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032-002029073

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Add MS 6524

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LEGENDS OF THE SAINTS: 14th cent. French. Origin: France. Table of contents, f. 1v. The fifty legends all occur in Paris Bibliothèque Nationale MS. Fr. 6447, which is fully described, with a concordance table, in P. Meyer, 'Notice du MS. Bibl. Nat. Fr. 6447', Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale . . ., xxxv, Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres . . .(1896), pp. 467-507. For similar MSS. see Add. 17275 and Royal MS. 20 D.VI. See: J. Lemaire, Édition de quelques Vies de Saints . . . (1968-1969); P. Meyer, op. cit., xxxiv, p. 183, xxxvi, pp. 1, 410, 677. The ascription of the legends to Jean Belet in Cat. Romances, ii, pp. 476, 579 is an error. Former owners?: 'Roberto Goodwyn'; 16th cent.

f. 173v;- (b) 'Ri Neuport'; late 16th cent. See Add. 6523, ff. 155v, 156v. f. 1. Memoranda on f. 173v, which probably give evidence of provenance other than the items noted above, have been fully erased. Presented with Add. 6522-6523 by Joseph Planta, circa 1823-1824.

Vellum; ff. 173. Sec. fol. 'les malades par parole'. 305 x 205mm. Gatherings: flyleaf, f. 1, i-iii10, iv-xiv12, ff. 164-173 irregular. Catchwords regular from f. 11v. Quires iii-xiv marked a-m bottom right-hand corner recto, some cropped. Signatures bottom right-hand corner recto, as follows: i-vi on quires iii-xiv, some cropped; quire ii, o-ooooo and i-iv; quire iv, oo, f. 36; quire v, a-d, ff. 44-46, 48; quire vi, ii, iii, ff. 57, 59. Double columns. One cursive gothic book script. Headings, contents list, etc., in red. Initials and penwork in red and blue, large initials at the beginning of each legend.

Contents:

1. ff. 2-7. 'Ci comence li estris de seint pere et de seint pol'. Beg. 'Quant seint pol fu uenuz a rome'.

2. ff. 7-11v. 'Si comense le crucifiement seint Piere'. Beg. 'Dentendre la glorieuse passion seint peire'.

3. ff. 11v-15v. 'Si comense le passion seint Pol'. Beg. 'De la passion seint pol sachent tuit creant'.

4. ff. 15v-19v. 'Si comense la uie seint Jehan leuangelistre'. Beg. 'Bien est et conue chose'.

5. ff. 19v-33v. 'Si comense coment seint Jakes'. Beg. 'Ce sachent tuit creant eu nostre seigneur'. Followed (f. 22v) by the Passion and Miracles of

St James, beg. 'Quant li seinz apostres fust decoleez'.

6. ff. 33v-38v. 'Ci comence la vie et li martires mon seigneur seint mathiu'. Beg. 'Voirs est que diens acure des homes'.

7. ff. 39-44. 'Ci comence le vie et li martirs ss. symon et jude'. Beg. 'Puis que la haut ior del ascension nostre seigneur'.

8. ff. 44-45. 'Si comence la vie et le passion seint Phelippes'. Beg. 'Si come la diuine page tesmoine'.

9. ff. 45-46. 'La vie seint iasque le petit'. Beg. 'Ne vous doit mie ennuire'.

10. ff. 46-49. 'Ci comence le uie S. Berthelemi'. Beg. 'Ore vos dirons de monseigneur seint berthelemi li apostres'.

11. ff. 49-50v. 'Si comence le uie Marc li euangelistres'. Beg. 'Resons est et droituir que lan truist'.

12. ff. 50v-51v. 'Si comence la vie seint luc li euangelists'. Beg. 'Seint luc li euangelistirs selonc ce que dient'.

13. ff. 51v-53. 'Ci comence la vie seint Longius'. Beg. 'Mout deuoit volentiers chascuns'.

14. ff. 53-55v. 'Ci comence la vie seint Sebastien'. Beg. 'Av tens que diocleciens et maximiens'.

15. ff. 56-59v. 'Ici comense la uie mon seignur seint Vincent'. Beg. 'Tuit cil qui crestiens sont'.

16. ff. 59v-66v. 'Ci comense la uie mon seigneur seint Cristofre'. Beg. 'Mout puet estre liez a qui nostre seignur'.

17. ff. 66v-68v. 'Si comense la uie seint agace.' Beg. 'Au tens qe seintee crestienteez croissoit'.

18. ff. 68v-70. 'Ci comence la uie seinte lucie uirge'. Beg. 'Au ior qui la renomee et la parole croissoit'.

19. ff. 70-73. 'Si comence la vie s. agnes'. Beg. 'Tuit deuons graces rendre a nostre seigneur'.

20. ff. 73-74v. 'Si comence la vie seinte felice et ses vij filz'. Beg. 'Veritees est si com lescripture tesmoine'.

21. ff. 74v-79v. 'Si comence la vie seinte Cristine'. Beg. 'Quant seinte cristineteez croissoit et florissoit'.

