Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 365

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    • Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 365
    • CCCC MS 365
    • MS 365
    • Parker Library MS 365
  • Held at : Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
  • Languages : Latin, French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)
  • Author : Richard Rolle de Hampole (1290?-1349)
  • Date of Origin :
  • Script :
    • clearly written
  • Support Material : Vellum
  • Composition :
    • ff. 3 + 168
  • Dimensions :
    • 155 x 226
  • Codicological details :
    • 39 etc. lines to a page
    • ff. a-b + i-iii + 1-168 + c-e
    • a(2) b(2) (wants 1) 1(12)-14(12).

Contents

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  • Résumé : This book, written c. 1400, contains a collection of the Latin works of Richard Rolle of Hampole (d. 1349). It was given to the Benedictine priory of Dover by Richard Warren and bears the library pressmark of Dover. The works included are Rolle's commentaries on the Psalter, the Canticles, the nine lessons (Paruum Job) of the Office of the Dead, on Psalm 20, and his tract Liber de amore Dei contra amatores mundi.


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    Langue(s) des textes : latin, français


    Intervenants :

    Richard Rolle of Hampole - author

    1r-113v - Richard Rolle of Hampole, Commentary on the Psalms and the Canticles || Varia opera Latina Richardi Hampole hermitae, viz.

    Note : 1. Commentarium in psalterium.2. In canticum Ysaie, cap. 12.3. In canticum Ezechie, Ysaie, 38.4. In canticum I. Reg. 2.5. In canticum Moisis, Exod. 15.6. In canticum Abakuk, cap. 3.7. In canticum Moisis, Deut. 32.

    Note : Items 1-7 headed:

    rubric : (1r) Diuinum flamen opus istud compleat amen. Assit principio, etc.

    Note : Note: James conflates Nasmith's items 1-7 into a single description

    incipit : (1r) Magna spiritualis iocunditatis vanitas

    explicit : (1r) Stetit non sedit

    rubric : (1r) Incipit Hampol super psalterium

    incipit : (1r) Beatus vir. Scilicet christus qui vir dicitur

    Note : The gloss on the Psalter and Cantica ends:

    explicit : (113v) misericors erit terre populi sui id est ecclesie que constat ex populo suo

    rubric : (113v) Explicit textus psalterii cum glosa secundum Ricardum Ampule heremitam, etc. Deo dicamus gracias

    Note : Ed. Cologne, 1536. See Horstmann, Richard Rolle of Hampole II, p. xxxvii


    114r-144v - Richard Rolle of Hampole, Paruum Iob siue Libellus in nouem lectiones mortuorum || In novem lectiones mortuorum

    Note : Another hand

    incipit : (114r) Parce mihi domine, etc. Exprimitur autem in hiis verbis humane conditionis instabilitas

    explicit : (143v) a quo christus nos liberet qui cum patre et spiritum Sanctum regnat in eternum Amen

    rubric : (143v) Explicit expositio Ricardi heremite super nouem lectiones mortuorum

    Note : Printed by Rembolt, Paris 1500 and at Cologne in 1536. Horstmann, Richard Rolle of Hampole II, p. xxxvii

    Note : Note

    incipit : (143v) Latria est honor soli deo debitus

    explicit : (144v) et secundarie cruci representante crucifixum


    145r-152v - Richard Rolle of Hampole, Commentary on Psalm 20 || In psalmum vicesimum

    rubric : (145r) Glosa psalmi vicesimi Ricardi hampol super psalmum vicesimum

    incipit : (145r) Domine in virtute tua ... Cum omnes psalmi dulces sunt

    Note : (145r) Gold initial

    explicit : (152v) laudemus in ipso gloriemur in secula seculorum. Amen

    Note : Printed, Cologne 1536. Horstmann, Richard Rolle of Hampole II, p. xxxvii


    152v-168v - Richard Rolle of Hampole, Liber de amore Dei contra amatores mundi || De amore Dei contra amatores mundi

    rubric : (152v) Incipit liber de amore dei contra amatores mundi Ricardi hampol

    incipit : (152v) Quoniam mundanorum infamia gaudium putat eterni amoris

    explicit : (168v) in tua dulcedine te mecum et meis commendo sine fine Amen

    Note : Horstmann, Richard Rolle of Hampole II, p. xxxvii. Other copies are Corpus Christi Oxford 293. Balliol Oxford 224. St John's Oxford 127

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Provenance

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  • From Dover Priory: on f. iiiv is: A. Vo.Ex dono Willelmi Warren quondam Maioris Douorrie. It is too late to be in the Catalogue. See Ancient Libraries, p. 523.

Notes

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  • Additions: On f. iv an erasure: Iste liber.
  • Additions: Various scribbles (xv) on f. iv: Madaliel. le cesse mercy paster drotur. Si quis furetur hunc librum vituperetur Et condempnetur nisi furti liber habetur. En se va le munde el no sage beuore ky par la ven cauntera curtesy. Auez moun cuer en qe e tout moun foy.
  • Additions: Verses. Notes on the Sacrament. (f. iv)
  • Additions: Notes of the signs given to the three Magi (f. iir):Nota quod Germanus historiographus temporum et teophilus scriptor gestorum Christi tradunt tria miracula facta tribus magis.See Oscar Schade, Narrationes de vita... B. M. V. etc. Königsberg, 1876 and a MS. in Bishop Cosin's Library at Durham V iv 9.
  • Additions: f. iiiv. Verses on the Sacrament: Constat in altari carnem de pane creari.
  • Additions: f. iiv Note on the Ages of the World, ending: Anno ab incarnacione domini mo cccco quadrag. v.

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