MS. Laud Misc. 315
Summary Catalogue no.: 1055
Miscellany of Sermons and Saints' Lives. Germany, s. xiii2.
Contents
Language(s): Latin
This description is abbreviated from Daniela Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Descriptive Catalogue (Oxford, 2018), pp. 800–865. For purposes of scholarly citation, reference to the printed catalogue is requested.
A summary of Bertold of Regensburg, Expositio, which forms part of his Rusticanus de dominicis (ed.: Franz, Messe, 742, l. 1-745).
De oboedientia. Several textual units, presumably ending on fol. 2rb.
Some of the texts identical with Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea (ed.: Maggioni, 2 vols; - Kaeppeli 2154) or Bartholomew of Trent, Liber epilogorum in gesta sanctorum (ed. E. Paoli, Edizione nazionale dei testi mediolatini 2, serie I, i (Florence, 2001; the rest mostly anonymous. For full details and bibliography, see printed catalogue.
Andreas ap. (LA 2. 162–228).
Petrus ap. (LA 84. 1–260, 291–301).
Paulus ap. (85. 1–186).
De duobus theologis
Purificatio BMV (LA 37. 1–151).
Annuntiatio dni (LA 50. 1–117).
Assumptio BMV (LA 115. 1–127, 131–148).
Nativitas BMV.
Letania maior et minor (LA 66. 1–14, 20–72).
Augustinus ep. Hipponensis (LA 120. 1–202, 213–251; 298–308); interpolation, between 251 & 298
Decollatio s. Iohannis Baptistae.
Nicolaus ep. Myrensis (Lib. epil. 8).
Franciscus. [Bartholomew of Trent, Epilogus in S. Franciscum] (ed.: Legendae S. Francisci Assisiensis..., Analecta Franciscana 10 (Quaracchi, 1941) 540–43).
Paulus Thebaeus (LA 15).
Antonius ab. (LA 21. 10–122).
Iohannes Chrysostomus (Lib. epil. 52).
Ignatius (LA 36. 1–69).
Gregorius I. papa (LA 46. 8–74, 108–130, 143–206, 211–286).
Benedictus (Lib. epil. 80).
Bernardus (in part identical with Lib. epil. 274).
Barlaam et Iosaphat (Lib. epil. 355).
Gervasius et Protasius (LA 80. 8–49).
Iohannes et Paulus (LA 82. 1–14, 21–58).
Leo I. papa (LA 83. 1–26).
Alexius conf. (LA 90).
Christophorus (LA 96. 2–118), with addition (fol. 33va, l. 43)
Inventio s. Stephani (LA 108).
Hippolytus (LA 114. 5–55, 63–75).
Eusebius (LA 104. 4–43).
Protus et Hyacinthus (LA 130. 1–72).
Euphemia (LA 134. 6–41).
Cosmas et Damianus (LA 139. 9–71).
Leodegarius (LA 144).
Callistus papa (LA 150).
Briccius (LA 163).
Iustina (LA 138. 3–104).
Forseus (LA 140).
Germanus (LA 103. 5–22, 46–56, 66–75).
Leonardus (LA 151. 12–87).
Septem dormientes (LA 97).
omnes sancti (Lib. epil. 332).
Thomas ap. (LA 5. 12–177).
Thomas ap. (ed. F. Wilhelm, Deutsche Legenden und Legendare. Texte und Untersuchungen zu ihrer Geschichte im Mittelalter (Leipzig, 1907) 50–56).
Catharina v. m. Alexandriae.
Clemens (Lib. epil. 348)
Caecilia (Lib. epil. 347).
Andreas ap. (Lib. epil. 2).
Iacobus ap. (ed.: Mombritius 2. 37–40, etc.; – Lipsius, Apostelgeschichten, 1. 177f. (sources) & 2, 2. 201–08; BHL 4057).
Simon et Iudas.
Mauritius (Lib. epil. 305).
Vitus, Modestus et Crescentia.
Silvester papa (LA 12. 8–232).
