Catalogue description SERMONS

Sermons, in one hand:

A Sermons:

Sermon probably for the dedication of a church (ff.1-3v).

Inc. 'In domo patris mei mansiones multe sunt in Johanne (John 14.2).

Carissimi, reges et imperatores consueverunt habere multas mansiones ...'

Expl. '... ne post mortem condempnemur in curia iustitie sue ipso prestante et cetera'.

Sermon 'de apostolis vel de omnibus sanctis' (ff.3v-8).

Inc. 'Nimis honorati sunt honorati sunt (sic) amici tui deus (Psalm 138. 17). Carissimi, ideo statuit ecclesia facere festa sanctorum ut in festis eorum ...'

Expl. '... ad honorem sanctorum et gloriam pervenire ipso prestan[te] qui cum p[atre] et s[piritu] v[ivit] et r[egnat] d[eus] per (?) Amen'.

Sermon on the four evangelists (ff.8-10).

Inc. 'Animalia ibant et non (sic) revertebantur (Ezechiel 1.14?). Carissimi, nihil est in nova lege quod non fuerit prenuntiatum ...'

Expl. '... ut cum ipsis euuangelistis possimus pervenire ad consorcium Jesu Cristi ipso prestan[te] qui cum patre et cetera'.

Sermon on the origins of and reasons for rogation processions (ff.10-11v). Inc. 'Orate pro invicem ut salvemini (James 5.16). Istud verbum scriptum est in epistola Jacobi in quo verbo tangit succinte causam quam processiones ...'

Expl. '... et orationis fructum cum dicit ut salvemini'.

Sermon on preparation for prayer (ff.11v-12v).

Inc. 'Orate pro invicem ut salvemini. Sciendum est quod preparatoria ad orationem sunt quinque ...'

Expl. '... ad deteriora provocatur. Rogemus dominum et cetera'.

Sermon on the right way to pray (ff.12v-13v).

Inc. 'Orate pro invicem ut salvemini. Debemus orare quinque modis. Primo humiliter ...'

Expl. '... et dabit ei quotquot habet necessarios. Rogemus dominum et cetera ...'.

B Sermons on the Lord's Prayer by Godefridus Herilacensis (divine) (ff.13v-227). See M.W. Bloomfield and others, Incipits of Latin works on the virtus and vices, 1100-1500 A.D., 1979, no.8085.

Ownership inscription (f.227) 'Iste liber est d. no. Johanni Rogerii capellano Vius'. The inscription may indicate that the volume was the 'sixth' book of Rogers or may be a contraction for Viteberge (Wittenberg) where John Rogers (1500?-55), the Protestant martyr, was chaplain. [Unlikely. Inscription probably late 15c, and refers to Johannes [son of] Rogerius. Wittenberg also unlikely]

North-German or Dutch.

Purchased, 1985.