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London. British Library, Harley MS 104

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Harley MS 104
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Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Stephen Langton, Expositio Libri Duodecim Prophetarum ; Gregory the Great, De Cura Pastorali ; Richard of St-Victor, Allegoriae Novi Testamenti and De Oratione Dominica ; Innocent III , De Missarum Mysteriis and Sermo VI
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    • Richard de Saint-Victor (1110?-1173)
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    • Richard of Saint-Victor, d 1173, Prior of the Augustinian abbey of St Victor, Paris
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    • Ricardus de Sancto Victore
    • RICARDUS DE SANCTO VICTORE
    • Richardus Sancti Victoris (1110?-1173)
    • Richardus de Sancto Victore
    • Ricardus
    • Richardus Sancti Victoris
    • Richardus de S. Victore
    • Richard de Saint-Victor (1110?-1173)
    • Richard de Saint-Victor
    • Author: Richardus, de Sancto Victore
    • Richard of St. Victor
    • Richard of Saint-Victor OSA
    • Richard of Saint-Victor OSA (attrib.)
    • Richard, of St. Victor, -1173
    • Richardus de Sancto Victore, 1110-1173
    • Justin
    • Richard von St. Viktor
    • Richard of St. Victor (-1173)
    • Richard, of St. Victor (-1173)
    • Richardus
    • Richardus de Sancto Victore, ?-1173, C.R.S.A.
    • Richardus de Sancto Victore, C.R.S.A., ?-1173 > , co-autor
    • Richardus de Sancto Victore - 1110 - 1173 - auteur
    • Magister Riccardus
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    • Innocent III (pape, 1160?-1216)
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    • Innocent III, 1160/61-1216, Pope
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    • Innocentius III (pape ; 1160?-1216)
    • Innocent III
    • Innocentius III
    • INNOCENTIUS III, papa
    • Lothaire de Segni, futur pape Innocent III
    • Innocentius III papa
    • INNOCENTIUS III, papa (Lotharius Signiensis)
    • Innocent III, pape
    • Innocent III, pape, 1160-1216
    • Innocenci III, papa, 1160-1216
    • Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216
    • Innocentius III (paus)
    • Innocentius Papa, III. fl.1198/1216
    • Inocencio III, Papa
    • Author: Innocentius III, Papa
    • Innocentius III, Pont. Max.
    • Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 1161-1216
    • Innocent III (1160-1216 ; pape)
    • Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis)
    • Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis) (attrib.)
    • Innocentius III, paus, 1160?-1216
    • Innocent III (pape ; 1160-1216)
    • Innozenz III., Papst, 1160-1216
    • Innocentius III. Papa
    • Innozenz III.
    • Innozenz <III., Papst> (1160-1216)
    • Innocent III, Pope (1160 or 1161-1216)
    • Innocent III, né Lothaire de Segni, 176e pape de l'église Catholique de 1198 à 1216 (1160?-1216)
    • Innozenz
    • Innocentius <Papa, III.>
    • Igreja Católica, Papa 1179-1180 (Inocêncio III) > , co-autor
    • Igreja Católica, Papa 1179-1180 (Inocêncio III) > , compil.
    • Inocêncio III, Papa, 1198-1216
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
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    • Grégoire le Grand
    • GREGORIUS I papa (S.)
    • GRÉGOIRE LE GRAND (S.)
    • Gregorius I (pape ; 0540?-0604)
    • Gregorius Magnus
    • Grégoire I (pape ; 0540?-0604)
    • Gregorius I
    • GREGORIUS MAGNUS I (s.), papa
    • GREGORIUS Magnus I (s.), papa
    • S. Gregorius Magnus
    • S. Gregorius
    • Gregoire Le Grand, S.
    • Gregorius
    • Saint Gregoire
    • Sancti Gregorii papae
    • GREGORIUS MAGNUS
    • Grégoire I (pape, 0540?-0604)
    • Gregorius Magnus (s.)
