Sermones dominicales

Name:

Felton, John

Timespan:

Middle English, 1100-1500

Date:

1450

Description:

57 sermons for Sundays and feast days, arranged according to the liturgical calendar, with an alphabetical subject index (f. 182r-188r); Sermon, "De cruce," (f. 189r-v) in a second hand, explicit: Gregorius libro primo et quarto de pharetra, with a second table of contents (f. 190r-v). Also includes Middle English poem of 16 lines, beginning, "I ham as I ham and so will I be..." added in a later hand (f. iii recto).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by James P. R. Lyell (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Sold by Sir William Henry Ingilby at auction at Sotheby's, 21 Oct. 1920, lot 153, to Maggs Bros.; appears in Maggs catalog 404 (1921), lot 15.; Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699 (1952), no. 61.; Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1952.; Ingilby, William Henry, Sir, 1874-1952, former owner.; Lyell, James P. R. 1871-1948, former owner.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Sermons, Latin; English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; English poetry; English poetry -- Middle English

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Sermons; Poems; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

194 leaves : parchment, illustrations; 228 x 160 (154 x 100) mm bound to 240 x 165 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Latin, with a poem in Middle English.; Title, attribution, and date supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Incipit: Penuria studentium in materia morali paupertasque juvenum qui copia privantur librorum...; Foliation: Paper, 194; [iv], [1-190]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 36 long lines; ruled in ink; prickings visible.; Script: Written in a semi-cursive Gothic script in a single hand, except for f. 189r-190v in a second hand.; Decoration: 3-line blue initials with red penwork ornamentation and extensive rubrication throughout.; Binding: Modern leather.; Origin: Written in England, possibly Oxford, ca. 1450 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Felton's sermons exist in the following mss., Royal Ms. 8 BXII, Harleianen Mss. 537, 1327, 4238, Oxford, University College LXV, New College CCCV.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 680