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• Résumé : CCCC MS 161 is a collection of Saints' Lives which has been dated to c.1200. The provenance of the manuscript has been the subject of some debate; the Cluniac monastery at Faversham, Kent has been identified as the possible place of origin, and it seems that the manuscript was later at Canterbury. The majority of the Lives in the collection are of English or British saints, including Aldhelm, David, Dunstan, Ithamar, Neot, and Swithun, but four Cluniac saints are also included, which supports the connection with Faversham. Faversham is in the diocese of Rochester whose cathedral contained the relics of the rarely mentioned Ithamar. According to Lapidge, many of the vitae are somewhat abbreviated. The frontispiece depicts a bishop, and it has been suggested that this may be St Dunstan.

  
  

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  Langue(s) des textes : latin

  
  

  2r-23r - Life and Miracles of St Martialis || Vita et miracula gloriosi episcopi Martialis, qui fuit unus de antiquis Christi discipulis

  rubric : (2r) In nomine domini nostri Ihesu Christi incipit liber de vita et miraculis gloriosi Episcopi Marcialis qui fuit unus de antiquis christi discipulis

  rubric : (2r) Capitulum primum. qualiter sanctus puer marcialis a parentibus suis domino presentatur

  incipit : (2r) Predicante domino nostro Ihesu Christo apud iudeam in tribu beniamin

  explicit : (20v) mereamur participes ascisci sanctorum collegio in regnum domini nostri Ihesu Christi cui est gloria in secula seculorum. Amen

  rubric : (20v) Explicit uita Sancti marcialis apostoli

  Note : See a text edited by W. de Gray Birch in Journal of the Archaeological Association 1872, pp. 353-899, also separately, 1877, Life of St Martial

  rubric : (20v) Incipit prologus in miracula ad eius mellifluam memoriam declarata

  incipit : (20v) Quicunque sanctorum beatissimas actiones

  Note : (BHL. 5551, prologue only)

  explicit : (20v) peritissimum deducat stilum

  rubric : (20v) Incipiunt miracula Sancti marcialis apostoli

  rubric : (2v) De genuinis sanctorum sepulchris etc.

  incipit : (20v) Igitur Sanctus marcialis apostolus a romano missus episcopo

  explicit : (23r) pax omnibus restituta fuit auxiliante deo et saluatore nostro Ihesu Christo qui uiuit et regnat per omnia secula seculorum. Amen

  Note : These miracles begin nearly as BHL. 5559 = Gregorius Turonensis Glor. conf. 27

  Note : Life = BHL 5552, Prologue to miracles = BHL 5551, Miracles = Gregory of Tours, Liber in gloria confessorum, 27, 28, plus more unidentified

  
  

  23r-25r - Miracles of St Nicholas || Miraculum Sancti Nicholai episcopi

  rubric : (23r) Incipit prephacio in subsequens miraculum Sancti Nicholai episcopi

  incipit : (23r) Sicut a prisca grecorum ueritate

  explicit : (23r) et utinam ad hoc non impar

  rubric : (23r) De clerico qui ob cuiusdam mulieris amorem prosam historiam Sancti Nicholai dulcissime composuit quem postea sanctus dei pontifex ab inepta uoluntate chohibuit

  Note : (BHL. 6210)

  incipit : (23r) Generosus et gratiosa forma spectabilis quidam iuuenis ... scolam regebat in urbe barensi ...

  explicit : (25r) latro et samaritanus

  
  

  25r-26r - Sermon in praise of St Dunstan || Sermo de maxima laude Sancti Dunstani archiepiscopi et confessoris

  rubric : (25r) Sermo de maxima laude Sancti Dunstani Archiepiscopi

  incipit : (25r) Beatissimus dei presul

  Note : Printed in Stubbs, Memorials of St Dunstan, 454

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Faricius of Malmesbury OSB - author

