Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections Catalogue
Manuscript codex. It comprises five sections, of which (D) and (E) are the older. (B) represents an aid to the use of (C), presumably made before (C) was brought together with (A) to provide coverage of the whole liturgical year; (D) and (E), on theology and the parts of the quadrivium, may have been appended as late as the seventeenth century, but possibly in the middle ages, despite the differences of content.
Parchment, quires with flesh-side outermost in (A-C), hair-side outermost in (D) and (E), with only quire 21 in (E) arranged by Gregory's rule; some flaws and, in (E), natural edges), 165 x 115-120 mm, all outer edges cropped. Narrow vertical cut out of lower margin of f.32, with repair.
foliated 1-226, repeating 74, 114 and 182; f.35v-42v have 13th/14th century page numbering, roman and arabic 8-19, in the lower margins in soft brown, of uncertain significance.
(A: f.3-44) 112, 24, 312, 412 + two leaves (f.43-44, additionally numbered in ink, 19th century) after 12; (B: f.45-51) 58 wants 8 (blank ?); (C: f.52-145) 6-1312; (D: f.146-161) 14-158, [quire(s) missing after f.161 ?]; (E: f.162-226) 16-188, 1910, 20-228, 234, 244 (f.223-226, additionally numbered in ink, 19th century, for rebinding?).
(A) and (C) early marginal notes in brown, f.26r, 28v, 105r. (B, C) Original sidenotes and numeration, often cropped. (D) Original red sidenotes, many cropped; plummet 13th/14th century at foot of f.147r. (E) Original interlinear and marginal corrections and early notes, one, f.190r, on plummet ruling, some erased. Astronomical diagram on f.190r. Alternative forms of Arabic names, f.172-173, end of 14th century; a note in the same hand, f.182r.
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). The folded flyleaf f.2 might have been part of a medieval wrapper.
Made up of five parts, all apparently written in England, (A-C) presumably having a Franciscan origin, the parts date between the end of the 12th and the start of 14th century.
Probably all written in England.
Inscriptions: “John Bell”, 16th/17th century, f.178v; “John Bell sarue the lord”, f.207r. “Deus providebit. J. Wood”, 17th century, f.2r and f. 3r. “Geo. Davenport Donum Jo.Wood Clerici. 1670.”, f. 2r. Wood may have been the Vicar of St Oswald's, Durham, 1662-73, and of Heighington, co. Durham 1665-74.
2 columns (one column approximately 65 mm wide). Over 32 lines (over 210 mm high); 10 lines occupy 60 mm.
Written in England?, mid 12th century.
Most of a large leaf (folded across), containing part of one of Bede's authentic homilies on the gospels (CPL 1367), this on the Annunciation of the B.V.M. (Luc. 1:26-35), PL 94, 11/43-12/45.
Written space approximately 120 x 85 mm; ruled in softish brown. 2 columns; 44-50 lines.
Written in minute early anglicana, with mostly open-headed a, proficiently, by one hand, mid 13th century.
Executed only on f.3, 19-23 and 40: a few litterae notabiliores stroked with red and paraphs in red; Themata etc. underlined in red. Red bracing on f.16. Initials, to sermons, 2 line, in red, f.3r and 40v-41r, otherwise unfilled spaces, or scribal one-line lombards.
147 sermons on epistles and gospels of the Temporale, largely of Franciscan origin. The first sermon for each “day” in groups 2 and 3 is indicated by a small marginal arabic number, 1-62, by the main scribe, with subsequent sermons for the same “day” and some subsections of sermons lettered, perhaps for indexing purposes.
