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MS. Laud Misc. 376

Summary Catalogue no.: 847

Sermons (Guilelmus Peraldus, etc.); A-F Germany, 14th century, middle and second half

Physical Description

Comprised of two principal sections (fols. 1–52 = A; fols. 53–158 = B-F) with separate early foliations and indexes, but perhaps together from the outset, since the hand of A probably also occurs in the other parts. The second section (B-F) is itself made up from five separate parts.
Secundo Folio: seraphim dixerimus
Form: codex
Extent: i + 159 (1–155(a),155(b)-158) + i

Collation

1(10) (fols. 1–10), 2–3(8) (fols. 11–26), 4(6)(fols. 27–32), 5(10) (fols. 33–42), 6(6) (fols. 43–8), 7(4) (fols. 49–52) | 8(6) (fols. 53–8), 9(8) (fols. 59–66), 10(4) (fols. 67–70), 11(10) (fols. 71–80), 12(8)-16(8) (fols. 81–120), 17(8+1 after fol. 128) (fols. 121–129) | 18(8) (fols. 130–7), 19(originally 10, current collation uncertain) (fols. 138–146 and 153) | 20(6) (fols. 147–152) | 21(2) (fols. 154–155(a) | 22(4) (fols. 155(b)-158). Fol. 153 misplaced.

Binding

Laudian binding, 1637 × 1639.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Eberbach, Cistercian abbey (?): probably identifiable as Z 17 in the library catalogue of 1502 (‘Sermones dominicales Initium Benedictus qui venit in nomine’).

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

MS. Laud Misc. 376 – Part A (fols. 1–52)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 1r-52v)
Sermones de tempore et de sanctis
Rubric: Incipiunt sermones epistolarum dominicalium magistri Wilhelmi lugduninsis per se loquentes

The rubric belongs either to part B or to the marginal addition on fols. 1r-2r. The authors identified in the present collection are Berthold of Regensburg (Schneyer I, pp. 472–504), Conrad (Holtnicker) of Saxony (Schneyer I, pp. 748–91), Thomas Lisle (-1361) (Schneyer V, pp. 639–70), Peter de Remis (?) (Schneyer IV, pp. 724–57), and Guibert of Tournai (Schneyer II, pp. 282–318).

(fol. 1r-v)
Incipit: Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini Ewangelium hoc legitur modo propter misterium. In die palmarum propter historiam.
Explicit: id est salua obsecra

Cf. Berthold of Regensburg, no. 3

(fols. 1r, margin - 2r, margin)
Willelmus Peraldus, Sermones de epistolis dominicarum no. 131 (Schneyer II, 543; a contemporary addition)
(fols. 1v-2v)
Incipit: Erunt signa in sole et luna. In epistola dicitur, Nox precessit, glossa, infidelitatis et ignorantie
Explicit: promisit abrahae et semini eius terram promissionis, qua […]

Berthold of Regensburg, no. 2 (explicit differs)

(fol. 3r)
Rubric: Dominica iija in adventu
Incipit: Ego non sum dignus, glossa dominus in terra natus id est(?) calciatus apparuit
(fol. 3r-v)
Rubric: Nativitas domini
Incipit: Ecce ewangelizo uobis. ⟨Luke⟩ ij. Ecce demonstratum est. In vere tu erat deus absconditus ut dicit Ysa.
(fols. 3v-4r)
Incipit: Videbit omnis caro salutare dei Luc. iij. Hoc uerbo Iohannes baptista letificat ecclesiam mirabiliter desolatam
(fol. 4r-v)
Rubric: Item in nativitas domini
Incipit: Filius datus est nobis a patre […] In precium redempcionis 1 Cor. vj
(fols. 4v-6v)
Incipit: Cum factus esset iesus annorum xii. Exo. xxii Ter in anno apparebit omne masculinum coram domino tuo per singulos annos, glossa in aprili junio et septembri

Berthold of Regensburg, no. 10

(fol. 6v)
Incipit: Odientes malum adherentes bono Apostolus in epistola hodierna. Propter tria debemus adire peccatum
(fols. 6v-7v)
Incipit: Nupcie facte sunt. Hinc occasione sumpta dicturus de nupciarum differenciis assumo illud quod scribitur in Exo. xxv
(fol. 7v-8r)
Incipit: Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis […] Venite a peccato, mundo et dyabolo. Per peccatum perdis(?) .vij.
Explicit: venerunt fratres ioseph

Cf. Berthold of Regensburg, no. 14

(fol. 8r)
Rubric: In die cinerum
Incipit: Ago penitentiam in fauilla etc. Job. xij Agere penitentiam debemus non pati tantum. Paciuntur enim qui subiecti iacent penitentie
Explicit: pallium immortalitatis eterne etc.

