Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 135: Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Letters and related works

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Summary: CCCC MS 135 is a collection of the letters of Anselm of Canterbury OSB (d. 1109) with other related works. It may be the collection made by Anselm of Bury OSB (d. 1148), the saint's nephew, since it has certain provenance at Bury St Edmunds. It has been suggested that it was made for the younger Anselm at Canterbury, but a Bury origin seems more likely since it shares a scribe with several manuscripts from Bury, including Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R. 7. 28 (scribe 2). It seems to have come into the hands of the historian John Bale (1495-1563) and thence to Parker.
Contents: Epistolae -- De beatitudine caelestis patriae -- Provincial Council under Anselm of Canterbury OSB, 1102 -- Letter of Gerald, Archbishop of York, to Anselm of Canterbury OSB -- Verses in praise of Anselm of Canterbury OSB -- Tractatus de uirtute corporis Christi

Description

Alternative title	Anselmi Epistolae etc.
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 165 + 5
Date created	[ca. 1100 - 1199]
Language	Latin
Material	Vellum
Layout	mostly double columns of 35 lines
Height (mm)	317
Width (mm)	203
Collation	a(2) 1(8)-13(8) (+ two after 5) 14(8)-20(8) 21(6) (wants 6) b(4) (wants 4).
Writing	in a fine clear pointed hand
Foliation	ff. a-b + i-ii + 1-101 + 101a-101b + 102-165 + iii-v + c-d
Provenance	From Bury. On flyleaf (f. iv) (xiv): A. 83.Liber S. Edmundi regis et martiris in quo continentur ccclxvij epistole anselmi archiepiscopi meditacio anselmi de eterna beatitudine concilium prouinciale ab anselmo london celebratum.
Additions	On f. 1r at top: Liber monachorum S. Edm. A. 83. On f. iir numbers of various Epistles noted. On f. 31v a pencil note: habetur tractatus (?) de fr. J. de Sybetune. On f. 89v a pencil note: nota (?) b (or h) de Ramesaye et aliis de pecunia mutuanda...

