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Résumé : CCCC MS 190 is a very complex and interesting volume, with multiple layers of additions and alterations. It was made over the course of the eleventh century, with at least some parts written at Exeter, where it has later provenance. At its core is a version of the collection known as "Archbishop Wulfstan's Handbook", a miscellany on largely ecclesiastical matters which seems to have been compiled by Wulfstan (d. 1023), archbishop of York, for use in his composition of law codes and homilies. This occupies most of pp. 1-294, and has a contemporary contents list which does not, however, correspond precisely to the volume's actual contents. It is in Latin, and has a number of interesting additions like a text assigning penances to those who had fought at the Battle of Hastings (1066). The second part of the book has many Old English texts, including translations of some of the material which is found in the first part, and more ecclesiastical material of a similar nature, such as law codes. The manuscript was valued by Parker for its insights into the Anglo-Saxon church.
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Langue(s) des textes : latin, anglais
ii-ii - Hymn for the consecration of the oils at the main Mass on Maundy Thursday
Note : On the verso of the flyleaf is a hymn (for the hallowing of the Chrism) with neumes
Note : (ii) Antiphon
incipit : (ii) O redemptor sume carmen temet concinentium
Note : (see p. 259 of the MS.)
Note : (ii) Uersus
incipit : (ii) Audi iudex mortuorum una spes mortalium
explicit : (ii) ne senescat tempore. O redemptor
Note : Added (without neumes)
Note : (ii) Hoc ecclesia fundatur. Credentes glori(ficat ?). Sit hoc crisma benedictum. cunctis saluberrimum.
iii-xii - Contents list
Note : (iii) The first four leaves contain the Table with titles in red capitals
Note : The headings are: capitula de penitentium (i-lxiii), de canonibus (but no capp. follow), de sacerdotali Iure Egcberti Archiep. (i-xcviiii), de libro scintillarum. Ending lxxii. de Anticristo
Intervenants :
Pope Gregory the Great - author
xii-xii - Extract from Pope Gregory the Great
1-12 - De initio creature
pseudo-Theodori - author
12-94 - Poenitentiale pseudo-Theodori
Note : Old English gloss on p. 17 is Cameron C89.2
94-110 - Texts concerning ecclesiastics
Wulfstan - author
pseudo-Egberti - author
111-130 - Wulfstan's Canon Law Collection ('Excerptiones pseudo-Egberti', recension B, partial text)
Note : continued on pp. 134-138
Note : (134) The text continues with Thorpe cxxxii, cxxxiii and then passes to Thorpe cxlvii-clx
Note : This comprises xxxv-xxxvii (part) of the capitula of Nasmith
sancti Gelasii papae - author
130-130 - Ex decretis sancti Gelasii papae
rubric : (130) Ex decretis Sancti Gelasii Papae
Note : fine round hand
incipit : (130) Quod in unaquaque ecclesia cui episcopus preest tam de reditibus quam de fidelium oblationibus quattuor debeant fieri portiones etc.
130-130 - Old English charm for recovering stolen chattels
Note : (130) Charm. Smaller black hand
incipit : (130) Gyf feoh sy under fangen. Gyf hit sy hors sing on his feteran
explicit : (130) for þam hi hyt forhelan ne mihtan
Note : Cockayne, Leechdoms, I 392
Note : Cameron B23.1.4
Pope Leo - author
131-131 - Decree of Pope Leo
rubric : (131) Ex decretis Sancti leonis papae
Note : hand like 5
incipit : (131) Ut nullus episcopus seruum alterius ad officium clericatus promoueat etc.
Note : Smaller hand
rubric : (131) Theodorus dicit
incipit : (131) Si quis in seculari habitu uota uouerit
Note : (followed by Theodore II ix § 1, 2)
131-131 - Decree on jurisdiction over the clergy
Note : Rather smaller hand
Note : (a)
rubric : (131) xxviiii. De eo quod non iudicandi sunt etc.
Note : (Canon. Hibern. XXI 29, ed. Wasserschleben)
incipit : (131) Constantinus rex ait ad episcopos
Note : (b)
incipit : (131) Non oportet iudices ecclesie habere timorem hominum etc.
