MS. Douce 226
Summary Catalogue no.: 21800
Contents
Life of St. Hilary
Rubric: Vita vel translatio Sancti Hilarii, confessoris eximii, filioli videlicet Sancti Hilarii, Pictavensis episcopi, que clarescentibus signis sollempniter et canonicæ acta est a Baldrico Cænomanicæ, urbis episcopo, ortante clero et populo, xi. kl. octobris [841 CE]
Incipit: Magnas sanctorum percelsasque virtutes humilis attenuat potius quam explicat sermo
Explicit: quo in loco, auxiliante domino, multa fiunt miracula; nam ibi coeci iliuminantur, claudi restituuntur, dæmonia ejiciuntur, surdi auditum recipiunt; debiles et egroti variis languoribus contriti sanantur, et maximæ tam corporis quam et animæ omnes sanitatem recipiunt; ad laudem et gloriam domini nostri Ihesu Christi, qui cum Patre et Spiritu Sancto vivit el regnat in secula seculorum. Amen.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 27 pages
Dimensions (binding): 6.375 × 4.75 in.
History
Origin: 12th century, early
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned by 'Philippus Lepinus Deshayes' (early 18th century)
No. 195 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734
Bought by Henry Hare (d. 1749), Lord Coleraine
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Record Sources
Description adapted (August 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897) and the Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed by Francis Douce, esq. to the Bodleian Library (1840).
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-08-30: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)