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Sermons by Johann Herolt and Peregrinus, de Opole : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-49v: [Iohannes Herolt, Postilla Discipuli super epistolas dominicales et de sanctis secundum sensum litteralem]. f. 49v: [Short passages identifying the recipients of the Pauline Epistles]. ff. 50-121v: [Iohannes Herolt, Sermones Discipuli super evangelia dominicalia et de sanctis secundum sensum litteralem; here breaking defectively after the first leaf of the sanctorale and lacking the entire common of saints]. ff. 122-227v: [Peregrinus de Oppeln, Sermones de tempore et de sanctis; here breaking defectively in the entry for Clement]. f. 228r-v: [Prayers to say in various occasions, added in an early modern hand, beginning defectively]. ff. 229-243v: [Four collations on John the Baptist]. f. 243v: [Prayer added in the same hand as that on f. 228r-v].
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1450 and 1499]
Call number: mssHM 51848
Creator: Herolt, Johann(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Manuscript may have belonged to a Dominican house, as the two identified authors are of that order. On f. 1, early modern ownership note of the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul in Bregenz, Austria. Also on f. 1, signature of Alexander Valpy. Given to the Huntington Library by Mrs. Julian Binstock in 1985.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 205 x 285 mm
Associated people: Peregrinus,; Peregrinus,
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Legenda aurea : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-163v: [Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea]: Rubric: De sancto andrea apostolo. Incipit: Andreas et quidam alii discipuli ... Explicit: et alienum hunc vultum a te conffugabo et proprium coram omnibus reddam [catchword:] hoc tamen nullo//.; [the last folio, f. 164r-v, was misbound in its present position, and should be the first: According to the roman-numbered Lives in the Graesse edition, this manuscript is arranged: 1-18; text missing between ff. 21-22: end of De Sancto Felice, De Sancto Marcello and beginning of De Sancto Antonio; 22-30; text missing between ff. 29-30: De Septuagesima and beginning of De Quinquagesima; 34; text missing between ff. 30-31: end of De Ieiuniis, De Sancto Ignatio and the beginning of De Purificatione BVM; 38; text missing between ff. 33-34: end of De Sancto Agatha, De Sancto Vedasto, De Sancto Amando and the beginning of De Sancto Valentino; 43-45; text missing between ff. 38-39: end of De Sancto Gregorio, De Sancto Longino, De Sancto Sophia and beginning of De Sancto Benedicto; 50-51; De Sancto Timotheo, 52, not copied in this manuscript; 53-54; text missing between ff. 46-47: end of De Sancto Secundo and beginning of De Sancta Maria Aegyptiaca; 57-58; text missing between ff. 50-51: end of De Sancto Marco Evangelista, De Sancto Marcellino, De Sancto Vitali and beginning of De Sancto Petro Martire; De Sancto Fabiano, 64, not copied in this manuscript; 65; De Sancta Apollonia, 66, not copied in this manuscript; 67-70; De Sancto Bonifacio, 71, not copied in this manuscript; 72-82; text missing between ff. 66-67: end of De Sancto Quirico, De Sancta Maria and beginning of De Sanctis Gervasio et Prothasio; 86-89; text missing between ff. 75-76: end of De Sancto Paulo, De Septem Fratribus, and beginning of De Sancta Theodora; 93-101; text missing between ff. 86-87: end of De Sanctis Nazario et Celso, De Sancto Felice Papa, De Sanctis Simplicio et Faustino, De Sancta Martha, De Sanctis Abdon et Sennen and beginning of De Sancto Germano; 108-131; 134; text missing between ff. 122-123: end of De Sanctis Gorgonio et Dorotheo and beginning of De Sanctis Protho et Jacincto; 137-138; 62 (De Virgine Anthiochena); 132 (De Sanctis Cornelio et Cypriano); 139; 133 (De Sancto Lamberto), 140-170].

