Walters Ms. W.15, Glossed Gospels Sermons Gospels Canon law formularies Sermons for the liturgy Glossed Gospels Principal cataloger Noel, William Principal cataloger Smith, Kathryn Cataloger Dutschke, Consuelo Cataloger Valle, Chiara Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This manuscript is a glossed Gospel Book made in England in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century. The glosses contain commentaries on the Gospels written by several medieval theologians: Hrabanus Maurus and John Chrysostom on Matthew, Jerome and Bede on Mark, Ambrose and Bede on Luke, and Augustine on John. Written in Gothic script, the Gospels text is enlarged with smaller script employed for the glosses. The manuscript is decorated with simple illumination, consisting only of two large initials, and numerous smaller ones marking major divisions in the text. This Gospel Book is exceptional because it contains legal formularies of Oxford origin, written on five folios. The formulary mentions the kings Richard and John, and there are also references to the churches in Oxford and Northampton. The dates within the formulary are pieces of evidence that help date the manuscript. The binding in white deer skin over oak boards is original, and the remains of the original over cover are still preserved at the fore-edge of the lower board as well. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.15 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 256r Glossed Gospels 1r - 2v Sermons Spirituum societas reparatur Peter Damian, sermon 47; Bernard of Clairvaux, sermon 62; Peter Damian, sermon 9, 48, and sermon on John 3r - 256r Gospels Nomen libri evangelium grece bonum nuncium Fols. 3r-4v: preface to Matthew; fols. 5r-5v: glossed prologue to Matthew; fols. 5v-79r: glossed Matthew; fols. 82r-82v: glossed prologue to Mark; fols. 83r-135r: glossed Mark; fol. 125v: preface to Luke; fols. 126r-204v: incomplete text of Luke (it begins with Luke 1:9); fols. 210r-256r: glossed John 79v - 81v Canon law formularies H. dei gratia abbas illius loci B. clerico salutem Law formularies; references to Oxford and its churches (St. Frideswide, St. Peter, Mary, Oseney, and Thame); dates 1193, 1194, 1199, and 1203; Kings Richard and John as well as Pope Innocent III are mentioned Between the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, there are five folios with law formularies, which contain models for letters, sentences, donations, etc.; formularies are integral to the quire containing the end of the text of Matthew 205r - 209v Sermons for the liturgy Die natali domini Hodie fratres karissimi redemptor noster ad nos venit Sermons for Christmas day, Easter, Pentecost, and the beginning of Lent

Medium-weight parchment, not particularly well selected and poorly prepared

 Foliation: 25733.2 22.8 18.8 15.7 Foliated in pencil, upper right corners, rectos; foliation to 256, but a leaf between fols. 130 and 131 was unnumbered

1(10, -1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10), 2-8(10), 9(10,-2), 10-13(10), 14(4), 15(10,-1), 16-20(10), 21(12), 22(14), 23-26(10), 27(8) In the center of the lower margin of the last verso of each quire Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 3(2), 13(3), 23(4), 33(5), 43(6), 53(7), 63(8), 93(9), 82(10), 92(11), 102(12), 112((13), 122(14), 126(15), 134(16), 144(17), 154(18), 164(19), 174(20), 184(21), 196(22), 210(23), 220(24), 230(25), 240(26), 250(27); the last leaf of the last quire is the pastedown for the lower board

 Layout does not apply to Sermons (fols. 1r-3v), Canon law formularies (fols. 79v - 81v), prologue to Luke (fol. 125v), and Sermons (fols. 205r - 209v) Handwriting contemporary or sightly later than the glosses Gothic script Red and blue initials for major divisions of the texts One large initial (37 lines); red and blue decorated initials (3 to 12 lines) marking the beginning of each Gospel; smaller initials in red or blue (1 line) for minor text divisions; text in black ink Decorated initial "L" Gospels: Matthew 1:1 Decorated initial "L," 10 lines

White deer skin over oak boards; strap anchorage channels on upper boards; remains of original over cover at fore-edge of lower board, alum-tawed leather

 Late 12th century-early 13th century CE Oxford, England Made in Oxford in the thirteenth century; fols. 79v-81v contain legal formularies for the use of Oxford J. Reynoldes, England (?), seventeenth century; his ownership inscription on front pastedown, and also fol. 3r; additional name partially legible on fol. 3r reads "Thomas [?]" Rowland Clegg-Hill, Third Viscount of Hawkstone Park, Shropshire (1833-1895); his ex-libris and pencil notation on front pastedown Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired before 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 768, no. 68. De Hamel, Christopher. A History of Illuminated Manuscripts. Oxford: Phaidon, 1986, pp. 78, 111, 113 (for other examples of glossed Gospels) Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Christian Codex Manuscript England English Scripture Book 13th century Theology Document Gloss Illumination Original binding Walters Art Museum 12th century History Legal Gospel Book