Largely John de Castello (Chatillon ?) OFM, Sermons for Advent - Pentecost. 136 of the 147 sermons (the other 11 being indicated in the list by italicized letter-references and given expanded descriptions below) are Schneyer Rep. iii,374-409, nos 355, 350, 356, 358, 357, 359 (here ending “Christus passus est etc.”; no. 359 has the same ending as no. 4), 360, 368, 369, 361 (divided in two at “a quibus nos liberet etc. [E]runt signa etc Usque ibi superne v. or. Sap 5”), 362, 11, 363, 364, 12, 365, 366 (here shorter and ending “incipe ab ultimo”), (2r), 367, 368 divided in three (second part as no. 18, third beginning “In ventre uirginis per carnem assumpta”), 369, 370, 22, 371, 25, 26, 372-374, 28, 375, 31, 376, 377, 34, 35, 37-39, 378, 42, 379, (2as), 46, 47, 380, 51, 381, 53, 55 (here ending “et reuersurus erat subditus parentibus”; no. 55 has the same ending as no. 382), 382, 56, 57, 384 (divided in two at “ego a te. de. bap. [B]aptizatus autem Iesus etc. Duo notantur circa presentis diei negocium ...”), 385, 61, 63, 65, 386, 68, 387, 388 and 389 not divided as Rep. but in 389 at “[P]rouidentes bona etc. [Rom. 12:17]. quod faciendum est coram deo”, 390, 74 (here longer), 391, 77, (2bs), 392, 78, 393, 394, 81, 82, 395-397, 87, 88, 398-400, ?401, ?94, 93, 402, 403, 99, 404, 100, 104, 405, 406, 113-115, (cv), 407, 408, 121, 409, 124, 410, 411, 128, 129, 131, one column blank (f.18v), 412, 13 lines blank (f.18v), 413, (2di), 135, 414-417, (2do), 141, 145, 146, 418, (2dt), (2du), 152, 154, 419, (2dy), 420, 421 divided in two at “gloriam et premium ad quod etc. Et baiulans etc. Nota quod redemptor crucem suam baiulauit hodie multipliciter ...” (f.23r), a version of 160 (?), 422, 424, 425 (ending with 2 lines added at foot of column below next sermon), 426 (ending “aperti sunt oculi eorum etc. Prosequere de bono hospitalitatis et elemosine”; no. 426 ends the same as no. 169), 169, 427-432, 185, 433, 187, 434, 191, 435, (2eu), (2ev), 436, 437, 200, 438, 440-443, 444 and 445 combined (f.29r), 446-456.
MS Paris BNF lat. 16473 f.144v-182v, Schneyer's source for John de Castello nos 355-493, is preceded by quite a number of the sermons nos 1-354, but they are not the same as those interspersed here among nos 355-493. In MS Munich Clm 14832, the section that corresponds quite closely to item (2) below is preceded by sermons for Advent Pentecost, many of them from John de Castello nos 1-354 or 355-493, but the selection is not identical to that here and there are also sermons by other preachers.
[T3]
[T7]
[T14]; cf. MS Munich Clm 7963 f.136v
[T19]
[T22] (only 12 lines)
[T23]
[T24]
[T24]
[T25]
[T31]
[T31]
Sermons for Pentecost-Pentecost 21. 43 of the 69 sermons (the other 26 being indicated below by italicized letter references) occur in the latter part of the Franciscan collection in MS Munich Clm 14832, listed Schneyer, vii, p.323-327, nos 137, 138, 139, 140, 141 (Thomas Aquinas, pseud., v, p.595 (216)), (f), f.32v left almost entirely blank, 148, 149, 151, 143, 145, (l), 155, a version of 153 (?), 154, 158, 156, 162, (s, t), a version of 161 (?), (v-x), 167, (z), 173, 174, 171, (ad), 178, (af), 176, 181, 182, (aj, ak), 180, 185 (Schneyer, i, p.159 (126)), (an), 183, 184, 187, 188, cf. 186, (at, au), 191, 192, 189, 190, (az-bd), 201, 200, (bg-bi), 206 (Schneyer, iii, p.410 (481)), 203 (Schneyer, iii, p.410 (482)), (bl), 204 (Schneyer, iii, p.399 (323a)), 208, 207 (Schneyer, iii, p.411 (484)), 212, (bq), opening text (Phil 1:6) only, f.44v largely blank. Among the 26 interspersed sermons, there are 14 more by John de Castello than in MS Munich Clm 14832, (af, aj, au, az bd, bg bi, bl, bq and br), Schneyer, iii, p.398-411 nos 466 (here considerably longer, f.37v-38r), 467 469, 307, 470, 474, 475, 478 480, 483 and 485; and 2 more by Aldobrandinus de Cavalcantibus, (ad, ak), Schneyer, i, p.197 (625) and p.159 (124) (“Nota quod peccator intelligitur per surdum et mutum. Surdus ab auditu legis diuine ... (16 lines) ... ad desperacionem”); also 1 by Aldobrandinus de Toscanella, (x), Schneyer, i, p.231 (125) (ending “fide moyses grandis factus negauit etc [Heb. 11:24]”); and one by Bonaventura (?), (an), cf. Schneyer, i, p.686 (405) (f.39r “Conclusit scriptura [Gal. 3:22]. Duo facit in hiis uerbis apostolus. primo ostendit conclusa omnia sub peccato per scripturam ... ... si volumus laborare in vinea Mt. 19 [recte ? 20:2 seq.]. conuentione facta etc.”).