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:xz642jc1350/MS_135.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:kt952fn3204/135.pdf
Contains	Title Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Epistolae. 1r-147r Nasmith Anselmi archiepiscopi epistolae CCCLXVII. 1r-147r Author Anselm of Canterbury OSB Note Each hundred of the Epistles is separately numbered After 101v are inserted two leaves of a smaller (9 x 6) and perhaps older MS. containing two letters 1. MCI. Henrico regi Angl. Incipit (101ar) Legationis tue uerba Explicit (101av) sullimatione disponat Note 2. Henrico Incipit (101br) In litteris uestre celsitudinis Note (Ep. 233 in this collection.) 3. Verses (28) Incipit (101bv) Petre supra petram nec inaniter edificasti Illic et turres quibus itur ad astra locasti Explicit (101bv) Presul in exilio mortalia nostra professus Ora pro nobis ad celica regna regressus Note Epistola (3) 67 (Thome electo archiepiscopi eboracensi) ends Explicit (146v) concedo ut officio sacerdotali quod iam suscepisti utaris Note Extract on Freewill Incipit (146v) Est considerandum quia uolumus aliquando ita ut si possumus faciamus ut sit quod uolumus Explicit (147r) aut quia non uult eam uiolari. quod est in quarto modo Note (147r) Confessio. P. L. CLVIII 685 Incipit (147r) Letaris quod in fide Christiana moreris? Respondeat Etiam Note Ends Explicit (147r) dicat infirmus ter. In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum Note See also MS 299. 4 Title Eadmer of Canterbury OSB, De beatitudine caelestis patriae. 147r-160v Nasmith Meditatio ejusdem de eterna beatitudine. 147r-160v Author Eadmer of Canterbury OSB Incipit (147r) Multi homines quibus non nunquam boni mores Note P. L. CLIX 587 Explicit a diabolo precipitati depereunt Incipit (154r) Quattuor modis dicimus aliquid Explicit (155v) alia facit per presentiam alia per absentiam Incipit (155v) Discipulus. Plura sunt de quibus tuam diu desidero responsionem. Ex quibus sunt potestas et inpotentia Explicit (160r) ut illi sunt aliquando beati Rubric (160r) Hec ad predicta pertinent Incipit (160r) Discipulus. Video plane. M. hec quidem exempla de causis efficientibus Explicit (160v) auferendo arma cum potest Incipit (160v) Quamuis post apostolos sancti patres et doctores nostri Explicit (160v) id aliis libenter aperio quatinus quid secure tenere debeam alieno discam iudicio Note See also MS 34. 2, MS 154. 48, MS 332. 14 Title Provincial Council under Anselm of Canterbury OSB, 1102. 161r-162r Nasmith Concilium provinciale celebratum sub Anselmo A. D. 1102. 161r-162r Incipit (161r) Anno dominice incarnationis millesimo centesimo secundo quarto autem presulatus Pascalis Explicit (162r) concubine cum rebus suis uelut adultere Note Wilkins' Concilia I. 382 Title Letter of Gerald, Archbishop of York, to Anselm of Canterbury OSB. 162v-163r Nasmith Epistola Girardi archiepiscopi Eboracensi ad Anselmum. 162v-163r Author Gerald, Archbishop of York Incipit (162v) Patri et domino uere dilecto ... Ceruus sitiens Explicit (163r) ipsi quoque peccatores accedant Note Copied in MS 101. 35, MS 111. 137, 117. 2. 3 Title Verses in praise of Anselm of Canterbury OSB. 163r-165v Nasmith Versus in laudem Anselmi. 163r-165v Rubric (163r) Versus ad laudem domini Anselmi archiepiscopi Incipit (163r) Haud dubiture (habiture) parem sumas pater alme salutemQuam mea disparibus musa uelut pedibus Note (P. L. CLVIII 135) Explicit (164r) Unica scala poli nec ruitura. Vale Rubric (164r) Item uersus de eodem Incipit (164r) Presulis Anselmi quem nuper obisse dolemusLaudibus aptari littera nostra cupit Note (P. L. CLVIII 137) Ends Explicit (165v) Cantica letitie nullo tibi tempore desuntEt (sine) fine canis gloria deo magna (sic). Amen Note Followed by (165v) Omnia maiorem retinent sua dicta saporemQuam que dixerunt qui postue priusue fueruntHic cognoscetis qui talia picta uidetisQua spe uixit hugo uel sit opertus humoNobilis et diues fortisque per omnia milesFortior ut senuit. hic iuga sancta tulitDumque plebi uia. lustrat sidera celi (sic)Quod bene proposuit fortior exibuitMox aeris solem recipit sol perdit hugonemCui sol iusticie fulgeat in requie An erasure of a line follows Title Anselm of Canterbury OSB (attrib.)Tractatus de uirtute corporis Christi. iiir-ivv Nasmith Anselmi tractatus de virtute corporis Christi. iiir-ivv Author Anselm of Canterbury OSB (attrib.) Note f. iiir-iiiv is from another book (xiii-xiv). At top is the end of a table to some treatise Rubric (iiir) Tractatus beati Anselmi de uirtute corporis christi Incipit (iiir) Quia de sacramento altaris persepe sermo incidit Explicit (iiiv) et gustus noster dissimulare non potest Note On f. ivr are scribbles: many numbers of Epistles noted: a pencil scribble: Ven. patri etc. Abbati Glastoniensi ffr. W. (dominus prior?) et precentor ecclesie Elyensis Salutem On f. ivv two extracts (xii): a. Caue frater illud quod multi stulti faciunt qui quanto diutius uiuunt tanto maiorem sibi spem uiuendi nutriunt etc. b. De elemosina. Si quis eorum qui habent substantiam mundi A note (xv): de sorte Iohannis wickam monachi monasterii S. Edmundi de buree actualiter scolatisantis Oxon. et permansuri ibi dum modo sit deputatus et legit(ime) electus per capitulum A few scribbles on the next leaf: 'ad festum S. eadmundi' is one. Another seems to be in Bale's hand. I notice that Bale in a list of MSS. that had belonged to him (Scriptores Britanniae, p. 165, Basle edition) includes: Anselmi archiep. ccclxvij Epistolae Eius meditatio de aeterna beatitudine which corresponds strikingly with the contents of this MS
TJames	129
Stanley	L. 8
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/gc974js8368
Location	MS 135
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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