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Résumé : 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.
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Langue(s) des textes : latin, français
Intervenants :
Hildebert of Lavardin - author
1r-38v - Hildebert of Lavardin, Epistolae || Epistolae Hildeberti Cennomanensis episcopi || Epistole Hildeberti Cennomanensis Episcopi
rubric : (1r) Epistole Hildeberti Cennomanensis Episcopi
incipit : (1r) Conuersione et conuersatione tua letatur et exultat anima mea
incipit : (1v) Iustum est ut aduersa communicent
incipit : (2r) Virtuti gratulor cui sub solo rege nostro
incipit : (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.)
Note : Ends
explicit : (38v) sanctis pro nobis orantibus ut orent sancti pro uobis
Note : Bibl. Patr. Paris, de la Bigne III 223
Richard of Saint-Victor OSA - author
39r-54v - Richard of Saint-Victor OSA, De eruditione hominis interioris || Expositio moralis in somnium Nabugodonozor || Expositio moralis super sompnium Nabugodonosor
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)
Petrus Alfonsi - author
55r-83v - Petrus Alfonsi, De disciplina clericali || Petrus Adelfunsus de disciplina clericali || Petrus AdelfunsusDisciplina clericalis
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
83v-87v - Prophecy of the Sibyls || Tractatus de sibyllis
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.
88r-107v - Historia Apollonii regis Tyri || Vita [fabulosa] Appollonii Tirii || Historia Apollonii
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)
Note : 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)
Note : (106v) In isto vol. cont. libelli subscripti videlicet. Epistole diuersorum Patrum. Liber Petri Adelfunsi. Vaticinium Sibille. Narracio apollonii
Note : f. 107r blank: on f. 107v note on illusio nocturna
108r-125v - De creatione primi hominis || De creatione primi hominis et ejus lapsu
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)
Note : 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
incipit : (125r) Sciendum est quod apud grecos sunt hec iiii uocabula in usu. usia. usiosis Ypostasis et prosopa
Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath - author
126r-131r - Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath, Compendium in Iob (fragment) || Fragmentum expositionis Petri Blessensis in Job
rubric : (126r) de expositione Petri Blesensis in Job. finis tantum
Note : Begins
incipit : (126r) mandaret. Nichil tibi et iusto illi
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.
Note : (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
Achard of Saint-Victor OSA - author
131r-134v - Achard of Saint-Victor OSA, De discretione animae, spiritus et mentis || Tractatus Magistri Achardi de divisione animae et spiritus
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
Note : On f. 134v paragraphs in other hands
Ambrosius Autpertus - author
135r-143r - Ambrosius Autpertus, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae || Sermones ex diversis autoribus de beata virgine || Sancti Ansberti Episcopi sermo de assumptione
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
Note : (pseudo-Augustine P. L. XXXIX 2130)
incipit : (135r) Adest nobis dilectissimi fratres dies ualde uenerabilis
Note : MS 332. 5
pseudo-Paschasius Radbertus - author
143r-159v - pseudo-Paschasius Radbertus, De partu uirginis
rubric : (143r) Sermo beati Jeronimi presbiteri de assumptione
Note : (P. L. XCVI 235)
Note : (Feria iiii, lectio 1)
incipit : (143r) Quotienscunque dilectissime nobis aliquid
Note : MS 332. 10
pseudo-Augustine - author
159v-166v - pseudo-Augustine, De assumptione beatae Mariae
rubric : (159v) Item sermo de assumptione
Note : (P. L. XL 1143)
incipit : (159v) Quia profundissime et sua dignitate altissime
Note : MS 332. 6
Paschasius Radbertus - author
166v-171v - Paschasius Radbertus, De assumptione beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 3)
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
pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo - author
172r-173v - pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae
incipit : (172r) Fratres dilectissimi cum aliquid pro amore creatoris
Note : (P. L. XCVI 258)
Note : MS 332. 9 (Jerome)
173v-176r - pseudo-Ildefonsus of Toledo, Sermo de assumptione beatae Mariae (extract)
incipit : (173v) Creator omnium et auctor uite
Note : P. L. XCVI 279, Hildefonsus
Note : MS 332. 13 (Ambrose)
Fulbert of Chartres (pseudo-Ambrose) - author
176r-185v - Fulbert of Chartres (pseudo-Ambrose), Sermo de natiuitate beatae uirginis Mariae (sermo 4)
rubric : (176r) Sermo beati Ambrosii ... de natiuitate Sancte dei genitricis Marie
incipit : (176r) Natiuitas gloriose genitricis
Note : MS 332. 12
pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB - author
185v-189r - pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Sermo de beata Maria
rubric : (185v) Sermo sancti Anselmi archiepiscopi de Sancta Maria
incipit : (185v) Omnium sanctorum dilectissimi laus et exultatio
Fulbert of Chartres (attrib.) - author
189r-194v - Fulbert of Chartres (attrib.), Sermo de natiuitate sanctae Mariae
rubric : (189r) Sermo domini Fulberti Carnotensis episcopi de natiuate Sancte Marie
incipit : (189r) Approbate consuetudinis est apud Christianos
Note : (P. L. CXLI 320)
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.
Note : (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.
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