Conrad of Saxony, no. 75

(fol. 8v)
Rubric: Feria .iiij. cinerum
Incipit: Cum iuiunatis etc. Ieiunium perficitur plena conuersione

Conrad of Saxony, no. 80

(fols. 8v-9r)
Incipit: Ecce nunc tempus etc. .ii. cor. vi Quatuor sunt tempore que homines semper debere habent in memoria

Conrad of Saxony, no. 81

(fol. 9r)
Rubric: Dominica in quadregesima
Incipit: Cum ieiunasset xl. diebus Mt. iiij Sancta xla et homini fructuosa a deo ordinata est ad consequendam veniam
(fol. 9r-v)
Rubric: Dominica .ii. in quadregesima
Incipit: Hec est uoluntas .i. thess. .iiij. Olim dauid cecinit Doce me facere uoluntatem tuam domine

Conrad of Saxony, no. 85

(fol. 9v)
Incipit: Dimitte eam quia clamat post nos Mt .xi.[sic] Clamare debemus ut impedimenta transeamus Luc. .viii. Qui preibant
(fols. 9v-10r)
Incipit: Catelli edunt de micis que cadunt de mensa Mt .xv. Catelli humiles peccatores, mice sunt verba die

Conrad of Saxony, no. 88, explicit differs.

(fol. 10r-v)
Incipit: Qui facit uoluntatem patris qui in celis est ipse intrabit in regnum celorum Mt. .vii. Quam proficuum sit voluntatem dominicam adimplere tangit dominus in hoc uerbo

Thomas Lisle, no. 80

(fols. 10v-11r)
Rubric: Dominica 3a quadragesima
Incipit: Erat iesus eiciens demonium et illud erat mutum et cum eiecisset demonium locutus est mutus Nota(?) demonium eicitur in contricione, mutus loquitur in confessione, turbe ammirantur in satisfactione

Cf. Conrad of Saxony, no. 90

(fol. 11r)
Incipit: Misit discipulos suos etc. Mt. Notandum quod mittuntur confessores ad .v. ad venandum occulta peccata inquisitione confessionis
(fol. 11r-v)
Rubric: Dominica quattuor in quadregesima
Incipit: Hic est vere propheta etc. Jo. .vi. Sacra scriptura sub attestatione ueritatis nobis insinuat humanam fragilitatem
(fols. 11v-12r)
Incipit: Si veritatem dico quare non creditis Io. .viij. Adhuc hoc verbum dominus multis dicere potuit quorum opera ostendunt eos debiliter credere

Conrad of Saxony, no. 96

(fol. 12r-v)
Rubric: Dominica in passione
Incipit: Si sanguis hyrcorum et thaurorum etc. Heb. .ix. Commendatur in hac epistola sanguis preciosus christi, per quem ipse pontifex noster

Conrad of Saxony, no. 95

(fols. 12v-13r)
Rubric: Dominica in passione
Incipit: Tulunt ergo lapides ut iacerent in eum Jo. viij. Adhuc lapides in eum iactunt qui in membra sua scandala mittunt

Conrad of Saxony, no. 97

(fol. 13r-v)
Rubric: Dominica in palmis
Incipit: Cum appropinquasset Iesus Ierosolymis Mt. .xxi. In hoc ewangelio ostenditur dominus quadrupliciter honoratus. Asini adducatione.

Not in Schneyer, but attributed to Conrad of Saxony in other manuscripts, and printed with his sermons (as Ps.-Bonaventure, Paris, 1521, fols. cxxix verso - cxxxi)

(fols. 13v-14r)
Rubric: In cena domini
Incipit: Cum dilexisset suos qui erant in mundo in finem dilexit eos Jo .xiij. In tribus ut omnibus aliis signis taceam, maximam nobis dominus dilectionem ostendit

Cf. Bertholodus de Ratisbona, no. 124, explicit differs.

(fol. 14r-v)
Rubric: Item in cena
Incipit: Si non lauero te Io. xiiij. Nota christus nos lauat .4. aqua baptismali, eze. xvi. laui te aqua, et emundavi sanguinem tuum, id est peccata

Conrad of Saxony, no. 101

(fols. 14v-15r)
Rubric: Item in cena
Incipit: Hoc facite in meam commemorationem Luc. xxij Certe in commemoracionem mee propiciacionis i cor. xi. hoc facite quotienscumque bibetis in meam commemorationem
(fol. 15r)
Rubric: Item in cena
Incipit: Panem de celo prestitisti illis sine labore omne delectamentum in se habentem Sap. xvi. Considera in pane corporis christi mirabile subuersionis inperuersis
(fols. 15v-16v)
Rubric: Item de corpore et sanguine christi
Incipit: Accepit Iesus panem […] Nota quod in cena dedit dominus cibum valde mirabilem et potum, scilicet corpus et sanguinem
(fols. 16v-18r)
Rubric: Item de passione
Incipit: Egressus iesus cum discipulis suis trans torrentem cedron […] Hodie amarissima passio filii dei omnibus nobis ante oculos ponitur

Cf. Bertholodus de Ratisbona, no. 126, explicit differs.

(fol. 18v)
Rubric: In vigilia Pasche
Incipit: Requieuit deus die vijo etc. Gen. ijo. Sicut in creatione mundi deus hominem sexta die creauit inspirando

Conrad of Saxony, no. 113

(fol. 19r)
Incipit: Expurgate uetus fermentum […] Tempore veris consuetum est multis accipere medicinam corporalem

Cf. Bertholodus de Ratisbona, no. 127 , explicit differs.

