Royal MS 8 B XIII

SERMONS (de tempore-Advent to Pentecost-and miscellaneous) of Galfridus Babion, scholasticus of Angers, circa 1096-1110, and a few others. In Latin. Without title or name. The collection, however (as far as art. 58), resembles closely MSS. (e.g. Paris, Bibl. Nat. Fonds Latin, no. 19434) where Babions name is attached. See Hauréau in Notices et Extr. xxxi, pt. ii, p. 126; cf. also 8 A. XI, art. II, and 8 F. III (both anonymous) and Add. MS. 19724, but the last gives under Babions name much that is probably not his. Most of Babion's sermons are printed in the collection which is assigned to Hildebert of Le Mans in Beaugendre's edition (Migne, Patr. Lat. clxxi. 343-950), to which references are given below. Originally, perhaps, there were seventy-five sermons, &c., in the present collection, but now there are only sixty-nine. Contents:-

1. Beaugendre's (Hildebert) sermon i. Beg. 'Dicite, pusillanimes, confortamini, &c. [Is. xxxv. 4-6]: Ante aduentum domini, fratres karissimi, in tanta caligine'. f. 1.

2-10. Beaugendre's nos. 10, 11, 79, 81, 15, 16, 56, 22, 28. f. 3.

11. Beaugendre's no. 18, broken off at f. 24 b by a lacuna, due to a scribe's blunder, at the words 'penam breuem [postquam]', where with the latter part of the sermon is missing the whole of Beaugendre's no. 27 and part of no. 26 (see 8 A. XI, art. II, where the corresponding passage is complete). f. 23.

12-20. Beaugendre's nos. 26, 108, 31, 41, 110, 30, 38, 40, 21. f. 24 b. After f. 48 b a quire is lost, containing Beaugendre's nos. 107, 34, 106, and part of 44.

21, 22. Beaugendre's nos. 44, 46. f. 49.

23. Beaugendre's no. iog, 'Dominus deus noster nolens', included by Hauréau, l.c., among Babions sermons, but really by S. Augustine (serm. xi, Migne, xxxviii. 97). f. 51 b.

24-41. Beaugendre's nos. 71, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 65, 92, 118, 116, 120, 123, 124, 98, 95, 96, 91, 94. ff. 53-88 b.

42. A sermon on Luke x. i. Although the exordium, 'Destknauit dominus et alios, &c. : Elegit, fratres karissimi . . . funguntur', agrees with Beaugendre's no. 132 (below, art. 48), yet it is a distinct sermon, continuing 'Cur autem isti xii' and ending 'quibus talanta tradidit ponet, qui uiuit, &c.' f. 90.

43. Sermon attributed to Ivo of Chartres in Prévost's edition (Migne, cxlvii. 223), but really by Babion (see Hauréau, l.c.). Beg. 'Ve pastoribus, &c. [Jer. xxiii. i, 2]: Audite, fratres karissimi, super uos'. f. 92.

44. Beaugendre's no. 128. f. 94.

45. Sermon, 'Deus stetit in synagoga deorum, &c. [Ps. lxxxi. i]: Fratres karissimi, cum dominus noster'. Unprinted (see Hauréau, l. c., and cf. 8 F. III, art. 13). f. 96 b.

46. Sermon, 'Dicit dominus per Ieremiam prophetam Preparamini contra Babilonem, &c. [Jer. l. 14, 15]: Vos, fratres karissimi, congregati estis'. Unprinted; assigned in another Paris MS. (no. 16699, f. 136) to Petrus Comestor (see Hauréau, l. c.). f. 99 b.

47. Sermon, 'Valde pertimesco ne comissa mihi plebs', interrupted at f. 107 (last line but one) by another lacuna at the words 'uehementer eis [officio]', where the extent of the loss is doubtful since the other MSS. do not contain this sermon, but the corresponding part of 8 A. XI has Beaugendre's no. 131 followed by the sermon (Pseudo-Ivo) printed in Migne, cxlvii. 227, and Beaugendre's no. 132, to which belongs the words from 'officio uacent'. f. 103.

