MS. Bodl. 839
Summary Catalogue no.: 2572
Contents
The preface, followed by chapters 35-36
Including texts by Augustine (fol. 31v), Macarius (fol. 40), Anselm (fols 42v, 46v), Isidore (fol. 47v) and others
Fols 34v, 44, 48 are from the Verba Seniorum, Book V of the Vitae Patrum by Ps-Jerome and others
Some sermons (fols 98, 100v, 133v, 137v, 152, 162) are by Augustine
An account of John the Baptist's head being transferred from Palestine to Saint Jean d'Angély
Physical Description
Condition
Hand(s)
The hand changes at fols 18, 59, 115, 128 and elsewhere, but all the writing is contemporary
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Lanthony (Secunda), Gloucestershire, Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist: 'Morganus canonicus de Kermerd⟨en⟩' at end, and below it a table of contents in Morgan's hand (s. xv)
Morgan wrote his name in many Lanthony books, including: London, British Library, Royal 2 C.x; London, Lambeth Palace, 30; Lambeth Palace, 80, fols 168–244; Lambeth Palace, 101; Lambeth Palace, 138, fols 1–44; Lambeth Palace, 148; Lambeth Palace, 153, fols 156–179; Lambeth Palace, 165, fols 102–190; Lambeth Palace, 195; Lambeth Palace, 200, fols 114–163; Lambeth Palace, 208; Lambeth Palace, 215; Lambeth Palace, 218, fols 1–89; Lambeth Palace, 227; Lambeth Palace, 231; Lambeth Palace, 345, fols 97–227; Lambeth Palace, 360, fols 1–118; Lambeth Palace, 365, fols 1–119; Lambeth Palace, 377; Lambeth Palace, 378, fols i, ii, 1–56, 125–65; Lambeth Palace, 390; Lambeth Palace, 394; Lambeth Palace, 397; Lambeth Palace, 398; Lambeth Palace, 409; Lambeth Palace, 449; Lambeth Palace, 452; Lambeth Palace, 481; Oxford, Bodleian, MS. Hatton 49; Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MS. 33; Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MS. 43; Oxford, Trinity College MS. 39 (MLGB3)
In the 16th century this volume and MS. Bodl. 762 were owned by the same person, as the tags show
Lettermark 'C' on fol. 1r shows that Thomas James used this manuscript when collating Ambrose (MLGB3)
Lambeth Palace (v. T. James in Queens Coll. 63 E.6 (Opera Ambrosii) against beginning of De initiandis, note written in 1612) (MLGB3)
MS. Bodl. 839 first appears in Bodleian lists c. 1655
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-03-21: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)