(fol. 19v)
Incipit: Psacha nostrum immolatus est christus i. cor. xv. Pasche grece phase hebraice latine transitus. Triplex pascha fecunt filii israel.

Cf. Petrus de Remis, no. 39, explicit differs.

(fols. 19v-20r)
Incipit: Ego sum resurrectio et uita Io. xi. Hoc uerbum conuenit festiuitati hodierne resurrectionis dominice

Conrad of Saxony, no. 113

(fol. 20r-v)
Incipit: Exsurge gloria mea […] Ecce quam amabiliter et dulciter alloquitur pater filium

Conrad of Saxony, no. 115

(fols. 20v-21r)
Incipit: Iesum queritis nazarenum […] Mt. xvi Commemoratio fit hic passionis et resurrecionis

Conrad of Saxony, no. 118

(fols. 21r-22v)
Incipit: Pax uobis Lu. xxiiij. Nota triplex est pax. Pax prohibita, precepta, promissa.
(fols. 22v-23r)
Incipit: Pax uobis Lu. xxiiij. Per peccatum habuit homo inimicitias cum deo cum angelis cum hominibus

Conrad of Saxony, no. 124

(fol. 23r-v)
Rubric: In octava(?) de pace
Incipit: Pax uobis Io. xx. Commendabilis et seruanda est pax propter principis auctoritatem

Conrad of Saxony, no. 130

(fol. 23v-24r)
Rubric: Feria ii in pascha
Incipit: Mane nobiscum […] Libenter manent homines ubi habunt amicos

Conrad of Saxony, no. 120

(fol. 24r-v)
Rubric: Secunda feria
Incipit: Stetit Iesus in medio Lu. xxiiij. Dominus est in medio ecclesie

Conrad of Saxony, no. 124

(fol. 24v-25r)
Rubric: In pascha de spirituali anime resurreccione
Incipit: Surrexit non est hic In hac epistola horatur nos apostolus ut digne in azymis pascha celebremus

Attributed to Berthold of Regensburg in Klosterneuberg, 450, no. 261.

(fol. 25v)
Rubric: Dominica 3a post pascha
Incipit: Plorabitis et flebitis nos […] Io. xxii. In hiis verbis duplex innuitur familia, dei et mundi, inter se dissimiles et diuersa

Thomas Lisle, no. 54

(fols. 25v-26r)
Rubric: Dominica 4a post pascha
Incipit: Cum uenerit paraclitus […] Tria sunt per que genus humanum peruertitur et totaliter inordinatur

Thomas Lisle, no. 56

(fol. 26r)
Rubric: De sanctis post pascha
Incipit: Tristitia vestra vertetur in gaudium. Jo. xxi[sic] Nota quadruplicem conuersionem. Vertitur enim quandoque tristitia in letitiam

Cf. Conrad of Saxony, no. 137

(fol. 26v)
Rubric: In rogacionibus
Incipit: Petite et accipietis […] Nam si per peticionem plenum gaudium in celo non optinebis sine peticione plenum supplicium in inferno habebis

Cf. Conrad of Saxony, no. 143

(fol. 26v)
Rubric: Item in rogacionibus
Incipit: Pulsate et aperietur uobis Lu. xj. Pulsactio diuina, humana, dyabolica. Pulsat deus, pulsat homo, pulsat dyabolus.

Cf. Conrad of Saxony, no. 153

(fol. 27r)
Rubric: In ascensione
Incipit: Ascendit deus in iubilo Inuenimus in scripturis quod ascendit deus, angelus, homo, dyabolus

Cf. Conrad of Saxony, no. 158, explicit differs.

(fol. 27r-v)
Rubric: In die penthecostis
Incipit: Ad eum veniemus […] Io. xv. Si quis desiderat quod deus ad eum veniat
(fols. 27v-28r)
Rubric: De spiritu sancto
Incipit: Nolite contristare spiritum […] Ephe. iiij. Vere nobilibus signis nobilis ille spiritus nobiliter nos signauit
Explicit: suo sanguine precioso

Cf. Conrad of Saxony, no. 163 (?)

(fol. 28r-v)
Rubric: De .4. signis spiritus sancti
Incipit: Nolite contristare spiritum […] Ephe. iiij. Vere nobilibus signis nobilis ille spiritus
Explicit: sunt adiutoria cariatatis
(fols. 28v-29r)
Rubric: De spiritu sancto
Incipit: A quatuor ventis veni spiritus […] Hic nota tria scilicet unde veniat spiritus quia a quatuor ventis, Quo vadat scilicet ad ossa arida
(fols. 29r-30v)
Rubric: De summa trinitate
Incipit: Hec locutus sum uobis […] Io. xv. Volentibus proficere non solum necessarium est scire

Berthold of Regensburg no. 148

(fols. 30v-31v)
Rubric: De fide catholica
Incipit: Sicut frequenter predicando inuitare nitimur fideles ad bonam uitam
(fol. 31v)
Rubric: Dominica .i. post Penthecostem
Incipit: Numquid potest cecus […] Lu. vj. Legitur Cor., Qui se existimat stare videat ne cadat. Solent autem corporaliter cadere .4. genera hominum

