| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Order No | MS 149 |
| Extent | ff. 240 |
| Title | BEDA SUPER APOCALYPSIM. AUG. DE ADULTERINIS CONJUGIIS. AUGUSTINI ET ALIORUM TRACTATUS. |
| Date | 10th century?-early 13th century |
| Description | Contents by Sancroft.
I. The hand is a very fine one: possibly two scribes have been
employed (cf. 54a with 54b).
Initials are plain. Occasionally one is filled with colour,
especially in Lib. III.
The long "s" is most commonly used.
There has been an inscription at top of f. 1.
1. No title. Beda super Apocalypsim. (xciii. 129) . . . . . f. 1
Apocalipsis sci Iohannis (black caps.) in qua bella et incendia
Inc. expositio S. Iohannis (in red) 4b.
Interlinear corrections in a small Anglo-Saxon hand occur.
Lib. II. has no rubric. III. f. 59; on 77b the corrector quotes
a variant with 'alia editio habet.'
Ends 96b: uisu fructuque poteri. Amen.
Rubric. Expl. dno' iuuante expositionis in apocalipsim sci'
iohannis liber tertius bedan famuli xpi'. do' gratias;
2. Augustinus de adulterinis coniugiis (no rubric) xl. 451 . . . . . 96b
Prima quaestio est frater
- mater ecclesia. Expl. lib. primus de adult. coniug. Inc.
retractatio eorundem librorum (black capitals)
Scripsi duos libros - scripseras . . . . . 119
Inc. secundus liber de hoc opere ad eundem . . . . . 119b
On the upper corner of 122b is: æl[w]e [wynn].
Ends: occasio castitatis. Amen . . . . . 138
(Another hand): hec itaque huius sacramementi (sic; Carolingian
minuscules)
(Another hand): uel æþel uel æþel[w]erd [wynn] ealdorman gret.
On 139b in large black capitals: letters of the last word filled
with green:
Expl. liber secundus ad Pollentium. de adult, coniug.
In later Carolingian minuscules:
Hunc quoque uoluminem Aethelu(v)ardus dux gratia dei ad
monaste/rium sce' marie' genetricis saluatoris nri' condonauit.
Quod est in loco / qui dicitur [gall stain]. Hoc autem donum
factum est anno / ab incarnatione redemptionis nre': m. xviii.
Indi. i.
Et factum est ergo post obitum regis eadmundi quod
Then a later irregular hand scribbles the greater part of the
Lord's Prayer. Then in large green capitals:
A IN NOMINE DNI' (cross) AM[en] / LEOFRIC[us] (cross)
PATER.
In L. margin in green capitals Æ[symbol: see published catalogue),
and, below, P'.
Near the top in L. margin: æþel[w]ine [wynn].
II.
3. f. 139 blank, f. 140a has a (late?) title cut off at top, and an
old (xiv) list of contents:
Enchiridion Aug.
Vita sci Eadwardi regis.
Aug. de penitencia.
Hug' de clericali discip.
Aug. super ep(lam) I Johannis ap
140b (blank) has at top: enchiridion manualis liber dicitur
chiron grece manus latine dion grece liber latine
Inc. capitula libri enchiridion b. Aug. ad Laurencium primi-
cerium ecclesie urbice de fide (xl. 231) . . . . . 141
Inc. lib. enchirid. b. Aug. ep. etc. ... primicerium eccl. urbis
Rome de fide et spe et caritate . . . . . 142
Dici non potest. A curious initial in red and green.
- conscripsi. Expl. lib. ench. etc. - caritate.
4. Inc. uita s. edwardi regis et martiris . . . . . 164b
Inclitus rex edwardus alto
- in celesti ierusalem perfrui mereamur Prestante
- deus per immortalia sec. sec. Amen. 169b, 170 blank.
Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 2418. Hardy, Materials I,
no. 1164. Not printed in full.
5. Another hand.
Inc. Augustinus de penitencia (xxxix. 1535) . . . . . 171
Quam sit utilis - eterna nitatur.
6. Sermo b. Aug. de penitencia (xxxix. 1713) . . . . . 177b
Penitentes (ter) - tene certum. Expl. Aug. de penit.
7. Inc. liber mag. Hugonis de clericali disciplina . . . . . 178b
Non preter solitum
- principale esse debet. Expl. lib. mag. Hug. de cler.
discip.
8. Oracio cenomanensis ep. Hildeberti seu fides eius (clxxi. 1711) . . . . . 199b
Alfa et o magne deus - pium cantem alleluia. Amen.
9. (Augustinus super I(mam) Johannis, xxxv. 1977).
Inc. tract. primus de die lucis id est dominica que est prima
feria pasche de principio ep. Johannis ap. . . . . . 200b
Ab eo quod scriptum est (list of the Sermons)
Inc. prol. S. Aug. super ep. Ioh. ap. primam . . . . . 201
Meminit sanctitas uestra - loquamur. Expl. prol.
Inc. sermo primus etc. Quod erat ab initio
- credas xpo' predicanti. Expl. exp. b. Aug. ep. super
ep(lam) ioh ap. primam. (239b).
