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Title:
Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones
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This manuscript contains a selection of the Sermones (Sermons) by Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), abbot of Clairvaux and one of the leading theologians of the 12th century. The manuscript was produced in England in the 12th century and belonged to the Carthusian abbey of Witham in the 15th century.

Contents:

ff. 1r-155r: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones (Sermons), beginning: ‘Hodie fratres, celebramus Adventus initium’.

[f. 155v is blank].

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Numerous large initials in green and red with arabesque motifs and pen-flourishing. Numerous small initials in red and green. Highlighting in red. Rubrics in red.

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A parchment codex

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Start Date:
1160
End Date:
1199
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Late 12th century
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 205 x 140 mm (text space: 170 x 100 mm).

Foliation: ff. 155 (+ 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning + 3 at the end).

Script: Protogothic.

Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house binding.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

An unknown 12th-century owner: added the couplet ‘Est liber Bacus vel vir sine compede natus / Est liber codex vel raptus ab arbore cortex’ in a 12th-century hand (f. 157r).

An unknown 12th-century owner: added the note ‘Signum panniculi huius voluminis’ as well as a geometric sign on f. 157r.

Simon Menbire (d. 1423), canon of Salisbury Cathedral: donated to the Charterhouse, see below.

The Charterhouse Priory of Saint Mary the Virgin of Witham, Somerset, founded in 1179: its ownership inscription 'Hic est liber domus beate marie de Witham ordinis Cartus. ex dono domini Simonis Menbire quondam canonici ecclesie Cathedralis Sarum', added in a 15th-century hand (f. [v] verso); its pressmark ‘A’ (f. [i] recto).

Sir Edward Hoby (b. 1560, d. 1617), diplomat and scholar: inscribed with his name ‘Aurea Libertas Edw Hoby’; the manuscript contains an earlier foliation in the same hand.

Sir John Hoby (b. 1635, d. 1702), 2nd baronet: owned by him in 1697, see Edward Bernard, Catalogi Manuscriptorum Angliae (1697), II, p. 90 (no. 3803.12).

? 'John Bowrne': inscribed with his name ‘Jo. Bowrne Deo et Ecclesiae’ in a 17th- or 18th- century hand (f. 1r).

Sir Joseph Banks, baronet (b. 1743, d. 1820), naturalist and patron of science: owned by him as no. 43; donated by him to the British Museum on 11 February 1780 (see f. [iv] recto).

Information About Copies:
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Publications:

Edward Bernard, Catalogi Manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae in Unum Collecti cum Indice Alphabetico, 2 vols (1697), II, p. 90 (no. 3803.12).

Henri M. Rochais and Jean Leclercq, 'La tradition des sermons liturgiques de S. Bernard', Scriptorium, 15:2 (1961), 240-84 (p. 269).

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1756-1782 (London: British Museum, 1977), pp. 273-79.

Neil Ripley Ker, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, 2nd edition, (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 205, 317.

Jean Leclercq, Recueil d’Etudes sur Saint Bernard et Ses Ecrits, 4 vols (Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1962-1987), II (1966), p. 241.

Material Type:
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Notes:
This manuscript is part of The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project: Manuscripts from the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, 700-1200.
Names:
Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot of Clairvaux, ?1090-1153,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120962264,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/59875293
Bowrne, Jo.
Hoby, Edward, politician and diplomat, 1560-1617
Hoby, John, 2nd Baronet
Menbire, Simon, alias Membury; Prebendary of Salisbury
Witham Priory, Somerset
Subjects:
Theology
Places:
England
Related Material:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1756-1782 (London: British Museum, 1977), pp. 273-79:

'BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLIII (ff. 157). Collection of sermons by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Latin. Late 12th cent. For an account of the significance of this MS. in the manuscript tradition of St. Bernard's sermons see H. M. Rochais and J. Leclercq, 'La tradition des sermons liturgiques de S. Bernard', Scriptorium, xv, 1961, p. 269. Many of the sermons are in an abridged form. The contents are as follows (the references to Migne are to the Patr. lat., clxxxiii, unless otherwise stated).

