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Burney MS 356

Record Id:

040-002237277

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000194

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Burney MS 356

Title:

Theological Miscellany entitled Flos florum.

Scope & Content:

A collection of popular theological and devotional works, known as Flower of Flowers (Flos Florum) from early-15^th-century England.

Contents:

ff. 1r-1v: blank

f. 2r: List of contents of Book 1, beginning ‘In hoc libro qui flos florum juste appellatur’, imperfect, ending at Chapter XVI, 'Ca[pitulu]m XVI. s[c]ilicet..'

ff. 3r-7r: List of contents, Book I-XXIII.

f. 7v: blank

ff. 8r-20v: De utilitate orationis Dominicae, begins.‘Pater noster tanquam caput omnium orationum evidenter approbatur.’ (As published by Emily Allen, ‘The Speculum Vitae: Addendum’, Publications of the Modern Language Association, 32/2 (1917), 133-162 (p. 160).

ff. 20v-29v: Robert Grosseteste, Templum Domini, begins ‘Templum... – Sermo iste quamvis omnes.’

ff. 30v-36r: De officiis sacerdotum (a short treatise in ten chapters on the priest’s duties). begins ‘Hic incipit primum capitulum Qualiter sacerdotes, qui alios regere praesumunt, se ipsos primo regere debent, ad exemplum subditorum’ -. ‘Cum sacerdotis dignitas aliis videatur dignitatibus….’

ff. 36v-43v: Quinque Verba (A popular treatise from the 13^th century giving instructions for parish priests under five headings), begins 'In nomine domini Ihesu Christi volentes simplicium sacerdotum ignorantiis subvenire pauca collegimus…’ (Cf. Pantin (1955), pp. 277-78).

ff. 43v-55v: Religious instruction in Latin and English for parish priests, begins ‘Quilibet sacerdos parochialis sive curatus tenetur parochianis suis praedicare et docere in lingua materna quater in anno…’ (Cf. Pantin (1955), p. 278.)

ff. 56r-65r: Richard Rolle, Ne tardas. (Extracts from his De emendatione vitae), begins ‘Ne tardas converti ad Dominum, et ne differas de die in diem, nam subito rapit miseros inclemencia mortis.’ (Cf. A. I. Doyle, R. Hanna Hope, Allen's Writings Ascribed to Richard Rolle: A Corrected List of Copies, (Turnhout: Brepols, 2011), p. 79).

ff. 65r-77r: Richard Rolle, Judica me. (Tractatulus Quomodo homo possit amplius perficere et magis Deo placere; Venerabilis Bedae libellus de membris humanis et motibus animae, quae in Deum distribuuntur), begins ‘Judica me, Deus – A Deo, qui est scrutator cordium et renum, volo judicari; non ab homine.’ (Cf. A. I. Doyle, R. Hanna Hope, Allen's Writings Ascribed to Richard Rolle: A Corrected List of Copies, (Turnhout: Brepols, 2011), p. 79).

ff. 77r-93v: Meditations of St Anselm of Canterbury, begins ‘Terret me vita mea, namque diligenter discussa.’ (PL 158, 722-729)

ff. 93v-105v: Liber Florum or Florigerus. Prologue begins ‘Quorundam librorum gloriosi et incomparabilis doctoris Augustini.’ Text begins ‘Da mihi, Domine, scire et intelligere quis sis.’ (Cf. CPPM II 3022a., published and discussed in Falmagne (1999)).

ff. 105v-117v: An enlarged version of the treatise known as Speculum sacerdotis in three books, begins ‘Hic incipit de officio sacerdotis et quomodo viverent et se haberent. De officio sacerdotis est breviter pertractandum. Licet ex sentencia evangelica…’ (Cf. Pantin (1977), p. 278.).

ff. 118r-134r: Pope Innocent III, De miseria humanae conditionis (as published in Patrologia Latina vol. 217, 701-46).

ff. 134r-143r: Ps-Isidore of Seville (attributed to Jerome in the MS), Synonima, Excerpts, begins ‘Heu anima! quid est quod malum metuis’ (as published Patrologia Latina vol. 83, 841-868).

ff. 43r-155v: Peter of Blois, Compendium on Job, (as published in Patrologia Latina vol. 207, 795–826).

ff. 155v-156r: Ps-Augustine (=Nicetas of Remesiana), On the image of God in man. begins ‘Tanta dignitas humane conditionis esse cognoscitur.’ (PL 40, 1213)

ff. 156r-167r: 'Tractatus de septem sacramentis et aliis multis que sunt capellanis necessaria’. begins ‘Infirmitatem contractam per peccatum…’ ends ‘…quanta erit hec dilectacio solus Deus scit qui ..’ (same text in Royal MS II A 1, f. 119r.)

ff. 167r-174r: Ambrose of Autpert, De Conflictu vitiorum atque virtutum. (as published in Patrologia Latina vol. 143, 559-78).