On 240a (blank) at top in a large hand (xiii) is:
edyue uxor wila'. |
| FindingAids | Catalogue description based on M. R. James, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Lambeth Palace: The Mediaeval Manuscripts' (Cambridge, 1932).
''Lambeth Palace Library and its Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Exhibition mounted for the biennial conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists 3 August 2007, ed. David Ganz and Jane Roberts with Richard Palmer' (London: Taderon press for the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, 2007). Available on open shelves in the LPL Reading Room (Indexes 40 [R]).
'Anglo-Saxon manuscripts in microfiche facsimile' volume 22: 'Exeter manuscripts' (2014) [Lambeth Palace Library KA150.A1] |
| PhysicalDescription | Vellum, 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 , two volumes:
I. 24, 23, 22 lines: cent. x? in a fine Anglo-Saxon hand.
II. 2 columns of 33 and 32 lines: cent. xii late or xiii early, in several good hands.
Calf binding, pr. 2s. 6d.
Chainmark at bottom of f. 1.
Collation: 1(8)-9(8) (6 canc.) 10(8)-17(8) 18(6) (wants 4-6) || 19(2) 20(2) 21(8) 22(8) 23(6) 24(6) | 25(8)-32(8) 33(6).
2nd folios opens with the words: I. transitur ad caput, II. quid remissio or autem ab alio. |
| CustodialHistory | Vol. I is one of Leofric's books. In the list of books given by Leofric to Exeter, no. 42 is Expositio Bede super Apocalipsim: doubtless this volume. Mrs F. Rose-Troup, who has been investigating the Leofric books, inclines to believe that this volume came from the monastery of Exeter. The obliteration of the name in our book is unlucky. It seems to have been erased and then treated with galls. Mrs Rose-Troup is of opinion that the name of Exeter in some form has been written above the line. My own observation cannot serve to confirm this.
The book undoubtedly figures in the Exeter Catalogue of 1506. Oliver, Lives, p. 307: Expositio super Apocalipsim 2 fo. transituri ad capud: cf. the list of 1327, p. 303. (Libri Bede) "Super Apocalypsim (inc.) Apocalypsim Sancti Iohannis. 2s." It was seen at Exeter by Leland, Coll. IV. 151.
Vol. II is from Lanthony. In the Lanthony Catalogue no. 186 is: Enchiridion. Augustinus. de vita sancti Edwardi regis liber mediocris, which I identify with this book.
Sheldon catalogue (Lambeth Palace Library LR/F/5, LR/F/6, MS 1047) shelfmarks:
ff. 1-138: N. 18
ff. 139-240: T. 23
Former Cambridge shelfmarks (see published catalogue by M. R. James and Concordance IV in N. R. Ker, 'Archbishop Sancroft's Rearrangement of the Manuscripts of Lambeth Palace', in E. G. W. Bill, 'A Catalogue of Manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library MSS. 1222-1860', Oxford, 1972):
ff. 1-138: E. [zeta]. 19
ff. 139-240: L. [eta]. 5
Later shelfmarks:
ff. 1-138: fol. 183
ff. 139-240: fol. 10 |
| Copies | Microfilm: Lambeth Palace Library MS Film 1343
Available from World Microfilms Publications:
"Lambeth Palace Library: The Mediaeval Manuscripts" Section VI. Biblical Studies. Reel 13 (with MSS. 153, 154)
Also on fiche in 'Anglo-Saxon manuscripts in microfiche facsimile' volume 22: 'Exeter manuscripts' (copy at LPL)
See the online image management system,
http://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/s/u0t54z |
| PublnNote | See Description field and Custodial History.
Doris Bains, "A supplement to Notae Latinae (abbreviations in Latin MSS of 850 to 1050)". (Cambridge, 2013) (Originally published 1936) [Lambeth Palace Library Z111.L5]
K. Bennett, "The Book Collections of Llanthony Priory from Foundation until Dissolution (c. 1100-1538)", Thesis submitted for the degree of Ph.D. in the School of History at the University of Kent (2007) [Lambeth Palace Library H5183.1L52].
Richard Gameson, "The origin of the Exeter Book of Old English poetry" (Anglo-Saxon England 25 (1997)) [Lambeth Palace Library Z664.L2 6.28a]
Richard Gameson, ed.,"The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Volume I, c.400-1100" (Cambridge 2012), p. 59. [Lambeth Palace Library Z4.C4]
Roger Gryson, ed. "Bedae presbyteri expositio apocalypseos" (2001) [Lambeth Palace Library D160.A1]
Matthew T. Hussey, ed. "'Exeter Manuscripts". 'Vol. 22 Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in microfiche facsimile' (Tempe, Arizona: Arizona Center for Medieval and renaissance Studies, 2014): detailed description and bibliography, pp. 89-101 [Lambeth Palace Library KA150.A1]
Michael Lapidge, "Anglo-Latin literature, 600-899" p. 424 [Lambeth Palace Library SR195.L2]
P. Robinson,. "John Leslie's 'Libri duo': manuscripts belonging to Mary Queen of Scots?" Offprint from 'Order and Connexion' ed. R.C. Alston. (Cambridge 1997) [Lambeth Palace Library Z664.L2 6.29}
See also Lambeth Palace Library Z664.L2. 1.19, 5.03, 7.11 and 6.28 |