Note : (Hibern. XXI 12, part)
rubric : (131) Ut nullus accusati sedem usurpet episcopi
Note : (Conc. Sardic. cap. 4)
incipit : (131) Gaudentius ep. dixit, addendum si placet
explicit : (131) episcopi romani determinata
132-133 - Table of consanguinity
Note : (132) De consanguinitate, a diagrammatic table extending over two pages 132, 133
Note : This table is not in Thorpe
138-143 - Texts on Christian warfare
Note : Follows
rubric : (138) De magna Synodo
Note : De militia et victoria Christianorum etc. to De tribulationibusThe text of this is conjecturally ascribed to Alcuin by Miss Bateson, and printed by her Eng. Hist. Rev. 1895, p. 731., p. 142, which ends
explicit : (143) Dei est quippe et adiuuare et in fugam uertere
143-151 - Expositio officium sacre missae
rubric : (143) Incipit Expositio officium sacre missae
incipit : (143) Missarum uero officium constat ex introitu
Note : (xliv in capitula) ending p. 151 (lxi de quinquagesima)
explicit : (151) ieuinium sacratissimum adimpleuit
Ælfric OSB - author
151-159 - Ælfric OSB, Second Latin Pastoral Letter for Wulfstan
rubric : (151) Sermo ad sacerdotes
incipit : (151) O sacerdotes domini
Note : Anglo-Saxon at p. 336
Note : (lxii)
159-162 - Wulfstan, Homily VIIIa
rubric : (159) Incipit de baptismo
incipit : (159) Primo necesse est ut paganus catecuminus sit
Note : ( = MS 265, p. 180)
Note : Printed by Napier, Wulfstan, No. IV, p. 2
162-173 - Offices and related texts
rubric : (162) Incipit super electos ad catecuminum faciendum etc.
rubric : (163) De officio et mysterio missae
incipit : (163) Officium quidem misse magna ex parte ad solum pertinet sacerdotem
Note : (MS 265, p. 182)
rubric : (164) Benedictio salis (et aquae)
rubric : (169) Item benedictio salis et aquae
Note : two forms
rubric : (169) Incipit admonitio spiritalis doctrine
incipit : (169) Exalta in fortitudine uocem tuam
Note : (=MS 265, p. 3)
rubric : (171) Admonitio episcoporum utilis
incipit : (171) O karissime frater corde tenus perspice
Note : (= MS 265, p. 4)
Alcuin - author
173-179 - Alcuin, Epistola 17
rubric : (173) Epistola Albini leuite ad ÆðELNARDUMApparently altered from ÆðELDARDUM archiep.
incipit : (173) Pio patri et sancte sedis presuli æþelhardo
Note : (=MS 265, p. 7)
179-183 - Alcuin, Epistola 114
rubric : (179) Item Epistola Alcuini ad Eanbaldum archiepiscopum
incipit : (179) Ecce karissime fili
Note : ( = MS 265, p. 13)
Note : These two letters, which occur again in MS 265, have been collated by Dümmler
Note : (lxvi)
Isidore of Seville - author
183-188 - Isidore of Seville, Extracts from Sententiae, book 3, chapters 36-38 (perhaps taken from pseudo-Amalarius, Institutio canonicorum, book 1, chapters 20, 29, and 30), and related texts
rubric : (183) De doctrina et exemplis prepositorum
incipit : (183) Tam doctrina quam uita etc.
Note : (= MS 265, p. 17) to Nasmith lxix
Hrabanus Maurus - author
Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés - author
188-264 - Texts on ecclesiastical customs by Ælfric OSB, Hrabanus Maurus, Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and others
rubric : (188) Sermo Episcopi ad clericos
incipit : (188) Ego uobis clericis mihi subditis
Note : Anglo-Saxon on p. 320
Note : ( = MS 265, p. 160)
Note : (lxx)
rubric : (201) Incipit de septem ecclesiasticis gradibus
incipit : (201) Hostiarii sunt idem et ianitores
rubric : (204) Item de Sacerdotibus
Note : The section Item de Sacerdotibus, p. 204, = beginning of MS 265, p. 185. See also MS 265, pp. 188, 194
Note : Old English gloss on p. 246 is Cameron C82.2
rubric : (253) Qualiter penitentes in cena domini in ecclesiam introducuntur
Note : (252) In the form Qualiter penitentes in cena domini in ecclesiam introducuntur, p. 252, neumes occur
incipit : (253) Vere fratres karissimi
Note : The sermon (p. 253) Vere fratres karissimi By Abbo of St Germain: D'Achery, Spicil. I 337 is in Anglo-Saxon on p. 354. Other portions also occur in Anglo-Saxon (see post). More neumes on pp. 258 and 259
Note : Ends
explicit : (264) et clamante diacono Ite missa est pergat unusquisque ad sua
Defensor of Ligugé - author
264-281 - Defensor of Ligugé, Liber scintillarum (extracts)
rubric : (264) Incipiunt excerptiones ex libro scintillarum (72). In primis de caritate
incipit : (264) Dominus dicit, Maiorem caritatem etc.