48-55. Beaugendre's nos. 132, 82, 83, 87, 84, 126, 104, 113. ff. 107-119.

56-58. Three sermons, unprinted, but noticed by Hauréau from the Paris MSS., beg. (a) 'Audite uerbum domini, filii Israel, &c. [OS. iv. 1, 2]: Osee propheta, fratres karissimi'. f. 121 b;-(b) 'Filii hominum usquequo graui corde, &c. [Ps. iv. 3, 8]: Fratres karissimi, sicut filii'. f. 122b;-(c) 'Surge qui dormis et exurge, &c. [Eph. v. 14]: Hucusque, fratres karissimi, satis obdormistis'. f. 124 b.

59. Extract, perhaps from a letter. Beg. 'Diabolus despectis angelorum legionibus'. f. 126.

60. Sermon of S. Augustine, no. ccccxciii (Migne, xxxix. 1713, cf. 6 A. III, art. 4, &c.). Beg. 'Penitentes, penitentes, penitentes, si tamen estis penitentes'. f. 128.

61. Sermon [by Caesarius ?] printed in the appendix to S. Augustine, no. ccliii (ib. 2212). Beg. 'In omnibus scripturis diuinis, fratres karissimi, utiliter et salubriter ammonemur'. f. 128b.

62. Sermon, 'Audiuimus, fratres karissimi, per prophetam deum dicentem Ne tardes, &c. [Eccli. v. 8]: Promisit tibi'. Admitted by Hauréau, l.c., among Babions sermons, but really by S. Augustine, serm. xxxix (ib. xxxviii. 241). f. 130 b.

63. Sermon, chiefly compiled from S. Augustine, printed in the appendix to his works, serm. liii (ib. xxxix. 1845). Beg. 'Sedens aduersus fratrem tuum, &c. [Ps. xlix. 20]: Frequenter, fratres karissimi, cum psalmista'. f. 131 b.

64. Sermon [by Cacsarius ?] printed in the appendix to S. Augustine, no. cclxx (ib. 2247). Beg. 'Beatissimus apostolus Paulus, fratres karissimi, ut nobis uere et perfecte karitatis'. f. 133 b.

65. Sermon, 'Beatus uir qui post aurum non habiit [Eccli. xxxi. 8], et ut quicunque aliquid inuenerit, &c.: In scripturis sacris, fratres karissimi, legimus quod beatus sit' (cf. 7 F. II, art. 11 a), nearly identical with the latter part of serm. clxxviii of S. Augustine (ib. xxxviii.

963). f. 135.

66. Sermon, partly identical with serm. clxvii of S. Augustine (ib. 909). Beg. 'Apostolus cum legeretur, audistis, immo omnes audiuimus, dicentem nobis Videte quomodo'. f. 136b.

67. Sermon xl of S. Augustine (ib. 244). Beg. 'Frequenter, fratres karissimi, cum psalmista cantauimus Sustine dominum'. f. 138 b.

68. Sermon, 'Si diligenter attenditis, fratres karissimi, omnes sacerdotes' (cf. 7 F. II, art. 11 b), printed in the appendix to S. Augustine (from whose serm. clxxviii most of it is taken), no. cclxxxvii (ib. xxxix. 2287). f. 140.

69. = art. 56 repeated. Beg. 'Maledictum et mendacium, &c.: Osee propheta'. f. 142. Two vellum fly-leaves are from service-books, viz. f. 143 from a Processional, written in England izth-i2th cent., containing the service for Ascension day, and f. iii from a 14th cent. Antiphonal. On f. 143 b is scribbled 'Non est in speculo res quam speculamur in illo / iminet et non est in mulicre fides' and 'Femina dulce malum, fel mellitum, rosa pungens'. Vellum (ff. i, ii paper); ff. iii + 144. 31/4 in. x6 in. XII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves. Sec fol.'secundum similitudinem'. Initials in colours. Erased inscription 'Liber sancte Marie de...' Stamped leather binding (late 15th cent.), rebacked. Afterwards belonged to John Theyer. Theyer sale-cat. no. 194; CMA. 6489.