Add MS 35112

"MARIALE": a collection of sermons, miracles, hymns, and prayers relating to the Virgin, compiled in the 12th century (post 1158), and belonging to the Abbey of St. Martin of Tournai (see Sanders, Bibl. Belgica, pt. i. p. 123). At the end are a life of St. Martha and a collection of verses on various subjects.

1. Eight rhyming hexameters introductory to the collection, beg. "Nomen in hoc uelut in reliquis uis scire libellis Appella Mariale quod est de laude Marie." Followed by a hymn, "Ave virgo semper pia dei genitrix Maria." f. 1 b.

2. "Tractatus magistri Hugonis super Tota pulcra es": discourse on passages from the Song of Songs, by Hugo de S. Victors (Migne, P. L. clxxvii. col. 1209). Preface beg. "Accipe, frater carissime," and text "Verba ipsa nota sunt." f. 1 b.

3. Four sermons, viz.: (a) "Sermo uenerabilis Bede presbiteri de natiuitate b. Marie semper uirginis"; not included in Migne's collection, either among the real or spurious homilies. Beg. "Natiuitatis gloriose genitricis dei." f. 8b;-(b) "Sermo de purificatione gloriose," etc. [by Hildebert of Le Mans, printed in Migne, P. L. clxxi. col. 611]. Beg "Postquam impleti sunt (etc.). Consuetudo, fratres, hec erat." Another copy is in Royal MS.

12 F. XV. (f. 134). f. 13;-(c) "Sermo in annuntiatione," etc. Beg. "Gaudeamus in domino, fratres." f. 15;-(d) "Sermo quare in Sabbatis fit memoria b. Marie": the discourse on Saturday which occurs in many collections of miracles of the Virgin (see Cat. of Romances, vol. ii. p. 616), but omitting the tale of the miraculous image. Beg. "Sollennem memoriam sacrosancte virginis." f. 17.

4. "Descriptio qualiter Vultus Domini de Iherosolimis ad Lucanam ciuitatem sit delatus": the story of the Volto Santo in St. Martin's (the cathedral) at Lucca. How it was revealed to "Gualefridus subalpinus episcopus" at Jerusalem that a crucifix made by Nicodemus was preserved there. How it was miraculously conveyed by ship to Spezia, and there received by John, Bishop of Lucca [780-803] this agrees with the traditional date 782]. The last paragraph relates that the writer Leobinus, "hum. diaconus ven. Gualefridi subalpini episcopi" (a later Gualefridus?), when at Jerusalem with the bishop heard of the portion of the crown of thorns and other relies concealed in the crucifix. The date of the arrival at Lucca is given inconsistently (see above) al; A.D. 742, "tempore Karoli et Pipini . . . anno regni eorum secundo." The Latin text has perhaps not been printed, but Bart. Beverini apparently used it in his account of the legend (Annales Lucensis urbis, 1829, i. p. 84). It is in general agreement with two Italian poems printed sine 1. et a. (circa 1550), but these place the discovery of the inclosed relics in 1090 and call the discoverer Stephen. Beg. "Leobinus diaconus seruorum dei minimus." f. 18. Another copy is in the library at Charleville, no. 168 (see Mussafia, Studien, Heft ii. 1888, p. 49).

5. Two miracles of images of Christ, viz.: (a) an image at Constantinople, stolen by a Jew, bleeds and stains his clothes and the water of a well into which it is thrown;-(b) Another stolen image is tracked by its bleeding. The two are preceded by a preface, "Postquam ille triumphalis regis regum titulus videlicet Jhesus Nazarenus." For both stories see Cat. of Romances, ii. p. 705. The former is that found in Combefis, the latter is taken from Gregory of Tours. f. 20.

6. "Incipit prologus miraculorum s. dei genitricis semperque virginis Marie": a series of about fifty-eight miracles of the Virgin, a few of which are in verse. All will be fully described in the Catalogue of Romances, vol. iii. The first part of the collection agrees almost exactly with the Paris MS. Lat. 14,463 (formerly St. Victor 248, see Mussafia, quoted in Cat. of Romances). The latter half has also nearly all the stories in common, but the order is different. Among the recent miracles related are those of Soissons, 1128-1131 [by Hugo Farsitus, printed in Migne, P. Lat. clxxix. col. 1777], f. 60, of Arras, 1142, f. 37 b (these are both in the St. Victor MS.), and of Anchin, 1158 (in the Paris MS. 12,593, from St. Germain; see also a short version in Vincent of Beauvais, Spec. Hist. vii. 98), f. 41. There are two or three more miracles below, which may be connected with this article (see artt. 8, 9, 11). Prologue beg. "Ad omnipotentis dei laudem cum sepe recitentur." f. 21.