Conrad of Saxony, no. 193

(fol. 32r-v)

Alphabetical table to part A: Ascensio multorum - Xpi sanguis fusus

(fol. 33r-v)
Incipit: Redde rationem villicationis tue etc. Duo necessaria sunt ad salutem. Primum discretio actus peccandi
(fol. 33v-34r)
Incipit: Et erat docens in templo Duo precipue docuit, declinare malum

Cf. Berthold of Regensburg, no. 45

(fol. 34v-35r)
Incipit: Duo homines ascendunt in templum etc. Duplex status penitentie malorum et bonorum

Cf. Berthold of Regensburg, no. 47

(fol. 35r-36r)
Incipit: Admirabantur dicentes bene omnia fecit ... Ita quod numerum illorum non suffici(mur)(?) a nobis ad plenum cogitare ut in epistola Dª. Tria tamen excellunt(?) mirabilia. Prima est creacio mundi et que in ea sunt
Explicit: mirabilis deus in sanctis suis

Cf. Berthold of Regensburg, no. 48?

(fol. 36r-37r)
Incipit: Beati oculi... Adhoc quod fides nostra deo placeat, iiijor sunt ei neccessaria. Primo ut sit inpermixta
(fols. 37r-v)
Incipit: Nemo potest duobus dominis servire Si vis scire quis fidelior nota in quibus fidelitas consistit
Explicit: Esto ergo fidelis et dabo etc. qua nobis

Cf. Berthold of Regensburg, no. 52?

(fol. 38r-39r)
Incipit: Adolescens tibi dico surge In hoc ewangelio legitur de maximo miraculo
Explicit: quod auertat a nobis

Berthold of Regensburg, no. 53

(fol. 39r-v)
Incipit: Incipiens cum rubore... Hoc faciunt diuersa uicia.
(fols. 40r-43v)

Berthold of Regensburg, nos. 54, 56, 57, 59, 60

(fol. 43v-44r)
Incipit: Sicut pater habet vitam... Deus tres vitas homini dedit

Berthold of Regensburg no. 76

(fols. 44v-45r)
Rubric: De sancta Elizabet
Incipit: Vir eius laudabit eam Glossa, vir eius christus laudabit eam in iudicio

Berthold of Regensburg, no. 79

(fol. 45r-v)
Rubric: De sancta Maria Magdalena
Incipit: Multe filie congregaverunt divitias Prov. ult. Quia perfectissime primam egit
(fols. 45v-46r)
Rubric: De eodem
Incipit: Vade in pace Luc. xv Hodie celebramus festum peccatoris. q(uod) facit vera conuersio
(fols. 46r-47r)
Rubric: De sancto Bartholomeo

Berthold of Regensburg, no. 177

(fols. 47v-49r)
Incipit: Domus mea domus orationis est vos autem fecistis illam speluncam latronum Lu. xixo Verba domini in quibus sibi uendicat

Guibert of Tournai, no. 63

(fols. 49r-50r)
Rubric: Item de dedicacione
Incipit: Qui se exaltat humiliabitur Lu. xiij Hec breuis conclusio tocius ewangelii.

Guibert of Tournai, no. 64 (explicit differs)

(fols. 50r-51r)
Rubric: De dedicatione
Incipit: Querebat uidere Iesum quis esset Videre debemus iesum oculo contemplacionis
(fols. 51r-52r)
Incipit: Non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei etc. Notandum quod quadruplex est domus. Prima mala in qua homo est domesticus et dyabolus hospes.
(fol. 52r-v)
Incipit: Unusquisque honus suum portabit Gal. vio Vos karissimi onus corporali[sic] huius defuncti portatis ad sepulcrum

Conrad of Saxony no. 381

(fol. 52v, margin)
Incipit: Domus mea domus orationis vos Lu. xix Notandum quod triplex est domus dei Io. xiijo. In domo patris mee

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 160 mm.

Layout

1 col., c. 39–44 lines, written space c. 170–5 × 115–20 mm. . Fols. 33–42 ruled in ink, written above top line.

Fol. 32 (index): 3–4 columns.

Hand(s)

One hand; textualis with cursive features (textualis cursiva).

Decoration

Coloured initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; Germany

MS. Laud Misc. 376 – Part B (fols. 53–129)

Willelmus Peraldus, etc.

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 53r-80v)
Guilelmus Peraldus, Sermones de epistolis dominicarum

As in other manuscripts, the arrangement of sermons often differs from that recorded in Schneyer, sometimes resembling the edition of 1674 (Guillelmi Alverni opera omnia, vol. 2)

(fols. 53r-55v)

Schneyer nos. 130 (ending at 'dormierunt somnum suum', ed. 1674 p. 2), 134 (ending 'dispensator auarus, cui largus est dominus', ed. p. 10, in Schneyer no. 137), 142

(fols. 55v-56v)
Incipit: Puer autem crescebat […] Cristus puer crescere uoluit ut paruitatem spiritualem que est humilitas nos doceret

Also with sermons of Peraldus in Mainz SB I 95.

