribus per similitudines, c. 193 (Memorials of St Anselm, pp. 97ff:).
Fragments from the school of Anselm of Canterbury, (partly?) pr. Memorials of St. Anselm, ed. R. W. Southern and F. S. Schmitt (1969), pp. 309-10
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-10: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue with reference to literature as cited.