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MS. Laud Misc. 70

Summary Catalogue no.: 827

Pereginus de Oppeln (?), Sermones de sanctis; Germany, 15th century, second quarter or middle

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Fol. ii recto blank except for ‘Assumpta est maria in celum’ and, added, ‘1459’; fol. ii verso blank.

(fols. 1r–114r)
⟨Peregrinus de Oppeln (?)⟩, Sermones de sanctis (Hieron. de Salzburg collecti aut variati) (Collectio sermonum ‘Flores de sanctis’ siue ‘Piper’)
Rubric: Incipiunt sermones Iacobi de Voragino de Sanctis
Rubric: De sancto Andrea Apostolo
Incipit: Simili pena servus cum Domino est afflictus. Sap. xviij. Filius Dei condolens humano generi vexillum sancte crucis in medio mundi consituit
(fols. 1ra–7rb)

Schneyer IV, pp. 548–574, nos. 195–202.

(fol. 7rb–8rb)
Rubric: Alius sermo de eodem [St Thomas apostle]
Incipit: Affer manum tuam et mitte in latus meum Benigni homines habent modum dum vident aliquem ex caris amicis suis cecidisse
(fols. 8va–22rb)

Schneyer, nos. 204–5, 111, 113, 206–219.

(fols. 22rb–23ra)
Rubric: Item alius sermo de purificacione
Incipit: Ecce ego mitto angelum meum […] Mal. iijo In verbis istis iiijor notantur. Primum est quod dominus dicit Ecce ego mitto angelum meum. Secundum quod dicit
(fols. 23ra–34va)

Schneyer, nos. 220–1, 124, 222–4, 126, 225, 127, 226–30, 232

(fol. 34va–b)
Rubric: Item sermo de eodem [de Annunciatione]
Incipit: Ita beata virgo fecit tria magna cum peccatoribus et precipue sibi seruentibus.
(fols. 34vb–54va)

Schneyer, nos. 233, 129, 234–5, 131–2, 236–7, 134, 238–9, 136, 240–1, 137, 242, 140, 243–6.

(fol. 54va–b)
Rubric: Alius sermo de eodem [Johanne baptista]
Incipit: Erit magnus coram domino etc. Luc. 1o Beatus Johannes magnus dicitur quia eius conceptio fuit miraculosa
(fols. 54vb–97rb)

Schneyer, nos. 247–9, 144–6, 250–9, 148, 260–1, 149, 262–4, 150–1, 265–76, 155, 277–8, 156, 279–85.

(fol. 97rb–98rb)
Rubric: Sermo de angelis secundus
Incipit: Omnes sunt administratorij spiritus Hebr. ijo Hodie agimus festum angelorum omnium et hoc propter plures causas
(fols. 98rb–107rb)

Schneyer, nos. 286–99.

(fol. 107rb–108rb)
Rubric: De animabus
Incipit: Mittite partes eis qui non praeparauerunt sibi Esdre Conswetudo est in mundo quando aliquis usque ad mortem cruciatur mittit ad amicos suos dilectis
(fols. 108rb–va)
Rubric: De animabus
Incipit: Miseremini mei etc. Iob Notandum(?) onere penitentie portando debemus fratres nostros iuuare exemplo Christi. Qui penam peccatorum portavit
(fols. 108va–109ra)

Schneyer, no. 300.

(fol. 109ra)
Rubric: De Martino
Incipit: Nota septem dona dat deus anime sancte. Primum die martis dat sibi donum quod pascit eum
(fols. 109ra–114(b)ra; 114(b) verso blank)

Schneyer, nos. 301, 174, 302–5, 185, 306–8.

Explicit: [De S. Katherina] de triplici corona qua coronata est a domino nostro Ihesu Christo. Quere supra cui cum deo patre in unitate spiritus sancti viuit et regnat deus benedictus per infinita seculorum secula Amen.
Final rubric: Expliciunt sermones de sanctis Iacobi de Voragine. [twice, once in red textualis] Deo gratias.

Most of fol. 114b is cut away. The sermons are here attributed to Jacobus de Voragine. The collection circulates as 'Piper' or 'Flores de sanctis' in other manuscripts, and Schneyer's attribution to Peregrinus de Oppeln has been doubted: Günter Hägele, Lateinische mittelalterliche Handschriften in Folio der Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg: Die Signaturengruppe Cod. I. 2. 2 und Cod. II. 1. 2 1–90 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1996), p. 125 (Hs. II.1.2o.11). For the additional sermons here cf. for example the similar collections in the previously-cited Augsburg manuscript; Neustift/Novacella, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 78; Innsbruck, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol (ULBT), Cod. 71; BSB, Clm 3756.

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: conformiter et
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 1 (medieval parchment endleaf) + 114 + 1 (later parchment endleaf) + i leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 170 mm.
Dimensions (written): 190 × 130–135 mm.
Foliation: Modern foliation i-ii, 1–116, with 114 used twice and 88 skipped, following an early foliation in arabic numerals.

Collation

1–9(12) (fols. 1–87, 89–109), 10(six leaves) (fols. 110–114(b)). Catchwords; quires faintly numbered in arabic on the verso of the last leaf.

Layout

2 cols., c. 40 lines (fols. 110–114, c. 45 lines); frame-ruled.

Hand(s)

Two hands, changing at fol. 110r. Fols. 1–109: cursive.

Fols. 110–114(b): hybrida ('loopless bastarda')

Decoration

Coloured red initials (2–4 lines), some not filled in.

Rubrics. Capitals occasionally touched in red, intermittent highlighting in red.

Binding

Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639; rebacked.

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter or middle ; German

Provenance and Acquisition

The script of fols. 110–114(b) suggests a date after c. 1420; the date 1459 written on f. ii recto presumably provides a terminus ad quem.

Mainz, Charterhouse: identifiable as I.VII.S in catalogue II (Mainz, SB, Hs I 576, fol. 148r, 'Sermones eiusdem [Jacobi de Voragine] de sanctis', secundo folio 'conformiter et'); not in Mairhofer, Medieval Manuscripts from the Mainz Charterhouse.

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Record Sources

Description by Tuija Ainonen and Matthew Holford (February 2020, rev. Jan. 2023). 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 ).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 87
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 35

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Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-03-25: Correct reference to Mainz cat. II