The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark B.15.34
Manuscript Title

Aelfric of Eynsham, Old English Homilies

Alternative Title

Saxon Homilies

James Number 369
Century 11th
Physical Description

21 lines to a page. In a fine hand.

Provenance

Given by Whitgift. Belonged to J. Parker, whose name is at the beginning, and also a table, made probably by one of Parker’s secretaries. The volume is paged in red chalk. There are bits of accounts among the fly-leaves: early xvi. Will. Colne is mentioned often.

Second Folio sþa snaþ
Donor Whitgift, John (1530/31?–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury, Master of Trinity
Size (cm) 26 x 17.5
Folio 218 ff.
Binding Fine xvith stamped leather with gold tooling and Whitgift's arms
Material Parchment
Language LatinOld English
Collation

18-278 | 282 (2 gone). The last leaf is added in xvith cent. and has the last six lines of the last sermon.

Notes

UV images at the end of the digital copy

IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.15.34/manifest.json
Online Since 13/07/2022

Contents

See on this volume Wanley's Catalogue

There is a fine full-page drawing on the first page, in outline with a little green and red colour:
Christ in mandorla seated blessing: He is bearded and has cross nimbus and open book inscribed
ego sum lux
qui de mun
morte di
surrexi Ego
ego uiuo uenio
in eternum in die
iudicii
On His breast is IUSTUS IUDEX and on His knees REX REGUM.

1. p.3 Die Dominica PASCAI
OFT . GEGEHER don.
2. p.18 Item alius sermo de die Pasche
Hit is sƿiðe gedafenlic.
On the margin of p.19 is a pen-trial (xi).
omnia uincit amor et nos cedamus amori. Dicite pierid.
3. p.26 Fer. IIIII. Gelome aet eorde
4. p.35 Dom. I. post paschae. Cum esset sero
Efter ðaes haelendes aeriste.
5. p.51 Dom. II. post pascha. Dixit Ihesus...Ego sum pastor bonus
Þis godspell þe nu geraed.
6. p.79 Dom. III. post pasca
Ure leofa haelend.
7. p.90 Dom. IIII. post pasca. Uado ad eum qui me misit
Manega godspell syndon gesette.
8. p.l03 Dom. V. post pasca
Sume men nyton geƿiss.
8. [sic James] p.118 In letania maiorae
Þas dagas synd gehatene letanige.
9. p.135 Fer. III. de dominica oratione
Se haelend Crist.
10. p.157 Fer. IIII. de fide catholica
Ælc cristen man.
11. p.179 In ascensione domini. Primum quidem sermonem
Lucas se godspellere.
12. p.199 Dom. post ascens. domini. Cum autem uenerit paraclitus
Se haelend her on life.
13. p.211 In die sancto pentecosten
Fram ðam halgan easter daye.
14. p.232 Dom. pentecosten. Si quis diligit me
Iohannes se godspellere.
15. p.249 Sermo ad populum in octauis pentecosten dicendus
Ƿe ǷYLLAD EOƿ secgan.
16. p.281 Dom. I. post pentecosten. Erat homo ex pharisseis
Sum phariseisc man.
17. p.295 Dom. II. post pent. Homo quidam erat diues
Se ƿealdenda drihten.
18. p.310 Dom. III. post. pent. Homo quidam fecit cenam
Se haelend saede þis bigspell.
19. p.319 Dom. IIII. post. pent. Erant adpropinquantes ad ihesum
Dad (ha)lige godspell us saegð.
20. p.337 Dom. v. post pent. Estote ergo misericordes
Lucas se godspellere þe ƿaes laete on life.
21. p.351 Dom. vi. post pent. Cum turbe irruerent
On ðaere tide iu hit getimode.
22. p.363 Dom. VII. post pent. Amen dico uobis nisi abundauerit
Matheus se godspellere þe ƿaes mid criste onlife.
23. p.376 Dom. VIII. post pent. Cum multa turba esset
Marcus se godspellere cƿaeð on ðisum.
24. p.387 Dom. VIII (9) post pent. Adtendite a falsis prophetis
Drihten cƿaeð.
25. p.398 Dom. X. post pent. Homo quidam erat diues qui habebat uillicum
Se haelend saede þus to his halgum aplm̅
26. p.415 Dom. XI. post pent. Cum adpropinquaret Ihesus hierusalem
On sumere tide.
Ends imperfectly p.432.
carfulle þæt ure tima.
The end (six lines) added on a leaf of xvith cent.
A table on the fly-leaves.

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