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Marston MS 172 Northern Italy, s. XII 1/4
Homiliary (in Lat.)
1. p. 1 //dominus ihesus yerosolimis. et uenisset bethfage ad montem
oliueti. tunc misit duos discipulos...et statim inuenietis asinam
alligatam et pullum cum ea. soluite et adducite mihi. et reliqua.
Matthew 21.1-2, imperfect at beginning.
2. pp. 1-7 Omelia bede. Mediator dei et hominum homo christus ihesus.
qui pro humani generis salute...et celestium gaudiorum pignus dare dignatus
est. Ihesus christus dominus noster. qui...amen.
Bede, Homelia Evangelii II.3; D. Hurst, ed., CC ser. lat. 122 (1955)
pp. 200-206.
3. pp. 7-11 Feria .ii. in autentica extractus sancti augustini in
iohannem.
Hesternam lectionem sancti euangelii de qua locuti sumus quod dominus
dedit...Quo decedente et alio succedente. et suppleta est apostolica
ueritas. et numeri permansit integritas.
Augustine, In Iohannis Evangelium tractatus 50.1-10 (continues in art. 4);
R. Willems, ed., CC ser. lat. 36 (1954) pp. 433-37.
4. pp. 11-15 Feria .iii. in autentica. Iuda decedente. et mathia succedente.
suppleta est apostolica ueritas. et numeri permansit integritas. Quid
ergo uoluit dominus noster ihesus fratres mei. admonere ecclesiam suam...Et
lazarum mortuum et se ipsum suscitauit occisum.
Augustine, In Iohannis Evangelium tractatus 50.10-14; Willems,
op. cit.,
pp. 437-39.
5. pp. 15-19 Feria .iiii. in autentica tractatus sancti augustini in
iohannem. Postea quam dominus quatriduanum mortuum suscitauit. stupentibus
iudeis...Petro autem dixit. significans qua morte glarificaturus
[sic] esset
deum.
Augustine, In Iohannis Evangelium tractatus 51.1-10; Willems,
op. cit.,
pp. 439-43.
6. pp. 19-24 Feria .v. commentario yeronimi in matheo. Prima die
azimorum accesserunt discipuli ad ihesum dicentes...Prima azimorum. quarta
decima die mensis primi est. quando agnus immolatur et luna plenissima
est...Vigilate et orate ne intretis in temptationem.
Jerome, Commentariorum in Matheum liber IV. 26.17-41; D. Hurst and
M. Adriaen, eds., CC ser. lat. 77 (1969) pp. 248-55.
7. pp. 24-30 Feria .vi. euangelium secundum matheum. Manefacto consilium
inierunt omnes principes sacerdotum...Non solum ad pilatum. sed etiam ad
herodem ductus est. ut uterque domino illuderet...Surge qui dormis et
exurge a mortuis. et illuminabit te christus.
Jerome, Commentariorum in Matheum liber IV. 27.1-33; Hurst and
Adriaen, op. cit., pp. 263-70.
8. pp. 30-35 Passio domini ihesu christi secundum matheum [sic]. Prima
die azimorum. quando pascha immolabant...qui et ipse erat. expectans regnum
dei.
Mark 14.1-15.43.
9. pp. 35-40 Passio domini nostri ihesu christi euangelium secundum
lucam.
Appropinquabat dies festus azimorum. qui dicitur pascha...et sabbato quidem
siluerunt secundum mandatum.
Luke 22.1-23.56.
10. pp. 41-47 Passio domini nostri ihesu christi secundum iohannem.
Ante diem festum pasche. sciens ihesus quia uenit eius hora...quia iuxta
erat monumentum posuerunt corpus ihesu. Tu autem domine miserere nobis.
p. 48 ruled, but blank
John 13.1-14.6; 18.1-19.42, followed by prayer of final sentence.
Parchment, ff. iii (paper) + 24 (old foliation, in ink: cliiij-clxxvij;
modern pagination, in pencil, 1-48) + iii (paper), 321 x 232 (240 x 165) mm.
2 columns, 30 lines. Format varies: single vertical and two to four upper
and one to two lower horizontal bounding lines; space between columns ruled.
Ruled in hard point on hair side. Prickings in upper, lower and outer
margins.
I-III 8. Remains of catchwords along lower edge, verso.
Written by a single scribe in a late caroline minuscule.
Plain initials, 2-line, in red and/or brown. Headings in red. Instructions
for rubricator and guide letters.
Binding: Place uncertain, s. xx. Half bound in black goatskin with black
cloth sides and gold tooling on the spine, including: "Omelie" and "MS.
Saec. XI."
Written in Northern Italy in the first quarter of the 12th century as
part (ff. 154-177) of a codex intended for recitation: a series of accents
added in a contemporary hand acts as an aid for pronunciation (see especially
art. 10). According to the notes of Thomas Marston (in library files)
the manuscript belonged to the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe in Savoy;
it does not, however, have either an ex libris or the distinctive pink binding
which indicates it was owned at the beginning of the 19th century by
Monseigneur Hyacinthe della Torre (see Leclercq 1951, p. 75) who acquired and
rebound a number of manuscripts from this abbey. (See also catalogue entries
for Marston MSS 50, 125, 128, 135, 151, 153, 158, 159, 197). Purchased in 1956
from Arthur Rau of Paris by L. C. Witten (inv. no. 1241), who sold it in 1958
to Thomas E. Marston (bookplate).
Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 83, no. 172.
Barbara A. Shailor