MS. Canon. Misc. 230
Summary Catalogue no.: 19706
Contents
Legendary (Passionale)
Complete sanctorale beginning with St. Andrew, followed by an index with later changes and additions. Additional divisions into lessons in the margins.
1. (fol. 1)
Passio S. Andreae Incipit: Passionem sancti Apostoli Andree quam oculis nostris vidimus
Mombritius, Act. SS. tom. i. fol. 55, with variant incipit; imperfect.
2. (fol. 2)
Vita Nicolai episcopi et Confessoris Incipit: Nicholaus itaque ex illustri prosapia
Mombritius tom. ii. p. 162.
3. (fol. 10v)
Vita B. Zenonis episcopi et confessoris Incipit: Igitur beatus Zenon a cunabulis benedictus
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 358, col. ii. l. 24.
4. (fol. 13v)
Passio B. Thomae apostoli Incipit: Cum apostolus Thomas, qui et Didimus
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 333.
5. (fol. 20)
B. Johannis apostoli et evangelistae Incipit: Secundam post Neronem persecutionem
Mombritius, tom. ii. fol. 28.
6. (fol. 24)
Passio S. Thomae archiep. Cantuariensis Incipit: Ad laudem beatissimi Thome et fidelium
7. (fol. 29)
Vita B. Silvestri episcopi et confessoris Incipit: Silvester igitur urbis Rome episcopus
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 279.
8. (fol. 47v)
Vita B. Felicis presbyteri et martyris Incipit: Factum est autem ut post completionem
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 281.
9. (fol. 48v)
Passio B. Marcelli papae Incipit: Tempore quo Maximianus Augustus rediens
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 92.
10. (fol. 50)
Passio SS. Cyriaci, Largi et Smaragdi Incipit: Cum multo tempore in custodia esset
Ibid. as part of the preceding passion.
11. (fol. 52)
Passio B. Sebastiani martyris Incipit: Sebastianus vir Christianissimus
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 251.
12. (fol. 69v)
Passio B. Vincentii martyris Incipit: Cum apud Cesaream Augustam
Ibid., tom. ii. fol. 344, with variant incipit; imperfect at end, leaves missing after fol. 69.
13. (fol. 70)
Passio S. Floriani martyris Incipit: In diebus illis sub Dioclitiano et Maximiano
Cf. ibid. tom. i. fol. 283 b, considerably shorter than the present manuscript.
14. (fol. 71)
Passio SS. Gordiani et Epimachi martyrum Incipit: Tempore Juliani impiissimi imperatoris
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 336 b.
15. (fol. 73)
Passio SS. Nerei et Achillei Incipit: Nisi studia catholicorum cecitatis
16. (fol. 79)
Passio S. Pancratii Incipit: Temporibus Dioclitiani et Maximiani
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 188.
17. (fol. 80)
Passio SS. Marcellini et Petri Incipit: Benignitas Salvatoris nostri
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 97.
18. (fol. 83)
Passio SS. Primi et Feliciani Incipit: Temporibus Dioclitiani et Maximiani
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 225.
19. (fol. 85)
Passio SS. Basilidis, Naboris et Nazar Incipit: In civitate orientali cum beatus
20. (fol. 86)
Passio SS. Viti et Modesti Incipit: In provincia Litia [sic] temporibus Dioclitiani
Cf. ibid. tom. ii. fol. 349.
21. (fol. 90)
Passio SS. Gervasii et Protasii Incipit: Ambrosius servus Dei fratribus
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 337.
22. (fol. 91)
Passio SS. Johannis et Pauli martyrum Incipit: Sub Constantino Augusto Gallicano duce
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 317.
23. (fol. 94)
Passio SS. septem Dormientium Incipit: Tempore quo Decius Cesar persecutus
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 268 b.
24. (fol. 95)
Passio SS. Petri et Pauli Incipit: Cum venisset Paulus Romam
25. (fol. 100)
Passio SS. martyrum Processi et Martiniani Incipit: Tempore, quo Simon Magus crepuit
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 220.
