Worcester, Worcester Cathedral Chapter Library, F.10
| England |
| Worcester |
| Worcester Cathedral Chapter Library |
| F.10 |
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| c. 1400 |
| English |
| Scribal Dialect: Worcestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 389, LP 7761 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 250). |
A loose collection of anti-Lollard Benedictine sermons of c. 1400 (Spencer 1993, p. 277) with only four being in English. Only the English sermons are listed here.
Item: 1| ff. 8r-13v |
| Sermon on the Passion of Our Lord (IPMEP 24) |
| 'I rede in genesis the first book of holi write 12 16 & 17 capitulis'. |
| 'eires of že eritage of heuene he graunt bože ?ow and me žat for vs alle with scharpe žorne was crowned vpon že rode tre qui cum patre et spiritu sancto viuit et regnat deus per omnia secula seculorum in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti amen'. |
| 'Accipiant repromissionem vocati'. |
| Hugh Legat's sermon for fifth Sunday in Lent composed between 1389-1404. Followed by Latin sermons. |
Grisdale 1939, pp. 1-21.
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Item: 2| ff. 42r-47v |
| Sermon for fourth Sunday in Lent (IPMEP 435) |
| '[L]iberauit nos ad. gal. 4o in epistola presentis dominice the helpe and the grace of almyghty god thorw že besekyng of hys blissyd modyr and madyn mary'. |
| 'sched his blod o že rode tre qui cum patre etcetera'. |
| 'Liberauit nos'. |
Grisdale 1939, pp. 22-50.
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Item: 3| ff. 47v-52v |
| Sermon for fifth Sunday in Lent |
| 'Christus semetipsum optulit'. |
| 'per omnia secula seculorum amen'. |
| '[L]iberauit nos'. |
| IPMEP fails to distinguish between items 2 and 3. |
Grisdale 1939, pp. 50-80.
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Item: 4| ff. 52v-53v |
| Sermon for Palm Sunday |
| 'Acceperunt ramos palmorum iohannes'. |
| 'first i seide žat in že first word mowe be vndirstond ?iftys etc...' |
| The remainder of the manuscript contains Latin sermons. |
Glover 1977.
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| Codex |
| Paper |
| c. 300 x c. 205 mm |
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Unascertained
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| Various - double and single columns. |
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Various scribes.
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Tightly bound dark red cover with the title 'SERMONES' on the spine.
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| ff. 338. First 3 and last 4 leaves vellum. |
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| Worcester. Contains references to local saints (Edden 2000, p. 58). |
| Inscriptions on the penultimate flyleaf refer to 'Johannes More, Mildenham Wygornie' referring to , Prior of Worcester, 1499-1507 and , prior of Worcester 1499-1507 (Edden 2000, p. 58). See also Glover 1977, pp. 16-17. |
Catalogued and encoded: Rebecca Farnham, University of Birmingham, August 2003. Manuscript not examined.
- Edden, V. 2000. The Index of Middle English Prose. Handlist XV. Manuscripts in Midland Libraries, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer , pp. 57-58.
- Floyer, J. and Hamilton, S. G. 1906. Catalogue of Manuscripts Presented in the Chapter Library of Worcester Cathedral, Oxford: for the Worcestershire Historical Society.
- Glover, C. 1977. ‘A Study of Three Worcester Sermons’, University of Birmingham, MA thesis, pp. 3-15.
- Grisdale, D. M. 1939. Three Middle English Sermons from the Worcester Chapter Manuscript F.10, Kendal: Printed by T. Wilson for members of the School of English Language in the University of Leeds .
- McIntosh, A., Samuels, M. L. and Benskin, M. 1986. A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English: County Dictionary, 4 vols, Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 4.
- Spencer, H. L. 1993. English Preaching in Late Middle Ages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 55-58, 277.
- Thomson, R. M. (with Michael Gillick). 2001. Medieval Manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral Library, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, pp. 10-13.