7. "Libellus de infantia Saluatoris": the pseudevangelium as printed by Thilo, Codex Apocryphus, tom. i. p. 340, forming the first 24 chapters of the Evangelium Pseudo-Matthaei of Tischendorf, Evangelia Apocrypha, p. 50. No introductory epistles. Beg. "Erat uir in Israel nomine Joachim." f. 80 b.

8. "Relatio miraculorum domini nostri Jhesu Christi que per imaginem ipsius facta sunt in Beritho ciuitate' v. Id. Nov.": the "libellus Athanasii, archiepiscopi Alexandrine urbis, de passione imaginis domini qualiter crucifixa est in urbe Beritho temporibus Constantini iunioris et Hyrene uxoris eius" (the last five words are erased), a spurious sermon of Athanasius, printed with other versions, Greek and Latin, in Migne's Patrol. Graeca, xxviii. col. 811 (see Cat Romances, ii. p. 702). The preface here speaks of it as read by Peter, metropolitan of Nicomedia, at a synod at Caesarea in Cappadocia, but see Migne, 1. c. f. 87.

9. "Miraculum de corpore domini nostri Jhesu Christi": of transubstantiation made visible to a priest named Plegils. Beg. "Fuit quidam presbiter religiosus ualde Plegils nomine." f. 90 b.

10. A hymn to the Virgin, beg. "Alma serena pia preelara beata Maria." f. 9 lb.

11. Two miracles of the Virgin in verse, found like those of art. 6 in the St. Victor MS., viz. (a) Deaths of rich man and poor widow. Beg. "Fuit ecclesia cuius parrochie." f. 92;-(b) Incest of mother and son. Beg. "Erat Rome vir quidam nobilis." f. 94.

12. More hymns to the Virgin, viz.: (a) "Virgo mater melliflua." f. 98;-(b) "O regina sanctitatis." f. 98 b;-(c) "O Maria mater pia fons misericordie." f. 99;-(d) " Stella maris, lumen orbis, fidei preconium." f. 99;-(e) "Ave, stella mater solis." f. 99 b;-

(f) Virgo, maris stella, lesse de stirpe puella." f. 99 b;-

(g) Maria uirgo regia sponsa regis et filia." f. 100:-(h) "Vale, uirgo regia." f. 101;-(i) "Inperatrix reginarum." See Mone, Latein. Hymnen, ii. 421. f. 101.

13. Prayers to the Virgin, some of which, as indicated in the rubrics, have been referred to above in the stories of art. 6. f. 101.

14. "Oratio bona": the hymn "Juste iudex Jhesu Christe" (see Mone, op. cit. i. 359). f. 102 b.

15. Theological verses, 60 hexameters, beg. "Quem uult indurat deus et cui uult miseretur." f. 102 b.

16. "Versus de partu beate uirginis," printed, with a few additional lines, in Migne, P. L. clxxi. 1406, among the works of Hildebert of Le Mans. Beg. "Sol cristallus aque dant qualemcuinque figuram." f. 103.

17. Theological verses, 100 hexameters, beg. "Jesse fuit radix, Dauid arbor, Virgo Maria." f. 103.

18. "Vita S. Marthe, hospite Christi": a life of which the substance is apparently taken from that by Rabanus Maurus (see Migne, P. L. cxii. col. 1431) and which seems to be the source of the short life in Legenda Aurea. Other copies are in Add. MS. 18,361, Harl. MS. 3597. Beg. "Sancte ecclesie tipum b. Martha." f. 104.

19. "Versus magistri Alani de beata dei genitrice": from the Anticlaudianus of Alanus de Insulis, lib. v. cap. ix. (Migne, P. L. ccx. col. 538). Beg. "Hec est que proprium pariendi lege pudorem." In a 13th century hand, the MS. having originally ended with art. 18, if not with art. 17. f. 111 b. The following articles are in a hand of circ. 1200.

20. "Liber de mundi philosophia": a cosmographical poem in about four hundred hexameters, divided into two books. With diagrams. Preface beg. "Mens celer armatur doctrinis philosophorum," and ends "Palluit inuentor dum cuderet ista labore Cuius habes nomen si uersum legeris olim." f 112.

21. "Versus de duodecim ventis Tranquili ph[ilosophi]": beg. "Quatuor a quadris uenti flant partibus orbis." f. 115 b.

