DCL MS. B.III.6Augustine, Sermones
Held by: Durham Cathedral Library: Durham Cathedral Manuscripts

Augustine, Sermons, written in England in late 14th century

Digitised: https://n2t.durham.ac.uk/ark:/32150/t2mq811kj78n.html

Physical description of manuscript
Support

Parchment

Extent: 363 f
Size: 300 mm x 205 mm

Foliation
Secundo folio: iumento
Layout

Written space: 225 x 150 mm. 2 columns.

Decoration

Red and blue flourished capitals. 1st floriated capital with pattern of red and gold and gold and red floriated border to the page.

Binding

Bound in Durham by Waghorn, 18th century. 2 metal clasps.

Manuscript history
Creation

Written in England, late 14th century.

Provenance

Inscription: “... dompn T. de Roma. \monacho dunolmi/ accomodatus C. ... Northumbr”, 14th/15th century, f.17.
“.[--Ab]. Sermones Augustine .266. ex procuracione fratris T Rome sacre pagine professoris”, approximately 1412/3, f.17
“.[-- AB].” (in an unusual hand), early 15th century, “ex communi libraria Dunelm ex procuracionis .T. Rome sacre pagine professoris”, 1412/3+, f.1.
“E”, 15th century, f.17 upper right; “1a 3i .E.”, f.1 top right.

Manuscript contents
(a)     f.1-15
Original title: Tabula in sermones Augustini
Language: Latin
(b)     f.16v
Original title: Tituli
Language: Latin
(c)     f.17-362
Original title: Sermones
Author: Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Language: Latin

Microfilm
Microfilmed in 1985/86 by the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, St John's Abbey and University, Collegeville, Minnesota. Copies held by them and Durham Cathedral Library.

Digitised material for Durham Cathedral Library MS B.III.6 - Augustine, Sermons
Digitised March 2018 as part of the Durham Priory Library Recreated project
https://n2t.durham.ac.uk/ark:/32150/t2mq811kj78n.html
Bibliography

Catalogi veteres librorum Ecclesiae cathedralis dunelm. Catalogues of the library of Durham cathedral, at various periods, from the conquest to the dissolution, including catalogues of the library of the abbey of Hulne, and of the mss.   OCLC citation, Surtees Society 7, (London: J.B. Nichols and Son, [1838]).

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