Add MS 43682

COLLECTION OF SERMONS, in Latin, described in a 14th-cent. hand (f. 138b) as 'Sermones festiui qui incipiunt gloria hec e[st] omnibus sanctis', and on the binding (now f. i) as 'S[ancti] Ant[onii] de Pad[ua] sermones' but not included among his printed works. Originally probably two collections, viz. ff. i-87, and 91-135, which were bound together not later than the 15th cent. Both are mainly sermons for festivals and saints' days, but are not arranged in order of the ecclesiastical year. As follows:-

(1) Thirty-six sermons for various festivals and saints' days. Imperfect through loss of twenty-four leaves following f. So, as indicated by an early (15th cent.?) foliation, and the table of contents on f. 87 which discloses texts of nine sermons now wholly or partly missing. Three sermons on St Francis (ff. 71b-74, 78b-80b), the first bearing the rubric 'In sancti patris nostri francisci' suggest that this portion of the volume at least is a Franciscan compilation. The texts and incipits of the sermons are:-

1. Gloria hec est omnibus.. . Non est aliquis (All Saints). ff. 1-3 b.

2. Filij emulatores estote.. In uerbis . secundo propositis (Simon and Jude). ff. 3 b-7 b.

3 . Ecce nos reliquimus.. quantum ad sensum literalem (Simon and Jude). ff. 7 b-II.

4. Dedit illi sacerdocium.. . . Hoc dictum est (Cathedra of St Peter). . ff. 11-12. hec 5 . Produxit dew de humo.. Mihi Mary). aittem absit.. . Sicut enim anima . (Holy Cross). ff. 12-16.

6. Expoliauit se ionathas.. . . Co[n]- enter possunt assumi Bartholomew the Apostle). ff. - 18 7. Odio habuerunt in porta.. Quantum ad sensum (Decollation of St John Baptist). ff. 18-22.

8. Misit Alexander rex ionathe.. . . Sicut beati augustini (St Stephen). ff. 22-26.

9. Iustum deduxit dominus....Ad laudem beati M. (St Martin). ff. 26-27 b.

10. Labora sicut nouus miles.. Unusquisque ait (St Martin). ff. 27b- 29 b.

11. In ierusalem potestas mea... Quia sine gratia diuina (Purification Of . the Virgin Mary). ff 29 b-3 5 b.

12. Obuiauit ei quasi mater... Quia non habeo ('Serino communis ad laudem uirginis gloriose'). ff. 35 b- 41 b.

13 Intrauit ipse in quoddam castellum.. Quid ad gloriosam uirginem (Assumption of the Virgin). Hec uerba Printed with slight variations among the works of St Anselm in Migne, Patr. Lat., clviii, col. 644. ff. 41 b-44.

14 Visa est archa testamenti.. . . Licet uerba presint (The Virgin ff. 44-45.

15 Mulier amicta sole.. . . Hec uerba possunt adaptari (Assumption of the Virgin). ff. 45-48.

16. Peperit filium masculum.. . . In hiis uerbis quattuor insinuantur (The Nativity). ff. 48-49.

17. Beatam me dicent omnes.. . . Uerba sunt beate uirginis (The Virgin Mary). ff. 49-50.

18. Statim ueniet ad templum.. . . In uerbis istis ad (Purification of the Virgin). f. 50b.

19 [Erit quasi oliuia (sic) gloria eius]. Beginning of sermon wanting. (St Nicholas). f. 51.

20. Homo ad laborem nascitur.. . . Innuitur nobis hic modus et ordo uiuendi (St Nicholas). ff. 51- 55. Nemo potest uenire. In uerbis premissis non (St Augustine, Bp. and Confessor). ff. 55-56b.

22. Confessionem et decorem....Considerans ecclesiam (St Ambrose). ff. 56b-60.

23. Bonus pastor animam. . . Saluator noster ut se (St Thomas Archbishop). ff. 60-62b.

24. Sur[r]exit dauid de terra.. . . Describitur aliis obmissis (The Resurrection). ff. 62 b-65 b.

25. Refloruit caro mea... . Vt conformemur (The Resurrection). Imperf. ff. 65 b-66.

26. Usque ad montem.. . Opera naturalia si non (St Thomas of Canterbury). fr. 67 b-69.

27. Aurum tuum et argentum.. .. Primo sanctus Laurentius (St Laurence). ff. 69 b-71b.

28. Posuit berseleel.. . . Berseleel interpretatur ('ln sancti patris nostri francisci'). ff. 71 b-73.

29. Populus qui ambulabat.. . . Licet uerba illa dixerit (St Francis of Assisi). ff. 73-74.

30. Inflammatum est cor meum.. . . In uerbis propositis describitur (Mary Magdalene). ff. 74b-76.

31. In medio ignis ... Nos legimus quod daniel (St Laurence). ff. 76-76 b.

32. Omnes sunt administratorij... . Homines istius mundi (De Angelis). 76b-78b.

33. Vas auri solidum.... Si adarn non peccasset (St Francis). ff. 78b-80b.

34. Lvce splendida fulgebis.. . Quis tantarum rerum (Epiphany). ff. 80 b-83 b.

35. Habebitis hanc diem.... Hec sollempnitas que (Easter, on the eating of the Paschal Lamb). ff. 83 b-85 b.

36. Cum complerentur dies.. . . In uerbis istis scriptis (Pentecost). Imperf. f. 85b.

Among marginal notes, etc., is the beginning of a sermon, beg. Vidi turbam magnam... Inter alias solempnitates (ff. 1 b, 2) and a sermon on the Stigmata of St Francis beg. 'Ego enim stigmata... Rex regum et dominus' (ff. 78b-81b), while inserted on ff. 66 b, 67 are notes, in a different hand, for sermons on SS. Silvester and John the Evangelist.

