GB 0103 MS GERM 11 - Sermons of St Bernard and Others (German, 15th century)

1 volume containing 237 leaves

The manuscript may once have belonged to a monastery in Cologne. It belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MS 643. Also bears the label 'Van Ess' inside the front cover.
GB 0103 MS GERM 11 15th century Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 237 leaves Unknown
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: born in 1090, probably at Fontaine-les-Dijon, near Dijon, Burgundy; monk and mystic; founder and abbot of the abbey of Clairvaux; among the most influential churchmen of his time; died at Clairvaux, Champagne, 1153; canonized, 1174.

The manuscript may once have belonged to a monastery in Cologne. It belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MS 643. Also bears the label 'Van Ess' inside the front cover.

Presented to University College London in 1911 by Mr Max Rosenhaim.

Manuscript volume, 15th century, consisting of two, originally independent, manuscripts: sermons of St Bernard, and a collection of miscellaneous sermons.

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German, Middle Franconian dialect. Gothic minuscule hand and cursive hand.
Paper manuscript bound in the original oak boards, covered with tooled leather. Two hands. Headings in red. Initials alternately red or blue. 22cm.

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Eva Lüders, 'Sur Überlieferung der St Georgener Predigten', Studia Neophilologica: a Journal of Germanic and Romance Philology, xxix(2) (1957), pp 200-49, and ibid, xxx(1) (1958), pp 30-77.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley 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. Jul 2001 Ancient religions Bernard of Clairvaux , 1090-1153 , Saint , Abbot of Clairvaux x Clairvaux , Bernard of x Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Christianity Cistercian order Religion Religions Religious activities Religious communities Religious doctrines Religious groups Religious institutions Religious practice Religious texts Saints Sermons Theology

Presented to University College London in 1911 by Mr Max Rosenhaim.

Manuscript volume, 15th century, consisting of two, originally independent, manuscripts: sermons of St Bernard, and a collection of miscellaneous sermons.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• English

• Latin

German, Middle Franconian dialect. Gothic minuscule hand and cursive hand.

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

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