Collection ID: 0053 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Liber Sancti Effrem ... etc. manuscript, compiled ca. 1425.

Authors

• Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373, author.

Other related names

• Pendar, Thomas, former owner., former owner
• Walker, William, former owner., former owner
• Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner., former owner
• Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner., former owner

Call number

MS V.a.257
(Washington DC, USA, Folger Shakespeare Library)

Alternate identifiers

• https://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=224769

Publisher

Folger Shakespeare Library

Language

Latin

Origin

Place

England

Summary

Contains two works: Liber Sancti Effrem and Speculum animae. Liber Sancti Effrem includes six sermons of Saint Ephrem the Syrian, in Latin translation, arranged in six books. Sermons 2-6 have been identified as De iudicio Dei (on the judgment of God), De beatitude animae (On the blessed state of the soul), De paenitencia, (On repentance), De luctaminibus (On struggles), and De die iudicii (On the Day of Judgment). The second work is variously known as Speculum animae (Mirror of the Soul) or Soliloquium animae (Soliloquy of the soul) by Heinrich von Langestein. The manuscript contains chapters two through fifteen.

Notes

• Former title: Spiritual treatise on the Christian life
   
• Folger card catalog title: Treatise on the soul
   
• Spine title: Tractatus de anima
   
• Title supplied by cataloger based on the rubrics contained in other medieval manuscripts containing works of Saint Ephrem the Syrian.
   
• Written in secretary hand on leaf 2r: "qui incredulus est, infideliter agit. Spoken of the wicked king of babilon."; on leaf 55v: "pendar Thomas pendar"; on leaf 56r: "god sende vs all good conuncel." Written in an italic hand in pen on leaf 5r: "Will and Walke aright Will Walker". Written in a modern hand in pencil on leaf 2r: "This mss is supposed to have belonged to W. Shakepere! & given by him to his godson William Walker. See Shakespere's will where a bequest is made to the above XX s in gold."; on leaf 1v: "Bound by Berthold".
   

Extent

66 leaves; 225 x 150 mm

Foliation

Foliated

Collation

1 (8) (wants 1), 2 (8), 3 (8) (wants 7), 4 (8)

Support

Parchment

Catchwords

Horizontal catchwords throughout.

Binding

Rebound in brown goatskin in 20th century by "H D Mc". Ca. 1540s English stamped calf now used as doublures. A remnant of tooling from this binding pasted to front endleaf. Spine title: Tractatus de anima. Binder's note states that 16th century binding was sewn on 4 "deer hide" (alum-tawed) cords, with green and red headbands.

Layout

Written in 33 long lines (dimensions of written space: 175 x 110 mm); written below first line; frame ruled.

Decoration

Large red and blue initials beginning on leaf 58v. Unique miniscule p's on line 33 of each page.

Script

Written in a bastard Anglicana script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Thomas Pendar; and William Walker, who has been identified by some with Shakespeare's godson, MS; Obtained in July 1924 from T. Thorp.
   

Related resources

• Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1279.1

Subjects topical

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Friends and associates --Manuscripts
• Spiritual life --Early works to 1800 --Manuscripts
• Great Britain --England
• Heinrich, von Langenstein, approximately 1325-1397. Speculum animae. Chapters 2-15

Genres

• Manuscripts, Latin --England --15th century

Keywords

• Treatise
• 15th century
• Collection of Sermons
• England
• English

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 37r — [De compunctione cordis, Liber primus, Chapters 9 (partial)-13)] / [Saint Ephraem]; incipit: -tu mensura bonitatem quo pondere gubernatur, set dicito michi. Numquam in stadio spectator equis currentibus astitisti ... [f. 37r]; explicit: ... et adorem eum qui mihi tanta largitus est. Exaudi domine orationem meam serui tui qui es benedictus in secula seculorum amen. [f. 40r]
• fol. 40r — [De compunctione cordis, Liber secundus]; incipit: Venite karissimi mihi, venite patres et fratres, grex saluatoris electus, uenite negoviamur adusque nundine celebratur ... [f. 40r]; explicit: ... et dicamus pariter cum digni fuerimus videre insatiabiliem pulcheritudinem tuam. Gloria patri qui fecit nos et gloria filio qui saluauit nos, et gloria spiritui sancto qui redeunt nos. [f. 43r]
• fol. 43r — [Unidentified work]; incipit: O admirabiles viri festinate ut ad eternam pascuam veniatis ... [f. 43r]; explicit: ... Quia igitur nulli de se certum est electum se esse restat, ut omnes trepident, omnes de sua accione formident, omnes in diuina misericordia gaudeant, nullus de suis uiribus presumat. [f. 45r]
• fol. 45r — Liber secundus (De iudicio Dei) / [Saint Ephraem]; incipit: Gloria omnipotenti Deo, qui os nostrum semper mutum aperuit ad enarrandum de illis terribilibus miraculis ... [f. 45r]; explicit: ... Impii autem infirmabuntur in eis. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritu sancto, et nunc et semper et in secula seculorum. Amen. [f. 48r]
• fol. 48r — Liber tertius (De beatitudine anime) / [Saint Ephraem]; incipit: Beatus qui odio habuerit hunc mundum, et sollicitudo et meditacio eius in Deo fuerit ... [f.48r]; explicit: ... quia Dominus celi ipsa uia uite factus est omnibus qui desiderauerint ad patrem luminum peruenire. Amen. [f. 50r]
• fol. 50r — Liber quartus (De paenitencia) / [Saint Ephraem]; incipit: Dominus noster Iesus Christus descendit de sinu patris, et effectus est uobis uia salutis, super penitencia nos instruens ... [f. 50r]; explicit: ... Suscipe oracionem serui tui, Domine, precibus omnium sanctorum tuorum, qui tibi a seculo placuerunt, quoniam tibi debetur omnis laus et gloria in secula seculorum. Amen. [f. 52v]
• fol. 52v — Quintus liber (De luctaminibus) / [Saint Ephraem]; incipit: In luctaminibus huius seculi nullus sine agone et certamine coronabitur et in spirituali conuersacione ... [f. 52v]; explicit: ... coram cherubim et seraphim et coram sanctis angelis in deliciis paradisi perfruens, cum sanctis angelis omnibus dicam: gloria Patri immortali, gloria Filio immortali, gloria Spiritui sancto immortali in secula seculorum. Amen. [f. 55r]
• fol. 55r — Sextus liber (De die iudicii, partial) / [Saint Ephraem]; incipit: Venite, dilectissimi fratres, exortacionem meam suscipite, et semper mementote consilii mei peccatoris ... [f. 55r]; explicit: ... cum ipsum dominum anima in oracione proprie contemplatur. Nam cum eum desiderat, eum semper famulatur ... [f. 57v]
• fol. 58r — [Speculum animae, Chapters 2-15 (partial)] / [Heinrich von Langenstein]; incipit: ... [ex]istant. Letare ergo te honoratam similitudine et habitudine ad corpus tua presidencia gubernandum simili habitudine Dei ad corpus ... [f. 58r]; explicit: ... intelligas rerum originem, et te media, earum mirificam. in finem ultimum reduccionem. Cor Cor [f. 66r]