Language(s): Latin
1. (fol. 111)
Hugh of St.-Victor,
De tribus diebus Beg. incomplete at end of c.7 (c. 4 in the printed edition) 'non queant'. Pr. P.L. 176, col. 810–838 as bk. VII of the Didascalicon. Here divided into 44 chapters.
5. (fol. 126)
Ps.-Origen,
Homily on Maria stabat Rubric: Devota omelia Origenis de planctu b. Marie Magdalene
Incipit: In illo tempore Maria stabat … Audivimus fratres Mariam
Explicit: et hoc dixit michi cui est honor et gloria cum patre … Amen
A spurious work pr. in J. Merlin's edition of Origen (Paris, 1519), iii f. 129. Another copy is in MS. Bodl. 688 (S.C. 2502) fol.37; for others see B.L. Egerton 3037.
6. (fol. 130)
Rubric: Modica et devota excerpcio ex libris beatorum Augustini et Anselmi de contemplacione secundum Hugonem de S. Victore
Incipit: Mulier quid ploras?
Explicit: videbis quod cupis dominum nostrum Jesum Christum cui est honor et gloria … Amen
7. (fol. 131v)
Walter Hilton,
Epistola ad Adam Horsley de origine et utilitate religionis The so-called Epistola aurea; see B.L. Royal 6 E. III, art. 37, Bodl. MSS. Rawl. G. 397 and Lat. th. e. 26.
Rubric: Epistola M. Walteri Hylton de utilitate et prerogativis religionis et precipue ordinis Cartusiersis
Incipit: Quia vero ex toto tenore
Explicit: consequi merearis. Gratia dei sit tecum nuno et imperpetuum. Amen.
Final rubric: Explicit epistola optima Walteri Hylton
10. (fol. 144)
Peter Damian,
Institutio monalis (ch. 6) Rubric: Secreta Ieronimi
Incipit: Pensandum quippe
Explicit: indeclinabiliter custodire
P.L. 145 col. 737. Also in MS. Bodl. 61 (S.C.2023), fol. 85
Art. 8–10 are found in the same order in MS. Lat. th. e. 26, following Hilton's Epistola; cf. MS. Merton College 47.
11. (fol. 144v)
Walter Hilton,
De imagine peccati Rubric: Epistola M. Walteri Hylton ad quemdam amicum de ymagine peccati
Incipit: Dilecte in Christi frater inter cetera
Explicit: et honorem nominis sui. Amen.
For other manuscripts see Brit Mus. Royal 6 E. III art. 20.
12. (fol. 151)
Religious treatise (Blomefield, Incipits, 362; cf. MS. Digby 115, art. 5) Rubric: Tractatus valde utilis Hugonis de S. Victore quomodo homo debeat se habere in omnibus temptacionibus Incipit: Aliqui propter cordis pusillanimitatem
Explicit: non placet. Amen
13b. (fol. 152v)
Elizabeth of Schonau,
Visiones Extract from De liber viarum dei, ch. XIIII; ed. F. Roth, Die Visionen der hl. Elisabeth (1884), p. 107.
14. (fol. 153)
William Flete,
De remediis contra temptationes Rubric: Tractatus devotus Ricardi Hampole de consolatoriis remediis contra varias spirituales temptaciones
Incipit: Quoniam sicut ait apostolus
Explicit: liberabit eos dominus quod ipse nobis prestare dignetur qui est … Amen
See A. Gwynn, English Austin Friars (1940), p.149; and M. B. Hackett, Medieval studies presented to Aubrey Gwynn, Dublin 1962, p. 344.
15. (fol. 157)
Jehan Castel,
De adhaerendo Deo Rubric: Liber Alberti Magni de adherendo deo nudato intellectu et affectu et ultima et summa perfectione hominis quantum possibole est
Incipit: Cogitanti michi aliquid
Explicit: a qua nos custodiat Iesus Christus. Amen.
See J.Huyben, La vie spirituelle, supplément I (1922), 33.