mssHM 3027

De oratore : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-110v. [Cicero] De oratore. Incipit: Cogitanti mihi sepenumero et memoria. Explicit: Quamobrem recte vides Catule Nihil enim isti adolescenti//. Latin. K. F. Kumaniecki, ed., M. Tulli Ciceronis De Oratore (Leipzig 1969) 1-362 to III, 61, 229, breaking defectively.

mssHM 1027

Lenten sermons and other works : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-132: [Jacobus de Voragine, Lenten sermons]: Incipit: //derari, primo quantum ad naturam prout scilicet sunt homines ad ymaginem dei facti ... Explicit: ad secundam resurrectionem in gloriam. Ad quam meritis et precibus gloriose virginis matris sue et omnium electorum suorum ipse filius dei nos perducat, qui cum patre et spiritu sancto vivit et regnat per infinita secula regna. Amen. Expliciunt sermones quadragesimales compilati a fratre Iacobo de voragine archiepiscopo Ianuense cuius anime propicietur deus. Qui scripsit carmen sit benedictus amen. ff. 132v-143v: [Eleven unidentified sermons]: Incipit: Cor contritum et humiliatum deus non despicies. in psalmo. Tale cor deo est acceptum quia huius petit deus proverb. 22. Fili probe michi cor tuum quia sic est de deo ... Explicit: Quid est hoc. Exod. xiiii°. et prothemate hodierno. Reverendi domini triplici de causa solent homines querere questiones ... ff. 143v-144: [Fourteen short Latin verse compositions about a strong wind in 1361, a plague in 1340, an English victory over the French in 1314, a plague in 1350, and other verses without dates]. ff. 144v-151: [Ghost story of Guido de Corvo]: Rubric: Augustinus in libro de fide ad petrum dicit, Miraculum est quicquid arduum vel insolitum. Incipit: Anno sue incarnacionis m ccc xxiiii xvi die decembris in provincia provincie et in civitate glesti [sic, but later"alesti"] que per xxiiii leucas distat a vicennia, obiit quidam civis nomine gwido de corvo ... Prior autem dicte domus nomine frater Iohannes Goby ... Explicit: Et extunc nichil de spiritu ulterius auditum fuit in illo loco. Unde opinabatur quod residuum penitencie sue complevit in purgatorio communi. Explicit spiritus gwidonis. ff. 151-184: [Twenty-five unidentified sermons].

mssHM 28174

Sermons and selections from Meditationes de passione Christi : [manuscript]

Rare Books

ff. 1-91v. [Thirty-seven sermons for Lent] Incipit: Cum ieiunatis scribitur Math. vi, Introductio a tempore quo cognoscimus inter bonum et malum heu semper plus peccamus quam bonum facimus ... Explicit: ipsum satisfaceremus nisi passione christi iuvaremur et cetera. ff. 91v-97v. [Tibi dabo claves regni celorum, Mt. 16]. Incipit: Hic videnda sunt plura, primo quare dicte sunt claves penitencie, secuno quis tenetur recipere claves penitencie ... [f. 95]: Tibi dabo claves regni celorum et cetera, Scribitur Mt. 6 [sic]. Incipit: De istis clavibus dicit Richardus super quartum sententiarum Quod sunt quedam potestas date Ecclesie in prelatis suis ad aperiendum et claudendum regnum celorum quod clauditur homini per peccatum vel per obligacionem ad penam pro peccato ... Explicit: sibi celum aperitur et clauditur. Et tantum de clavibus Ecclesie et cetera. ff. 97v-98v. De zelo improbo. Incipit: Est zelus improbus qui solet seducere multos. Unde notandum quod sunt nonnulli qui noxias saciunt ... Explicit: Audiens hoc vicinus dives recessit ab eo valde in vita sua emendatus et cetera. ff. 99-100: Subject index to the material on ff. 1-98v with reference to a numbering system in the upper margins of those leaves. ff. 100v-130v: [Jordanus of Quedlinburg, Meditationes de passione Christi, arts. 1-55, 58, 63-65]: Passio Iordani per articulos, Inspice et fac secundum exemplar Quod tibi in monte monstratum est. Exo. 25. Incipit: Et si christus ubique in scriptura dicatur mons ratione summitatis sue excellentissime perfectionis ... Explicit: vel alias sicut deus oranti vel meditanti devotionem ministrabit. Amen. Amen Sit laus deo patri.