22. Rhyming verses on the death of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders (1127), printed in Migne, P. L. clxvi. col. 1045. Beg. "Proh dolor ducem Flandrie defensorem ecclesie." f. 116.

23. "Quod femina et aurum et honos subuertant mentes hominum": the elegiac poem De Tribus Inimicis, printed among the works of Marbodus, Bishop of Rennes (1096-1123), in Migne, P. L. clxxi. col. 1491, and also among the miscellaneous poems of Hildebert of Le Mans at col. 1427 of the same volume. Beg. "Plurima con [sc. cum] soleant mores euertere sacros." At the end are appended eight lines containing proverbs on the subject of women. f. 117.

24. Epigrams on some of the fathers. Beg. "Ille Origenis ego doctor uerissimus olim." f. 117 b.

25. Verses (41 hexameters) on the family of Christ. Beg. "Cognati Christi fuerant, ut dicitur, isti." Followed by a prose note on the same subject based on St. Jerome. f. 117 b.

26. Epigrams (a) on Urban II. and the first crusade, "Urbanus papa pax et crucifixio mundi." f. 118;-(b) On the vanity of human wishes, "O mortalis homo, mortis reminiscere casus." f. 118;-

(c) On fortune as a wheel, a couplet which, altered and expanded into four lines, is printed in Migne, P. L. clxxi. col. 1429: beg. Glorior elatus, descendo minorificatus." f. 118 b;-(d) Three epigrams on lions, "Talis nature leo fortis dicitur esse" (5 lines), "Quando leo dormit oculi sunt eius aperti" (2), "Per triduum natus leo dormit non animatus" (4). f. 118 b;-(e) On Mt. Olympus, "Reis Alexandri regio Machedonia magni." f. 118 b;-

(f) On the fish "mora," "Est paruus piscis echinus semipedalis." f. 118 b;-(g) On asbestos, "Nomen ab igne suum lapis est sortitus abeston." f. 118b;-(h) On "fingites," "Fingites lapis est translucens durus et albus." f. 118b;-(i) On ductile glass, "Ingeniosus homo fertur fecisse per artem." f. 118b;-(k) On St. Eueherius, Bishop of Orleans, Charles Martel and Pepin le Bref, "Presulis Eueherii manifestat uisio sancti." f. 118 b.

27. "Versus venerabilis Bede presbiteri in laude Heldeldride regine et virginis Christi": the verses on St. Etheldreda, Bede, Hist. Eccl. iv. cap. xx. (ed. Stevenson, vol. i. p. 294). f. 118 b.

28. Epigrams, etc., (a) On the sea, "Non uia terrarum, sed me uia terret aquarum." f. 119;-(b) On the creation, "Primus in orbe dies lucis primordia sumpsit." f 119;-(c) Moral mixims, "Quis diues? qui nil cupit. Et quis pauper ? auarus." f. 119;-(d) Four lines incorporated in Albertus Magnus, De Secr. Mul., and in the Schola Salernitana (v. 1795-1798 of De Renzi, Coll. Salern. tom. v. 1859), "Susceptum semen sex primis pene diebus." f 119;-

(e) On the vanity of human wishes, "Gloria mundana nichil est nisi uisio uana." f. 119;-(f) On the ten plagues, "Prima rubens unda clades, raneque secunda." f. 119 b;-(g) On the Evangelists, "Prefert nostra dei facies humana Mathei." f. 119 b;-(h) On the vanity of human wishes, "Gloria mundana mundique potentia vana." f. 119 b;-(i) On the same as 26 (d), "Exanimem triduo catulum lea seruat in antro." f. 119 b;-(k) On misers, "Nov sibi, non aliis prodest dum uiuit auarus." f. 119 b;-(l) On, quarrelsomeness, "Iurgia clamores tibi gloria, gloria lites." f. 119 b;-(m) On reverence for parents, "Tu bene facta tui tanquam male facta parentis." f 119b;-(n) On inconstancy, Non bene firmatur radix que sepe mouetur." f. 119 b;-(o) On jealousy, "Emuleue soli qui dum cadit ipse leuantem." f.119b;-

