Thirty sermons on st. Mary the Virgin
Thirty sermons on st. Mary the Virgin, in Dutch, including (fol. 96) an account of some miracles done by her: the first sermon beg. 'Hier begint een seer schoon Cappittel vander grooter goedertierentjz enn werdichz van Maria. Sinte Ambrosius seet, alzo ghenadig was Maria': the only authors' names are st. Anselm (fo1. 56v), st. Ambrose (fol. It 2) and Jan van Adorp, 'biechtuader van on sen Conuent.' (fo1. 122). 'Desen boeck heeft ghescreuen Suster Lysbeth Lenaerts ... ende is voleynt Jnt Jaer ons heeren Anno xvc lxxviij Den xven dach Junij ...'
Dates
- Creation: written in A. D. 1578 hy L. Lenaerts
Extent
144 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Dutch; Flemish
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Add. A. 288, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Add. A. 288
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19911
Abstract
Thirty sermons on st. Mary the Virgin
Biographical / Historical
Suster Lysbeth Lenaerts (fl. 1578).
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. V, no. 29494.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from H. Grevel on Feb. 19, 1885, for £1 1s.
Physical Facet
On paper; binding, stamped leather on boards, with clasp fittings (clasps lost), contemporary Dutch work.
Dimensions
9 × 7 in.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Thirty sermons on st. Mary the Virgin
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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