Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 463
England |
Oxford |
Bodleian Library |
Laud Misc. 463 |
SC 1596 |
s. xvin |
English |
Scribal Dialect: Worcestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 382 254, LP 7750 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 250). |
An early fifteenth-century copy of the
South English Legendary.
Item: 1f. 1v |
Original list of contents |
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'Hec est continentia huius libri in lingua anglicana'. |
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Item: 2f. 2r |
South English Legendary: Prologue/Banna Sanctorum (IMEV 2304) |
'Now blowet şe newe frut şat late bygan to sprynge'. |
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Item: 3f. 2v |
South English Legendary: Epiphany (IMEV 3813) |
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Item: 4f. 2v |
South English Legendary: Feast of the Circumcision (IMEV 4266) |
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Item: 5f. 4v |
South English Legendary: Lives of Saints Fabian and Sebastian (IMEV 2895) |
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vv. 1-18 only |
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Item: 6ff. 6, 8, 9r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Bridget (IMEV 2872) |
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Longer version. |
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Item: 7f. 9r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Blase (IMEV 2866) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 485-90.
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Item: 8f. 10v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Agatha (IMEV 2839) |
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Horstmann 1887, pp. 193-197.
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Item: 9f. 11v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Scholastica (IMEV 3052) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, 197-199.
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Item: 10f. 11v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Valentine (IMEV 3066) |
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Item: 11f. 12r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Juliana (IMEV 2951) |
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Cf. Cockayne 1872, pp. 81-87.
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Item: 12f. 13v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Matthias (IMEV 3026) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 389-90.
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Item: 13f. 14r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Oswald the Bishop (IMEV 3035) |
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Item: 14f. 15r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Chad (IMEV 2874) |
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Item: 15f. 16r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Gregory (IMEV 2910) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 355-359.
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Item: 16f. 16v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Longinus (IMEV 2960) |
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Item: 17f. 17r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Patrick (IMEV 3037) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1875, pp. 151-210.
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Item: 18f. 21r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Cuthbert (IMEV 2880) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 359-62.
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Item: 19f. 21r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Edward the Elder (IMEV 2889) |
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Item: 20f. 23v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Benedict (IMEV 2860) |
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Item: 21f.24v |
South English Legendary: Feast of the Annunciation (IMEV 2989) |
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Item: 22f. 25r |
South English Legendary: Moveable Feasts/Septuagesima (IMEV 791) |
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Item: 23f. 25r |
South English Legendary: Lent (IMEV 1859) |
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Item: 24f. 26r |
South English Legendary: The Southern Passion (IMEV 483) |
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Cf. Morris 1878, pp. 956-965.
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Item: 25f. 31r |
South English Legendary: Easter (IMEV 3384) |
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Item: 26f. 31r |
South English Legendary: Resurrection (IMEV 1546) |
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First part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 27f. 31v |
South English Legendary: Appearance on the road to Emmaus (IMEV 2647) |
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Part of the Southern Passion.Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 28f. 31v |
South English Legendary: Appearance to Mary Magdalene (IMEV 2106) |
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Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 29f. 32r |
South English Legendary: Appearance to ten disciples (IMEV 273) |
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Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 30f. 32v |
South English Legendary: Mary Magdalene (IMEV 2120) |
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Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 31f. 33v |
South English Legendary: Appearance to Thomas (IMEV 3664) |
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Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 32f. 33v |
South English Legendary: Charge to Peter (IMEV 3766) |
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Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 33f. 34r |
South English Legendary: Choosing of Matthias (IMEV 409) |
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Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 34f. 34r |
South English Legendary: Concerning Peter and John (IMEV 3767) |
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Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 35f.34v |
South English Legendary: Ascension (IMEV 126) |
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Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 36f. 35r |
South English Legendary: Pentecost (IMEV 443) |
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Part of the Southern Passion. |
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Item: 37f. 35v |
South English Legendary: Life of Judas (IMEV 1809) |
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Item: 38f. 36v |
South English Legendary: Life of Pilate (IMEV 2755) |
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Item: 39f. 38r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Mary of Egypt (IMEV 2990) |
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Item: 40f. 40r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Alphege (IMEV 2844) |
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Item: 41f. 41v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. George (IMEV 2905) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 294-296.
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Item: 42f. 42r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Mark (IMEV 3004) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 362-363.