22. ff. 79v-82. 'De la uerrai croiz'. Beg. 'A jic anz et xxxiij del regnement del uaillant empereor'.

23. ff. 82-82v. 'Si comence la vie seint quiriaques'. Beg. 'En a pres la fin del regnement'.

24. ff. 82v-83. 'La uie seinte perenele'. Beg. 'Ci comense li escriz qui marcellus'.

25. f. 83. 'Si comence la vie s. fenicula'. Beg. 'Plateus torna con corage a la seinte uirge'.

26. ff. 83-84. 'La vie seint babile lesuesque'. Beg. 'Ci comence la uie seint babile lesuesque'.

27. ff. 84-85. 'Si comence la vie seint Marius et seinte Marthe et Audifax et Abbacus'. Beg. 'Du tens claudien lemperor uint un home'.

28. ff. 85-85v. 'Si comence la vie seint Felix prestre'. Beg. 'Voirs est quil auint qui apres le trespassement'.

29. ff. 85v-87. 'La vie de treis freres gemeus'. Beg. 'Au tens de speosippus et eleosippus et meleosippus'.

30. ff. 87-91. 'Si comence la uie mon seignur seint denise de france'. Beg. 'Apres la passion nostre seigneur ihu crist'.

31. ff. 91-94v. 'Si comence la vie de seint cosme et de seint damien'. Beg. 'Cil qui crestien sont et nostre seignur aiment'.

32. ff. 94v-101. 'Si comence la vie seint anestaise'. Beg. 'Ore entendez suios durons auant dune seinte uirge'.

33. f. 101v. 'La vie seint Assanna l'Abbee'. Beg. 'Uns home fu el paleis theodose'.

34. ff. 101v-106v. 'Si comence la vie et le passio seinte cecile'. Beg. 'Haute chose est doir et dentendre'.

35. ff. 106v-107v. 'Ci comence la vie seint sixte'. Beg. 'Ce fu el tens qui decius cesar'.

36. ff. 108-110. 'Si comence la vie et le passio mon seignur seint lorenz'. Beg. 'Apres ceo qui seint syxtes fu martiriez'.

37. ff. 110-111v. 'Si comence la vie seint ypolite le martir'. Beg. 'Vos auez oi de seint lorenz'.

38. ff. 111v-115v. 'Si comence la vie et le martir s. Lambert'. Beg. 'Gloire et eunor et loeuge doit estre a touz crestiens'.

39. ff. 115v-120v. 'Si comence le purgatoire seint patrice'. Beg. 'En cel tens qui seinz patrices le granz'. Cat. Romances, ii (1893), pp. 476-477.

40. ff. 120v-129v. 'Si comence la vie seint iulien de brides'. Beg. 'Uns prendomes raconte la uie mon seignur s. iulien de brides'.

41. ff. 129v-137v. 'Si comence la uie mon seignur seint Brandan'. Beg. 'En la uie mon seignur seint brandan'. Ibid., p. 549.

42. ff. 137v-140. 'Ci comence la uie nostre seignur seint thomas de Canterbure'. Beg. 'Mi chier fil ceste feste doit estre celebrea a grant sollempneteez'.

43. ff. 140-150. 'Si comence la uie seint Siluestre'. Beg. 'Seinz siluestres quant il fui emfes'.

44. ff. 150-151. 'La uenue Antiecrist'. Beg. 'Vos deuez sauoir premerement qe antecriz'.

45. f. 151. 'Ci comence le iugement nostre seigneur'. Beg. 'Quant xl. ior serront passez apres'.

46. ff. 151-153. 'Ci comence lassupcion nostre Dame'. Beg. 'Quant nostre sires nostre sauvierres ihesu crist'.

47. ff. 153-156v. 'Si comence la vie seint Hernoil'. Beg. 'Tuit creant en dieu doiuent'.

48. ff. 156v-165v. 'Ci comence la uie et le martire seint Andrieu'. Beg. 'Bien sachent tuit cil qui sont creant'.

49. ff. 165v-168v. 'Ci comence la uie ma dame sancte marie le magdeleyne'. Beg. 'Apres ce qe nostre sires ihesu criz'.

50. ff. 168v-172v. 'Ci comence la uie Seinte marie legypciene'. Beg. 'A deprimes vos dirroi por quoi'.

Scope & Content:

Saints: Legends of the Saints: 14th cent: Fr.

includes:

f. 1 Richard Neuport: Signature?: 16th cent.
f. 173v Robert Goodwyn: Signature: 16th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

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Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1300

End Date:

1399

Date Range:

14th century

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Custodial History:

Richard Neuport: Owned?, 16th cent.

Robert Goodwyn: Owned?, 16th cent.

Joseph Planta, Principal Librarian, British Museum: Presented, circa 1823-1824.

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Names:

Goodwyn, Roberto, former owner of a copy of Legends of The Saints, fl 16th century
Neuport, Richard
Planta, Joseph, Principal Librarian British Museum