    • Gregorii
    • Saint Grégoire le Grand
    • GREGORIUS I MAGNUS (s.), papa
    • Beati Gregorii papae
    • Gregorio papa
    • Gregorii Papae
    • Sancto Gregorio
    • S. Gregorii Magni
    • Sancti Gregorii
    • Grégoire I (0540?-0604 ; pape)
    • Sanctus Gregorius Magnus
    • GREGORIUS I Magnus (s.), papa
    • Gregorii [Magni]
    • Gregorius (saint ; 06.. ?-07.. ? ; évêque d'Agrigente)
    • Saint Grégoire
    • Grégoire le Grand (Saint), pape
    • Grégoire I, pape, 0540?-0604
    • Grégoire le Grand,‏ ‎saint‏, ‎0540?-0604
    • Gregorius Magnus,‏ ‎sant,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Gregorius Magnus,‏ ‎saint,‏ ‎0540?-0604
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Gregorius‏ ‎Magnus, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604‏
    • Gregorius de Grote (paus)
    • Gregorius (heilige)
    • Gregorius I, papa
    • Gregorius Magnus,‏ ‎santo,‏ ‎ca. 540-0604
    • Gregori I, papa, 540-604
    • Gregorio I, Papa
    • Gregorius I (paus)
    • Gregorius Papa, I. 540-604
    • Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604
    • Author: Gregorius I, Papa
    • Gregory the Great
    • Gregorius I, Pont. Max.
    • Gregory, I, Pope, approximately 540-604
    • Gregory
    • Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
    • Gregory I, Pope
    • Pope Gregory the Great
    • Gregorius I, Magnus, paus, 540?-604
    • Grégoire (pape)
    • Gregorius, I.<Papa>
    • Gregor I., Papst, 542-604
    • Gregor, I.<Papst>
    • Gregorius papa
    • S. Grégoire
    • Grégoire le Grand (saint), pape
    • S. Grégoire le Grand
    • Gregor <I., Papst> (542-604)
    • Gregory the Great, 540-604
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Gregory I, Pope (approximately 540-604)
    • Grégoire le Grand, pape, saint (540 - 604) > Pape
    • Grégoire le Grand, pape, saint (540 - 604)
    • Grégoire le Grand, pape, saint (540 - 604) > Père de l'Eglise
    • Gregorius (ca. 540-604)
    • Gregorio I, Papa, Santo, 540-604
    • Gregor
    • S. Gregorii
    • Gregor <I., Papst>
    • Gregorius Magnus (Nachtrag: Catalogus operum Gregorii Magni monasterio in maiore Frankenthal anno 1486 pertinentium)
    • Gregório Magno, Santo, 540-604
    • Gregório Magno, Santo, 540-604 > , co-autor
    • Igreja Católica, Papa 590-604 (Gregório I)
    • Gregorius Papa I - ca. 540 - 604 - auteur
    • Gregorius Papa I - ca. 540 - 604 - oorspronkelijke auteur
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    • Étienne Langton (1150?-1228)
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    • Langton, Stephen, d 1228, Archbishop of Canterbury
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    • Stephanus Langton
    • Langton, Stephanus (1150?-1228)
    • Stephanus Langton( ?)
    • Étienne Langton
    • [STEFANUS LANGTON]
    • Etienne Langton
    • Langton, Étienne (1150?-1228)
    • STEPHANUS LANGTON card.
    • STEPHANUS LANGTON, card.
    • Author: Langton, Stephanus
    • Langton, Stephen
    • Langton, Stephen (1150?-1228)
    • Stephen Langton
    • Langton, Stephen, -1228
    • Stephen Langton (1155-1228)
    • Langton, Étienne (1150?-1228) > Archévêque
    • Étienne Langton (v. 1150 - 1228), Archevêque de Canterbury et cardinal
    • Stephen Langton - ca. 1155 - 1228 - auteur (dubium)
    • Stephen Langton - ca. 1155 - 1228 - auteur
    • Stephen Langton - ca. 1155 - 1228 - auteurauteur (dubium)
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    • Robert Harley (comte d'Oxford, 1661-1724)
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    • Harley, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    • Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785)
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences
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    • Edward Harley (1689–1741)
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    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts
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    • D'Ewes, Simonds, 18 Dec 1602-18 Apr 1650, first baronet, diarist and antiquary
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    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron of architecture
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    • Simonds D'Ewes (1670?-1722)
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Description
  • This English manuscript from the 1st quarter of the 13th century (before c . 