[T40] (only 9 lines). Attributed to John de Castello in Munich MS 7963 f.188v.
[T45]
[T47] In MS Munich Clm 7963, f.98r
[T47] In MS Munich Clm 22306.
[T48] Cf. Windsheim 69, f.107r
[T48] In MS Munich Clm 7963, f.191v and Barcelona Ripoll 213.
[T49]
[T54] In MS Munich Clm 7963, f.201v
Page-preparation. Written space approximately 130 x 100 mm; ruled in sharpish brown. 3 or, for item (4b), 2 columns; 40-43 lines.
Written in anglicana, with simple a and rotund d, proficiently, by one hand, start of 14th century.
Red alphabetic headings f.45r-46v.
Tabula to the following collections of sermons, item (5). It comprises single word subjects, arranged in sections according to the first two vowels and within each section alphabetically by the first letter. It was apparently drawn up from item (5) itself, since the numbers refer to those assigned to the sermons there and appear to be correct despite the fact that one sermon between 6 and 7 (f.56r) is not numbered and there are two numbered 66 (f.80r-v).
Subject analysis to the following collections of sermons, item (5). Each sermon is analysed in turn; the number of subjects in a sermon ranges from one to nine and some subjects are followed by numbers cross referring to other sermons where the same subject occurs. The unnumbered sermon after 6 (f.56r) is treated as part of 6, and the second numbered 66 (f.80v) as the first of two 67s.
f.50v blank but ruled; 51r-v blank unruled.
Written space approximately 130 x 90 mm; ruled in greyish brown. 2 columns; 38-42 lines.
Written in current anglicana, a mostly with closed head, proficiently, by one hand, end 13th to start of 14th century.
Litterae notabiliores and paraphs lined with red, f.52r-v. Themata etc. underlined in red, f.52r-v and 106v-114r. Rubrics to sermons, f.104-127. Initials, to sermons: (i) 2 line, unfilled spaces; (ii) f.52r, 3 line, divided red and blue.
The sermons have a single numbering, 1-[19]8, in the margins, by the main scribe(s) or rubricator, with one sermon between 6 and 7 (f.56r) not numbered and two numbered 66 (f. 80r-v).
Sermons on epistles and gospels of Temporale, Advent 1-25th Sunday after Pentecost and Corpus Christi. As the Franciscan collection listed Schneyer, vii, p.2-11. The copy here differs in omitting no. 84, as in the copy sold at Sothebys 11 December 1979, lot 36, and in having nos 61, 60, 62 in that order. The copies of this collection in MS Munich 7932, described Schneyer, vii, p.2-11, and in MS Paris, Bib.Nat. lat. 3555, f.2-96, described Catalogue général des manuscrits latins vi, 87-95, have innumerable minor divergences in the opening words of the first seventy four sermons; the Cosin copy never agrees with Paris against Munich in these cases, but follows Munich in thirty-three cases. This copy is not among the fifty or more listed Schneyer, vii, p.11, of which ten also contain item (4b), see Schneyer, vii, p.16. See also D. L. d'Avray, ""Collectiones Fratrum" and "Collationes Fratrum"", Archivum Franciscanum Historicum (1977), 152-6; D. L. d'Avray, The Preaching of the Friars (Oxford: OUP, 1985).
Sermons on epistles and gospels of Sanctorale, Andrew Saturninus and Barnabas. The Franciscan collection listed Schneyer, vii, p.11-16. The copy here differs in having a third sermon for Christmas day between nos 143 and 144, a sermon "De martiribus inter pasca et pentecosten" between nos 162 and 163, and a sermon here numbered 149 for Agnes (elsewhere attributed to Gregory of Cremona, Schneyer, ii, p.243 (24), ending “propter quod letabunda et laudans exclamat. gaudens gaudebo etc.”) in place of no. 152 (f.114v-114*); in omitting nos 172 and 175; and in having no. 171 at the end after no. 202. The third sermon for Christmas day, f.109v 110, is “[E]wangelizo u. g. m. etc. Luc.2[:10]. Verba sunt angeli ad pastores. in quibus duo principaliter possunt attendi. primum est natiuitatis Christi annunciacio ... ... Quales uero saluat et a quibis malis. Require in sermone dominice quarte post epiphaniam”; and the sermon between nos 162 and 163, f.120v-121v, ”[S]tabunt iusti in magna constancia ... Sap. 5[:1]. Uerbum illud legitur in festo martirum inter pascha et pentecosten. ad quorum honorem et laudem et ad informacionem nostram ... ... a quo nos li. dignetur etc.”: in MS Munich Clm 8734, BNF lat.15958 f.270, and Barcelona Ripoll 226 f.245.
