MS. Hamilton 41
Summary Catalogue no.: 24471
Sermons for Lent; A, B Germany, 15th century, probably first half, and c. 1400
Contents
Fifteenth-century table of contents to the whole volume. For the document on fol. 1v, see below.
Physical Description
Binding
White leather on boards, fifteenth-century, rebacked and mended; contemporary labels with title ('Duo opera quadragesimalia') and pressmark (C. VI). Clasps lost; bosses on the lower and perhaps also the upper board lost.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Erfurt, Benedictine abbey of SS Peter and Paul: ‘liber sancti patria in erfordia’ (upper pastedown); pressmarks ‘C. vi’, ‘C 6’ (binding and fol. 2) ‘C. 13’ (fol. 1v)
Friedrich Gottlieb Julius von Bülow, 1760-?1831: probably identifiable as 321 in the catalogue of part 3 of his sale, 10 Oct. 1836 ('Duplex collectio sermonum quadragesimalium').
Sir William Hamilton, 1788–1856
Presented to the Bodleian Library by his sons and received in 1857.
MS. Hamilton 41 – Part 1 (fols. 2–200)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
The first three and last three incipits as follows:
Apparently the same collection as Bordeaux, BM 294 fols. 1–81v but lacking the two final sermons in that manuscript. Cf. Darmstadt, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Hs 2207 fols. 2r–86v. Followed by three additional sermons:
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
1 col., c. 29–31 lines. Frame-ruled, ruled space 145–150 × 90 mm.
Hand(s)
Cursive by one hand.
Decoration
Coloured red initials, usually three-line.
History
MS. Hamilton 41 – Part 2 (fols. 201–265)
Contents
Fifteenth-century addition.
Incipits of the first three and last three sermons as follows:
Apparently the same collection as in BSB Clm 18313, fols. 2–18 and Gotha Chart A 24c fols. 129ra-166ra (see E. Wunderle, Katalog der mittelalterlichen lateinischen Papierhandschriften (2002) 83–4), here imperfect at the end due to loss of leaves.
Fifteenth-century addition; followed by a later note on the seven 'peccata aliena' and seven metals.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
1 col., c. 27–30 lines. 140–160 × 100–5 mm.
Hand(s)
Cursive apparently by one hand (except for fols. 201v, 263r-265v).
Decoration
Two-line coloured red initials (three-line, fol. 202r)
History
MS. Hamilton 41 - upper pastedown
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Mandate of Boniface ⟨IX⟩ to a papal judge delegate to hear a case between vicars choral and a dean and chapter (?); mentions 'muros Maguntin.' (Mainz)
Physical Description
Layout
21 lines. Height of the ruled space c. 150 mm.
Hand(s)
Gothic cursive script
History
MS. Hamilton 41 - endleaf (fol. 1) and lower pastedown
Contents
Language(s): German
Two fragments of a financial document issued by the town council of Gotha, concerning taxation, rents, and possibly tithes due to the church of St. Margaret in the same town.
Physical Description
Layout
at least 34 lines
Hand(s)
Gothic cursive script
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2020-11-12: Added further details of contents and further physical description