(p) On the same, "Frangis amicitiam dum Turdale rodis amicum." f. 119 b;-(q) On backbiting, "Cur maculas alios, maculosior omnibus Albi." f. 119 b;-(r) Ad Gallum, "Crimina nulla tibi quoniam sunt, Galle, superbis." f. 119 b;-(s) On the vanity of human wishes, "Non bene discernis qui prefers ima supernis." f. 119 b;-(t) Ad Ermilianum, "Que crescit ramis et non radicibus arbor." f. 119 b;-(u) Ad Pelea, "In tenui panno nulla est facundia, Peleu." f. 119 b;-(v) On distinction of words, "Fla facit ardorem, sed fra largitur odorem." f. 119 b. Vellum; ff. 120. XIIth and XIIIth centt. Large ornamented initials in red and green. "Liber S. Martini Tornac[ensis]; Seruanti benedictio, auferenti maledictio" (f. 1). Phillipps MS. 11,902 (sale-cat., 1897, lot 320). A note by Sir T. Phillipps on the fly-leaf, "Ex Bibl. Monasterii de Alna" [Aulne sur Aube]. This is repeated in his folio-catalogue, but is probably a mistake. 11 ½ X 7 ½ inches.

Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Mariale : initials: late 12th cent.

Theology: Treatises, sermons and miracles relating to the Virgin: 12th cent.: Lat.

Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Mariale: 12th cent.: Lat.

Romances: Mariale, Miracles of the Virgin: 12th cent.: Lat.

includes:

• f. 1 b Hugo de Sancto Victore: Tractatus super " Tota pulcra es": 12th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 1 b, 91 b, 98-108 passim Poetry: Hymns to the Virgin, and other theological verse: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 8 b Beda: Sermo de nativitate B. Mariae: 12th cent.
• f. 8 b Sermons: Four sermons on the Virgin: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 13 Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans; Archbishop of Tours: Sermo in festo Purificationis: 12th cent.
• f. 18 'diaconus Leobinus': Descriptio qualiter vultus Domini ad Lucanam civitatem sit delatus: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 18 Lucca, Italy: History of the Volto Santo at: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 18 Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Story of the Vultus Domini of Lucca: 12th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 20, 87 Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Miracles wrought by images of Christ: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 37 b Arras, France: Miracles at: in 1142; 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 41 Anchin, Belgium: Miracles at: 1158.: Lat.
• f. 45 Radbodus, Bishop of Noyon (ob. 1098): Sermon: 12th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 51 b-58 passim, 92-98 Poetry: Miracles of the Virgin: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 60 City of Soissons: Miracles at: 1128-1131 ; 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 66 Hugo Farsitus, Canon at Soissons: Miracles at Soissons: 1128-1131 ; 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 80 b Apocrypha: Pseudevangelium de infantia Salvatoris: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 80 b Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Pseudevangelium de infantia Salvatoris: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 87 Sermons: Sermon read at a Synod at Cæsarea Cappadociæ: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 87 Peter, Bishop of Nicomedia: Sermon read by him at a synod at Caesarea: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 87 Beyrout, Syria: Miracles at: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 87 Cæsarea, Cappadocia: Sermon read at a synod at: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 87 Athanasius II, Patriarch of Alexandria: Sermon attributed to, on miracles at Beyrout: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 90 b Plegils, a priest: Vision seen by: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 101 Prayers: To the Virgin: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 103 Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans; Archbishop of Tours: Versus de partu Beatae Virginis, attributed to: 12th cent.
• f. 104 Saint Martha,; Hospita Christi: Life: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 111 b Alanus de Insulis, Autissiodorensis [Auxerre] Episcopus: Extract from his " Anticlaudianus.": 13th cent.: Lat.
• f. 112 Poetry: De Mundi philosophia: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 115 b Tranquillus, philosophus: Versus de xii ventis: circ. 1200.
• f. 116 Poetry: Verses on death of Charles, Count of Flanders [1127],: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 116 Charles the Good, Counts of Flanders: Verses on his death: (1127); circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 117 Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans; Archbishop of Tours: Versus de tribus inimicis, attributed to: circ. 1200.
• f. 117 b Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Verses on the family of: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 117 b Poetry: Verses on the family of Christ: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f.117 Marbode, Bishop of Rennes: Poem " Detribus inimicis," attributed to: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 118 Urban II; Pope: Epigram on him, and the first crusade: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 118 b Beda: Verses on S. Etheldreda, from the Historia Ecclesiastica: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 118 b Charles Martel, Duke of Austrasia: Epigram on vision of S. Eucherius cone.: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 118 b Saint Eucherius,; Bishop of Orléans: Epigram on vision of: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 118 b Pepin the Short of France: Epigram on: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 118 b Mount Olympus: Epigram on: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• f. 118 b Saint Etheldreda: Verses on, from Beda's Historia Ecclesiastica: circ. 1200.: Lat.
• ff. 118, 119 Poetry: Miscellaneous epigrams: circ. 1200.: Lat.