(I) Liturgical sermons from the series De tempore and De sanctis, with some additional sermons from the series De diversis, etc.:-

(1) 'De adventu domini':- (a) 'Hodie fratres celebramus adventus initium'. ff. 1-5b;- (b) 'Audivimus suadentem'. ff. 5b-7;- (c) 'In adventu domini'. ff. 7-9b;- (d) 'Dignum est fratres'. ff. 9b-11b;-

(e) 'Diximus nuper his'. ff. 11b-12b;- (f) 'Volo vos fratres non ignorare'. ff. 12b-14;- (g) 'Si devote celebramus'. ff. 14-14b. (In adventu domini, 1-7; Migne, 35-56).

(2) 'In vigilia natalis domini':- (a) 'Sonuit vox leticie'. ff. 14b- 16b;- (b) 'O Iuda et Ierusalem nolite timere'. ff. 16b-19;- (c) 'Hodie scietis quia veniet dominus'. ff. 19-23;- (d) 'Hodiernum quidem sermonem'. ff. 23-26b;- (e) 'Sanctificamini hodie'. ff. 26b-28b;-

(f) 'Auditum audivimus'. ff. 28b-32. (In vigilia nativitatis domini, 1-6; Migne, 87-116).

(3) 'In die natalis domini. Magna opera domini ait propheta David'. Incomplete. (In nativitate domini, Sermon 2, sectt. 1-4; Migne, 119- 122). ff. 32-33.

(4) 'In natali domini. Apparuit benignitas'. (In epiphania domini, sectt. 1-4; Migne, 141-144). Followed by a short section beg. 'Apparuit igitur dei filius'. ff. 34-35b.

(5) 'In circumcisione domini de viii diebus. In circumcisione domini fratres habemus'. (In circumcisione domini, 3; Migne, 137-142). ff. 35b-38.

(6) 'In epiphania domini';- (a) 'Hodie fratres magi ab oriente'. f. 38. (In epiphania domini, 1, sect. 5; Migne, 144-145);- (b) 'Tres domini apparitiones'. ff. 38-39b. (Ibid., 2, sectt. 1, 2; Migne, 147-148, and De diversis, 50; Migne, 672-673).

(7) 'De eo quod scriptum est: Sine modo sic decet nos implere omnem iusticiam. Qui in plenitudine temporis'. (In octava epiphaniae, sectt. 4, 5; Migne, 154). ff. 39b-40.

(8) 'De miraculo facto in nuptiis';- (a) 'Deficiente vino'. ff. 40- 40b. (Dominica prima post octavam epiphaniae, 1, sectt. 2-4; Migne, 155-156);- (b) 'Erant ibi posite'. ff. 40b-42. (De diversis, 55, 56; Migne, 677-680).

(9) 'In purificatione sancte Marie'. (De diversis, 51; Migne, 673- 674). ff. 42-42b.

(10) 'In initio quadragesime. De peregrino et mortuo et crucifixo'. (In quadragesima, 7; Migne, 183-184). ff. 42b-43b.

(11) 'In quadragesima. De psalmo: Qui habitat';- (a)'Qui habitat'. ff. 43b-44b;- (b)'Dicet in gratiarum actione'. ff. 44b-45;- (c)'Ipse liberavit me'. ff. 45-46;- (d) 'De versu quarto; Scapulis'. ff. 46- 47;- (d) 'De prima parte versus: Scuto circumdabit te'. ff. 47-47b;-

(f) 'Solet in divinis scripturis'. ff. 47b-49. (In psalmum: Qui habitat, 1-6; Migne, 185-200).

(12) 'De ieiunio Quadragesime':- (a) 'Rogo vos dilectissimi'. ff. 49-50;- (b) 'Item deieiunio et oratione. Quia ieiunii'. ff.50-51;-

(c) 'Item de triplici modo orationis. Karitas, qua pro vobis'. ff. 51-53. (In quadragesima, 3-5; Migne, 174-181).

(13) 'De verbis apostoli: Obsecro primum fieri obsecrationes, orationes'. (De diversis, 25; Migne, 605-609). ff. 53-55b.

