Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 455: Thomas of Chobham, Summa de arte praedicandi

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Abstract/Contents

Summary: The main text in CCCC MS 455 is the Summa de arte praedicandi of Thomas of Chobham (d. after 1233), subdean of Salisbury Cathedral and also known as Thomas of Salisbury. This is a treatise on preaching, and it is followed by Thomas's sermon for Palm Sunday (Sermo XXIII). At the end of the manuscript there are antiphons for St Edmund the Martyr with musical notation on a four-line stave, and also a few charms. The book was written in the thirteenth century.
Contents: Summa de arte praedicandi -- Sermo 23 for Palm Sunday -- Antiphons for St Edmund -- Charms

Description

Alternative title	Summa Thomae Salisburiensis
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 1 + 96
Date created	[ca. 1200 - 1299]
Language	Latin
Material	Vellum
Layout	double columns of 38 lines
Height (mm)	181
Width (mm)	124
Collation	1 flyleaf, 1(8)-12(8).
Writing	well written
Foliation	ff. a-b + i-ii + 1-96
Additions	The lyleaf is pasted over on both sides. It is irregularly written, of cent. xii or xiii: part of Isa. i is legible on the recto.
2 fo.	atur sicut

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:nj902xx0236/MS_455.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:nt103mz1605/455.pdf
Contains	Title Thomas of Chobham, Summa de arte praedicandi. 1r-89v Author Thomas of Chobham Rubric (1r) Summa de arte predicandi Incipit (1r) Humane nature conditio secundum geminam sui comp'am triplici subiacet infortunio Note The sections are numbered in a late hand up to 106: the last is Rubric (89r) de epilogo philosophi in oratione sua Explicit (89v) Sicut etiam beatus paulus omnes epistolas suas in oratione conclusit et nos in conclusione presens opuscidum (-culum) concludamus Rubric (89v) Explicit summa de arte predicandi quam fecit magister thomas de salesbiriensi Note This copy is mentioned by Tanner. He is uncertain whether the author is the same as Thomas of Chabeham or Cobham, subdean of Sarum and author of a penitential Summa Title Thomas of Chobham, Sermo 23 for Palm Sunday. 89v-96r James Sermons. 89v-96r Author Thomas of Chobham Incipit (89v) Hyems transit ymber abiit, etc. Hec idem dicit gregorius in omelia quod ideo uoluit dominus mori et resurgere in tempore ueris Rubric (93v) Sermo in ramis palmarum Incipit (93v) Iam hyems transit et ymber abiit, etc. fratres legitur in ecclesiastico litera talis est ne reuerearis proximum, etc. Note Another hand Rubric (94v) Auctoritates Incipit (94v) Beatus est qui diuinas scripturas legens uerba uertit in opera Note On f. 96r two paragraphs neatly written a. Rubric (96r) Io. crisostomus Incipit (96r) Intrantes uiderunt matrem eius et puerum Note b. Rubric (96r) Philipus de greue Incipit (96r) Domine quis habitabit ... prius factum est a moyse tabernaculum Note (96r) Miscellaneous short notes Title Antiphons for St Edmund. 96v-96v Note On f. 96v (pasted over) a. Rubric (96v) Antiphone beati edmundi solummodo ubi humatus est. Ad vesp. ant. cantantur (?) Incipit (96v) Custodi nos in noctibus edmundi precum munere Note (96v) Music on four-line stave Title Charms. 96v-96v James Charms. 96v-96v Note b. (96v) Ad dolorem dencium. In nomine patris, etc. + on + on + on, etc. (96v) Contra satanam (?) demon. In nomine, etc. oy. loy. iodoloy, etc. (96v) Contra uenenum (?)
TJames	258
Stanley	Q. 3
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/rx716zc6403
Location	MS 455
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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