Lucia.
Michael.
Nereus et Achilleus et soc. (LA 70. 7–30).
Pancratius (LA 71. 4–24).
Iohannes ev. (Lib. epil. 19).
Passio dni (LA 51. 1–261).
Dionysius, Rusticus et Eleutherius.
Agatha (LA 39. 9–104).
Valentinus.
Iuliana.
Scholastica. [Gregory the Great, Dialogi], 2. 33, excerpt (ed.: Acta SS. Febr. II (1658) 402A–B; Moricca 125, l. 17–127, l. 8) = LA app. 196 (193) (ed.: Graesse 885–886, l. 19) (BHL 7514).
Ambrosius.
‘Tres contra peccatores accusatores stabunt scilicet dyabolus. proprium scelus et totus mundus dyabolus namque accusabit sicut dicit augustinus presto inquit ... iniquitatem tuam’.‘In iudicio iiijor ordines erunt sicut dicit gregorius ... (fol. 65rb) aduentu numquam terminatur’.
Erhardus.
Adelbertus.
Verena.
Ieiunia quatuor temporum (LA 35).
Philippus ap. (LA 62. 1–19).
Iacobus ap. (LA 63. 1–36)
Inventio s. crucis (LA 64. 3–135).
Exaltatio s. crucis.
Mathias ap. (LA 45. 13ff.), the second half of the text different.
Laurentius (LA 113. 1–9, 12–137).
Vincentius (LA 25. 7–70).
Fabianus (LA 22. 1–7).
Sebastianus (LA 23. 7–110).
Agnes. [Passio s. Agnetis (Ps.-Ambrose, ep. 1)] (ed.: PL 17. 735B–42C; – BHL 156; CPL 2159).
Blasius. LA 38. 4–82 (ed. Maggioni 1. 252–55).
Quiriacus (Iudas)
Maria Aegyptiaca (ed.: K. Kunze, Die Legende der heiligen Maria Aegyptiaca. Ein Beispiel hagiographischer Überlieferung in 16 unveröffentlichten deutschen, niederländischen und lateinischen Fassungen, Texte des späten Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit 28 (Berlin, 1978) 70–77; – K. Kunze, Studien zur Legende der heiligen Maria Aegyptiaca im deutschen Sprachgebiet, Philologische Studien und Quellen 49 (1969) 190f.).
Bartholomaeus ap.
Matthaeus ap.
Hieronymus.
(AB 102 (1984) 371) Remigius.
Adam et Eva. The text up to fol. 78vb, l. 9 identical with cap. 1–24 of J.-P. Pettorelli (ed.), ‘La vie latine d’Adam et Ève’, ALMA 56 (1998) 5–104, at pp. 41–50 (Stegmüller, RB, 74,10).
Felix in Pincis (LA 19).
Gallus.
Barbara.
Translatio s. Martini ep.
Erasmus.
Miracles, partly based on or excerpted from Caesarius of Heisterbach, Dialogus miraculorum (ed.: J. Strange (Cologne 1851); ed. N. Nörges & H. Schneider, Fontes Christiani 86 (2009)) and Liber octo miraculorum (ed.: A. Hilka, Die Wundergeschichten des Caesarius von Heisterbach (Bonn 1937)).
Auctoritates, from the Bible: Proverbs, Sirach, Ecclesiastes, Job and Isaiah; the first one not identifiable.
De divite: hom. 3. 104 (ed.: PL 94. 505B-06D; CPL 1368).
De S. Pelagia (ed.: PL 172. 913B-14D; Schneyer ii. 720ff).
Miracles and exempla partly based on or excerpted from Caesarius of Heisterbach, Dialogus miraculorum and Liber octo miraculorum. Opening imperfect, editions as above.
Auctoritates. Authors quoted: Bernard of Clairvaux, Jerome, Augustine, Gregory the Great, Sixtus, and Alcuin.
