The main part of this manuscript consists of a Passionale, a
collection of lives of saints for liturgical reading throughout the
year. The lections on St Nicolas (ff. 227r-229v) have been added at
an early period. The manuscript was originally a companion volume
to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Fell 2. These two manuscripts were
part of a set of seven volumes copied at the Benedictine abbey of
St Augustine, Canterbury (see Ker, Medieval Libraries of Great
Britain (1964), p. 42). Contents:f. 1v: A table of contents. ff.
2r-6v: Passio Sancti Matthei apostoli (Passion of St Matthew the
apostle). ff. 6v-9v: Passio Sancti Alexandri episcopi et martiris
(Passion of St Alexander). ff. 9v-11v: Passio Sancti Mauricii
sociorumque (Passion of St Maurice and his Companions). ff.
11v-13v: Miracula eorundem martyrum (Miracles of St Maurice and his
Companions). ff. 13v-16r: Passio Sancti Avitrani (sic) (Passion of
St Emmeran of Regensburg). ff. 16v-20v: Passio Sancti Firmini
(Passion of St Fermin). ff. 20v-23r: Vita Sancte Iustine virginis
(Life of St Justina of Antioch). ff. 23r-26v: Passio Sanctorum
Cosme et Damiani (Lives of St Cosmas and St Damian). ff. 26v-28v:
De apparitione Sancti Michaelis (On the Apparition of St Michael),
beginning: 'Incipit Sermo in dedicatione Basilice Beati Archangeli
Michaelis .iii. kalendas octobris. Memoriam Beati Archangeli
Michaelis toto orbe venerandam'. ff. 28v-31v: Vita Sancti Ieronimi
(Life of St Jerome). ff. 31v-33r: Miracula Sancti Ieronimi
(Miracles of St Jerome). ff. 33r-36r: Passio Sancti Piatonis
(Passion of St Piatus of Tournai). ff. 36r-40r: Vita Sancti Bavonis
Confessoris (Life of St Bavo of Ghent). ff. 40v-47v: Miracula
Sancti Bavonis Confessoris (Miracles of St Bavo of Ghent). ff.
47v-54v: Passio Sancti Leodegari (Passion of St Leodegar of
Poitiers). ff. 54v-57r: Passio of Sancti Caprasii et Sancte Fidis
(Passion of St Caprasius of Agen and St Faith). ff. 57r-78r:
Bernard of Angers (fl. 1010-1020), Liber miraculorum Sancte Fidis
(Miracles of St Faith) , beginning with the Epistula ad Fulbertum
(Epistle to Fulbert of Chartes) (ff. 57r-58r). ff. 78r-81v: Passio
Sancte Benedicte (Passion of St Benedicta of Laon). ff. 81v-85r:
Passio Sancte Pelagie (Passion of St Pelagia of Jerusalem). ff.
85r-86r: Passio Sancte Reparate (Passion of St Reparata). ff.
86r-99r: Passio Sanctorum Dionisii, Rustici et Eleutherii (Passion
of St Denis, Rusticus and Eleutherius). ff. 99r-102r: Passio Sancti
Gereonis sociorumque eius (Passion of St Gereon and his
Companions). ff. 102r-107r: Passio Sanctorum Sergii et Bacchi
(Passion of St Sergius et St Bacchus). ff. 107r-108r: Passio Sancti
Demetrii (Passion of St Demetrius of Thessaloniki). ff. 108v-112r:
Miracula Sancti Demetrii (Miracles of St Demetrius of
Thessaloniki). ff. 112r-116r: Vita Sancti Ricarii (Life of Saint
Richarius). ff. 116r-119v: Passio Sancti Nicasii (Passion of St
Nicaise of Rheims). ff. 119v-126v: Passio Sanctorum Tharaci, Probi
et Andronici (Passion of St Tharacus, St Probus, and St
Andronicus). ff. 126v-145r: Vita Sancti Wilfredi preceded by a
prologue (ff. 126v-127r). ff. 145r-146r: Vita Sancti Venantii (Life
of St Venant of Tours). ff. 146r-148v: Passio Sancti Calixti
(Passion of Pope St Calixtus I). ff. 148v-151r: Anonymous,
Revelatio ecclesiae Sancti Michaelis archangeli in Monte qui
dicitur Tumba (Revelation of the Church of St Michael the Archangel
on the Mountain Called Tuba) beginning: 'Postquam gens Francorum'.
