Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 451: Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistolae. Apollonius of Tyre. Miscellaneous Theological Tracts. Sermons on the Virgin Mary

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Summary
The miscellany of seventeen texts in CCCC MS 451, dating from the late twelfth or early thierteenth century, has no apparent unifying them. They include the Epistolae of Hildebert of Lavardin (1056-1133), theological tracts by Richard of Saint-Victor OSA (d. 1170) and Achard of Saint-Victor OSA (d. 1170), the De disciplina clericali of Petrus Alfonsi (fl. early twelfth century), the Historia Apollonii regis Tyri (a text originating in late antiquity), and several sermons on the Virgin Mary, some by Ambrosius Autpertus, Fulbert of Chartres (d. 1029) and Anselm of Canterbury OSB (d. 1109). A press mark shows the book to have been in the library of the Benedictine abbey of St Mary, York.
Contents
Epistolae -- De eruditione hominis interioris -- De disciplina clericali -- Prophecy of the Sibyls -- Historia Apollonii regis Tyri -- De creatione primi hominis -- Compendium in Iob (fragment) -- De discretione animae, spiritus et mentis -- Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae -- De partu uirginis -- De assumptione beatae Mariae -- De assumptione beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 3) -- Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae -- Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae (extract) -- Sermo de natiuitate beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 4) -- Sermo de beata Maria -- Sermo de natiuitate sanctae Mariae

Description

Alternative title Hildeberti Epistolae, etc.
Type of resource mixed material
Extent ff. 1 + 194
Date created [ca. 1175 - 1225]
Language Latin; French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material Vellum
Layout mostly 29-30 lines to a page
Height (mm) 182
Width (mm) 131
Collation 1 flyleaf, 1(8)-4(8) 5(4) 6(2) | 7(8) 8(8) | 9(8)-14(8) 15(6) (5 a slip, 6 canc.) 16(8) 17(8) (+1) | 18(10) | 19(8)-25(8) 26(4).
Writing in various hands
Foliation ff. a-b + i + 1-194 + c-d
Provenance From St Mary's Abbey, York. A list of contents on flyleaf (xiv-xv), and the mark In O.9 (twice), cf. nos 181,309.

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date xii late and xiii early
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:fd688gx5605/MS_451.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:hw825bk7038/451.pdf
Contains
Title
Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistolae. 1r-38v
Nasmith
Epistolae Hildeberti Cennomanensis episcopi. 1r-38v
James
Epistole Hildeberti Cennomanensis Episcopi. 1r-38v
Author
Hildebert of Lavardin
Rubric
(1r) Epistole Hildeberti Cennomanensis Episcopi
Incipit
(1r) Conuersione et conuersatione tua letatur et exultat anima mea
(1v) Iustum est ut aduersa communicent
(2r) Virtuti gratulor cui sub solo rege nostro
(2r) Pro Willelmo tuo pater sancte
Note
no. 54 (Dignitatis gradu amoris intimi affectu) ends
Explicit
(35r) Vale, ut in uno sed non solo ualeat uterque
Note
Change of hand
Incipit
(35r) Dauid futura spiritu prouidens liberauit inquid deus pauperem
Note
(Sermo de Christi beneficiis, Bibl. Patr. 305)
Incipit
(37r) In regno quidem nullus. in errore autem omnis homo sibi consortem querit
Note
(Ep. 51 Bibl. Patr.)