(fols. 56v-57r)
Incipit: Sapiencia uero huius mundi Tres habet species que tanguntur a iacobo .iij. dicente non est hac sapiencia
(fols. 57r-58r)

Peraldus, no. 151 (beginning at 'Tria solent perpendere', as ed. 1674, sermo 24, p. 31; 'dominica in septuagesima' in pencil in the lower margin), 159

(fol. 58r-v)
Incipit: Secunda ad Cor. vi. Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile etc. Eccles. iij. legitur quod sit tempus acquirendi

ed. 1674, sermo 33 (pp. 41–3); cf. Schneyer 160.

Final rubric: Explicit.
(fols. 59r-76v)

Peraldus nos. 162 (varied, ending 'compensat gravitas', ed. 1674 p. 46), 166, 167 ('dominica quarta'), 168 ('eodem'), 169 (as ed. 1674, sermo 41, with the beginning of sermo 42, to 'viliter vendentes'), 170 (ending as 171), 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 179, 180 (ends as 181), 182, 183, 185, 186, 190, 191, 192 (ends as 193), 194, 197, 199 (beginning at 'potest attendi hec similitudo'), 201 (divided into three sermons), 202, 203 (ends as 204), 205, 206 (beginning at 'tria vero sunt signa'), 208, 211, 216 (beginning at 'et notandum quod .v. sunt que impediunt'), 217, 218 (ends as 219), 220, 221, 223 (ends as 224), 225, 226–8.

(fols. 76v-77r)
Incipit: Testis est mihi deus […] Ecclesia in hodierno festo instruit nos
Explicit: et ego in uobis

ed. 1674, sermo 103, pp. 149–151 (here pp. 149–50).

(fol. 77r-v)

Peraldus nos. 229, 230

(fols. 77v-78v)
Incipit: Non cessamus pro uobis orantes […] In verbo proposito .4. docet nos apostolus, primo qui habet alios docere
(fols. 78v-80r)

Peraldus nos. 232, 233

2. (fol. 80v)

Miscellaneous notes and extracts

Rubric: Beda
Incipit: Quatuor vulnera grauia inflicta sunt homini scilicet infirmitas ignorancia malicia atque quartum ex hiis conflatur scilicet concupiscencia
Rubric: B(ernadus) de fruicione dei
Incipit: Fruetur homo deo ad omnimodam iocunditatem quia delectabilis est ad uidendum, suauis ad habendum, dulcis ad perfruendum
Explicit: nec fames nec fastidium erit(?) quid dicam nescio
Incipit: Ecce nos reliquimus […] Vere in hoc verbo vir obediens et symon locutus est victorias

The beginning of Petrus de Remis 470 (Schneyer IV.753).

Incipit: Viri galilei quid statis […] Verba sunt angelorum consolantium discipulorum animos de christi absentia. In quibus tria notificant.

The beginning of Lucas de Bitonto 115 (Schneyer IV.58); pr. [Cologne] 1483 (ISTC il00314000) serm. 70.

⟨De contemplatione⟩
Incipit: Quatuor gradibus peruenitur ad statum contemplacionis sicut ostenditur hiis uerbis
Explicit: ostensurus potentiam suam et stipulacionam suam persecuturus

Perhaps cf. Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, HB I 187, fol. 157va.

3. (fols. 81r-102v)
Guilelmus Peraldus, Sermones de epistolis dominicarum
(fol. 81r-v)

Peraldus no. 91 (beginning at 'plenus est mundus', ed. 1674, p. 297)

(fols. 81v-82r)
Rubric: De sancto Iohanne baptiste
Incipit: Quid existis in deserto […] Magna est laus hominis quia a deo laudatur, .ii. Cor. .x. Non enim qui

Cf. Peraldus, ed. 1674, pp. 171–3

(fols. 82r-89)

Peraldus no. 92 (beginning 'Et notandum quod triplex fuit uocatio', cf. ed. 1674, p. 300), 94 (beginning at 'solent magistri in scolis', as ed. 1674, sermo 101, p. 304), 95 (beginning at 'recolit ecclesia', ed. 1674, p. 305, and ending as no. 96), 97 (ending 'gloriaris quasi non acceperis', as ed. 1674, p. 313, = Schneyer no. 100), 101 (beginning 'in hac parabola', ed. 1674 p. 314, and ending 'sine me nihil potestis facere', ed. 1674, p. 317, = Schneyer no. 103), 104 (beginning 'ad tria monemur', ed. 1674, p. 317, and ending 'superveniet interitus', ed. 1674 p. 320 = Schneyer no. 105), 106 (beginning 'duo homines', ed. p. 321), 107 (beginning at 'adducunt ei surdum', ed. p. 322),

(fol. 89v-92v)

Peraldus, no. 116 (beginning 'designat mortuus iste', ed. p. 337, ending 'mutare pellem', p. 338), 117 (beginning 'hoc ewangelium duo', ed. 1674 p. 339, sermo 122, ending 'locum tenere', p. 340, in Schneyer no. 118), 119 (beginning 'secundum simile', ed. p. 343), 120 (beginning 'et sciendum quod triplex', ed. p. 344), 121 (beginning 'notandum quod .4. de causis', ed. p. 347, ending 'domo illius', p. 348), 123 (beginning 'hic mentio de .4. personis', ed. p. 350, sermo 130), 126 (beginning as ed. p. 354, sermo 133), 127 (beginning 'Circa modum sanandi sex attendenda', ed. p. 357).