Partly based on or excerpted from Caesarius of Heisterbach, Dialogus miraculorum and Liber octo miraculorum. Opening imperfect, editions as above; full listing in printed catalogue.
(fol. 93a) A note on superbia and extracts from Bernard of Clairvaux.(Hardy, Materials, 1. 191a, this copy (incorrect folio no.); C. Plummer, Miscellanea hagiographica Hibernica, Subsidia Hagiographica 15 (Brussels, 1925) 253 (no. 292); L. Bieler, Codices Patriciani latini: a descriptive catalogue of Latin manuscripts relating to St. Patrick (Dublin, 1942) 45 (no. 58); incipit cf. BHL 6515). Unidentified text.
Excerpt ascribed to Bernard of Clairvaux, (fol. 101rb) sermons, and notes.
For full item details, see printed catalogue.
Urbanus I. papa. LA 72. 6–23 (ed. Maggioni 1. 515f.).
Iacobus minor. LA 63. 75–189
Petrus et Marcellinus. LA 74 (ed. Maggioni 1. 519f.).
Thomas ep. Cantuariensis. LA 11. 4–51 (ed. Maggioni 1. 103–06).
Longinus. LA 47 (ed. Maggioni 1. 307f.).
Timotheus. LA 117. 5–10 (ed.: Maggioni 2. 827).
Symphorianus. LA 118. 5–20 (ed.: Maggioni 2. 828f.).
Eustachius.
Apollinaris.
Liborius.
Mennas Aegyptius.
Romanus martyr.
Primus et Felicianus.
Bonifatius.
Marcus ev.
Victor et corona.
Petronella.
Tres pueri.
Cyriacus et soc.
Afra et soc.
Septem fratres.
Symphorosa et septem filii.
Kilianus.
Bonifatius .
Sixtus II. papa.
Lambertus.
Polycarpus (AB 102, p. 369).
Including extracts from Vitas patrum, 5. 23 (ed.: PL 73. 879A–C; BHL 6527), Gregory the Great, Dialogi (Vita S. Benedicti)(ed.: PL 66. 142A–80A (selection); BHL 1102).
Auctoritates. Authors quoted: Bernard of Clairvaux, Jerome, Gregory the Great, Seneca the Younger and Ambrose.
Includes miracles, for listing see printed catalogue.
Decem milia martyrum (LA app. 183 (178) (ed.: Graesse 858); – BHL nov. suppl. 24d), explicit longer here.
Egidii confessoris.
Auctoritates. Authors quoted: Augustine, Bernard of Clairvaux, Seneca the Younger, Gregory the Great, John Chrysostom and others.
Preface (shortened), cap. 1-17 (pr. Strasbourg c.1476 (GW 2969), etc.; ed.: PL 40. 951-59 = PL 177. 171A-79D; Glorieux, Migne, 28; PLS 2. 1366; Römer ii/1. 122 (no. 15); ii/2. 276; Bloomfield 4957, and suppl.; CPPM 2. 3074).
The text breaks off; for the continuation see below, fol. 129ra (item 37).
Auctoritates. Authors quoted: Bernard of Clairvaux, Augustine and Biblical quotations from Job.
And anecdotes, mostly based on or extracted from Caesarius of Heisterbach, Dialogus miraculorum.
Auctoritates. Authors/works quoted: Isidore of Seville, Seneca the Younger, Augustine, Ambrose and others.
De quindecim signis diei iudicii, 1. 72-92, De adventu dni (ed.: Maggioni 1. 16f.; Gerhardt & Palmer, 15 Zeichen, 65f).
Auctoritates. Authors quoted: Gregory the Great, Augustine, Bernard of Clairvaux, Ambrose and others.
Auctoritates, imperfect. Authors quoted: John Chrysostom, Jerome, Gregory the Great, Isidore of Seville and others.
Continuation from fol. 129ra (item 28). Includes extracts from the Vitas patrum and Caesarius of Heisterbach, Dialogus miraculorum.