(14) 'Qua puritate sit orandum. Diximus de generibus orationum'. (De diversis, 107; sect. 2; Migne, 734). ff. 55b-56.

(15) 'De sancto Benedicto confessore. Plantatus secus decursus aquarum'. (In natali sancti Benedicti, sectt. 4-12; Migne, 378-382). ff. 56-58.

(16) 'In annuntiatione dominica. Ave Maria, gratia plena'. (De diversis, 47; Migne, 670-671). ff. 58-58b.

(17) 'In ramis palmarum de passione et processione et iiiior, ordinibus processionis'. (In dominica palmarum, 2; Migne, 256-259). ff. 58b-60.

(18) 'In cena domini de baptismo et sacramento altaris et ablutione pedis. Dixi sepius'. (In cena domini, sectt. 3-5; Migne, 272-274). ff. 60-61.

(19) 'In die pasche':- (a) 'Maria Magdalene et Maria Iacobi et Salome'. ff. 61-63b;- (b) 'Item eodem dic. Vicit leo de tribu Iuda'. ff. 63b-66b;- (c) 'In tempore resurrectionis de mersione Naaman septies in Iordane'. ff. 66b-68b. (In die sancto Pasche, 2, 1, 3; Migne, 273-292).

(20) 'In tempore ... Omnia que de salvatore legimus'. (De diversis, 44; Migne, 666). ff. 68b-69.

(21) 'In ascensione domini':-(a) 'Si nativitatis et resurrectionis'. (In ascensione domini, 4; Migne, 309-316). ff. 69-71b;-(b) 'Item in die ascensionis. Nemo ascendit in celum'. (De diversis, 60; Migne, 683-685). ff. 71b-72b;-(c) 'Item de quo supra. Quis ascendit in montem domini?'. (De diversis, 61; Migne, 685). ff. 72b-73;-(d)

'Item eodem dic. Hodie sedenti in throno'. ff. 73-75. (In ascensione domini, 5; Migne, 316-324).

(22) 'In pentecoste de spiritu sancto';-(a) 'Celebramus hodie dilectissimi'.(In festo pentecostes,1; Migne, 323-326). ff. 75b-76b;-

(b) 'Eodem die. Sicut de Christo duo sunt'. (De diversis, 88; Migne, 706-707). ff. 76b-77;- (c) 'Item. De spiritu sancto testatur'.(Sententiae, 2; Migne, 748). f. 77.

(23) 'Beata ilia sempiterna trinitas'. (De diversis, 45; Migne, 667- 669). ff. 77-78b.

(24) 'In natali sancti Iohannis'. (In nativitate S. Joannis Baptistae; Migne, 397-404). ff. 78b-81b.

(25) 'Sancti Petri et Pauli;- (a)'Sancti isti quorum solempnis hodie passio celebratur';- (b) 'Merito fratres apostolis sanctis attribuit'. (In festo SS. Petri et Pauli, 2, 3; Migne, 408-416). ff. 81b-84b.

(26) 'In natali sancte Marie Magdalene. Osculetur me'. (De diversis, 87; Migne, 703-706). ff. 84b-87.

(27) 'Revertere revertere Sunamitis'. (Sententiae, 10; Migne, 749- 750). f. 87.

(28) 'Emissiones tue paradisus'. (De diversis, 91; Migne, 710-714). ff. 87b-89.

(29) 'De tribus cellariis. Veni in ortum meum'. (De diversis, 92; Migne, 714-715). ff. 89-89b.

(30) 'Item aliter quo supra: Osculetur me osculo oris sui. Ex huius osculi impressione'. (De diversis, 89, sect. 2; Migne, 707). ff. 89b-90.

(31) 'In assumptione sancte Marie. Intravit Ihesus in quoddam castellum. Quod dominus ac salvator'. (Printed among the spuria in Migne, Patr. Lat., 184, 1001-1010, but regarded as genuine by J. Leclercq, 'Sermon pour l' Assomption restitué à S. Bernard', Recherches de théologie ancienne et médiévale, xx, 1953, pp. 5-12). ff. 90-93.

