Shelfmark
MS 41
Title
Homiliae in Evangelia. manuscript
Publication, distribution, etc.
France?, between ca. 1075 and ca. 1125.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 210, iv leaves) : parchment ; 30.5 x 20.5 cm.
Note
93 homilies on the Gospel. The scribe seems to have been copying an incomplete copy of the homiliary of Haimo of Auxerre and then used other homiliaries to fill up gaps, but there are no homilies for Christmas, Easter or Pentecost.
Note
The homilies were numbered 1-92 in the 15th century, missing the homily after no. 79.
Note
There are no author's names except for no. 49 (f. 146) which is attributed to St Augustine.
Note
Six groups of homilies may be distinguished (I-VI), followed by a miscellaneous tail (VII). The component pieces are identified in Ker, as cited below.
Note
Group I (ff. 1-123): homilies 1-43 in the order of the church year from Advent to the 24th Sunday after Pentecost, but the occasion is only shown by the Gospel text. Nos. 1-40 are homilies of Haymo and 41-43 occur in the homily of Smaragdus.
Note
Group II (ff. 123-146): homilies 44-46 are homilies for Lent, all but 49 occurring in Smaragdus's Homiliary. Nos. 45-48 were added by the scribe on an inserted quire; notes in red on ff. 136v and 145 direct the reader to the last two leaves of no. 44.
Note
Groups III-VI are 37 homilies all found in a South German homiliary of which 7 manuscripts are listed in H. Barré, Les Homéliaires carolingiens de l'école d'Auxerre (Studi e Testi, 225, 1962), pp. 26-7.
Note
Group III (ff. 147-152v): homilies 50-53, for the 23rd to 26th Sundays after Pentecost.
Note
Group IV (ff. 152v-157v): homilies 54-57 for the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the week of Pentecost.
Note
Group V (ff. 158-176v): 13 homilies (no. 58-70) for the common of saints.
Note
Group VI (ff. 177-200v): a series of 17 homilies (no. 71-79, 79a, 80-86) headed on f. 177 'Incipiunt euangelia priuatis diebus in xl' for days between Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday. See Ker for details.
Note
Group VII (ff. 200-208v): six miscellaneous homilies including an additional one for Palm Sunday (no. 87). See Ker for details.
Note
Written on parchment of poor quality, with holes and tears avoided by the scribe; ff. iii-vi and 209-212 are medieval pastedowns and flyleaves.
Note
Two tables were added in the 15th century with the numbers as assigned, listing the homilies in their order here (ff. i-ii) and in the order of the church year, in four series (temporale, sanctorale, common of saints, octave of dedication). See Ker, p. 680 for details.
Note
Written space: 220 x 133 mm.
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32-37 long lines (less on the first few leaves).
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Ruling with a hard point: double vertical bounders, but the scribe wrote up to the outer of the two lines.
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Collation: 1-26⁸: leaves 4 and 5 of quire 26 are singletons.
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Quires numbered at end as far as 'XVI'.
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Written mainly by one poor hand with a distinctive wavy first limb of the letter 'y' (see f. 196 line 30, 'Ierosolymis').
Note
The 'I' of 'In illo tempore' beginning each homily is in red with red ornament, and lies outside the written space.
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Capital letters in the ink of the texxt touched with red or (ff. 89-109) pale yellow; both colours are on the capitals on ff. 108v-109.
Note
Secundo folio: et bene.
Note
Rebound at Eton around 1715.
Note
Written on the Continent (possibly France?) and to judge from marginalia still there in the 12th century.
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In England by the 15th century when the homilies were numbered and the tables and some annotations added.
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At Eton by 1500 on the basis of annotation by Robert Elyot.
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Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.4.5.
Note
This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker and M.R. James, as cited in the references below.
Citation/references note
Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 675-680
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 41
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 41
Provenance
15th century inscription on f. 212: 'Myles'.
Provenance
A strip excised from the foot of f. 2 may have contained an ex-libris.
Provenance
'Nota bene' head in the margin of f. 2v is in the hand of Robert Elyot (d. 1499), vice provost of Eton.
Binding
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
Sermons Early works to 1800 Manuscripts.
Subject
Homiliaries Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Haimo, ? - -approximately 855 of Auxerre
Added entry--name
Smaragdus,, fl. 809 - 819 Abbot of St. Mihiel
Added entry--name
Elyot, Robert, ? - 1499 former owner.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--place
France.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B49990