  26r-30v - Faricius of Malmesbury OSB, Vita Sancti Aldhelmi (abridged) || Vita Sancti Aldelmi episcopi et confessoris

  rubric : (26r) Incipit uita Sancti Aldelmi episcopi et confessoris octauo kalendas Iunii

  rubric : (26v) De regia beati aldelmi prosapia etc.

  incipit : (26v) Beatus Aldelmus regia stirpe descendens

  Note : The hand of f. 30r is much closer: 43 lines in a column

  explicit : (30v) per eum ibidem prestantur beneficia ad illius laudem cui est honor etc.

  rubric : (30v) Explicit uita Sancti Aldelmi episcopi et confessoris

  Note : An abridgment of the life by Faricius. Hardy I 389, 394

  Note : An abbreviated version of BHL 256, ending with chapter 3

  
  

  31r-45v - Life and Miracles of St Erkenwald || Vita et miracula Sancti Erkenwaldi Londoniensis episcopi

  Note : At f. 31r (quire v) is a distinct change in the aspect of the vellum and script

  Note : Perhaps quires i-iv were added at Canterbury, rather later than the rest of the book: the numbering of the quires is old

  rubric : (31r) Incipiunt capitula (vii) in vitam Sancti Erkenwaldi lundoniensis episcopi

  Note : Text

  incipit : (31r) Post passionem ac resurrectionem dominicam cum catholica fides

  explicit : (33r) recto corde petentibus exhibetur prestante domino nostro Ihesu Christo qui cum etc.

  rubric : (33r) Explicit vita Sancti Erkenwaldi

  rubric : (33r) Incipit proemium miraculorum Sancti Erkenwaldi episcopi

  incipit : (33r) Eloquentie uirtus quam sit

  explicit : (34r) spem habeamus

  rubric : (34r) Explicit proemium

  rubric : (34r) Incipit miracula Sancti Erkenwaldi lundoniensis episcopi

  incipit : (34r) Fuit itaque in doctoris gentium familia

  Note : The Life in Dugdale's History of St Paul's, ed. 1818, p. 289. The Miracles by a nephew of Gilbert Bishop of London. See Hardy I 293, 4

  Note : Life, ff. 31r-33r, is BHL 2600. Miracles BHL 2601

  
  

  45v-54v - Life and Miracles of St Swithun || Vita et miracula Sancti Swithuni episcopi

  Note : (45v) Capitula vii

  Note : Vita

  incipit : (45v) Glorioso rege anglorum egberto

  Note : Miracula

  incipit : (47v) Temporibus religiosissimi ... eadgari

  Note : Ends

  rubric : (54v) De contracto erecto

  explicit : (54v) fecit succedere laudem

  Note : Attributed to Goscelin. See Earle, On St Swithin 1861, p. 67, Analecta Bollandia VII 374

  Note : The Miracles are abridged in this copy. Hardy I 513, 14: Acta Sanctorum Julii I 328 (292). P. L. CLV 61

  Note : Life BHL 7943; miracles not in BHL

  
  

  54v-60r - Life and Translation of St Neot || Vita Sancti Neoti abbatis

  Note : Praefatio

  incipit : (54v) Beati Neoti confessoris uitam

  explicit : (54v) suffragatorem habere

  Note : Vita

  incipit : (54v) Sanctus igitur neotus fecunde britannie

  explicit : (60r) tempore prorsus nescio mete. Amen

  Note : Abridged from the Life in MS. Bodley 535. See Hardy I 544, 548

  Note : Whitaker, Life of S. Neot (1809), 339

  Note : BHL 6054, 6055

  
  

  60r-61v - Life of John of Beverley || Vita Sancti Iohannis archiepiscopi Eboracensis

