Royal MS 8 B XII

'SERMONES dominicales per annum': fifty-eight homilies on the Gospels, collected 'per vicarium Magd. Oxon.', i. e. by John Felton, a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Preceded by a preface and followed by two alphabetical indices. The authors from whom Felton borrows are noted in the margin. Several copies of the collection are in the Harley MSS., including one (Harley MS. 868) which gives 1431 as the date of compilation, and others are at Oxford. Preface beg. 'Penuria studencium in materia morali'; text, 'Dicite filie Syon Ecce rex tuus, &c., Matth. 21 [xxi. 5]: Sciendum est quod gracia dei'. The fly-leaf (f. i) is part of an ecclesiastical writ, dated 1451, in a testamentary suit in the court of the province of Canterbury, in which Tho. Hervy and Will. Marchall are parties. Paper (vellum inside and outside leaves to the quire); ff. 209.

81/4 in. x 51/2 in. XV cent. Gatherings of 12 leaves, with catchwords. Sec. fol. 'catulus unde'. Illuminated border to f. 3. On f. 2 is the note 'constat domino T. Clorelee', and on f. 193 b the name 'Wellys' (possibly John, Viscount Welles, who d. 1499, see 14 E. III, 15 D. II) and text 'Benedicite fontes domino'. On f. 2 b the Theyer monogram with number 5 and 'Mr Washington' in John Theyer's hand. Theyer sale-cat. no. 208; CMA. 6558.