26. (fol. 101v)
Vita B. Volrici [Udalrici] episcopi et confessoris Incipit: Bone igitur memorie Udaricus
27. (fol. 102v)
Passio SS. Kiliani et Sociorum Sanctorum martirum certamina
28. (fol. 105)
Passio SS. septem fratrum Incipit: Temporibus Antonini imperatoris
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 306.
29. (fol. 107)
Passio SS. Hermagorae et Fortunati Incipit: Post resurrectionem Domini nostri
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 1 b.
30. (fol. 111)
Passio B. Margaritae virginis Incipit: Post passionem et resurrectionem
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 103 b.
31. (fol. 115v)
Vita B. Praxedis virginis Incipit: Virgo venerabilis Praxedis
Ibid., tom. ii. fol. 194 (with variants).
32. (fol. 116)
Passio B. Apollinaris martyris Incipit: In diebus Claudii Imperatoris
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 62.
33. (fol. 120v)
Passio B. Christina virginis Incipit: Erat enim quedam virgo
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 203, with variants.
34. (fol. 124v)
Passio B. Jacobi apostoli Incipit: Jacobus frater Johannis apostoli
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 18 b.
35. (fol. 127v)
Passio SS. Nazarii et Celsi Incipit: Temporibus Neronis imperatoris
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 179 b, col. 2.
36. (fol. 129v)
Passio SS. martyrum Simplicii, Faustini et Beatricis Incipit: Tempore Diocletiani et Maximiani
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 293 b.
37. (fol. 130)
Vita S. Felicis papae Incipit: Fuit autem temporibus Constantii
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 284 b.
38. (fol. 130v)
Passio SS. Abdon et Senen Incipit: Orta tempestate sub Decio
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 6.
39. (fol. 133)
Passio S. Stephani papae Incipit: Tempore Valeriani et Galieni
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 272 b.
40. (fol. 137)
In Inventione S. Stephani protomartyris Incipit: Hierosolimis civitate beatissimi
41. (fol. 138)
Passio SS. Sixti et Agapeti Incipit: Orta est persecutio in Christianos
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 357.
42. (fol. 139v)
Passio S. Laurentii Incipit: Tempore igitur Decii et Valeriani
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 50.
43. (fol. 142)
Passio B. Hippolyti et Sociorum Incipit: Regressus itaque Ypolitus
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 14.
44. (fol. 144)
Passio SS. Felicis et Fortunati Incipit: In diebus illis sub Dioclitiano
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 283.
45. (fol. 144v)
Passio beati Agapeti Incipit: Sub rege Antiocho pagano
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 14 b.
46. (fol. 146)
Passio B. Bartholomaei apostoli Incipit: Indie tres esse ab istoriographis
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 75.
47. (fol. 150)
Passio SS. Proti et Hyacinthi Incipit: Septimo consulatu suo Commodus
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 214.
48. (fol. 159)
Passio B. Thecla virginis Incipit: Sub Nerone, Romanorum principe
Cf. ibid. tom. ii. col. 309.
49. (fol. 160v)
Passio B. Cornelii episcopi Incipit: Tempore Decii Cesaris maxima persecutio
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 210.
50. (fol. 161v)
Passio S. Cypriani episcopi Incipit: Tusco et Basso consulibus
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 198 b.
51. (fol. 162v)
Passio S. Euphemiae virginis Incipit: Tempore Dioclitiani Imperatoris
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 255 b.
52. (fol. 166)
Passio SS. Luciae et Geminiani Incipit: Imperante Dioclitiano octies
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 59 b.
53. (fol. 170v)
Passio SS. virginum Euphemiae, Dorothea, Thecla, Erasmae Incipit: Regnante Nerone imperatore
54. (fol. 174v)
Passio S. Matthaei apostoli Incipit: Quoniam cura est Deo de hominibus
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 140.
BHL 5690
55. (fol. 180va-182va)
Passio SS. Mauricii et sociorum Incipit: Tempore illo sub Dioclitiano
Explicit: a sanctis factum constitit. Ille adiuuante qui ...
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 153 b (without prologue and with other omissions).