ff. 174vr-176r: Pope Innocent III., Sermon 27, begins ‘Universorum Dominus et Creator, cuius est immensa maiestas….’ (as published in Patrologia Latina 217, 433-38).

ff. 176r-177v: Treatise on Confession, begins ‘De modo et ordine confessionis faciendae breviter tractemus. Primo in confessione quid sit observandum. De opere, capitulum i. De me totum nihil dixi et totum dixi…’ Cf. Pantin (1977), 279.

ff. 177v184v- Thomas of Woburn, Meditations for the Hours and Occupations of the Monastic Day, begins ‘Nunc dicendum est qualiter servandum sit cor in vigiliis nocturnis. c. i. Nunc quomodo preparandum sit cor tuum…’ Cf. Pantin (1977), p. 279.

ff. 184v-189r: Ps-Cyprian, De duodecim abusivis saeculi. (Clavis Patrum Latinorum number. 1106).

ff. 189v-193r: Ps.-Augustine, Speculum peccatoris, begins ‘Quoniam karissimi in huius via vitae….’ Ends ‘…novissima tua prudenter prouideas etc.’ (PL 40, 983-92)

ff. 193r-216r: Honorius of Auxerre, Elucidarius. Prologue begins ‘Sepius rogatus a condiscipulis quasdam quaestiunculas enodare…’ Text begins ‘Gloriose magister rogo ut ad quaesita mihi ne pigriteris respondere…’ ends ‘…ut videas bona Jerusalem omnibus diebus vite tuae’.

ff. 216r-218v: ‘Doctrina qualiter homo debet vivere, ut ad vitam perveniat eternam ; quomodo sacerdotes, et alii clerici infra sacros ordines constituti, divina officia virtute ordinis eis debita studiose dicant pariter et devote; remedium contra temptaciones et tribulaciones.’Incomplete, begins ‘Dei omnipotentis filius inter caetera sacrae locutionis suae verba….’ Ends ‘…et utile bonis multum temptari, et tribulari.’ (Cf. Thomas Falmagne, ‘Les Cisterciens et les nouvelles formes d'organisation des florilèges aux 12e et 13e siècles’, Archivum Latinitatis Medii Aevi 55 (1997), 75-176 (pp. 163-64)).

ff. 219-220: blank.

Decoration: Full border and large initials in gold and colours with foliate and/or knotted decoration (ff. 8, 82). Large gold initials with red and blue, or red or black foliate and geometric decoration. Large and small blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Small simple red or blue initials and paraph marks.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002236305
040-002237277

Is part of:

Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

Burney MS 356 : Theological Miscellany entitled Flos florum.

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

One volume.

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1424

Date Range:

1st quarter of the 15th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 250 x 165 mm (text space 200 x 120 mm in one column).

Foliation: ff. i + 221 (ff. i, 1, 1a, and 221 are paper flyleaves; ff. 219-220 are parchment flyleaves).

Collation: i8 (ff. 1b-7, including 1c), ii-iii10 (ff. 8-27), iv-vi8 (ff. 28-51), ff. vii4 (ff. 52-55), viii10 (ff. 56-65), ix-xvi8 (ff. 66-129), xvii 10-1(8th leaf cancelled; ff. 130-138), ff. xviii-xxvii8 (ff. 139-218).

Script: Gothic.

Binding: Post-1600. Brown suede with Dering armorial stamp, rebacked.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

A member of the Singer family: second half of the 15th century inscription: 'me possidet Synger', f. 2v. Sir Edward Dering, (armorial stamp with: 'Dns Edoardus Dering . miles .et. baronettus', centre of the upper cover). Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar. Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818.

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Information About Copies:

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Publications:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum, 1834-1840 ), I, part II: The Burney Manuscripts (1840), pp. 95-96. W. A. Pantin, The English Church in the Fourteenth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1955), pp. 277-80 (Appendix II).

Michele Maccarrone, Lotharii Cardinalis (Innocentii III) De miseria humane conditione, (Lucani, In aedibus Thesauri Mundi [1955]), p. xiii.

Joseph Gildea, 'Extant Manuscripts of Compendium in Job by Peter of Blois', Scriptorium: Revue internationale des études relative aux manuscrits 30 (1976), 285-87 (p. 286). John Philip Daly, An Edition of the 'Judica me Deus' of Richard Rolle, Elizabethan & Renaissance Studies, 92:14, ed. by James Hogg (Salzburg: Universität Salzburg, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 1984), pp. xxxix-xl and passim (this manuscript as 'X').

Thomas Falmagne, ‘Le Liber Florigerus : Recherches sur l'attribution d'un florilège augustinien du XIIIe siècle (avant 1260)’, Revue d'Etudes Augustiniennes et Patristiques 45 (1999), pp. 139-181 (MS not mentioned)

L'Edition Critique des Oeuvres D'Isidore de Seville: Les Recensions Multiples ed. by A Andres Sanz, J. Elfassi et J.C. Martin (Paris: Institut d'Etudes Augustiniennes, 2008) p. 154 n. 5

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