1225 and after 1206 or 1215) was probably written for a clerical audience since it contains works that would have helped priests in explaining biblical texts to the laity and instructed them in their duties of pastoral care. The manuscript's biblical works are the Expositio Libri Duodecim Prophetarum (Commentary on the Books of the Twelve Minor Prophets) by Stephen Langton (b. c. 1150, d. 1228), Archbishop of Canterbury; the Allegoriae Novi Testamenti (Allegories of the New Testament) by Richard of St-Victor (d. 1173?), theologian and prior of the Canon Regulars of the abbey of St Victor at Paris; and De Oratione Dominica (On the Lord's Prayer) by Richard of St-Victor (d. 1173). The manuscript includes a work that would have helped priests emphasise the importance of the Mass: De Missarum Mysteriis (On the Mysteries of the Mass) by Pope Innocent III (b. 1160, d. 1216). It also includes an important work on the clergy's responsibilities to provide pastoral care: De Cura Pastorali (On Pastoral Care) by St Gregory the Great (b. c. 540, d. 604). The subject of pastoral care is further highlighted by the manuscript's last item, which may be a later addition). This is the inaugural sermon of Pope Innocent III at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), to which the reform of pastoral care was central. Contents: ff. 1r-122r: Stephen Langton, Expositio Libri Duodecim Prophetarum , imperfect (lacking commentary on the Book of Micah), beginning: 'Incipit expositio libri duodecim prophetarum edita a venerabili cantuariensis ecclesie Stephano'. ff. 124r -149r: Gregory the Great, De Cura Pastorali , beginning: 'Incipit liber pastoralis Sancti Gregori papa Ad Johannem Ravenne Urbis episcopum'. ff. 150r-163r: Richard of St-Victor, Allegoriae Novi Testamenti , beginning: 'Incipit prologus Magistri Petri commestoris in libro evangeliorum'. ff. 163r-164v: Richard of St-Victor, De Oratione Dominica , beginning: 'ecce karissimi singulis diebus clerici et populi viri et mulieres [etc.]'. ff. 165r-195r: Innocent III, De Missarum Mysteriis , beginning: 'Incipit prefacio dominum innocentium (?episcopum [written over the word: '?papam']) in tractatum de officio missas'. The manuscript contains a number of additions: ff. 196r–196v: Innocent III, Sermo VI, the inaugural sermon of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), written in a 13th-century script, (on an added leaf), beginning: 'Desiderio desideravi hoc pascha [...] quia mihi vivere Christus est et mors lucrum. Non ab uno si dispositum est'. ff. 122r-123v: Stephen Langton, Chapter VII of his commentary on the Book of Micah (e.g., this text can be found in the copy of the Expositio Libri Duodecim Prophetarum in Add MS 34633, ff. 120r-122r), added in a 15th-century script, ending: 'Explicit capitulum septimum michee prophete'. ff. 122v-123r: Tables with numerals in pencil (faintly legible around and under the commentary on the Book of Micah), added at an unknown point in the later Middle Ages. f. 1*v: A table of contents, added in a 17th-century script. [ff. 1*r, 149v and f. 195v are blank]. Decoration:3 large initials in gold with penwork decoration in red and blue (ff. 1r, 124r, 150r). 11 large initials (ff. 36v, 43v, 57v, 59r, 61v, 69r, 81r, 88v, 94r, 97v, 118v) and several smaller initials in red or blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in the alternate colour. 1 large puzzle initial with red pen-flourishing (f. 165r). Small initials in blue or red with little or no penwork decoration. Rubrics, underlining, running headers and marginal annotations in red. Manicules in brown ink added in margins (ff. 22r, 37r, and 142v). A human head drawn in brown ink added to the margins of f. 37r and f. 129v.
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    • England (United Kingdom)
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    • England
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    • Angleterre (?)
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    • Angleterre ?
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    • Engeland
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    • Anglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • Inglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • England (Salisbury?)
    • [Oxford?]
    • [England]
    • England, Norwich?
    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's Abbey?
    • England, Cornwall?
    • England, St. Albans?
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    • England, York?
    • England, Witham?
    • England, Winchester or St. Albans
    • England, Reading or Leominster
    • England, Cirencester?
    • England, Sherborne?
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    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's?
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    • England, Oxford?
    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • England and Netherlands
    • England, Canterbury?
    • England, West Midlands?
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    • England, Crowland?
    • England, Wessex?
    • England, Reading?
    • England, Northeast?
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    • England, Ely?
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    • England, Salisbury?
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    • German (but made in England)
    • England, South East (?)
    • England. Peterborough (?) or Lincoln (?)
    • Hereford?, England
    • England, Durham ?
    • England, Durham?
    • England, probably Durham
    • England, Oxford (?)
    • England, possibly Oxford
    • England (?Oxford)
    • England, Durham (?)
    • England, London/Westminster
    • Unknown, possibly London and Cambridge
    • Royal Chancery, London; Cambridge
    • Engeland (?)
    • England (II)
    • I. England
    • [Engeland]
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