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Appollogeticus ... [etc.] [manuscript], 1504.
Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint, author.; Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410.; Maximus, of Turin, Saint, active 4th-5th century.; Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon, addressee.; Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397, correspondent.; Meghen, Pierre, 1466 or 1467-1540, scribe.; Urswick, Christopher, 1448?-1522, former owner.; Mellerius, John, active 1674, former owner.; Makernes, Thomas, active 1674, former owner.; Palmer, Ralph, 1712-1755, former owner.; Verney, Ralph Verney, Earl, 1714-1791, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Title
Appollogeticus ... [etc.] [manuscript], 1504.
Uniform title
Apologeticus. Latin
Description
70 leaves ; 210 x 140 mm
Associated name
Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint, author.
Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410.
Maximus, of Turin, Saint, active 4th-5th century.
Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon, addressee.
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397, correspondent.
Meghen, Pierre, 1466 or 1467-1540, scribe.
Urswick, Christopher, 1448?-1522, former owner.
Mellerius, John, active 1674, former owner.
Makernes, Thomas, active 1674, former owner.
Palmer, Ralph, 1712-1755, former owner.
Verney, Ralph Verney, Earl, 1714-1791, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Material base
Manuscript on vellum.
Scope and content
Contains Gregory's apology for his unworthiness for ordination to the priesthood, with a preface by its translator, Rufinus of Aquila; two Lenten sermon fragments by Maximus the Confessor; and Ambrose's letter to Irenaeus.
Language Note
In Latin, with some works translated from Greek.
Note
Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger from rubric, leaf [4v].
Collation: Leaves iv (paper) + 70 ([4], 66) + iii (paper); 1⁴(-2) 2-5⁸ 6⁸(-1) 7⁸ 8⁸(-1) 9⁸ 10⁶; horizontal catchwords beginning on leaf 14v to the end; quires signed on recto a-i.
Layout: Written in 20 long lines (dimensions of written space: 150 x 83 mm); below line; frame ruled in lead; marginalia with manicules throughout.
Script: Written in Humanist script.
Decoration: Gold and red illuminated initials on leaves [3r], 1r and 63v; coat of arms on leaf [3r].
Origin: Written in London, 1504, by Peter Meghen of Bois-le-Duc, Brabant, for Christopher Urswick, dean of Windsor and King Henry the VII's almoner.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.84.
Contents
1. leaves [1r-1v]: "[rubr.] Ex sermone beati Maximi episcopi. Feria sexta in quadragesima. [text] Quia fratres charissimi ieiunantis domini victoriam recensentes triumphum nostre salutis agnovimus ... ad gaudia celestium promissionum indubitata fidutia et conscientia letiore veniemus." (Migne, Patrologia Latina 57: 307A -308).

2. leaves [2r-2v]: "[rubr.] Idem Maximus in alio sermone. Sabbato in xl prime ebdomade. [text] Si igitur, fratres, nolumus a diabolo superari, inhereamus ei qui diabolum triumphavit ... fidutia letioris conscientie et cum tranquillitate temporum transigemus." (Migne, Patrologia Latina 57: 322B-322C).

3. leaves [2v]-63r: "[rubr.] Appologia hec diui Gregorii Nazanzeni scripta est expensis venerabilis viri domini Christophori Vrswyke illustrissimi regis Henrici vii quondam elemosynarii magni. [leaf [3r]: Praefatio Rufini ad Apronianum. rubr.] Ad Pronianum prologus Rufini de translatione libros Gregorii Nazanzeni episcopi. [text] Proficiscenti mihi ex urbe magnopere iniugebas, fili charissime, ut tibi absens quoque aliquid operis impenderem ... tu qui utriusque lingue habes periciam, magis probato; [leaf [4v]: rubr.] Gregorii Nanzanzeni Episcopi beatissimi viri quoque eruditiissimi qui theologus est appellatus et ex greco in latinum translatus. Appollogeticus Liber. [text] Victus sum et fateor me esse superatum. Subiectus sum domino et obsecravi eum ... ut in templo eius omnes dicamus gloriam, grex simul et pastores, in Christo Jesu domino nostro, cui est gloria in secula seculorum, amen, in misericordiam." (Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum 46: 3-83).

4. leaves 63v-66v: "[rubr.] Sancti Ambrosii episcopi ad Ireneum: Pythagoricum mandatum commorantes, quo ille discipulos suos communem atque usitatam populo viam ingredi prohibuit, et ut idem a sacerdotibus conseruetur multiplici racione persuadentis epistola. [text] Ambrosius Ireneo: Pythagoricum mandatum in aliquorum scriptis predicari inuenimus ... Vnde ei dictum legimus: Faciam te in Deum regi Pharaoni. Vale et nos, ut facis, quasi filius dilige! [closing rubr.] Omnipotenti Deo, Christi fere virgini Marie, toti celorum exerci tui, sit laus, honor, et gloria quorum adiutorio conscriptus est presens is libellus sumptibus et expensis reverendissimi domini Christophori Vrswyke decani, arte et industria Petri Meghen, monoculi theutonis Brabantini oppidi Buschiducensis. Anno serenissimi regis Henrici vii nonodecimo annoque Domini 1504." (Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum 82: 38-43).
Publications about material
For a bibliographical description of this manuscript see The book collector, 24, no. 1 (Spring 1975).
Binding information
Bound in 18th-century brown calf with gold tooling, rebacked in 20th century. Earlier English red morocco covers with narrow dentelle used as pastedowns; former marble endpapers bound as endleaves.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Urswick (coat of arms, motto); given by John Mellerius to Thomas Makernes, 1674; [Ralph] Palmer library, 1747; Verney (bookplate); W.T. Smedley (bookplate).
Source of acquisition
Purchased as part of the Smedley Collection in 1924 by Henry Clay Folger.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library. The Pen's Excellencie, 2002 (catalog p. 31)
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, SM.7
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Genre/form
Manuscripts, Latin.
Sermons.
Annotations.
Manicules.
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Item Details

Call number
V.a.84
Folger accession
Smedley 7

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