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THEOLOGICAL COLLECTION: late 13th cent. Latin. Origin: England. The end fly-leaf (f. 311v) bears badly faded 15th cent. writing, overwritten by an early 16th cent. hand. Possibly the property of Rufford Priory, co. Nott.: 'Ryfford (a quo sit liber iste) est in foresta de Shirreuod in Mansfeldiam et Tuxfordiam', occurs in a 17th cent. hand, f. 311v. The following names occur: 'John de Lingcolle'; 15th cent. f. 311v;- 'William gremer, minor'; 15th cent. f. 311v; 'Imprintyd by Eddcar de [Whyt?]cherche'; early 16th cent. f. 311v;- Henry Becket; 16th cent. f. 24v;- John David; 16th cent. f. 101. Owned, late 16th cent., by Edward Ollerenshaw, see ff. 1, 1v, 70. Memoranda in Ollerenshaw's hand occur throughout, eg. ff. 102, 105, and he records that the volume had 328 folios, f. 1. Owned, late 17th cent., by John Alsope al. Allsop, f. 96v. See also ff. 30, 144, 234. Names of other members of this family also occur, late 17th cent.: Anthony Alsope, ff. 194v, 197;- Hannah Alsope, f. 196v;- Robert Alsope, f. 182v;- Thomas Allsop, f. 49. Wolley Collection.

Vellum; ff. 311. ff. 5-10 bear medieval foliation 17-22 in arabic numerals. In the 16th cent. the volume had 328 folios (f. 1). Gatherings: i irregular, ii10 (lacks 7-10), iii10, iv8, v10, vi8, vii16, viii12, ix10, x12, xi8, xii10, xiii-xvi12, xvii16, xviii14, xix-xxi12, xxii-xxiii14, xxiv10, xxv18?, xxvi14? (lacks 13, 14), xxvii16? (lacks 15, 16). Two quires missing between ff. 4-5, with loss of text. Tight binding made counting difficult in quires xxv-xxvii. Catchwords to most quires from ff. 29v-257v. Signatures: roman numerals or small letters to most quires, variably on the right or left-hand side. Three gothic book scripts: A. ff. 1v-267v;- B. ff. 268-297v;- C. ff. 298-310v. Glosses and memoranda in a small contemporary hand, eg. ff. 4v, 53v-54v, 310v-311. Articles 4 and 8 begin on new quires. Decoration: Hand A. Headings and marginals in red, initials in red and blue penwork. Marginal sketches of grotesques, animals, birds, etc., in red and blue. ff. 1-267v;- Hand B. Headings in red, initials in red and blue. ff. 268-297v;- Hand C. Headings and initials in red. ff. 298-310v.

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1. ff. 1v-254v. 'Floriger' in thirty-nine books, collected from various works of St Augustine. Preceded by a table of contents, ff. 1v-4v. The text is imperfect at the beginning, starting in the middle of book 3 (f. 5). Text lost between ff. 10-11, books 3, 4. Some pages bear a contemporary gloss at the foot, and other marginal notes in the same hand, eg. ff. 53v-54v.

2. ff. 255-267. 'De dolore et lamentacione beate et gloriose Virgine Marie', a work of uncertain authorship, ascribed variously to St Anselm and

St Bernard of Clairvaux. Beg. 'Quis dabit capiti . . . imbrem lacrimarum ut possim flere'. Printed as an appendix to St Bernard's works in Migne, PL, clxxxii, 1133-1142. The text in the printed version is imperfect at the beginning and contains textural variations from the present MS. Other copies of this text are listed in Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King's Collections (1921), see entry for Royal MS. 7 A.VI, ff. 77-80v. See also Add. 29866, ff. 352-357.

3. ff. 267-267v. 'De duobus abstinencie generibus, una corporalis alia spiritualis'. Fragment, imperfect at the end. Beg. 'Duo sunt abstinencie et ceteris genera'. See Bloomfield, no. 1828.

