Item Summary

Collection of early Christian literature.

Descriptive Information

Title
Expositio venerabilis Bede presbyteri in actus apostolorum ... [etc.]
Call Number
Garrett MS. 71
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc8623j9791
Publisher
[Waverley, England], [between 1175 and 1215]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1175-1215
Format
Manuscript
Extent
93 leaves : parchment ; 289 x 226 (197-205 x 135-155) mm bound to 292 x 218 mm.
Provenance
In the library of the Cistercian Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Waverley, near Farnham, Surrey. Intermediate provenance unknown. Owned by Rev. Sir William Cope, then Sir Anthony Cope. Sold after his death in 1913 at Sotheby's to Bernard Quaritch. Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897, purchased the manuscript on 15 July 1925 from Quaritch. Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 139-143.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 2r-26v: Expositio venerabilis Bede presbyteri in actus apostolorum.
2. fol. 27r-30r: Liber iv in dei nomine exposicionis venerabilis Bede presbiteri in actus apostolorum.
3. fol. 30r-50v: Libellus retractationis Venerabilis Bede presbiteri in actus apostolorum
4. fol. 50v: De precepto et dispensatione. Prologue only.
5. fol. 51r-62v: Liber sancti Augustini episcopi de uera et falsa penitencia.
6. fol. 62v-70r: [De praecepto et dispensatione]
7. fol. 70v: [De temporum ratione liber] / Bedae venerabilis.
8. fol. 71r-84r: Meditationes beati Bernardi abbatis de miseria hominis.
9. fol. 84r-85r: Libro exhortacionis Sancti Augustini.
10. fol. 85r-92r: Parabola sancti Bernardi de Rege nobili et filiabus eius.
11. fol. 92v-93v: [Antiphons and responsories].
Notes
Incipit: [Expositio venerabilis Bede] "Incipit prefatio venerabilis bede presbyteri in actus apostolorum missa Acce Episcopo. Domino in Christo desiderantissimo et uere beatissimo Acce episcopo ..." -- [Liber iv in dei nomine] "libiam habet cuius inferiorem partem nilus dextra leuaque diuisus ..." -- [Libellus retractationis] "Incipit prologus retractacionis eiusdem: Scimus eximium doctorem ac pontificem augustinum ..." -- [De precepto] "Incipit prefacio Sancti Bernardi abbatis in librum subsequentem. Domno abbati columbensi frater Bernardus abbas dictus de claraualle ualere in domino semper." -- [Liber sancti Augustini] "Incipit liber aurelii augustini de uera et falsa penitentia. Quantum sit appetenda gracia penitentie ..." -- [De praecepto et dispensatione] "Incipit prefatio sancti Bernardi abbatis in librum subsequentem. Domino abbati columbensi frater Bernardus de claraualle ..." -- [De temporum ratione liber] "Cum ergo dicis unum, minimum in leua digitum inflectens, in medium palme artum infiges. Cum dicis duo ..." -- [Meditationes] "Incipiunt meditationes beati Bernardi abbatis de miseria hominis. Mvlti multa sciunt et semetipsos nesciunt ..." -- [Libro exhortacionis] "Quedam excerpta ex libro exhortacionissancti augustini. Perfectissima atque plenissima justiciaest deum toto corde amare ..." -- [Parabola] "Parabola sancti Bernardi de Rege nobili et filiabus eius. Rex nobilis et potens tres habuit filias, fidem spem caritatem ..." -- [Antiphons] "Eadmundo [ar]chiep[iscop]o ad ia antiphona. Gaude syon ornata tympano decor tuus coniunctus galbano ..."
Ms. composite codex.
Title from incipit of first work (fol. 3r).
Marginal line drawings of a man's face (fol. 86r) and a saint (fol. 87v). Drawing of a figure (upper cover). Inscriptions consisting of English names, English and Latin legal phrases, and pen trials (upper pastedowns and flyleaf). Parchment tabs woven through the edges of folios 2, 42, 55).
Collation: Parchment ; i + 93 + i ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 25-31 lines per page in one or two columns ; ruled.
Decoration: Main divisions open with 4- to 6-line colored initials. Subsequent divisions marked with 1- to 3-line red or blue initials with a few 5- to 7-line initials (fol. 2r, 3r, 50v).
Origin: Written in the South of England. Three sections written at different times between circa 1175 and 1215.
Binding Note
Later binding. England, 14th century. Alum-tawed deerskin (?) over slightly cushioned oak boards (approximately 10 mm thick); rebacked in the early 20th century. Endbands. Trace evidence of strap.

Discovery Information

Subject
Christian literature, Early
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
192

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/243d65c0-3121-434c-abd8-c67fe179e678/manifest