Note : There are a good many Anglo-Saxon interlinear glosses
rubric : (281) De breuitate huius uitae
explicit : (281) finiatur uita cum culpa
Note : (P. L. LXXXVIII 597)
Note : Old English gloss on pp. 265-266 is Cameron C60
Adso Dervensis OSB - author
281-291 - Adso Dervensis OSB, De ortu et tempore antichristi
rubric : (281) Epistola Adsonis Monachi ad Gerbergam reginam de Anticristo (ci 1291)
incipit : (281) Excellentissimo ac regali dignitate pollenti
Note : (289) Hand changes
explicit : (291) que fueritis dignata imperare
292-292 - Capitula of the Council of Winchester 1070
Note : (292) A round hand like that on p. 130 appears
Note : Titles in black, rubricated
rubric : (292) Celebrati capitula concilii apud uuintoniam
incipit : (292) Quod nulli liceat duobus episcopatibus presidere
explicit : (292) quod calices non sint cerei
Note : Wilkins, Concilia I 365. A copy in MS 117. 4 is described as being from a Worcester MS.
292-292 - Capitula of the Council of Windsor 1070
rubric : (292) Capitula concilii apud uuindlesora celebrati in pentecosten
incipit : (292) De introitu episcoporum et abbatum per symoniacam heresim
explicit : (292) qui hec non fecerit anathema sit
Note : I do not find this text in Wilkins
293-294 - Penitential articles issued after the Battle of Hastings
rubric : (293) De penitentia in bello homines occidentium
incipit : (293) Hec est penitentie institutio secundum decreta normannorum presulum auctoritate summi pontificis confirmata per legatum suum ermenfredum episcopum sedunensem
explicit : (294) ut neque ipsi uendant neque alii emant
Note : Wilkins, Concilia I 366
Note : The lower part of p. 294 has been written upon, the writing erased, and the Latin Epistola de CanonibusThorpe, 8vo, II 342 (Ælfric to Wulsin) written on it in cent. xvi (Wanley, p. 5). The old title is still decipherable as ABSOLUTIO
295-308 - Ælfric OSB, Letter to Wulfsige || Epistola de canonibus Saxonice [scilicet Ælfrici ad sacerdotes]
Note : cui premissa est epistola nuncupatoria ad Wulfinum episcopum, Latine et manu recenti
Note : Cameron B1.8.1
rubric : (295) Be preoste synoðe
incipit : (295) Ic secge eoƿ preostum
Note : Thorpe, 8vo, II 342. The Canons of Ælfric
incipit : (304) Ic bidde eoƿ þæt ge gymon eoƿra sylfra
Note : Thorpe, 8vo, II p. 358
308-314 - Ælfric OSB, Catholic Homilies, Second Series, Apostles || Homelia Saxonica
Note : Cameron B1.2.45
rubric : (308) Sequentia Sancti Euuangelii secundum Lucam
incipit : (308) In illo tempore. Designauit Dominus et alios
incipit : (308) Se hælend gecéas hi to eacan
Note : Thorpe, Homilies, II 528
314-319 - De ecclesiasticis gradibus || De ecclesiasticis gradibus, Saxonice
Note : Cameron B13.3
rubric : (314) De eclesiasticis gradibus
incipit : (314) Heah hadas syndon to healdenne
Note : Also in MS 201, p. 108 and Junius, 121, f. 35v
320-320 - Ælfric OSB, Preface to his Old English Letters to Wulfstan || Prologus venerabilis Ælfrici abbatis ad Wulstanum archiepiscopum, Latine
Note : (320) Fine round hand
Note : Wanley, p. 22, from a Bodleian MS.
320-336 - Ælfric OSB, First Old English Letter for Wulfstan || Prima epistola Anglice exposita
Note : Cameron B1.8.2
incipit : (320) Vs bisceopum gedafenað
Note : Latin on p. 188
Note : Thorpe, fol. 452, 8vo, II 364 (Ælfric's Pastoral Epistle)
336-337 - Ælfric OSB, Second Old English Letter for Wulfstan || Secunda epistola quando dividis crismam
Note : Cameron B1.8.3
incipit : (336) Eala ge mæsse preostas
Note : Latin on p. 151
Note : Thorpe, 8vo, II 390 (quando dividis chrisma) from this MS.