Ends
Explicit
(38v) sanctis pro nobis orantibus ut orent sancti pro uobis
Note
Bibl. Patr. Paris, de la Bigne III 223
Title
Richard of Saint-Victor OSA, De eruditione hominis interioris. 39r-54v
Nasmith
Expositio moralis in somnium Nabugodonozor. 39r-54v
James
Expositio moralis super sompnium Nabugodonosor. 39r-54v
Author
Richard of Saint-Victor OSA
Note
Large hand
Incipit
(39r) Ego nabugodonosor quietus eram ... quid per domum intelligimus nisi conscienciam
Explicit
(53v) rex prius filios postea oculos amisit
Note
Another hand
Incipit
(53v) Nabugodonosor interpretatur sessio in agnitione angustie
Explicit
(54r) et uasa templo reddidit cum documenta ecclesie et medicamenta asignauit
Note
On f. 54v in beautiful letters drawn as folded scrolls or ribbons: Ihc nazare(nus)
Title
Petrus Alfonsi, De disciplina clericali. 55r-83v
Nasmith
Petrus Adelfunsus de disciplina clericali. 55r-83v
James
Petrus AdelfunsusDisciplina clericalis. 55r-83v
Author
Petrus Alfonsi
Note
Hand like that of item 1
Incipit
(55r) Dixit petrus adelfunsus seruus Christi Ihesu. compositor huius libri Gratias ago
Note
(P. L. CLVII 671)
Explicit
(55v) spe credulitatis mee innitor. Amen
Rubric
(55v) Explicit prefatio. Incipit liber petri adelfunsi de clericali disciplina
Incipit
(55v) In hoc (Enoch) philosophus qui lingua arabica cognominatur edric
Explicit
(83v) eterna requie cum suis fidelibus mereamur perfrui in aula celesti prestante domino nostro Ihesu Christo. Cui est honor et gloria cum patre et spiritu sancto per infinita seculorum secula. Amen
Title
Prophecy of the Sibyls. 83v-87v
Nasmith
Tractatus de sibyllis. 83v-87v
Note
Change of hand
Incipit
(83v) Sibille generaliter omnes femine
Note
Ends f. 88v with the acrostic (Judicii signum)
Explicit
(87v) ignisque et sulphuris amnis
Note
Bede (P. L. XC 1181). Opsopoeus, Sibyllina. Alexandre, Oracula Sibyllina II 290. Cf. MS 404. 1, etc.
Title
Historia Apollonii regis Tyri. 88r-107v
Nasmith
Vita [fabulosa] Appollonii Tirii. 88r-107v
James
Historia Apollonii. 88r-107v
Incipit
(88r) In ciuitate antiochie Rex fuit antiochus
Explicit
(105v) unum in templo diane ephesiorum alium bibliothece sue exposuit
Note
Mentioned but not used by Riese in his edition (Teubner 1871, p. vii)
A paragraph in another hand
Incipit
(105v) Si per ignorantiam euenerit quod absit ut missa(m) cantans pauem uel uinum oblitus fuerit
Note
ff. 106r-107v are part of an old flyleaf with list of contents (xiii)
(106v) In isto vol. cont. libelli subscripti videlicet. Epistole diuersorum Patrum. Liber Petri Adelfunsi. Vaticinium Sibille. Narracio apollonii
f. 107r blank: on f. 107v note on illusio nocturna
Title
De creatione primi hominis. 108r-125v
Nasmith
De creatione primi hominis et ejus lapsu. 108r-125v
Note
Hand like that of item 1: more than one change
Rubric
(108r) De creacione primi hominis et eius lapsu
Incipit
(108r) Quinque modis in anima constat homo factus ad imaginem et similitudinem dei
Note
(Sketch of a queen on f. 122v)
Ends with a paragraph on essencia karitatis
Explicit
(124v) affectus operi nomen imponit
Note
Paragraph
Incipit
(124v) Sciendum quod omne nomen quod de deo dicitur
Note
Another hand
Incipit
(125r) Sciendum est quod apud grecos sunt hec iiii uocabula in usu. usia. usiosis Ypostasis et prosopa
Title
Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath, Compendium in Iob (fragment). 126r-131r
Nasmith
Fragmentum expositionis Petri Blessensis in Job. 126r-131r
Author
Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath
Rubric
(126r) de expositione Petri Blesensis in Job. finis tantum
Note
Begins
Incipit
(126r) mandaret. Nichil tibi et iusto illi
Note
Ends
Explicit
(128v) altissimus altissimi filius Ihesus Christus dominus noster qui cum patre et spiritu sancto uiuit et triumphat et regnat per omnia secula seculorum. Amen. Tu autem domine
Note
(129r) Smaller hand: headed Secretum meum mihi S. m. m.