  Note : (60r) Capitula xix

  Note : Vita

  incipit : (60r) Beatissimus Iohannes archiepiscopus intra confinia anglorum editus

  explicit : (61v) cui condita cuncta famulantur

  Note : Also in Tiberius D. III. Hardy I 428

  Note : Printed in Raine, Historians of the Church of York (Rolls) I 519

  Note : BHL 4346

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Folcard OSB - author

  61v-63v - Folcard OSB, Vita Sancti Botulphi || Vita Sancti Botulphi abbatis

  Note : (61v) Capitula viii

  Note : Vita

  incipit : (61v) Omnipotentis dei benignitas compaciens

  explicit : (63v) gloriosa fiunt miracula. ad laudem et gloriam omnipotentis dei qui uiuit et regnat per omnia secula seculorum. Amen

  Note : By Folcard. Mabillon Acta Sanctorum O. S. B. III 1. Hardy I 373. Acta Sanctorum Junii III 402 (IV 327)

  Note : BHL 1428

  
  

  63v-68r - Miracles of St Ithamar || Miracula Sancti Ithamari episcopi

  Note : (63v) Capitula xvii

  Note : Prologue

  incipit : (64r) Pauca de miraculis beati ythamari

  explicit : (64v) mendacii admiscens

  Note : Text

  incipit : (64v) Tempore igitur uenerabili et deo dilecti patris nostri gundulfi

  explicit : (68r) fideli deuotione expetunt. prestante domino nostro Ihesu Christo qui etc.

  Note : Apparently this is the only copy. It seems to have been composed about 1140-50. Hardy I 252

  Note : BHL 4501

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Rhygyfarch ap Sulien - author

  68r-75v - Rhygyfarch ap Sulien, Vita Sancti Davidis || Vita Sancti David Gualensis archiepiscopi

  Note : (68r) Capitula xxviii

  Note : Vita

  incipit : (68v) Dominus noster quamuis omnes suos ante mundi

  explicit : (75v) michi autem qui ricemarchus nominor ... iuuamen apud Christum qui est benedictus super omnia deus in secula. Amen

  Note : It does not exactly agree with the best copy of the Life by Ricemarch (Vespasian A. xiv). See Hardy I 118, 123. Rees, Lives of Cambro-British Saints 117

  Note : BHL 2107

  
  

  Intervenants :

  John of Cluny OSB - author

  75v-93r - John of Cluny OSB, Vita Sancti Odonis || Vita Sancti Odonis abbatis [Cluniacensis] per fratrem Ioannem

  rubric : (75v) Proemium

  incipit : (75v) Dominis et in christo fratribus ... Iohannes

  explicit : (76r) ad consummationem seculi uobiscum sum

  Note : (76r) Capitula, liber I xxxvi; liber II xxxvii

  Note : Vita

  incipit : (77r) Odo uir beatissimus

  explicit : (93r) candore beate immortalitatis per eundem Christum dominum nostrum qui etc.

  Note : See Mabillon Acta 18 Novembris. P. L. CXXXIII 43

  Note : BHL 6292-5

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Odilo of Cluny OSB - author

  93r-96v - Odilo of Cluny OSB, Vita Sancti Maioli || Vita Majoli abbatis Cluniacensis per Odilonem

  Note : (93r) Capitula xii

  Note : Prologue

  incipit : (93r) Hugoni et karissimo fratri Aimanno

  explicit : (93v) et uere catholico

  Note : (Acta Sanctorum Maii II 684. P. L. CXLII 943)

  Note : Vita

  incipit : (93v) Quia deus omnipotens nullum tempus

  explicit : (96v) sospes et letus. prestante domino nostro Ihesu Christo qui etc.

  Note : BHL 5182

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Peter Damian OSB - author

  96v-103r - Peter Damian OSB, Vita Sancti Odilonis || Vita Odilonis abbatis Cluniacensis per Petrum Damianum

  Note : (96v) Capitula xxxvii

  Note : Prefatio

  incipit : (96v) Petrus damianus sanctis ecclesiis

  explicit : (97r) nos exhibeat alienos

  Note : Vita

  incipit : (97r) Beatus igitur odilo aruernie oriundus

  explicit : (103r) perstrinximus. ad honorem et gloriam redemptoris nostri Ihesu Christi qui etc.