Abridged version (unpr. as such but the table of contents printed in Stroick, Friemar, 69-71; Zumkeller 337, 337n.; Bloomfield 6456, and suppl.).
Including extracts from the Vitas patrum. For incipits, see printed catalogue.
For incipits, see printed catalogue. Accompanied by (fol. 154vb) Admonitio regularis disciplinae (ed. M. Haverals, ‘Deux exhortations à la vie monastique de la “dévotion moderne”’, in Pascua mediaevalia. Studies voor Prof. Dr. J.M. De Smet, eds R. Lievens et al., Mediaevalia Lovaniensia ser. 1, 10 (Leuven 1983) 603–18, at pp. 611–13; Bloomfield suppl. 224a).
Summary of Bernard of Clairvaux, De XII gradibus humilitatis (ed.: PL 182. 941A-72).
Etymologies. Some identical with Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (ed.: PL 82. 73-728C; ed. W. M. Lindsay, OCT (1985, the latest (5th) repr. of the 1st ed. 1911); - Stegmüller, RB, 5164; Díaz 122; CPL 1186).
Elizabeth, see below, item 49.
Gorgonius et Dorotheus. LA 129 (ed.: Maggioni 2. 924).
De bono pastore (Six things that constitute a good priest).
(fols 156vb-159ra) Various texts: De confessione, luxuria, superbia,invidia, avaritia, accidia, gula, and De decem praeceptis.
For full details, see printed catalogue.
Maria Magdalena. LA 92. 1–160 (ed.: Maggioni 1. 628–38). Text in part shortened.
Martha. Liber epil. 326 (ed. E. Paoli (Florence, 2001) 316–18).
Undecim mille virginum. Liber epil. 328 (ed. E. Paoli (Florence, 2001) 320–23), followed by LA 154. 52–58 (Undecim mille virginum) (ed.: Maggioni 2. 1077f.)
Basilius. LA 26. 1–168 (ed.: Maggioni 1. 180–87). Text in part shortened.
Christina. LA 94. 3–61 (ed. Maggioni 1. 646–648);
Dedicatio ecclesiae. LA 178 (ed. Maggioni 2. 1283–98). Text shortened.
Mostly based on or extracted from Caesarius of Heisterbach, Dialogus miraculorum.
Auctoritates. Authors quoted: Augustine, Bernard of Clairvaux, Gregory the Great, Isidore of Seville and others.
With prologue and epilogue (ed.: Mombritius 2. 190-96; ed. F. M. Mack, EETS OS 193 (1934) 127-42; BHL & BHL nov. suppl. 5303; G. H. Gerould, ‘A new text of the Passio sanctae Margaritæ with some account of its Latin and English relations’, PMLA 39 (1924) 525-56, esp. pp. 525 547 (with edition)).
De oratione dominica, commentary on the Lord’s prayer (Bloomfield 8255; cf. Barré, Homéliaires, 327 (M 140)).
Imperfect at the end. For listing, see printed catalogue.
(fol. 193va) De sancto Thoma Canthuariensi copied in a different, 15th-cent. hand.Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling in ink, two columns, the number of lines varies strongly: c.44–71, ruled in crayon, ink or lead point. Ruled space c.138–57 × 93–108 mm.
Hand(s)
German textualis, s. xiii2, by one scribe, below the top line. Occasionally marginal annotations, corrections and paraphs in the hand of the scribe and in another, contemporary hand, as well as in a hand of s. xv from the Mainz Charterhouse, in black ink.
Decoration
Coloured initials in red.
Rubrication.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Archbp. Laud, 1637–1639
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Mainz, Carthusian abbey of St Michael: the 15th-century ex-libris inscription at the upper margin of fol. 193v, boxed in, and faded now: ‘Iste liber est carthusiensium iuxta Magunciam’. Identifiable as B XV Qr in cat. ii
William Laud, 1573–1645: Ex-libris, dated 1638, at the lower half of fol. i verso
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-08-28: Description revised for Mainz digitization project to include additional information from Mairhofer catalogue.