(De quinque sensibus)
Incipit
(129r) Cum quiescit uel in primi patris sompno uel in conditi Ioseph loculo uel in florido sponse lectulo
Explicit
(131r) perfectionem in quarto
Title
Achard of Saint-Victor OSA, De discretione animae, spiritus et mentis. 131r-134v
Nasmith
Tractatus Magistri Achardi de divisione animae et spiritus. 131r-134v
Author
Achard of Saint-Victor OSA
Rubric
(131r) Tractatus Magistri Achardi de diuisione anime et spiritus
Incipit
(131r) Substancia interior que una cum corpore constituit
Explicit
(134r) comprehenduntur superiora aut nomine anime duo interiora
Note
Mentioned by Tanner, p. 3
On f. 134v paragraphs in other hands
Title
Ambrosius Autpertus, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae. 135r-143r
Nasmith
Sermones ex diversis autoribus de beata virgine. 135r-143r
James
Sancti Ansberti Episcopi sermo de assumptione. 135r-143r
Author
Ambrosius Autpertus
Note
Larger hand of earlier type for items 9-17 at bottom of f. 135r (xiv) In hoc libro cont. Sermones de assumpcione. Tractatus Mag. Achardi de diuisione anime et spiritus
(pseudo-Augustine P. L. XXXIX 2130)
Incipit
(135r) Adest nobis dilectissimi fratres dies ualde uenerabilis
Note
MS 332. 5
Title
pseudo-Paschasius Radbertus, De partu uirginis. 143r-159v
Author
pseudo-Paschasius Radbertus
Rubric
(143r) Sermo beati Jeronimi presbiteri de assumptione
Note
(P. L. XCVI 235)
(Feria iiii, lectio 1)
Incipit
(143r) Quotienscunque dilectissime nobis aliquid
Note
MS 332. 10
Title
pseudo-Augustine, De assumptione beatae Mariae. 159v-166v
Author
pseudo-Augustine
Rubric
(159v) Item sermo de assumptione
Note
(P. L. XL 1143)
Incipit
(159v) Quia profundissime et sua dignitate altissime
Note
MS 332. 6
Title
Paschasius Radbertus, De assumptione beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 3). 166v-171v
Author
Paschasius Radbertus
Rubric
(166v) Item sermo de assumptione
Note
(P. L. XCVI 254)
Incipit
(166v) Adest nobis dilectissimi fratres hodierna festiuitas beata maria
Note
MS 332. 8
Title
pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae. 172r-173v
Author
pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo
Incipit
(172r) Fratres dilectissimi cum aliquid pro amore creatoris
Note
(P. L. XCVI 258)
MS 332. 9 (Jerome)
Title
pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae (extract). 173v-176r
Author
pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo
Incipit
(173v) Creator omnium et auctor uite
Note
P. L. XCVI 279, Hildefonsus
MS 332. 13 (Ambrose)
Title
Fulbert of Chartres (pseudo-Ambrose), Sermo de natiuitate beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 4). 176r-185v
Author
Fulbert of Chartres (pseudo-Ambrose)
Rubric
(176r) Sermo beati Ambrosii ... de natiuitate Sancte dei genitricis Marie
Incipit
(176r) Natiuitas gloriose genitricis
Note
MS 332. 12
Title
pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Sermo de beata Maria. 185v-189r
Author
pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB
Rubric
(185v) Sermo sancti Anselmi archiepiscopi de Sancta Maria
Incipit
(185v) Omnium sanctorum dilectissimi laus et exultatio
Title
Fulbert of Chartres (attrib.), Sermo de natiuitate sanctae Mariae. 189r-194v
Author
Fulbert of Chartres (attrib.)
Rubric
(189r) Sermo domini Fulberti Carnotensis episcopi de natiuate Sancte Marie
Incipit
(189r) Approbate consuetudinis est apud Christianos
Note
(P. L. CXLI 320)
Ends
Explicit
(194r) recuperare et habere perpetuam gratiam filii tui Ihesu Christo domino nostro qui cum patre et spiritu sancto unus deus uiuit in eternum. Amen
Note
On f. 194v in a later hand a charm in French and Latin for sheep.
(194v) primes deit lem meitere tuz les berbiz en une meisun. ... Saint filiol sur le ile de la mer sist... aat dampnedeu li suruint et lui demanda et dit filiol que(fa)is tu ici. sire io garde mes berbiz de la uerole et del cloufic, etc.
TJames 292
Stanley T. 9
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/hy311gn2645
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