(II) Sermons, mainly from the series De diversis, the numbers usually assigned to which being given in brackets:-

(1) 'Qui vult venire post me'. (63; Migne, 686). ff. 93-93b.

(2) 'Iustum deduxit Dominus'.(21; Migne,594). ff. 93b-94.

(3) 'In die omnium sanctorum, Eodem ordine'. (66; Migne, 688- 689). ff. 94-94b.

(4) 'Qui mihi ministrat'. (62; Migne, 685-686). f. 94b.

(5) 'In natali domini. Et vocabitur'. (53; Migne, 676). ff. 94b-95.

(6) 'Item. Triplici morbo'. (Liber Sententiarum, 31; Migne, Patr. lat., 184, 1141-1142. For other extracts from the Liber Sententiarum see ff. 142-150). f. 95.

(7) 'In purificatione sancte Marie. Sapientia edificavit'. (52; Migne, 674-676). ff. 95-96.

(8) 'Sapientia vincit maliciam'. (14; Migne, 574-577). ff. 96-96b.

(9) 'De septiformi gratia spiritus sancti. Prima gratia est timor dei'. (De septem donis spiritus sancti; Migne, 184, 1113-1118. For a discussion of the authenticity of this sermon see H. M. Rochais, 'Enquête sur les sermons divers et les sentences de Saint Bernard', Analecta Sacri Ordinis Cisterciensis, xviii, 1962, pp. 45-47). ff. 96b- 98.

(10) 'De natura dentium'. (93; Migne, 715-718). ff. 98-98b.

(11) 'De carne et cute et ossibus animarum'. (6; Migne, 556-558). ff. 98b-99b.

(12) 'De vita et quinque sensibus anime'. (10; Migne, 567-569). ff. 99b-100b.

(13) 'De diversis affectionibus anime'. (8; Migne, 561-565). ff. 100b-102b.

(14) 'De triplici genere cogitationum':-(a) 'Admonet nos'. (31; Migne, 623-624). ff. 102b-103;-(b) 'Et propensius studium'. (16; Migne, 579-583). ff. 103-104b.

(15) 'De tribus spiritibus', (23; Migne, 600-603). ff. 104b- 106.

(16) 'De eodem... Tenetis credo'. (24; Migne, 603-605). ff. 106-106b.

(17) 'De tribus vinculis'. (4; Migne, 551-554). ff. 106b-108.

(18) 'In labore messium'. (39; Migne, 645-647). ff. 108-108b.

(19) 'De altitudine et profunditate cordis'. (36; Migne, 637-639). ff. 108b-109b.

(20) 'De ratione et voluntate pro corpore litigantibus. Disponit ratio castigare corpus'. Printed in J. Leclercq, 'Inédits bernardins dans unms. d 'Engelberg', Revue Mabillon, xxxvii, 1947, pp. 8-9. f. 109b.

(21) 'Inter Babilonem et Ierusalem nulla pax' (Parabolae, 2; Migne, 761-765). ff. 110-111b.

(22) 'In via estis, fratres'. (22; Migne, 595-600). ff. 111b-113b.

(23) 'De timore domini excitando. Fili memorare'. (12; Migne, 571-573). ff. 1l3b-114b.

(24) 'Predicante aliquando salvatore'. (5; Migne, 554-556). ff. 114b-115b.

(25) 'Sive ad austrum, sive ad aquilonem, arbor ceciderit'. (85; Migne, 702). f. 115b.

(26) 'De custodia cordis'. (82; Migne, 699-700). ff. 115b-116.

(27) 'De vitanda laude hominum'. (83; Migne; 700-701). ff. 116- 1 16b.

(28) 'De triplici gloria'. (7; Migne, 558-56 1). ff. 116b- 117.

(29) 'De iudicio triplici'. (32; Migne, 624-626). ff. 117-118.

(30) 'De triplici vetustate et triplici novitate'. (69; Migne, 690-691). ff. 118-118b.