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Miscellany : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-46v. Liber alphabeti super cantu plano. [i.e. Treatise on plain chant]. Incipit: Et primo viginti sunt litere cantus. Guama a b c d e f g a b c d e f g a b c d e. Que dividuntur in tres partes in viii graves et septem accutas et Ve super acutas. Octo graves sunt ille que ponuntur in primo ordine. Explicit: Quando vero sextus tonus seu a sexti toni habet suum finem in e sol fa ut tunc Intonatur per iiiiam deductionem et mediatur per vam ut in subsequenti exemplo patet [musical notation on "Dixit dominus domino meo sede a dextris meis"; catchword:] Pro Maior [?]//. Rubric: Liber alphabeti super cantu plano. Latin. ff. 47-50. [Alcuin]. [De psalmorum usu liber]. Incipit: Prophetie spiritus non semper electorum mentibus presto est quatenus cum hunc non habent. Explicit: si intima mente scrusteris et ad medullam intimi intellectus per dei gratiam pervenies. Amen. Latin. PL 101:465-468. ff. 50v-57. [Customary]. Incipit: Semel dum me cernerem valde tribulari/ Hoc unde procedent cepi contemplari/ Meaque flagicia in mente rimari. Explicit: Ac prester ut regulam sic adimpleamus/ Sic omnes ad bravium celeste curramus/ Ut cuncti feliciter illud capiamus/ Ut cum sanctis omnibus semper gaudeamus. Amen. Finis. Memento rogare pro Scriptore. Latin. Monastic customary in 69 stanzas of 4-line monorhyme verse. ff. 57v-66. [Walter Mapes]. De contentione anime et corporis. Incipit: Noctis sub silentio tempore brumali/ Dedictus quodadmodo sompno spirituali.... [another text:] Vir quidam extiterat dudum heremita phillibertus nomine cuius erat vita frutosa penitus et testatur ita. Explicit: Et mereamur sic a deo liberari/ Et in eterna gloria cum eo commorari. Deo gracias. Amen. Rubric: De contentione anime et corporis Secundum quod quidam heremita francigena philibertus nomine filius regalis vidit in spiritu. Latin. T. Wright, ed., The Latin Poems commonly attributed to Walter Mapes (London 1841) pp. 95-106 for the first 75 stanzas; pp. 149-50, line 36 for the following 9 stanzas; the next to the last stanza, not in the printed text, reads: Quando genus hominum morti deputatur/ Quo post mortem transeat quisque ignoratur/ Contremisco iugiter dum mens meditatur/ Quis sum et quo propero quid michi paratur; the last stanza is vv. 41-44 on p. 150. Regarding the verses at the end which attribute the Contention to "Philibertus heremita," see The Latin Poems..., p. 95, footnote, where a similar attribution is printed: the first stanza appears somewhat confused in FI 5096; the second stanza corresponds; the third is lacking in the printed text. ff. 66v-67. [Jacopone da Todi?] Versus de contemptu mundi. Incipit: Cur mundus militat sub vana gloria/ Cuius prosperitas est transitoria. Explicit: Superna cogita cor sit in ethere/ Felix qui poterit mundum contempnere. Amen. Rubric: Versus de contemptu mundi. Latin. Walther, Initia 3934. ff. 67-76. [Passages on Mass and Communion]. Latin. Several are attributed to Thomas Aquinas, to Bonaventure and to Anselm. ff. 76v-79v. [Prayers for the dying]. Latin. Domine ihesu christe fili dei vivi per agoniam et oracionem tuam santissimam...; Domine ihesu christe fili dei vivi qui pro nobis mori dignatus es in cruce...; Domine ihesu christe fili dei vivi qui per os prophete tui dixisti in caritate perpetua. ff. 79v-82v; ff. 83-86 blank. [Prayers for redemption from purgatory]. Latin. ff. 86v-109; ff. 109v-113v blank. [Votive masses]. Latin. On f. 113v, added in two later hands: beginning of a prayer against plague; a letter, ending defectively.

