MS. Lat. th. e. 44
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Sermons; England, 12th century
Contents
Summary of Contents: Collection of sermons, etc., chiefly by Gaufridus Babion (the numbers are those of Schneyer's list in his Repertorium ii, pp.150–9).
(fol. 1r-3v)
sermons, the first on the BVM
Incipit: Tu fabricatus es auroram et solem Optime cognoscitur artifex
Added 13th-century
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 6r-24r)
, Sermons (Schneyer, Repertorium, II, the end of no. 4 and no. 5, ending imperfect; no. 6 beginning imperfect, nos. 7–13, 20–21) Language(s): Latin
(fol. 17v, margin)
Verses Incipit: Wyt ys yturned into trecherie
(Added in the 14th-century, the second stanza of the Abuses of the Age; pr. Furnivall, E.E.T.S., extra series, 8, p. 88) Language(s): Middle English
(fol. 25r-v)
Sermon, perhaps for the first Sunday in Advent, starting imperfect
Explicit: ne in lapidem offensionis offendat per ||
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 25v, margin)
Story of a fisherman who found a stone in the shape of a man., added, 14th century
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 39v)
Text on Antichrist Incipit: Nascetur filius perditionis id est antichristus in Chorozaim
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 51r-52r)
Sermon Incipit: Fecit rex Salomon thronum ... rex Salomon ipse est Christus pax nostra
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: quia recte
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: v + 56 leaves (fol.i–iv, 54–56 are later flyleaves)
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 118 mm.
Dimensions (written): 135–142 × 83 mm.
Collation
1(4) (medieval flyleaves), 2(8) (3–6, 8 missing?: i.e. leaves missing after fol.5 and 6)?, 3(8)–4(8), 5(8) (4 leaves survive (fol.23–26), leaves missing after fol.24)?, 6(8)–8(8), 9(4) (4 missing)? quires 3–8 numbered ii–vii at end
Layout
c. 29–33 long lines ruled in pencil
Decoration
Initials in blue or red.
Binding
Early 19th-century stright-grained red morocco, identical with MS. lat. th. e. 24
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Joannes Dillon 8' (fol. iv verso), identifiable in John Dillon's sale, by Barclay and Skirving, Trongate, Glasgow, Nov. 1831, lot 697
R. C. Jenkins; given to Rev. Charles Deacon, 29 Dec. 1953 (fol. i verso)
Given by N. R. Ker, 1964.
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.