4. ff. 268-289. 'De institutione novicii', ascribed to Hugh of St Victor. Beg. 'Quia largiente domino de vana conversacione'. Migne, PL, clxxvi, 925-952. For other MSS. of this text, see Burney MS. 309, ff. 29-50; Harley MS. 3923, ff. 25-33v (imperfect); Royal MSS. 5 E.XIV, ff. 182-188,

8 E.XIV, ff. 149-157, 8 E.XVII, ff. 7-17; Add. 21617, ff. 90-98v (abbreviation).

5. ff. 289-295v. 'Speculum peccatorum', ascribed to St Jerome. Beg. 'Quoniam karissime in huius via vite fugientis'. Migne, PL, xl, 983-992. See J. D.-F. Römer, 'Bibliographie Ergänzungen zur Bibliotheca Hieronymiana Manuscripta (1)', Scriptorium, xxx (1976), p. 107.

6. ff. 295v-296v. 'In apologia ad monachos cluniacenses': extracts from St Bernard, 'Apologia ad Guillelmum Abbatem'. The complete work is printed in SBO, 3, pp. 63-108. See also Migne, PL, clxxxii, 895-918.

7. ff. 296v-297v. 'De vera abstinencia': extracts from St Jerome 'contra Iovinianum'. The complete work is printed in Migne, PL, xxiii, 211-338.

8. ff. 298-310v. 'Sermo beati Augustini ad illos qui in huius seculi illecebris voluptuose versantur . . .'. Beg. 'Fratres karissimi quam tremenda est dies illa'. See Migne, PL, xxxix, 2210, St Augustine sermon 251: However the first few lines of text only correspond to this printed version. See also Cambridge Corpus Christi MS. 177, f. 247.

9. ff. 310v-311. Theological memoranda.

Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Penwork initials and grostesque: 13th cent.

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ff. 1, 1v, 70, 102, 105 Edward Ollerenshaw: Signatures and memoranda: late 16th cent.
ff. 1v-254v Saint Augustine,; Bishop of Hippo: Theology LATIN: 'Floriger' from works of St Augustine: 13th cent: Lat: Imperf.
f. 24v Henry Becket: Name written: 16th cent.
ff. 30, 96v, 144, 234 John Allsop, alias Alsope: Signatures and memoranda: late 17th cent.
f. 49 Thomas Allsop, alias Alsope: Name written: late 17th cent.
f. 101 John David: Name written: 16th cent.
f. 182v Robert Allsop, alias Alsope: Name written: late 17th cent.
ff. 194v, 197 Anthony Allsop, alias Alsope: Name written: late 17th cent.
f. 196v Hannah Allsop, alias Alsope: Name written: late 17th cent.
ff. 255-267 Theology LATIN: Saint Bernard,; Abbot of Clairvaux: Saint Anselm,; Archbishop of Canterbury: 'De dolore et lamentacione beate et gloriose Virgine Marie', variously ascribed to St Anselm and St Bernard: 13th cent: Lat.
ff. 267-267v Theology LATIN: 'De duobus abstinencie generibus': 13th cent: Lat: Fragment.
ff. 268-289 Theology LATIN: Hugh, of St Victor: Hugh of St Victor, 'De institutione novicii': 13th cent: Lat.
ff. 289-295v Theology LATIN: Saint Jerome: 'Speculum peccatorum': 13th cent: Lat.
ff. 295v-296v Theology LATIN: Saint Bernard,; Abbot of Clairvaux: Extracts from St Bernard, 'Apologia ad Guillelmum Abbatem': 13th cent: Lat.
ff. 296v-297v Theology LATIN: Saint Jerome: Extracts from St Jerome, 'Contra Iovinianum': 13th cent: Lat.
ff. 298-310v Saint Augustine,; Bishop of Hippo: Sermons: Sermon ascribed to St Augustine: 13th cent: Lat.
ff. 310-311v Theology LATIN: Memoranda: 13th cent.
f. 311v John de Lingcolle: William Gremer, minor: Eddcar de [Whyt?]cherche: Name written: 15th cent.

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Add MS 6718 : THEOLOGICAL COLLECTION: late 13th cent. Latin. Origin: England. The end fly-leaf (f. 311v) bears badly faded 15th cent.…

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1260

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1299

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John Allsop, alias Alsope: Owned, late 17th cent.

Edward Ollerenshaw: Owned, late 16th cent.

Rufford Priory; Nottinghamshire: Owned(?), 13th-16th cent.

Adam Wolley, of Matlock: Bequeathed, 1828.

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