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Item: 43f. 42v |
South English Legendary: Litany (IMEV 1911) |
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Item: 44f. 42v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Peres (IMEV 3042) |
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Item: 45f. 43r |
South English Legendary: Lives of Saints Philip and James (IMEV 3048) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887 364-6.
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Item: 46f. 43v |
South English Legendary: Early History of the Cross (IMEV 3389) |
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Cf. Morris 1871, pp. 18-35.
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Item: 47f. 45r |
South English Legendary: The Invention of the Cross (IMEV 82) |
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Cf. Morris 1871, 39-49.
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Item: 48f. 45v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Quiriac (IMEV 3051) |
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Cf. Morris 1871, pp. 58-61.
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Item: 49f. 46r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Brendan (IMEV 2868) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 220-40.
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Item: 50f. 48v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Wulstan (IMEV 3068) |
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Horstmann 1887, pp. 70-77.
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Item: 51f. 50r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Dunstan (IMEV 2884) |
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Cf. Horstman 1887, pp. 19-24.
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Item: 52f. 51v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Aldhelm (IMEV 2843) |
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Item: 53f. 52r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Augustine of Canterbury (IMEV 2854) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 24-25.
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Item: 54f. 52v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Barnabas (IMEV 2856) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 26-29.
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Item: 55f. 53r |
South English Legendary: Theophilus (IMEV 3266) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 288-293.
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Item: 56f. 54v |
Miracles of the Virgin: The Jewish Boy (IMEV 50) |
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Item: 57f. 55r |
Miracles of the Virgin: The Devil in Service (IMEV 56) |
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Item: 58f. 55v |
Miracles of the Virgin: Saved by Learning Two Words (IMEV 58) |
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Item: 59f. 55v |
Miracles of the Virgin: Virgin comes to the Devil instead of the Victim (IMEV 59) |
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Item: 60f. 56r |
Miracles of the Virgin: The Oxford Scholar (IMEV 57) |
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Cf. Furnivall 1862, pp. 40-42.
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Item: 61f. 56v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Alban (IMEV 2842) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 67-70.
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Item: 62f. 56v |
Miracles of the Virgin: Toledo (IMEV 1788) |
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Cf. Furnivall 1862, pp. 42-43.
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Item: 63f. 57r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. John the Baptist (IMEV 2945) |
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Horstmann 1887, pp. 29-33.
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Item: 64f. 58r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Peter (IMEV 3046) |
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Item: 65f. 61r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Fronton (IMEV 2901) |
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Item: 66f. 61v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Paul (IMEV 3041) |
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Horstmann 1887, pp. 189-92.
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Item: 67f. 63r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Swithin (IMEV 3060) |
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Cf. Furnivall 1862, pp. 43-7.
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Item: 68f. 64r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Kenelm (IMEV 2956) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 345-355.
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Item: 69f. 66v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Margaret (IMEV 2987) |
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Cf. Cockayne 1866, pp. 24-33.
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Item: 70f. 68v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Mary Magdalene (IMEV 2994) |
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Item: 71f. 71r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Christina (IMEV 2876) |
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Item: 72f. 73v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. James the Great (IMEV 2918) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 33-45.
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Item: 73f. 76r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Christopher (IMEV 2878) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 271-8.
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Item: 74f. 77v |
South English Legendary: Lives of Saints Martha and Fronton (IMEV 2127) |
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Item: 75f. 78r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Lawrence (IMEV 2957) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 340-345.
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Item: 76f. 79r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Oswald the King (IMEV 3036) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 45-46.
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Item: 77f. 80v |
South English Legendary: The Assumption of Our Lady (IMEV 2991) |
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Item: 78f. 82r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Bartholomew (IMEV 2858) |
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Item: 79f. 83v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Giles (IMEV 2906) |
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Item: 80f. 84v |
South English Legendary: Exaltation of the Holy Cross (IMEV 3388) |
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Cf. Morris 1871, pp. 48-57.
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Item: 81f. 86r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Matthew (IMEV 3017) |
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Horstmann 1887, pp. 77-81.
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Item: 82f. 87r |
South English Legendary: Legend of St. Michael (IMEV 3029) |
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Horstmann 1887, pp. 299-322.
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Item: 83f. 91r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Vincent (IMEV 3067) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 184-189.
