GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001340
TitleHomelyes Appoynted to be Red by t[h]e Mynyster
ShelfmarkMS 150
Creation Dateca. 1561 - 1580
RepositoryChrist Church Library
Contents NoteA manuscript witness of the First Book of Official Homilies, executed by the calligrapher Robert Tyas. There is a hand-drawn title page (pen-and-ink) and decorated initials throughout. This is followed by a copy of the preface; according to the Christ Church Library online catalogue entry, this is taken from the 1559 edition of the Official Homilies. For the homilies themselves, the scribe appears to have retained the printed scriptural citations in the margins. This volume also contains a partial copy of Sternhold and Hopkins's Psalms. This manuscript appeared to remain in the possession of the Tyas family until it was bequeathed to Christ Church. It is part of the Western Manuscripts collection at Christ Church, Oxford.
Material FeaturesBinding: Seventeenth-century cream leather with gilded ornamentation over wooden boards, sewn on five thongs.
ProvenanceThomas Tyas (Tias), a descendant of Robert Tyas, donated this volume to Christ Church, Oxford in 1675.
Acquisition
Source of DataHannah Yip
Other NoteFull title: Homelyes Appoynted to be Red by t[h]e Mynyster Vpon the Sondaies and Other Holy Days Throvghovt the Yeare.
Sermons ContainedA Frvctefvl Exhortation to the readyng & knowledge of holy Scriptures -- ff. 3r-8rA Sermon, of the mysery of mankynde, & of hys condemnation to death -- ff. 8r-13rA Sermon of the saluation of mankynde, only by Christe oure sauioure -- ff. 13r-20vA Short Declaracion of ye true, lyuely, & Christian faythe -- ff. 21r-28vA Sermon of Good workes annexed to faythe -- ff. 28v-37vOf Chrystian Love and Charitye -- ff. 37v-42rAgay[n]ste Swering and periurye -- ff. 42r-47vA Sermon How daungerouse a thynge it is to fall frome God -- ff. 48r-54vAn Exhortation agaynste the feare of Deathe -- ff. 54v-63vAn Exhortation to goode order, & obedience to rulers, & magistrates -- ff. 64r-71vA Sermon Agaynste whoredom & v[n]clennes -- ff. 72r-82vA Sermon Agaynste brawlynge & contentyon -- ff. 83r-91v
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_3933 | Information about Christ Church, MS 150. |
| digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/fe0289dc-9685-49cf-8dca-c6294488f2aa/ | Digitised copy of Christ Church, MS 150. |
GEMMS record createdJuly 15, 2020
GEMMS record last editedMay 31, 2021