Sermons
Author: Geoffrey of Auxerre
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, ii eighteenth-century paper leaves + i modern paper flyleaf + 95 fols., 136 x 85 mm (115 x 70 mm), 31-32 long lines, ruled in plummet, written above top line, catchwords.
BINDING: eighteenth century, blind-tooled tan leather over pasteboards.
CONTENTS:
fols. 1r-87r Geoffrey of Auxerre, Sermons for the Temporale from the first Sunday of Advent to All Saints
fols. 87r-91r Geoffrey of Auxerre, Sermon delivered to the Council of Tours in 1163
fols. 91r-93r Geoffrey of Auxerre, Sermon Ad abbates congregatos
fols. 93v-95v Geoffrey of Auxerre, Sermon for Epiphany
ORNAMENTATION: Initials [2-5 ll.] in red (except fol. 1r, green), with letter occasionally extending into foliate forms, most commonly decorated with two dots, also red, for each new sermon.
History note: Cistercian Province of Lombardy, probably from the Cistercian Abbey of Morimondo, Diocese of Milan, as suggested by the binding, typical of Morimondo manuscripts (Ferrari 1980, 284); possibly part of the collection of Francesco Giovio (1796-1873) (Ferrari 1993, 304); paper label with 67 in brown ink on spine (Ferrari 1980, 284); U. Hoepli, Milan, cutting from sale catalogue no. 83 (1883), this book no. 143, pasted inside upper cover; purchased from him by Frank McClean (1837-1904) in 1892; his bequest, 1904.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank
12th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1163
CE
-
Circa
1173
CE
Accession number: MS McClean 121
Primary reference Number: 184168
Project ID: 748
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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