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Item: 84f. 92v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Jerome (IMEV 2922) |
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Item: 85f. 93v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Denis (IMEV 2882) |
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Item: 86f. 94v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Luke (IMEV 2973) |
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Item: 87f. 95v |
South English Legendary: The Eleven Thousand Virgins (IMEV 721) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 86-92.
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Item: 88f. 96v |
South English Legendary: Lives of Saints Simon and Jude (IMEV 3055) |
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Item: 89f. 98r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Quintin (IMEV 3050) |
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Item: 90f. 99r |
South English Legendary: All Saints' Day (IMEV 184) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 418-420.
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Item: 91f. 99v |
South English Legendary: All Souls' Day (IMEV 201) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 420-31.
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Item: 92f. 102r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Leonard (IMEV 2959) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 456-462.
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Item: 93f. 103v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Martin (IMEV 3005) |
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Item: 94f. 105r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Edmund the Bishop (IMEV 2886) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 431-449.
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Item: 95f. 109r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Edmund the King (IMEV 2887) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 296-299.
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Item: 96f. 110r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Clement (IMEV 2875) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 322-40.
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Item: 97f. 113v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Katherine of Alexandria (IMEV 2954) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 92-101.
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Item: 98f. 115v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Julian the Confessor (IMEV 2949) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 255-256.
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Item: 99f. 116r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Julian the Hosteler (IMEV 2950) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 256-260.
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Item: 100f. 116r |
South English Legendary: The Life of St. Alexius (IMEV 1876) |
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Furnivall 1878, pp. 20-79.
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Item: 101f. 118v |
South English Legendary: The Life of Celestine (IMEV 195) |
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Horstmann 1877, 67-85.
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Item: 102f. 124v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Andrew (IMEV 2848) |
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Item: 103f. 126r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Birinus (IMEV 2862) |
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Item: 104f. 126v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Nicholas (IMEV 3033) |
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Horstmann 1887, pp. 240-255.
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Item: 105f. 130v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Lucy (IMEV 2961) |
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Item: 106f. 131v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Thomas the Apostle (IMEV 3063) |
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Cf. Horstman 1887, pp. 376-89.
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Item: 107f. 134v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Anastasia (IMEV 2845) |
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Item: 108f. 135v |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Stephen (IMEV 3059) |
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Item: 109f. 136v |
Northern Homily Cycle: Gospel, 'In die natalis ad altam missam' (IMEV 539) |
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Also found in the Northern Homily Cycle. |
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Item: 110f. 138r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. John the Evangelist (IMEV 2932) |
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Cf. Horstmann 1887, pp. 402-417.
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Item: 111f. 141r |
South English Legendary: Life of St. Thomas of Canterbury (IMEV 728) |
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'Bring oure soules into heuen'. |
Without the introductory section dealing with Gilbert, St. Thomas' father |
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Item: 112f. 157r |
Seven Deadly Sins (IMEV 1776) |
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Item: 113f. 158r |
The Ten Commandments (IMEV 214) |
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Item: 114f.160r-164r |
Dialogue between St. Bernard and the Virgin Mary (IMEV 1869) |
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'Bring oure soules into heuen'. |
Cf. Horstmann 1892, pp. 298-328.
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Codex |
Parchment |
350 x 230 mm |
Catchwords: ff. 16v; 25v; 33v; 41v; 49v; 57v; 65v; 73v; 81v; 89v; 97v; 105v; 113v; 123v; 131v; 145v; 153v.
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Pricking: where visible, vertical slits. Writing space: two unequal columns: recto - 275 x 60 mm, 275 x 115 mm. This is reversed on the verso with the wider column coming first. Double columns with 48 lines. Frame and lines ruled in drypoint. |
Ink: black fading to brown. One scribe writing in an Anglicana hand. Body height 3 mm.
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Two/three-line red lombardic capitals begin saints' lives. Red paraphs.
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Medieval binding. Size: 356 x 235 mm. Cover of wooden/oak boards covered in what was red leather but now faded to white with dirty brown on top, mitred and pasted. Back pastedown has come off revealing the binder's work beneath. Six staggered channels carrying double leather thongs held in place by wooden pegs, channels either 3 or 4 cm long. Six raised bands on double thongs across the spine. Evidence of three leather straps on front cover and one on the back cover. No exterior decoration.
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ff. 166 |
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Beginning and end slightly tattered. |
Catalogued and encoded: Rebecca Farnham, University of Birmingham, March 2004.
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