(fols. 93r-95r)
Rubric: Incipiunt alii sermones [later hand]

Peraldus, nos. 1, 5, 6, 10 (ends 'mutant ab illo', ed. p. 171).

(fol. 95r)
Incipit: Puer autem crescebat et confortabatur id est corroborabatur et hoc pertinet ad corpus plenus sapientia et gratia dei erat in illo et hoc pertinet ad animam.
(fols. 95r-102v)

Peraldus, nos. 35, 40, 44 (beginning 'Notandum quod in tribus primis dominicis quadresgime', ed. p. 220), 47, 50 (beginning at 'miraculum de refectione turbe', ed. p. 232, and ending as 53), 54 (ending 'serva mandata', ed. p. 238), 55 (ending 'non erat pax', ed. p. 238), 59 (ending 'misereor turbe', ed. p. 243, in no. 60), 61 (beginning 'Iuncta Ioseph', as ed. p. 244, sermo 68, and divided into a second sermon beginning 'Series huius ewangelii tria', as ed. p. 244, sermo 69), 68 (ending 'crudelitas non novit parcere', ed. p. 253), 71 (beginning 'ewangelium idem ministrat nobis duo', as ed. p. 259 sermo 81), 73 ('dominica quarta', extract 'Solent homines peregrinaturi ... a domino consolationem', ed. p. 265), 77 ('dominica quinta', extract 'licet super orandum ... militibus suis dare', cf. ed. p. 270) 80 ('dominica prima ascencionis', ending 'sequentis dominice', ed. p. 274), 81 (extracts, cf. ed. pp. 277, 279–80), 83 (ending 'desinunt antequam incipiunt', ed. p. 283), 84 (beginning at 'Sicut Moyses...cum tribus', ending 'ascendit in celum', ed. p. 284), 85 (fol. 102r, beginning 'hoc ewangelium dictum est contra phariseos', ed. p. 286).

4. (fols. 103r-127v)
Guilelmus Peraldus, Sermones varii
(fols. 103r-104v)

Peraldus, sermo 84 in ed. 1674 (not in Schneyer), Schneyer 212, 213 (ending 'ieiunaturus apposuit' as ed. 1674, p. 119), 215

(fols. 105r-127v)

Peraldus, nos. 154 ('dominica in quadragesima'), 207, 14 ('dominica quarta'), 44 ('dominica prima', beginning at 'in hoc evangelio quinque', ed. 1674 p. 220, sermo 53), 50 ('dominica tercia', beginning at 'miraculum de refectione', ed. p. 232), 62 (ending 'os spelunce', ed. p. 248, cf. Schneyer no. 64), 73 (beginning 'solent homines peregrinaturi', ed. p. 265, ending 'sol inquam iusticie', ed. p. 269, cf. Schneyer 76), 77 ('dominica iiij post octauas pasche', later hand; apparently divided into two sermons, as ed. pp. 269–73, but only the beginning of the first is given; ending 'periurem nomen dei nostri', as ed. p. 273, cf. Schneyer 79), 80 ('dominica quinta post octauas pasche', later hand), 85 ('dominica prima post trinitatem', later hand; beginning 'hoc ewangelium dictum est contra phariseos', ed. p. 286), 86 (beginning 'hic hac parabola tria', as ed. p. 290, sermo 94), 91 (ending 'fractione panis', ed. p. 300), 121 ('dominica xxa', ending 'agni sunt vocati', ed. p. 347), 122 (beginning 'notandum quod hec interrogatio', ending 'accedat ad altare meum', ed. p. 349), 124 (beginning 'regnum celorum, id est ecclesia militans', ed. p. 351), 132 (ending 'ut legitur Mt. xij', ed. p. 6), 135, 137, 139, 140 (?, text as ed. 1674 sermo 40), 141.

5. (fol. 127v-129r)
Martin of Troppau, Sermones de tempore nos. 80, 78, 93, 1–2
6. (fol. 129r-v)
Miscellaneous notes and extracts
Incipit: Ecc. xvi Ne iocunderis in filiis pessimis […] De qua scribit beatus Gregorius in dyalogo
Incipit: Nota quod .v. sunt miracula in sacramento altaris omnem sensum excedentia
Explicit: totus in se diuisus
Incipit: Beati qui audiunt […] Lu. 14[sic] Verbum dei est sermo predicatoris, qui edificat audientes

Guibert of Tournai, no. 161 (beginning)

Incipit: Apoc. 7 Ex tribu Iuda .xii. millia signati id est omnes electi. Nota quod dicit .xii. milia propter .xii. apostolos
Explicit: per adeptionem premiorum

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 160 mm.