(31) 'De verbis apostoli: Regnum dei non est esca et potus'. (19; Migne, 589-592). ff. 118b-119b.

(32) 'De verbis apostoli: Invisibilia dei'. (9; Migne, 565-567). ff. 119b-120.

(33) 'Scimus quomodo deum diligentibus omnia cooperantur in bonum'. (38; Migne, 644-645). ff. 120-120b.

(34) 'De triplici mandato caritatis'. (29; Migne, 620-622). ff. 120b-121 b.

(35) 'De moralibus et misticis preceptis'. (67; Migne, 689-690). ff. 121b-122.

(36) 'De evangelica lectione ubi sustineas dominus vii panibus turba reficitur':-(a) 'Misereor super turbam'. ff. 122-122b;-(b) 'De vii misericordiis'. ff. 122b-123b;-(c) 'De fragmentis vii misericordiarum'. ff. 123b-125. (Dominica VI post Pentecosten, 1-3; Migne, 337-344).

(37) 'Contra pessimum vitium ingratitudinis'. (27; Migne, 612- 616). ff. 125-127.

(38) 'De David et Golia et v lapidibus'. (Dominica IV post Pentecosten; Migne, 333-338). ff. 127-128.

(39) 'De ingressu filiorum Israel in terra Egypti'. (71; Migne, 691- 692). ff. 128-128b.

(40) 'Filii prophetarum clamabant ad Elyseum: Mors in olla vir dei'.

(95; Migne, 718-719). f. 128b.

(41) 'De fuga Helie pro Iezabel. (94; Migne, 717-718). ff. 128b- 129.

(42) 'De versibus quibusdam in psalmo: Beatus vir qui non abiit'.

(72; Migne, 692-695). ff. 129-130.

(43) 'Dixit insipiens'. (73; Migne, 695). ff. 130-130b.

(44) 'Corrupti sunt'. (74; Migne, 695-696). f. 130b.

(45) 'De peccantibus in spe confessionis extreme'. (75; Migne, 696). f. 130b.

(46) 'Poppulus (sic) quem non cognovi'. (76; Migne, 697-698). ff. 130b-131.

(47) 'Dies diei eructat verbum'. (49; Migne, 671-672). ff. 131- 131b.

(48) 'De triplici gratia dei'. (76; Migne, 696-697). f. 13 lb.

(49) 'De triplici gratia. Ut inhabitet gloria in terra nostra'. (In Festo Annuntiationis, 1; Migne, 383-399). ff. 131b-134.

(50) 'Ad abbates venientes ad capitulum'. (35; Migne, 634-637). ff. 134-135b.

(51) 'De vita et morte sanctorum'. (64; Migne, 686-687). f. 135b.

(52) 'De multiplicitate et utilitate unitatis'. (80; Migne, 698-699). ff. 135b-136.

(53) 'De cantico Ysaie: Haurietis aquas'. (96; Migne, 719-723). ff. 136-137b.

(54) 'Item idem. Viri sanguinum et dolosi'. (3; Migne, 546-551). ff.137b-139b.

(55) 'Inmisit dominus soporem'. (In Septuagesima; Migne, 166- 168). ff. 139b-140.

(56) 'Sicut hac nocte vidistis'. (In obitu domini Humberti; Migne, 513-516). ff. 140-142.

(III) The greater part of the Liber Sententiarum (Migne, 184, 1135- 1156), under the heading 'Rerum quarumdam numeralis distinctio'. The sentences are arranged in the following order (the numbers given being those allotted to them in Migne's edition):-19, 1, 2, 5, 3, 7-10, 20, 6, 11-18, 21-29, 32-71, 176, 177, 72-89, 178, 179, 181-188, 90-97, 99-175. The series is preceded by 'Quatuor sunt iudicia' (printed in J. Leclercq, 'Inédits bernardins dans un ms. d'Orval', Analecta Monastica, 1, in Studia Anselmiana, xx, 1948, p. 160) and followed by 'Usque hodie in civibus', 'Spiritus sanctus arguit' and 'De pinguedine celi et rore terre … Cum populo dei' (Sententiae, 4, 3, 5; Migne, 748-749). ff. 142-150.