337-349 - Ælfric OSB, Second Old English Letter for Wulfstan (continued) || Sermo in cena Domini, et VI feria et sabbato sancto, Saxonice
Note : Cameron B1.8.3 cont.
incipit : (337) In cena domini et in parasceue et in sancto sabbato. On þyssum þrym sƿigenihtum ge sceolan singan æt gædere
Note : Nos. 25, 26 seem not to have been printed
349-350 - On the Mass: Celebration of Vigils || De officio missae in vigilia pascae, Saxonice
Note : Cameron B12.9
rubric : (349) De officio Missae etc.
incipit : (349) On þone haligan easter æfen gange man to nones
Note : Latin, p. 221
rubric : (350) De officio missae in vigilia pentecosten
Note : Latin, p. 226
351-353 - Anonymous Homily for Ash Wednesday || Sermo in capite jejunii, Saxonice
Note : Cameron B3.2.9
Note : At this point a large hand appears
incipit : (351) Gehyrað broðru þa leofestan ƿe mynegiað eoƿ
Note : Latin, p. 247
Note : Copied for Professor Napier; apparently only here
353-360 - Anonymous Homily In Cena Domini || Sermo in cena Domini ad penitentes, Saxonice
Note : Cameron B3.2.23
Note : Latin, p. 253
360-360 - Canons on the punishment of sins
Note : (360) Followed on p. 360 by Latin extracts from Canons in a later hand
incipit : (360) Excommunicati si perdurant in pristinis criminibus etc.
Serlo of Bayeux - author
361-363 - Serlo of Bayeux, De filiis presbyterorum || Invectivum in damnantes conjugia sacerdotum
Note : (361) In two columns, cent. xii
incipit : (361) Lex inmortalis quam longo tempore talis
explicit : (361) atque coheredem patrie reuocauit ad edem
Note : Th. Wright, Anglo-Latin Satirists, II 208 (another text, called Versus Seltonis), also Mon. Germ. Hist. Libelli de lite, III 580, with a facsimile of the MS.
Note : pp. 362, 363 blank
364-364 - Excommunication
Note : (364) An Excommunication form in fine large hand
Note : Liebermann, Gesetze, p. 434
365-365 - Old English formula of confession and absolution || Liber confessionalis Ecgberti Eboracensis archiepiscopi, Saxonice, qui olim ex se conficiebat unum volumen; quod tandem vero una cum aliis diversis tractatibus in hunc librum compingebatur
Note : Cameron B11.9.1
Note : (365) The first page (365) is in a large hand and contains an Anglo-Saxon Confession and Absolution
incipit : (365) Ic andette þe drihten aelmihtig god etc. Gemyltsige eoƿ se aelmihtiga god etc.
Note : Wanley, p. 111
366-418 - Confessionale pseudo-Egberti (Old English)
Note : Cameron B11.1.1
Note : (366) Title in red capitals
rubric : (366) Her onginnað ðisse boce capitulas ðe ƿe hatað scrift boc
Note : This MS. is taken by Thorpe as the basis of his text (folio edn, p. 343: 8vo II 128)
Note : After Confessionale 41 (Thorpe) is the chapter (p. 384)
incipit : (384) Þeodorus se mæra bisceop ge sette þas rædinge to bysene
explicit : (386) mid teara agotennysse
Note : (Thorpe, II. 132)
Note : (387) Thorpe's Poenitentiale Liber I begins p. 387a
Note : (390) Liber II
Note : (399) Liber III
Note : (404) Liber IV
explicit : (418) fæste x gear
Note : (Thorpe, II. 170-230)
Chrodegang - author
384-384 - Chrodegang, Regula canonicorum, chapter 83 (Old English version)
Note : Cameron B10.4.2
384-386 - Confessionale pseudo-Egberti (Old English, extract)
Note : Cameron B11.2.1
387-413 - Poenitentiale pseudo-Egberti (Old English)
Note : Cameron B11.3.1
413-414 - Confessionale pseudo-Egberti (Additional section z)
Note : Cameron B11.2.2
414-416 - Formulas and Directions for the Use of Confessors
Note : Cameron B11.10.1
Theodori - author
416-418 - Poenitentiale Theodori and Capitula d'Acheriana (partial)
Note : Cameron B11.5
418-420 - Anglo-Saxon Laws Mirce, Að, and Hadbot
Note : Cameron B14.48, B14.49, B14.50
Note : On pp. 418-420 in a smaller hand are the texts of Be Mercena lage, Be gehadendra aðe 7 be hadbote printed by Liebermann, Gesetze, 462 sqq.
Note : Flyleaves blank
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