Pershore Legendary, 12th century, middle
Part 1:
- Fol. 1r. Table of contents added in a late twelfth-century hand: |In hoc uolumine continentur Miracula sancti Andree apostoli. Et passio sancti Vincentii martiris
- Fol. 1v. Augustine, Retractiones 2.4.1
- Fols. 2r–23(b)v. Augustine, De doctrina christiana
Part 2:
- Fols. 24r–37v. Passio sancti Andree
- Fol. 38. Blank, with Fuit homo pen trial written at foot of fol. 38v
Part 3:
- Fol. 39r. Passio sancti Vincentii: Praeambulum II
- Fols. 39r–43v. Passio sancti Vincentii
- Fols. 43v–46v. Aimoin of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Historia translationis sancti Vincentii Liber I
- Fols. 46v–49v. Miraculi in Hispania
- Fols. 49v–52v. Aimoin of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Historia translationis sancti Vincentii Liber II
- Fol. 52v–53v. Gregory of Tours, Liber miraculorum 1.88–89
- Fols. 53v–54v. Augustine, Sermon 276
- Fols. 54v–55r. Augustine, Sermon 277A
- Fols. 55r–61v. Augustine, Sermon 277
- Fols. 61v–65(b)v. Passio sancti Ignacii
- Fols. 65(b)v–68v. Passio sancti Blasii
Part 4:
- Fols. 69r–81v. Vita Willelmi ducis
- Fols. 82r–84r. Vita sancti Audoeni
Part 5:
- Fols. 85r–120r. Osbert of Clare, Vita sancte Eadburge uirginis
- Fol. 120v. Passio sancti Thome
- Fols. 130r–131v. Added sketches of men and women in sixteenth-century garb; with caption on fol. 131r, Cor non est letum dum perstat ad hostia letum
Part 6:
- Fols. 132r–140r. Robert of Cricklade, Vita sancte Frideswide uirginis
- Fols. 140r–158r. Robert of Shrewsbury, Vita sancte Wenefrede
- Fols. 158r–163v. Translatio sancte Wenefrede
Part 7: Fols. 164r–184r. Passio sancte Katerine
Dates
- Creation: 12th century, middle
Extent
170 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 114
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘L 21’, see Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, p. 14
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 1547
Henry O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars secunda codices Latinos et Miscellaneous Laudianos complectens (Oxford, 1885, reprinted in 1973, with numerous corrections and additions, and an historical introduction by R.W. Hunt), Misc. no. 114
Custodial History
Brian Twyne (vol. xxii. fol. 89) states that this MS. once belonged to a dr. John Price, and was in his (Twyne's) time in Jesus College, Oxford. Manuscript 2269 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Repository Details
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