(IV) Sermons, mainly from the series De diversis.

(1) 'Tria sunt in quibus habitamus tabernacula'. (78; Migne, 698). f. 150.

(2) 'De preparatione dupplici cordis'. (79; Migne, 698). f. 150.

(3) 'De minutione sanguinis'. (108; Migne, 734-735). ff. 150- 150b.

(4) 'De thesauro invento'. (65; Migne, 687-688). f. 150b.

(5) 'Non est speciosa laus in ore peccatoris'. (81; Migne, 699). f. 150b.

(6) 'Tres sunt quibus reconciliari debemus'. (Sententiae, 17; Migne, 752). f. 151.

(7) 'Quantum distat inter pastorem et gregem'. (100; Migne, 726). f. 151.

(8) 'Preciosa in conspectu domini'. (64, sect. 1; Migne, 686). f. 151.

(9) 'Duo sunt amores'. (101; Migne, 727). f. 15 1.

(10) 'Veniens ad nos de via'. (59; Migne, 682-683). ff. 151-151 b.

(11) 'Factus est in pace locus eius'. (98; Migne, 725-726). f. 151b.

(12) 'Est ad deum quidam redeundi modus'. (102; Migne, 727- 728). ff. 151b-152.

(13) 'De tribus misericordiis et quatuor miserationibus'. (13; Migne, 573-574). ff. 152-152b.

(14) 'Quattuor gradibus distinguitur omnis electorum profectus'.

(103; Migne, 728-730). ff. 152b-153b.

(15) 'Tres sunt qui testimonium dant in celo'. (Sententiae, 1; Migne, 747). f. 153b.

(16) 'Tria loco (sic) sunt'. (Liber Sententiarum, 30; Migne, 184, 1141). f. 153b.

(17) 'Quatuor sunt que impediunt confessionem'. (104; Migne, 730-731). ff. 153b-154.

(18) 'Duo sunt in quibus consistit nostra salus'. (105; Migne, 731- 732). f. 154.

(19) 'Duas ad intelligendum se condidit universitatis auctor creaturas'. (Sententiae, 12; Migne, 750). f. 154.

(20) 'Duo loca sunt anime rationalis'. (84; Migne, 701-702). f. 154b.

(21) 'Tres sunt status anime'. (106; Migne, 732-733). ff. 154b- 155.

(22) 'De exerc[it]io humilitatis. Ad exercitium'. (Printed in J. Leclercq, 'Inédits bernardins dans un ms. d'Engelberg', Revue Mabillon, xxxvii, 1947, pp. 9-10). f. 155.

(23) 'Quomodo voluntas nostra divine voluntati debeat esse subiecta'. (26; Migne, 609-612). if. 155-156.

(24) 'Quattuor sunt genera hominum'. (99; Migne, 726). f. 156.

(25) 'Nos tamen veritati nequaquam preponimus consuetudinem'. f. 156. Vellum (except for paper fly-leaves, ff. i, ii). Octavo. Some initials in red or green, or both. Written in two hands of the late 12th cent., a break occurring at f. 33 (the verso of this folio is blank, and another sermon begins, in a second hand, on f. 34). The gatherings are of eight leaves (except i9, xix6 and xx6). Belonged in the 15th century to the Charterhouse of Witham, co. Som., by the gift of Simon Menbire (d. 1423), according to an inscription on f. 1b: 'Hic liber est domus beate Marie de Witham ordinis Cartusiensis ex dono domini Simonis Menbire quondam ecclesie cathedralis Saresburiensis'. Belonged subsequently, 16th-17th centt., to Sir Edward Hoby (whose name is written on f. 2, followed by the motto 'Aurea Libertas'). In 1697 the MS. was in the possession of his great-grandson, Sir John Hoby, 2nd Bart. (see E. Bernard, Catalogi Manuscriptorum Angliae ... ). The name 'Jo Bowrne', 17th-18th cent., is written on f. 2, followed by the motto 'Deo et Ecclesiae'.'.