Layout

1 col., written lines and written space varying considerably between different sections ( 185–215 × 135–145 mm. ). Mostly not ruled, with no prickings surviving, but fols. 53–8 pricked and fols. 105–129 pricked and (partly) ruled in ink.

Hand(s)

Several hands, textualis libraria/formata, textualis cursiva.

Decoration

Coloured red initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; Germany

MS. Laud Misc. 376 – Part C (fols. 130–146, 153)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 130r-134r)
Walter of Bruges, Sermones de tempore nos. 34–8, 41, 29, 47, 49–50, 13
2. (fols. 134r-138v)
Sermons

Mostly for the common of the saints; several sermons also found in the Franciscan collection in Barcelona, Arch. de la Corona de Aragon, Ripoll 226 (Schneyer VII, pp. 162ff)

(fol. 134r)
Guibert of Tournai no. 149 (de angelis, Schneyer II, p. 294)
(fol. 134v)
Incipit: Numquid nosti ordinem celi […] Iob xxxviij. Ecce mirabilis questio in qua duo notantur
(fol. 135r)
Rubric: De apostolis in communi
Incipit: Mihi autem nimis honorati […] Excellentia dignitatis apostolorum describitur hic triplici rationes

Schneyer VII, p. 162 (no. 148)

(fol. 135r)
Incipit: Constitues eos principes super omnem terram […] Status apostolorum hiis verbis propheticis designatur. Et hoc pro ratione muneris sibi collati

Schneyer VII, p. 162 (no. 149)

(fol. 135v)
Rubric: De martiribus
Incipit: De torrente in via bibit […] Hiis verbis duplex status martiris declaratur.

Schneyer VII, p. 163 (no. 154)

(fol. 136r)
Rubric: Item de martiribus
Incipit: Non coronabitur nisi qui legitime certauerit ii. Thi. ij. Si subtrahente se laurea denegatur

Schneyer VII, p. 163 (no. 156)

(fol. 136r)
Rubric: Item de martiribus
Incipit: Tanquam aurum in fornace […] Hiis verbis status martirium designantur, scilicet primum, medium, et finem

Schneyer VII, p. 163 (no. 158)

(fol. 136v)
Rubric: De confessoribus
Incipit: Vide arcum et benedic […] Ecc. xliii. Mistice inuitamur ad considerationem beati scilicet confessoris

Schneyer VII, p. 163 (no. 162)

(fol. 137r)
Rubric: Item de confessoribus
Incipit: Iustus ut palma florebit Vberem(?) fructum huius patri nostri ostendunt nobis hec verba cuius fructus ostenditur ex parte sui et ex parte filiorum eius

Schneyer VII, p. 163 (no. 164)

(fol. 137r)
Rubric: De virginibus
Incipit: Inuenta una preciosa margarita […] Mt. xiij. Sapiens commercium huius virginis declarat

Schneyer VII, p. 164 (no. 172)

(fol. 137v)
Incipit: Beatus et sanctus qui habet partem […] Apo. xx. Hiis verbis discerni possunt qui ad beatitudinem pertineant

Schneyer VII, p. 165 (no. 187)

(fol. 138r)
Incipit: Exibit spiritus eius et reuertetur […] Hiis verbis propheticis edocemur, in quibus 3a. notantur

Schneyer VII, p. 165 (no. 189 = no. 177 on p. 164)

(fol. 138v)
Rubric: Do. x post trin.
Incipit: Qui se existimat stare […] i. cor. x. Apostolus loquitur admodum exortantis exercitum

Cf. Walter of Bruges, no. 53 (?)

(fol. 138v)
Rubric: Do. xx
Incipit: Noli inebri vino […] Ad eph. v. Ebrietas sp(eci)aliter nocet(?) tribus generibus hominum
3. (fols. 139r-145v)
Walter of Bruges, Sermones de tempore nos. 20 ('dominica in septuagesima'), 21 ('dominica in sexagesima'), 22 ('dom. in quinquagesima'), 69 ('dom. iii'), 25, 31–2, 59 ('dom. xv'), 61, 63 ('dom. xix'), 65 ('dom. xxj'), 66 ('dom. xxij'), 67, 1–9
4. (fols. 145v-146v)
Procedings of pope John XXII against Louis of Bavaria, 1323–4
Incipit: Processus primus wlt dicere quod dum errori non resistitur is ad quem resistere pertinet

Cf. MGH Const. V no. 792 (p. 616–9), here abbreviated; followed by abbreviations of the second process (ibid. no. 839) and the third process (ibid. no. 881)

5. (fol. 146v, lower margin)

List of sermons and other items in the volume (not only in part C)

6. (fol. 153v; fol. 153r blank)

Walter of Bruges, no. 14 ('In epiphania Domini'). Misbound; seems to have originally come before fol. 147.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper. Watermark indistinct, but apparently Geissel/Férule, 40mm wide, similar to Mošin-Traljić 3815–6 (1333, 1340) and WZMA AT5000–564A_67 and AT5000–564A_68 (14th century, last quarter)
Dimensions (leaf): 225–30 × 145–50 mm.
Dimensions (written): 190–5 × 125–30 mm.