ff. 151r-152v: Passio Sancti Iusti (Passion of St Justus of
Canterbury). ff. 152v-156v: Passio Sanctarum virginum undecim
milium (Passion of the eleven thousand virgins). ff. 156v-158v:
Passio Sancti Theodoriti (Passion of St Theodoret of Antioch). ff.
158v-161v: Vita Sancti Severini (Life of St Severin of Cologne).
ff. 161v-163v: Vita Sanctorum Crispini and Crispiniani (Life of St
Crispin and St Crispinian). ff. 163v-165r: Passio Sanctorum Luciani
et Martiniani (Passion of St Lucianus and Martinianus). ff.
165r-170v: Passio Sanctorum apostolorum Symonis et Iude (Passion of
the apostles St Simon and St Judas Thaddaeus). ff. 170v-171r:
Passio Sancti Fidelis (Passio of St Fidelis). ff. 171r-173v: Vita
Sancti Salvi (Life of St Salvius). ff. 173v-174r: Passio Sancti
Marcelli (Passion of St Marcellus of Tangier). ff. 174r-177r:
Passio Sancti Quintini (Passion of St Quentin). ff. 177r-179r:
Miracula Sancti Quintini (Miracles of St Quentin). ff. 179r-181v:
Passio Sancti Foillani (Passion of St Foillan). ff. 181v-186v:
Sermo in festivitate omnium Sanctorum (Sermo for the feast of All
Saints). ff. 186v-188r: Passio Sancti Benigni (Passion of St
Benignus of Dijon). ff. 188r-190r: Passio Sancti Cesarii (Passion
of St Caesarius of Terracina). ff. 190r-195v: Passio Sancti
Eustachi sociorumque eius (Passion of St Eustace and his
Companions). ff. 195v-198r: Vita Sancti Rumwoldi (Life of Rumwold
of Buckingham). ff. 198r-206v: Vita Sancti Huberti (Life of St
Hubertus). ff. 206v-210r: Vita Sancti Leonardi (Life of Leonard of
Noblac). ff. 210r-213r: Miracle Sancti Leonardi (Miracles of
Leonard of Noblac). ff. 213r-216v: Vita Sancti Willibrordi (Life of
St Willibrord of Utrecht). ff. 216v-218v: Vita Sancti Winnoci (Life
of St Winnocus). ff. 218v-222v: Passio Sanctorum Claudii,
Nicostrati, Simphoriani, Castoris et Simplicii (Passion of St
Claudius, Nicostratus, Symphorian, Castorus and Simplicius). ff.
222v-225r: Passio Sancti Theodori (Passion of St Theodore of
Amasea). ff. 225r-226v: Sermo Athanasii de imagine Dei (Sermon of
Athanasius on the Image of God), sermon attributed to St Athanasius
of Alexandria (b. c 296, d. 373). ff. 226v-227r: Sermo de eadem
ymagine (Sermon on the Same Image),attributed to St Athanasius of
Alexandria. ff. 227r-229v: Lections extracted from the Vita Sancti
Nicholai (Life of St Nicholas)translated by John the Deacon of
Naples (fl. late 9th century). Decoration:Large historiated,
anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each
life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red
or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some
also with men, hybrid creatures, animals, and/or animal head
terminations; a few simpler in only one or two colours and in
simpler patterns. Large and small initials in red, blue, purple, or
green, some with penwork decoration. Small simple initials in
brown. Rubrics in red or green letters. Later marginal drawings of
the bust of a bishop, an animal, and heads (ff. 14r, 86r, 199v).
