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Manuscrit
Contenu
- (f. 1r-44r) [Middle English stanzaic Life of Christ in verse (Circumcision, the first leaf of which has been misbound between ff. 44 and f. 45; Epiphay; Purification of the Virgin Mary; Innocents; Septuagesima; Sexagesima; Quinquagesima; Quadragesima; Lent; the Passion; Pilate; Judas; Resurrection; Minor Litany; Major Litany; Ascension; Pentecost)]
- (f. 45r-47v) [Poème sur l'avènement du Saint Esprit, en moyen anglais]
- (f. 48r-49v) The Life of Saint Martin of Tours, extraite du South English Legendary
- (f. 50r-64r) Speculum Christiani, en latin et en moyen anglais, attribué à John Watton
- (f. 64v-68r) Themata Dominicalia, extrait de la Dieta Salutis du Pseudo-Bonaventure, en latin
- (f. 68r-72r) Tabula Diete Salutis, extrait de la Dieta Salutis du Pseudo-Bonaventure, en latin
- (f. 72r) [Listes des articles de la Foi, des Sept Sacrements, des Dix Commandements, des sept péchés capitaux; vers théologiques; les sept œuvres de miséricorde corporelle et spirituelle, en latin]
- (f. 72v-75v) Saint Erkenwald, en anglais
- (f. 75v-76v) The Life of St John the Baptist, extraite du South English Legendary; suivi des premiers vers de The Life of St Peter
- (f. 77r-v) The Life of St Alban, extraite du South English Legendary
- (f. 77v) The Life of St Julian the Confessor, extraite du South English Legendary
- (f. 77v-78v) The Life of St Julian the Hospitaller, extraite du South English Legendary
- (f. 79r-80v) The Legend of the Rood, en anglais
- (f. 80v-81r) History of the Invention of the Cross, en anglais
- (f. 81r-81v) The Life of St Quiriac, en anglais
- (f. 81v-83r) The Life of St Helena, en anglais
- (f. 83r-v) The "Exaltation" of the Cross, en anglais
ff. 84r-84v: John Mirk, Sermon for the feast of Corpus Christi (Festial).
ff. 85r-85v: John Mirk, Deus expediat me (sermon for Corpus Christi in the Festial).
ff. 85v-86v: John Mirk, Sermon for the feast of St Philip and St James.
ff. 86v-87r: Five exempla excerpted from John Mirk’s Festial.
f. 87v: Two Middle English tracts on the reckoning of time, also featuring in Harley MS 218, ff. 73v-74r, where one of its Latin quotations is attributed to Alfraganus; followed by two unidentified theological tracts in Latin and Middle English (ink faded).
ff. 88r-93v, 95r-108r: Anonymous theological tract on the Ten Commandments, vices and virtues (Middle English), featuring extracts from the Memoriale credencium.
f. 94r: Robert of Winchelsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Constitutio de Juramento ac Obedientia Rectoribus sive Vicariis de illis Capellanis qui in eorum Ecclesiis sive Parochiis celebrant inpendendis.
The manuscript contains several later additions:
f. 49v: A Latin citation from the Elucidarium, added in the 15th century.
f. 49v: A Middle English note about tears in prayer, attributed to John Chrysostom, added in the 15th century.
f. 72r: A theological tract (lower margin), added in the 15th century.
f. 83v: A Middle English citation on calculating the distance between earth and heaven, attributed to Maimoinedes, added in the 15th century.
f. 83v: A Middle English medicinal recipe, added in the 15th century.
f. 87r: A Latin note, added in the 15th century.
Description matérielle
| Copiste: | Quelques textes écrits par John Colyns, mercier de Londres, en 1517-1526 |
| Lieu: | Angleterre |
| Date: | Fin du XVe siècle |
| Nombre de feuillets: | I. 22; II. ?? |
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| Format: | Petit in-folio |
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| Support: | Papier |
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| Décoration: | Petites initiales rouges |
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Possesseurs
- Robert Harley (1661-1724) puis son fils Edward (1689-1741)
- Acheté par l'État britannique en 1753 avec le reste de la collection Harley
Bibliographie
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum, London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1808-1812, 4 t. (ici t. 2, p. 585-591, no 2250) [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4]
- Borroff, Marie, « Narrative artistry in St. Erkenwald and the Gawain-group: the case for common authorship reconsidered », Studies in the Age of Chaucer, 28, 2006, p. 41-76. DOI: 10.1353/sac.2006.0033
- Catalogue en ligne de la bibliothèque
Rédaction: Laurent Brun
Dernière mise à jour: 14 mars 2026
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