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MS. e Mus. 91

Summary Catalogue no.: 3651

Contents

Bernard of Clairvaux, Homilies on the Song of Songs
Rubric: Omelie beati Bernardi abbatis Clareuallis super Cantica Canticorum

Preceded by a list of capitula of the eighty-six sermons

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 234 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.25 × 8 in.

Layout

2 cols

Hand(s)

The handwriting on fols 155r-198r is larger than the rest

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1023, Pl. XCV

Fine borders

Fine initials

Flourished intials, e.g. fols 2r, 11r, 18r, 42r, etc.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

'Johannis Bullinghammi sum liber, teste Johanne Ewero' (16th century)

'William Childe gentillman of Somer' beinge one of my lordes yemen &c.' (16th century, fol. 232)

'Chr. Herbert, 1600'

'T. Herbert. En bon tans. 1630'

Sir T. Herbert gave the manuscript to the Library in 1666

Record Sources

Description adapted (March 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 719

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-03-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)