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Personal Author: Quodvultdeus, d. 454? Title: [Miscellany]. Publication Information: [France, 12th century]. Physical Description: 53 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 307 x 210 mm. General Note: Ms. composite codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: part I: Parchment, fol. iii (i-ii, modern parchment; iii, medieval,counted as f. 1r) + 47 + iii (i (f. 48r), medieval parchment; ii-iii modern); part II: fol. 48r (rear f. iii). Layout: part I written in 1 column of 28 lines, hard-point ruling, prickings visible; 7 large decorated initials (4-6 lines, orange to orange-brown ink); marginal notes and corrections in contemporary hand; textblock: 215 x 142 mm. Part II written in 2 columns of 33 lines, hard-point ruling; spaces for 2-3 line initials left blank, 1-line initials outlined in red; textblock: 227 x 157 mm. Script: Part I written in carolingian minuscule; part II in transitional. Decoration: 7 large decorated initials (4-6 lines, orange to orange-brown ink); marginal notes and corrections in contemporary hand. Origin: Writings by Quodvultdeus produced in France, 11th century; leaf from missal produced 12th century. fol. Contents: Part 1. Quodvultdeus of Carthage (d. ca. 450), Sermons 1. fol. 2r- 6v: De quattuor virtutibus caritatis. "[rubr.] Incipit Liber alius s[an]c[t]i Augustini. De quattuor uirtutibus karitatis. [text] Desdiriu[m] karitatis u[est]rae a nob[is] exigit debitu[m] sermonis officiu[m] ... ut eadem ipsa karitas fructum in uobis inueniat op[er]is n[on] folia laudis." Inscription: "S. Augustini, Varii tractati ut de 4 virtutibus charitatis de cantico novo, de ultima 4a feria, de cathaclismo, de tempore barbarico, contra felicianum Arrianum" (written in later cursive hand at top of page) 2. fol. 6v-16v: De cantico novo, with De Trinitate(?) and Contra felicianum Arrianum. "[rubr.] Explic[it] de caritate. Incipit de cantico novo. [text] Om[n]es qui baptismu[m] Xpi desiderat uitam noua[m] concupiscit ... sed merces n[ost]ra est ut in illo s[e]c[und]o fonte aduiuetis nos orationibus uestris. Amen." A. fols A. fols. 16v-17r: De Trinitate ? "[text] Credimus in unum deum patre[m] omnipotente[m] et unigenitum filium eius Jhesum Christum deum et d[omi]n[u]m saluatore[m] n[ost]r[u]m et sp[iritu]m sanctum d[eu]m non tres deos sed p[at]rem et filium et sp[iritu]m s[an]c[tu]m unum deum colimus et confitemur ... hec retinete huic fidei animas u[est]ras subiugate a Christo d[omi]no proemium confecuturi regnu[m] celorum. Amen." B. fols A. fols. 17r-20v: Contra felicianum Arrianum. "[rubr.] Incipit contra felicianu[m] Arrianum. [text] Extorsisti mihi dilectissime fili ut de unitate trinitatis quae perfectus deus sem[per] ...." 3. fol. 20v-26v: De ultima quarta feria. "[rubr.] Explicit de cantico novo. Incip[it] de ultima quarta feria. [text] Caelesti gratiae et spiritali pluuiae praeparandus est ager aeccl[es]iae ... eius qui portens est custodire in uobis quod ipse donauit. Ipse gl[ori]a cum sp[irit]u s[an]c[t]o in s[e]c[u]la s[e]c[u]lorum. Amen." 4. fol. 26v-33r: De cataclismo. "[rubr.] Incip[it] de cataclismo. [text] Quoniam in proximo est dies redemptionis u[est]rae ... ut si non uerbo saltem u[est]ris orationibus pascar." 5. fol. 33r-47v: De tempore barbarico. "[rubr.] Incipit de te[m]pore barbarico. [text] Admonet dominus deus noster nos non debere negligere n[ost]ra peccata ... qua[m] cum diuersarum rerum consensu uitam facientiu[m] uelit perdiseidium..." (ends imperfectly). Part II. fol. 48 (flyleaf) Leaf from a missal with readings for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Subject Term: Sermons, Latin Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Latin Medieval and modern Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Missals France. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottonian France. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Romanesque France. Added Author: Lewis, John Frederick, Added Author: Free Library of Philadelphia. Free Library of Philadelphia. Electronic Access: Click here to see images

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