MS. Bodl. 688

Summary Catalogue no.: 2502

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. i–viii)

(fols. i–ii, vii–viii)

Gregory the Great, Homiliae in Ezechielem

Four leaves of a 15th cent. MS., including the close of a preceding treatise. Signatures k iii-k vi.

(fol. iii)

Theological notes

Fols. iv-iv mostly blank.

a. (fol. 1)

Rubric: Tabula omeliarum Gregorii super Euangelia

Alphabetical.

b. (fol. 4v)

Rubric: Tabula omeliarum Gregorii pape super Ezechielem

Alphabetical, with explanatory note, followed (fol. 11) by some theological notes; cf. fols. 15, 16v, 34v, 40v.

c. (fol. 11v)

Eusebian canons applied to a metrical synopsis of the Gospels

Incipit: (preface) Canon grece secundum Ysidorum

Incipit: Matheus. A generat b magos vocat Egiptum petit exit

d. (fol. 15)

Table showing which homilies of a above suit particular Sundays 'secundum vsum Sarum.'

e. (fol. 16v)

Memorial verses for the books of the Bible.

Incipit: Pentateu Generat Exitque Leui Nume Deutro

f. (fol. 17)

Rubric: Exempla sacre Scripture

Arranged alphabetically under subjects.

g. (fol. 28)

Epistle and Gospel list

Temporale (fol. 28); sanctorale (fol. 32); common of the saints (fol. 33); votive masses (fol. 34); masses for the dead (fol. 34). Incipits and explicits.

h. (fol. 37)

Ps.-Origen, Homily on Maria stabat

Rubric: Omelia Origenis de Maria Magdalena

Incipit: In illo tempore Maria...Audiuimus fratres Mariam ad monumentum

3. (fol. 41)

Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali

Rubric: Regule pastorales Gregorij pape vrbis Rome

4. (fol. 74v)

Gregory the Great, Dialogi

Rubric: Dialogi Gregorij pape

5. (fol. 117)

Gregory the Great, Homiliae XL in euangelia

Rubric: Sancti Euangelij...lectiones .xl. exposite a beato Gregorio urbis Rome papa

Preceded by a preface and list.

6. (fol. 191v)

Gregory the Great, Homiliae in Ezechielem

Rubric: Omelie beati Gregorij...super Ezechielem

7. (fol. 276v)

Origen, Homilies on Joshua (tr. Rufinus, here attrib. Jerome)

Rubric: Tractatus sancti Hieronimi in libro Ihesu Naue

8. (fol. 314)

Hugh of Fleury, Historia ecclesiastica (here attrib. Ivo of Chartres; second redaction)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Dimensions (leaf): 335 × 230 mm.

Layout

(item 2g) 2 col. of 51 lines, written space 223 × 157 mm.

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 993)

Binding

Contemporary binding of faded pink leather on boards.

History

Origin: 15th century and 15th century, middle ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Given to Merton College by mr. William Felowys.

Acquired before c. 1646; probably given by Thomas James who had borrowed it from Merton (cf. Summary Catalogue I.79, 112).

Record Sources

S. J. P. Van Dijk, Handlist of the Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford : Vol. 1: Mass Books (typescript, 1957) (fols. 28–34); Pächt and Alexander (see Bibliography). Previously described in the Summary Catalogue.

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 399

Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 400