BHL 5739
56. (fol. 182va)
Passio S. Justinae virginis Incipit: In diebus illis sub tempore
Explicit: die \vij/ mensis Octobris. Ad honorem domini ...
BHL 4571 (but with additional paragraph beginning 'ubi usque in hodiernum', as in Mombritius, and with date of feast given as 7 Oct. over erasure)
57. (fol. 183v)
Passio SS. Cosma et Damiani Incipit: Temporibus Dioclitiani et Maximiani
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 210 b.
58. (fol. 186)
In festivitate B. Michaelis archangeli Incipit: Memoriam beati Michaelis
59. (fol. 188)
Vita B. Hieronymi presbyteri Incipit: Beatus igitur Jeronimus genere
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 14 b,
60. (fol. 191)
In natale S. Remigii episcopi Incipit: Post multas virtutes
61. (fol. 192v)
Passio SS. Dionysii et Sociorum Incipit: Post beatam et gloriosam
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 221 b.
62. (fol. 195v)
Passio S. Calixti Incipit: Temporibus Macrini et Alexandri
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 150 b.
63. (fol. 198)
Vita S. Galli abbatis Incipit: Nec multo post cum jam bonorum
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 311 b, col. i. l. 39.
64. (fol. 199)
In S. Lucae apostoli die legenda Incipit: Igitur gloriosissimus apostolus
65. (fol. 201v)
Passio SS. Simonis et Judae Incipit: Simon Chananeus et Judas Zelotes
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 294.
66. (fol. 205v)
Passio B. Justi martyris Incipit: Tempore Dioclitiani et Maximiani
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 48.
67. (fol. 207)
Passio SS. quatuor coronatorum Incipit: Tempore quo Dioclitianus Augustus
68. (fol. 210v)
Passio B. Theodori Incipit: Maximianus quinquies et Maximo
Ibid. tom. ii. fol. 324.
69. (fol. 213)
Vita B. Britii episcopi et confessoris Incipit: Igitur post excessum beati Martini
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 75.
70. (fol. 214)
Passio B. Caeciliae virginis Incipit: Humanas laudes et mortalium
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 188.
71. (fol. 218v)
Passio S. Clementis martyris Incipit: Tertius Romane ecclesie
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 193.
72. (fol. 222)
Passio B. Chrysogoni martyris Incipit: Pretextati illustris viri
Ibid. tom. i. fol. 200 b. col. ii. 1. 5
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 224 fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 307 × 215 mm.
Layout
2 cols., 36 lines, column space 230–242 × 75–80 mm.
Hand(s)
Written by Matheus florentinus (fol. 224).
Decoration
Coloured initials. Each legend is preceded by an initial and a line of text in large capitals in red and sepia.
Rubrics.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Fol. 224: 'Nomil ducen ante simo Ledo quarto siminimo Semen edihic gus exto Tetran plicit inausexto Ode tias liberati Proberis marto nunc grati.' A later hand below has interpreted this as 'Anno domini Millesimo ducentesimo quarto die sexto intrante mense Augusto Explicit liber prothomartiris. Nunc deo gratias.' Below the acrostic is 'Liber iste continet istorias sanctorum Has quas hic repperii et quasdam aliorum Virginum et martirum simulque confessorum Quas inuenire potui scriptis amicorum Scriptor huius operis Matheus florentinus Volrici presulis uicarius latinus.' Volric or Woldericus was bp. of Concordia Veneto, province of Venezia, 1203-11; the MS was evidently written for the cathedral of St Stephen at Concordia.
Fol. 224v: ' … calicem … suo fec⟨it⟩ Domos ante ianuas ecclesie per⟨e⟩gr⟨ini⟩(?) Hec data remuneret celestis rex et do⟨minus⟩ Sancta virgo Maria et protomartyr Stephanus Amen.'
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Record Sources
Description adapted (May 2025) from the following sources:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 315
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 176
H. O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars tertia codices Graecos et Latinos Canonicianos complectens, Quarto Catalogues III, 1854
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 315
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 176
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-05: Add all information from printed catalogues.