SERMONES, ETC.
Vellum, 6.125 x 4.5, ff. 84 + 2, 20 lines to a page. 12th-13th cent., well written in several hands. Vellum wrapper.
Donor, T. C. S. 2 fo. bonus est.
Collation: 18 – 48 | gap | 68 – 98 104 118 128, 2 flyleaves.
Contents:
1. Sermons, headed in red.
Qui uis uerborum fructum sentire meorum
Illorum lumen cognosce legendo uolumen.
Cui licet artif det cura manuque dec
}icis }orem
Lectio multipl cumulabit laudis hon
Hic ascendentem Christum legis. erige mentem.
Ascendit deus in iubilatione, etc.
Sermons on Ascension, Pentecost, various, Assumption.
2. Verses (15): Ad quendam nomine amicum . . . f. 48
Nomen amicitie dudum uenerabile fedo.
. . .
Donec sis talis liber hic meat absque ualeto.
Ecce quam bonum et quam iocondum . . . 48b
Sermo de inutili lapsu caritatis ualde utilis . . . 49
Iam securis ad radicem arboris.
Sermo decentissimus qui cum sit in foribus suis uentosus est
tamen in paginis uiribus ueritatis ualide uirtuosus . . 57b
In prato pulcherrimo scripturarum tres uentos.
3. Concilium Romanum habitum sub Alexandro pp. tercio in
lateranensi ecclesia b. Ioh. baptiste (1179, Paris, Concilia,
1714, VI 1674) . . . . . . . 61b
Licet de uitanda discordia.
Alexander P. III de canonizatione b. Thome Martiris Cant.
archiep. . . . . . . . . 77b
Redolet anglia fragrantia
Idem. Iohanni presb. Indorum regi . . . . . 78
Apostolica sedes cui licet.
Quid significet rosa aurea. Alex. lodowico . . . . 80
Ex antiquis romanorum.
Other rescripts of Eugenius, Honorius and Alexander in
turonensi concilio.
Ending imperfectly 84 b.
On last flyleaf: (xiii) "De Straford" and "Stredford."
Charles Duggan, Twelfth Century Decretal Collections and their Importance in English History (London, 1963), copy in St John's College Library.
Charles Duggan, English Canonists and the 'Appendix Councilii Lateranensis', Institute of Research and Study in Medieval Canon Law Vol. XVIII (1962), pp. 459-68, copy in St John's College Library.