(2) Twenty-eight sermons for various festivals and saints' days, viz.:-

1 Si dilectus quemadmodum... Ad uolendum loqui (St John the Evangelist). ff. 91-92.

2. Dilectus quemadmodum filius.... Sancta mater ecclesia (St John the Evangelist). ff. 92-93 b.

3 . Exiit edictum a Cesare.. . Nos videmus secundum scripturam (Christmas). ff. 93 b-95 b.

4. Stephanus plenus gratia.. . . Certum est quod ille (St Stephen). ff. 95 b-97 b.

5. Laudate pueri....Istud festum tripliciter (Holy Innocents). ff. 97b-99.

6. Vocabitis hunc diem celeberrimum ... Secundum quod ait Gregorius (Holy Spirit). ff. 99-101.

7. Resplendiuit facies eius.. . . In sacra scriptura deus (Transfiguration). ff. 101-103b.

8. Postquam consumati sunt dies.. . . Sicut dicunt sapientes (Circumcision). ff. 103b-105b.

9. Postquam consumati sunt dies.. . . Secundum quod dicit (Circumcision). ff. 106-107.

10. Beati qui audiunt.. . In duobus (Third Sunday in Lent). ff. 107 b- 110.

11. Rex israel stabat.. . Sancta ecclesia (Passion of Our Lord). ff. 110-113b.

12. 0 stulti et tardi corde.. . Cantat ecclesia (Monday after Easter). ff. 113b-115b.

13. Hec dies quam fecit.. . . Secundum quod dicit Gregorius (Easter). ff. 115b-118.

14. Videte manus meas et pedes meos... In hoc euangelio dicitur (Tuesday after Easter). ff. 118-119.

15. Reuersus est sol.. . . Inter alias solempnitates (Ascension). ff. 119- 12ob.

16. Vocabitis hunc diem... Sicut in veteri lege. ff. 120b-121. Lent).

17. Obtulerunt ei munera....Antiphona quae hodie (Epiphany). ff. 121-124.

18. Angelus domini descendit.. . Quia euangelium odiemum (De Angelis). ff. 124-125.

19. Ascendentibus illis.. . Tria facit in anima (Sunday in Oct. of Epiphany). ff. 125-127.

20. Semet ipsum obtulit.. ..Consuetudo est (Passion). ff. 127-128.

21. Quis enarrabit celorum....Tria volumus de sanctis (De Angelis). ff. 128-129.

22. Qui habitare facit.. . Frequenter accidit (St Anne). ff. 129-130.

23. Estote imitatores dei.. . . Hodie promisi vobis (Third Sunday in ff. 130-131b.

24. Sapiens mulier hedifficat....Sapiens infirmus (St Mary Magdalene). ff. 131b-132.

25. Si fieri potest quod.. . Nihil est quod horninibus. ff. 132-133.

26. Introduc uiros domum.. . . Uerbum est Ioseph (Sermo de conuiuio). f. 133.

27. Cvm facts conuiuium....Contingit hoc (Sermo de conuiuio). ff. 133-133b.

28. Postquam completi sunt.. . . In festo purificationis (Purification of the Virgin). ff. 133b-135. At the beginning and end of this section have been added, in a 15th-cent. hand, two sermons, viz. Fuerunt duo pastores vnde ... Qui bene presunt (ff. 88b-90b) and Fecit Salomon duos cherubim...Sub methaphora rerum (ff. 135b-138). The same hand has added titles of sermons and notes throughout. Vellum; ff. i (the spine of a 17th-18th-cent. binding)+ 138. 150 mm. x 115 mm. xiv cent. Written probably in Italy. Gatherings of 12 leaves (IVl4, viii4), generally with catchwords. Sec. fol. 'Sunt et ideo'. On f. 138b a note in Italian written and signed by Amico di Jonta, Governor of Mazzara (for whom see R. Pirri, Sicilia Sacra, ii, p. 871, and Wadding, Annales, 3rd ed., xiv, p. 129), is somewhat obscure in meaning, but appears to indicate that the volume had been found by [Fr. Jacopo Falcei?] in the Church of St Francis there, 6 Mar 147, and that it had been stolen from Johannes di Nola in the 3 said church on the first Sunday of Advent of that year during the solemn procession on the news of the capture of Barcelona [which surrendered to Juan II of Aragon 17 Oct. 1472]. Presented by Robert Reynolds Steele, D. Litt. The following, Add. MSS. 43683-43687, transferred from the Department of Printed Books, come from the library of Mathew Dorey, of Dublin, afterwards in the possession of Edward Cecil Guinness, Ist Earl of Iveagh (d. 1927), at Ken Wood House, co. Midd., and were presented to the British Museum by Walter Edward Guinness, ist Baron Moyne: cf. Brit. Mus. Quart., viii, 1933-1934, p. 127.