Written space approximately 133 x 80 mm; ruled in greyish brown. 29-31 long lines, the first above the top ruled line.
Written in a minuscule of documentary proportions, with rubrics, proficiently, by one hand, end 12th to start of 13th century.
Initials, (i, ii) to some paragraphs, and to chapters, 1 and 2 line, in red, blue or green, most with infilling and a little flourishing in red or blue.
A digest of Peter Lombard's Sentences, book I, quoting portions literally (cf. PL 192, 520-632): e.g. the first two paragraphs, on the differences of “frui et uti” (I, d.i, 2-3); paragraphs 3-6 follow Sentences I, d.iv, 1-2, d.v, 1-2, 7 (146r-148r), and d.ix, 1 (148r), d.xv, 10 (148v), d.xvii, 17 (149r), d.xxv, 5 (150r-v), 9-11 (150v-151r), d.xxvi, 7 (151r); d.xxviii, 2 (152r), d.xxx, 3 (153r), d.xxxiv, 5 (153v-154r), I,d.xl, 2-4 and d xli,1 (160v-161v, ends defectively). Not apparently the Abbreviatio Magistri Bandini, PL 192, 977 1021.
f.151v blank, unruled, after end of passage on Holy Ghost, and before a further piece (f.152r) on the persons of the Trinity and predestination.
Written space approximately 110 x 77 mm; ruled in greyish brown. 24-25 long lines, the first above the top ruled line.
Written in minuscule with some documentary features, rather clumsily, by three hands, end 12th to start of 13th century, changing for items(17)-(18)]; and, item (19), smaller and neater, by a fourth hand.
Litterae notabiliores and paraphs filled with green, f.219-221, or, f.194v and f.221v-223r], dull red. Paraphs, in red or green, f.162r-v. Initials: (i) f.207v, 208v, and in lists f.162-163, 195r, 1 line, red, blue or green; (ii) to chapters f.195-199, 1 line, as (i) with infilling in red or blue; (iii) f.199v, 205r, 209v, 217v, 221v], 2 line, as (ii), or, f. 221v, P in red decorated with green and infilled with a face drawn in green; (iv) to chapters f.162-194, 3 line, as (ii), or, f.163r-v, gold with infilling in red and green; (v) f.162r, 195r, 4 line, gold with infilling in red and green, or, f.195r, I, in gold with red and blue flourishing; and, f.223v, an unfilled space.
On f.163r arabic numerals are used twice for the days of the year (354) and on 166r-v, 169-172 and 184r for degrees etc.
Added, by same hand, smaller, in rest of page
12 prose lines
3 prose lines
2 prose lines
The same wording of title and conclusion in Bodleian MS. Canonci Misc.396; other copies add that the translation is by Joannes Hispalensis: Thorndike & Kibre 455, 1217
Prognostics on births from astrological signs, 11 lines. Added by same hand, smaller, in previously blank space
Also found in Cashel Diocesan Library MS 1 p.59-66, and, preceded by extracts from John of Afflighem, De musica, in two 13-14th century copies, Basel Univ.Bib. MS F.ix.54 f.2r-8v, and Vatican MS lat.4357 f.57v-64r
Chapter ix, with other extracts.
Based closely on Donatus, Ars grammatica I, 4, Keil iv, 369-70, using the same examples except: “Pyricheus ... homo” for Fuga; “Anapaestus ... domino” for Erato.
Concludes with metrical examples, f.214v-217r
As usual (Keil, p.xlvi), the “metra ionica a maiore” and the “metra ionica arainore [recte a minore]” are transposed.
Chapters 67-74, on the Wonders of Britain.
The thirty-three wonders here correspond to nos 3-5, 6-33 and 2 in Stubbs, v.i, 11-15, with the fourth, “Quartum fossa in monte qui carcer eoli dicitur. vnde uenti assidue intrant et exeunt”, combining elements of nos 1 & 3. f.226r blank, unruled.
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