  Note : Acta Sanctorum I Januarii. P. L. CXLIV 925

  Note : BHL 6282

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Hugh of Cluny OSB - author

  103r-108v - Hugh of Cluny OSB, Vita Sancti Hugonis || Vita Hugonis abbatis Cluniacensis per Hugonem

  Note : (103r) Capitula xxxvi

  Note : Prefatiuncula

  incipit : (103v) Patrum cluniacensium conuentui

  explicit : (103v) multa pretereo

  Note : Vita

  incipit : (103v) Hugo iste quem debitus sermo

  explicit : (108v) anno uerbi incarnati millesimo centesimo nono

  Note : Acta Sanctorum 29 Aprilis. P. L. CLIX 920

  Note : BHL 4012

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Aelred of Rievaulx OCist - author

  108v-138v - Aelred of Rievaulx OCist, Vita Sancti Edwardi regis et confessoris || Vita beati confessoris Christi Edwardi gloriosi regis Anglorum dictata a domino Æilredo abbate Rievallensi

  rubric : (108v) Incipit epistola domini Æilredi abbatis Rieuallensis ad regem anglorum Henricum secundum de vita Sancti Regis Eadwardi

  incipit : (108v) Plurimum ueterum studio fuisse

  explicit : (109r) optineas felicitatem

  rubric : (109r) Item epistola eiusdem Abbatis ad Abbatem Westmonasterii Laurentium

  incipit : (109v) Dilecto et diligendo et intimis uisceribus

  explicit : (109v) opitulatione donetur

  Note : (109v) Capitula xliv

  Note : Text

  incipit : (110r) Gloriosi ac deo dilecti Regis Eadwardi vitam

  explicit : (131r) beata resurrectione donandus per Ihesum Christum dominum nostrum cui etc.

  Note : Miracula

  incipit : (131r) Rebus humanis exemptus quam potens fuerat

  Note : Last: de monacho a triplici clade redintegrato

  Note : ends

  explicit : (138v) tanti meriti patronum omnium corda commouit

  rubric : (138v) Expliciunt miracula Sancti Eadwardi regis et confessoris

  Note : Twysden I 369. P. L. CXCV 737

  Note : BHL 2423

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Osbert of Clare OSB - author

  138v-152v - Osbert of Clare OSB, Vita Sancti Edwardi confessoris || Vita et miracula Sancti Edwardi regis et confessoris abbreviata ex tractatu Beati Osberni Westmonasterii prioris

  rubric : (138v) Incipit excerptum epistole domini Osberni prioris Westmonasterii ad albericum legatum in uitam Sancti Eadwardi regis

  incipit : (138v) Innocentii summi pontificis sancteque romane et apostolici sedis legato uenerabili Alberico ... frater Osbertus

  explicit : (138v) nouum regis opus sacrandum dirigitur

  rubric : (138v) Explicit excerptum Epistole

  rubric : (138v) Incipit prologus excerptus eiusdem auctoris

  incipit : (138v) Insignia uirorum fortium gesta

  explicit : (139r) ut a ueritatis dulcedine non discordet

  rubric : (139r) Explicit prologus de uita sanctissimi Eadvvardi anglorum regis et confessoris

  Note : (139r) Capitula xxx

  rubric : (139v) I(ncipiunt uita et miracula) beati Eadwardi regis et confessoris ex tractatu domini Osberni prioris Westmonasterii

  incipit : (139v) Pretiosus athleta domini et rex

  explicit : (152v) hinc superno regi laus et gloria cuius maiestas et imperium extat in secula seculorum. Amen

  rubric : (152v) Explicit Vita et miracula Sancti Eadwardi regis et confessoris abbreuiata ex tractatu domini Osberni Westmonasterii prioris

  Note : The capitula to this Life by Osbern are printed in Luard's Lives of Edward the Confessor (Rolls), p. xxv from this copy. The full text of the Life, of which this is an abridgment, is in British Museum Additional 36737. The MSS. have been recently examined by the Dean of Westminster (Dr J. A. Robinson)

  Note : BHL 2422