16. (fol. 165v)
Richard Rolle,
De excellentia contemplationis Rubric: Tractatus devotus Ricardi heremite de Hampole de celesti dulcedine vite contemplative
Incipit: O dulce lumen
Explicit: sonus epulantis
See H. E. Allen, Writings ascribed to R. Rolle, 1927, pp.320–3.
17a. (fol. 177)
Prayer Incipit: Concede michi queso
See Wilmart, Auteurs spirituels, p.379 n.3.
17b. (fol. 177)
Prayer Rubric: Hanc orationem sequentem ante omnem disputacionem determinacionem lectionem predicacionem doctor sanctus lacrimose affudit
Incipit: Creator ineffabilis
See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II.218.
19. (fol. 181)
Aelred of Rievaulx,
De institutione inclusarum (extract) Rubric: Prologus Aluredi abbatis Rievallis in vitam inclusam scriptam sorori sue incluse. Qui legit hoc opus sic legat literam ut intelligat sensam
Incipit: Iam pluribus annis
Explicit: pro peccatis meis intercedat Amen
Pr. P.L. 32 col. 1465–71.
20. (fol. 196v)
Collection of extracts on religious life Rubric: Utrum religio solitariorum sit preferenda religioni in societate vivencium
A collection of references and extracts from Thomas Aquinas , Doctor solennis [i.e. Henry of Ghent ], Augustine , Jerome . Followed by other extracts on related subjects from Ricardus Fysschacre , Comm. in Sent., Arnaldus [Bonavallensis] , De sex verbis domini in cruce, Seneca , Epp., Augustinus de Anchona , De potestate ecclesiastica.
21. (fol. 200)
John Norton (d. 1489),
De uita solitaria Rubric: Quoddam scriptum devoti in Christi patris domini Johannis Norton quondam monachi de domo ordinis Cartusiensis iuxta civitatem Coventr' qui post experienciam vite socialis degencium in claustro ferventer optavit ducere vitam solitariam in heremo
Incipit: Qua de causa quave ratione vita inclusionis
Explicit: ferventer affecto etc.
22. (fol. 201)
Prayers Incipit: Domine deus omnipotens infinite misericordie
(fol. 202)
Rubric: Oracio cotidiana dicenda ante missam
Incipit: Mordacis consciencie
Incipit: Summe sacerdos
See Wilmart, op. cit., p.114.
(fol. 203v)
Incipit: Si tantum domine reatum
See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I, 51.
Incipit: Miserator et misericors dominus patiens
Incipit: Proiectis domine nobis
(fol. 205)
Rubric: Peticio ad excitandum cor in amorem dulcissimi Iesu
Incipit: O domine deus meus quomodo ausus
23. (fol. 213)
Rubric: Brevis tractatus meliflui Bernardi de laude sacerdotum sive ordinis sacerdotalis Incipit: O quantam dignitatem
26. (fol. 222)
Exemplum on the sacrament of the altar Rubric: Brevis et vera narracio de quodam miraculo divina virtute facto in diocesi Norwicensi a.d. millesimo cccc quadragesimo sexto de vera et reali existentia veri corporis Christi in sacramento altaris. Et hec narracio fuit missa in scriptis venerabili viro magistro Thome Gascoyne doctori sacre Theologie quondam Cancellario universitatis Oxon' … a domino Thoma Cranewys capellano diocecesis Norwycensis supradicte qui certitudinaliter novit veritatem rei geste in hac materia Incipit: Terram aridam
Explicit: cui honor et gloria
28. (fol. 227)
Rubric: Tractatus de discrete discernendo et de recte iudicando quando pollucio nocturna est peccatum et quando non
Incipit: Ad discrete iudicandum
Explicit: observantiam regularem
29a. (fol. 229v)
Extracts from Jerome
30. (fol. 234)
Prayers Added in a hand of the 16th cent.
Incipit: Domine exaudi orationem meam quia iam cognosco
Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 249 etc.
(fol. 234v)
Rubric: Oratio coram imagine crucifixi dicenda
Incipit: Salve crux sancta, salve crux gloriosa
(fol. 236v)
Rubric: Oratio pro universali statu ecclesiae catholice
Incipit: Omnipotens et misericors Deus res tibi et tene
Origin: 15th century, late ;
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