GB 0096 MS 269 - Sermons about the Blessed Virgin Mary

1 volume containing 94 leaves

GB 0096 MS 269 Mid 15th century Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 94 leaves Unknown
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on 15th August.

Bought from Messrs. Frank Hollings, London, in 1949.

Manuscript volume containing a collection of treatises and sermons on the Blessed Virgin Mary, dating from the mid-fifteenth century, and comprising a treatise beginning 'Caritatis radix flos et fructus est eternitatis fundamentum'; Speculum Beatae Mariae Virginis by Conrad of Saxony; a sermon by Saint Augustine of Hippo on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; a homily by Saint Anselm on the Feast of the Assumption; a sermon by Saint Augustine of Hippo for the Feast of Assumption; a note on the seven privileges of the Blessed Virgin Mary (possibly taken from the Speculum Beatae Mariae Virginis); and an incomplete copy of a sermon by Saint Ambrose on the Virgin Mary. The manuscript was written by various scribes in a mixture of book-hand and business-hand, probably in Germany.

Single item.

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Manuscript octavo. Written on paper with a mid-nineteenth century mottled calf binding by Riviere and Son. Rubricated.

Collection level description. See also N. R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries I, London (1969).

Speculum Beatae Mariae Virginis was originally thought to have been written by Saint Bonaventure, and so was printed amongst his works in 1596, and by itself, last in Bibliotheca Franciscana Medii Aevii (1904). The sermons by Saint Augustine and Saint Anselm are printed in J. P. Migne, Patrologiae Cursus Completus (1861), in volumes 39, 40 and 95.

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jun 2001 Ambrose , ? 340-397 , Saint , Bishop of Milan x Saint Ambrose Ancient religions Anselm , 1033-1109 , Saint , Archbishop of Canterbury x Saint Anselm Augustine , 354-386 , Saint , originally Aurelius Augustinus , Bishop of Hippo x Saint Augustine of Hippo Catholicism Christianity Conrad , d 1279 , of Saxony , friar and ascetical writer x Saxony , Conrad of x Holyinger , Conrad Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Religions Theology

Bought from Messrs. Frank Hollings, London, in 1949.

Manuscript volume containing a collection of treatises and sermons on the Blessed Virgin Mary, dating from the mid-fifteenth century, and comprising a treatise beginning 'Caritatis radix flos et fructus est eternitatis fundamentum'; Speculum Beatae Mariae Virginis by Conrad of Saxony; a sermon by Saint Augustine of Hippo on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; a homily by Saint Anselm on the Feast of the Assumption; a sermon by Saint Augustine of Hippo for the Feast of Assumption; a note on the seven privileges of the Blessed Virgin Mary (possibly taken from the Speculum Beatae Mariae Virginis); and an incomplete copy of a sermon by Saint Ambrose on the Virgin Mary. The manuscript was written by various scribes in a mixture of book-hand and business-hand, probably in Germany.

Single item.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

• English

• Latin

Latin

Collection level description. See also N. R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries I, London (1969).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English