Layout

1 col., c. 50–54 lines. Written space c. 190 × 125 mm.

Hand(s)

Textualis cursiva.

Decoration

None.

History

Origin: 14th century, middle (?) ; Germany

MS. Laud Misc. 376 – Part D (fols. 147–152)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 147r-149r)
Martin of Troppau, Sermons
(fol. 147r)
Incipit: Si consurrexistis cum Christo […] In hiis verbis apostolus .2. facit, primo exprimit nostram perfectam resurrectionem

Martin of Troppau, no. 84 (Schneyer IV, p. 130)

(fol. 147r)
Incipit: Expurgate vetus fermentum Cor. v. In hiis verbis de tribus agit Apostolus

Cf. Martin of Troppau, no. 85 (Schneyer IV, p. 130)

(fol. 147v)
Incipit: Viderunt iuvenem sedentem a dextris coopertum stola candida Marc. ult. Dupliciter angelus resurrectionem est testatus

Cf. Martin of Troppau, no. 87 (Schneyer IV, p. 130)

(fol. 147v)
Incipit: Si quis putat se religiosum esse non refrenans linguam suam sed seducens cor suum huius vana est religio Jac. 1 Nota quod scriptura ponit multas linguas quibus significantur diuersa peccata per linguam. Prima lingua dolosa
Explicit: Nona lingua est magniloqua, hec est in blasphemantibus deum et sanctos […] hanc loquuntur ludentes et aduersantes pacientes(?)

Cf. Martin of Troppau no. 99 (Schneyer IV, p. 131; pr. Strassburg 1488, ISTC im00330000, serm. 99), here shorter at beginning and end than the text as printed and as listed in Schneyer.

(fol. 148r)

Martin of Troppau, no. 100 (Schneyer IV, p. 131)

(fol. 148v)

Martin of Troppau, no. 134 (Schneyer IV, p. 133)

(fol. 148v)
Incipit: Qui facit voluntatem Patris mei […] Quia voluntas Dei expleta hostiaria est regni celestis

Martin of Troppau, no. 135 (Schneyer IV, p. 133)

(fol. 149r)
Rubric: Dominica v post trinitatem
Incipit: In hoc vocati estis ut benedictionem […] In his verbis beatus Petrus duo tangit vocationem et vocationis rationem

Martin of Troppau, no. 127 (Schneyer IV, p. 133)

2. (fol. 149r)

Theological note

Incipit: Nota quod in primo parente scilicet adam peccatum inobediencie quod comisit non fuit originale
3. (fols. 149v-152v)
Thomas Waleys, Sermo de uisione beatifica
Incipit: Implebit illum spiritum sapientie et intellectus. Eccl. 15. Advertendum est hic quod verba ista in Ecclesiastico ponuntur de futuro
Final rubric: Ego frater Thomas Waleys anglicus de ordine predicatorum fratrum, sacre theologie professor, premissa predicaui publice coram multis et in excusationem mei. Dictio aut opinio, que dicit animas sanctorum ante resurrectionem non videre deum facialiter est error manifestus periculosus et scandalosus. Utpote de cuius predicatione iam quasi tota scandalizatur ecclesia dei aut non. Si sic videtur quod debeam excusari, quia urgente me conscientia talia predicavi. Si non, paratus sum omnem penam subire michi a quacumque iudice imponendam

For fol. 153 see part C.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 145 mm.

Layout

Fols. 147r-149r: 1 col., c. 53 lines. Written space 195 × 115–125 mm.

Fols. 149v-152v: 2 cols., c. 51–3 lines. Frame-ruled, written above top line. Written space 190 × 110 mm.

Hand(s)

Textualis cursiva.

Decoration

None.

History

Origin: 14th century, middle (?) ; Germany

MS. Laud Misc. 376 – Part E (fols. 154–155(a))

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 154r-155(a)v)
Alphabetical table

Adventus - Venales; perhaps originally only to part B, with references to part C added later.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 200 × 130 mm.

Layout

4 cols., c. 40–50 lines, ruled in ink.

Hand(s)

Textualis cursiva.

Decoration

Coloured initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; Germany

MS. Laud Misc. 376 – Part F (fols. 155(b)-158)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 156r-158r)

Concordance of sermons in part B (?) according to liturgical occasion; referring also to another volume ('in rufo'). Followed, fol. 157v-158r, by a list of the sermons in parts C-D (on fols. 'lxxvi' to 'xvciij').

Incipit: Dominica ix de epistola Non sumus concupiscentes, xvij

Fol. 155(b) recto-verso blank; fol. 158v blank.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper (watermark not discernable)
Dimensions (leaf): 150 × 105 mm.
Dimensions (written): c. 125 × 90 mm.

Layout

1 col., c. 30 lines

Hand(s)

Textualis cursiva

Decoration

None.

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; Germany

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description by Tuija Ainonen and Matthew Holford, January 2020, rev. August 2020. Previously described in the Quarto Catalogue.
H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2020-08-03: Description fully revised for Polonsky German.