Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections Catalogue
Manuscript codex containing a Latin sermon cycle by Ralph Ardens written in England before 1469. Inscriptions indicate that it was used at a church (perhaps in Berkshire) and at Tarrant Hinton (Dorset). It was presented to Bishop Cosin's Library in 1673.
Parchment, stiff; some natural edges and flaws; quires with flesh-side outermost.
Foliated in pencil 1-256, repeating 54 and omitting 189; original ink foliation 1-8 only.
1-812, 9-1010, 11-2012, 2114
No evidence of line-pricking. Written space 142-153 x 103 mm; framed in faint gray. 35-39 long lines. Original running titles: sermon-numbers in ink, 1-123, on rectos, preceded by a red paraph.
Written in anglicana with secretary features, laboriously, by one hand, including rubrics, with the sermon-texts in a larger script including textura features (e.g. serifs to ascenders in place of hooks).
Rough. Lemmata underlined in red. Text-capitals lined with red. Paraphs, red or, to invocation above item (2), blue. Initials: (i) to sermons and item (4), 2-line, blue, with infilling and commonly flourishing, in red; (ii) to items (1) and (2), 3-line, as (i).
Original apparatus to items (1) and (3); many marginal notes, end of 16th century, and on flyleaves. “Maria” and “Prologus” erased f.120r.
Standard Tuckett binding, mid 19th century full brown calf over thick wooden boards (Charles Tuckett, binder to the British Museum, rebound many Durham manuscripts in the 19th century)
Written in England, before 1469.
Given in 1469 to a church, perhaps in Berkshire, for the use of the vicar and his successors, cf. “<liber ecclesie parochialis ... iohannis ... in com...>”, Cosin MS V.iii.10 f.2r, erased and over-written. Used probably by E S curate of Tarrant Hinton (Dorset), possibly the Ed Stanley whose baptism in 1544 is noted f.256v. “Ex dono Ric: Baddeley: 25o August 1673” (altered from 1670), f.4v. Richard Baddeley senior, died 1671; the donor must be his son of the same name. Not one of George Davenport's books. Ex-libris and shelf-numbers, f.5r, by Rud.
Additions on front flyleaves by more than one hand, including parochial formulae (a, e), scriptural and other quotations, etc. (b, d, f, i, k m, o), a homily (c), and lists referring to items (1) and (3) (g, j). Probably copied by E S curate of Tarrant Hinton, possibly the Ed Stanley whose baptism in 1544 is noted item (6e).
Copies of 5 certificates of the publication of banns of marriage, 1578-88/9.
to the curate of Tarrant Hinton, Dorset: between John S otherwise D and Agnes C of Milborne, in Tarrant Hinton church, by E S clerk curate of Tarrant Hinton, 10 December 1578 (English)
to the rector or curate of Tarrant Hinton: between Walter Sturmie and Elizabeth Walters, 21 September 1583 (Latin)
to “Fungenti officio pastorale” in Tarrant Hinton by W S vicar of Tarrant Monkton SDP: between Jo P and G S, 6 October 1584 (Latin)
by J B: between H L of Ringwood parish and E N of St Rumbols parish, in Ringwood church, 30 August (English)
to the rector of Bell and his vicegerent by E S: between W B and B B, 10 February 1588 (Latin).
A more italic hand for one form 1584 in (a), (h), (n) and (o). A different hand for (b), probably earlier, 15th century. Probably copied by E S curate of Tarrant Hinton, possibly the Ed Stanley whose baptism in 1544 is noted item (6e)
Jacobi 4[:7b 8a] Resistite ... appropinquabit vobis
There be some men which wyll say: I pray you tell vs howe shall we knowe when we be temptyd
<Paulus> Apostolorum Petrus Prophetarum Elyas cap 114
Copy of mandate to proclaim during divine service any objectors to purgation of Richard Tyncker alias Bewnell of suspicion of incontinence to appear at Bridport at next [consistory] court on 24 April (cf. f.256r)
<Post tenebras spero lucem>, erased, twice. Repeated (6f)
A note of all the epistels for the whole yere ... and in what leaffe ... ... [a list in two columns of items in (1) and (3)]
O vanitas veniens vanitate ... creaturarum
S Augustinus Ante benedictionem verborum caelestium alia pes nominatur post consecrationem corpus christi significatur 250
A note of the gospels ... [list of the sermons in (1) and (3)]
de lectore: Accipe et esto relator verbi dei. 202. Item Isidorus ait Tanta et tam clara erit eius vox vt quamuis longe propositorum aures adimpleat
Corpus opes animam famam vini lumina scortum Debilitat perdat necat aufert eripit orbat. cf. Walther 1963, 3539
Quatuor ex vento veniunt in ventre retento Spasmus Hydrops collera vertigo quatuor ista. cf. Walther 1963, 23679
Latin note of prohibited seasons for celebrating marriages
Segnius irritant animos demissa per aures quam quae sunt oculis subiecta fidelibus: plus valet anus oculatus testis quam anaurati decem. cf. Walther 1963, 27865
Original numbering of sermons at head of leaves, 1-61, with indexing letters in margins, referring to item (4).
In the edition, these alternate with the Epistle sermons, item (1). Sermon no. 112 (Pentecost 18) is divided in two (f.243r), the second half beginning “Super cathedram moysi ...” (PL 155, 2079) and here numbered 118. Original numbering of sermons at head of leaves, 62-123, with indexing letters in margins referred to in item (4).
First page only of alphabetical Tabula super sermones Ralph Ardens, part of A only, rest lost. The references are correct for the arrangement and numbering of the sermons in items (1) and (3), which have original indexing letters in the margins. f.255v blank
Heavily erased, but the county of the donor appears to be “Berk”[shire] and the place name preceding it perhaps “Blew[bery?]”.
Added in various scripts, possibly the same hand as (0). A further 2 leaves are now to be found as Cosin MS V.iii.10, f.1-2.
A note on figures of speech.
Six italic references to the sermons
Two English jingles in a Secretary hand: (i) I had mi pemy and mi frend (4 lines bracketed aabb); (ii) When I mi lentte I was a frinde (4 lines bracketed aabb).
Erased note, obliterated by “Ed stanley Bapt sexto die Junij 1544o Willelmus stanley sepultus ao domini 1568”, in an italic hand.
“<Post tenebras spero lucem>” erased
“Accepi hunc librum a viro grauissimo Mro lee (?) ... ” (the name is uncertain as it runs into the gutter and has been damaged by pasting to the following fly-leaf) in an italic hand.
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