Collection of theological works by Robert Holcot, William Woodford, Franciscus de Mayronis and others : [manuscript]

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Part 1. ff. 2-113v. [Robert Holcot, Quaestiones super quattuor libros sententiarum Petri Lombardi; first leaf torn away]: Incipit: //esse contingentem et 1am teneor credere esse necessariam si dicatur quod non teneor assentire omnibus equaliter ... Explicit: Ad 11m quando queritur quid appeciit, superius dictum fuit et cetera. Explicit lectura. f. 113v: chapter list of this manuscript, with Bk. 4 preceding Bk. 3 Part 1. f. 114-117: [added in another hand]: chapter list of each questio and its articuli, and an alphabetical subject index with reference to the questiones. Part 1. f. 117v-119v: [added by same hand as chapter list]: ff. 117v-118: a quaestio about the Immaculate Conception; f. 119r-v: a note. Part 2. ff. 120-164v: [William Woodford, De causis condempnacionis articulorum 18 dampnatorum Johannis Wyclif]: Incipit: Venerabili in christo patri ac illustri domino thome cantuariensi archiepiscopo tocius anglie primati et sedis apostolice legato humilis suus servitor frater Willelmus Wydford devotissimum humilitatis et subiectionis famulatum. Reverendissime pater, mandatis vestris obtemperando causas condempnacionis articulorum per vos nuper dampnatorum ... Explicit: si in hiis dictis alicubi recessi a via veritatis et parcere michi velet vestra dominacio quamvis hoc opus non habeat in singulis articulis discussionem plenam quia pro completa discussione tot articulorum tempus quadragesimale per vestram reverenciam taxatum fuit nimis breve. Scripta in castro de framlynham in vigilia pasche per auctoritatem vestram venerabilem atque dominacionem ad catholice fidei defensionem conservet Ihesus christus feliciter per tempora longiora. Amen. Witford minor. Part 2. ff. 164v-165v: [Augustine, Excerpts from his Letter to Casulanus] Rubric: Augustinus de ieiunio sabbati ad casulanum. Incipit: Si nullo modo liceret sabbato ieiunare 40 continuos dies. Explicit: sine ullo scrupulo vel disceptacione facite. Explicit augustinus de ieiunio sabbati ad Casulanum. Amen. [f. 165v blank]. Part 2: ff. 166-168: [Franciscus de Mayronis, Sermon]: Rubric: Memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum et cetera. Incipit: Tria sunt preconia quibus mundani principes solent principaliter commendari ... Explicit: in corpore organico et christi corpus in hoc sacramento. Explicit sermo de corpore christi quem composuit frater franciscus de maronis doctor sacre theologie. Ihesus amen. Part 2. ff. 168v-174: [Franciscus de Mayronis, Sermon]: Rubric: Quodcumque ligaveris super terram et cetera. Incipit: Mt. 16, Duos fines ultimos futuros esse in fine seculi describit augustinus 13 libro de civitate dei quorum unus est dampnatorum pena eterna. Explicit: qui solem suum facit oriri super bonos et malos et pluit super iustos et iniustos cui est honor et gloria in secula seculorum amen. Explicit sermo fratris francisci de maronis de potestate clavium. Part 2. ff. 174v-182v: Rubric: Utrum per scripturam veteris testamenti poterit probari. Incipit: quod christus in lege promissus iam venit. Arguitur primo quod non quia cum iudei acceptent. Explicit: Tenendum est igitur firma fide christum in carnem venisse propter dicta patriarcharum. Non plus hic de adventu messie. Ihesus amen. f. 182: 12-line note in a contemporary running hand. ff. 180v-182v, blank.

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