Contents These two folios, titled 'epistola bernardi' in MS 186, contain a letter from St Bernard, the first abbot of Clairvaux in the early 12th century. St Bernard was influential as a reformer of Benedictine monasticism which led to the creation of the Cistercian Order. In medieval Scotland, the Cistercians were important as the powerful abbey of Melrose was run by their order. In this particular letter, a knight called 'Raymund' is given advice on how to manage servants, wives and children, and...

Scope and Contents This text belongs to the works of Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), abbot, founder of the Cistercian order, and Doctor of the Church. Text in Patrologia Latina 182, columns. 861-894.Prologue: on f. 101r. It begins with the words Qua mente iam tacebo qua fronte tum loquar et ends with the words duas et ipsas satis longas epistolas texueritis....

Contents The final folio of MS 194 contains a fragment of a letter to a soldier named Raymundus on 'de regimine domus', or management of the household, including caring for a wife, children and servants. This letter has often been attributed to the 11th-12th century monastic reformer, St Bernard of Clairvaux, although it is extremely unlikely that he was the author.The letter on f. 136r begins with Incipit epistola sancti bernardi de Regimine domus. Gracioso et...

Contents This section of the manuscript contains the homilies De Laudibus Virginis Matris (Homilies in praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary) by Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), an influential and prolific French abbot of the Cistercian Order. The text is composed of a prologue and four homilies dedicated to the virgin Mary.ContentsPrologue: starts on f. 1r with the following...

Scope and Contents This section contains two letters of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and a short text.'Bernardus ad R[omanus] romane ecclesie subdyaconum' ('To Romanus, Sub-deacon of the Roman Church'); letter from Bernard to Master Henry Murdag starting on f. 310r with the words 'Dilecto suo...Quid mirum si inter prospera fluctuas et adversa'.'Epistola beati Bernardi abbati ad Magistrum...

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This section contains 'Liber de Conscientia Augustini', 'Book of Knowledge by Augustine', actually by Bernard of Clairvaux. The text starts with the words 'Domus haec in qua habitamus', and ends with 'quam terrestrium occupatione. Et sic est finis hujus libri intitulati liber de conscientia conscripti sub anno incarnationis domini 1444 et facti feria tertia post Palmarum.

Contents This part of the manuscript contains the text Meditatio, a religious treatise written in the 13th century, and very popular in the later Middle Ages, that deals with the importance of self-knowledge for the achievement of wisdom. It was falsely attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), a very prolific and influential French abbot.ContentsText: starts on f. 64r with the following words:...

Contents This manuscript contains a collection of 71 letters and sermons by Augustine of Hippo, Bernard of Clairvaux, Jerome, Ambrose, and others. The letters treat different ethical and theological topics. The collection seems to have circulated under the name of Epistolae Agustini (Epistles of Augustine) in the Late Middle Ages. However, the authorship of some of Augustine’s letters has been questioned. In this edition, the three...

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The prayer is attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in the rubric which precedes it: Oracio beati bernardi abbatis in contemplacione edita et eam legenti dominus apparebit in extremis.

It begins on f. 319v with the words Ave quem desidero quem avide requiro and ends on f. 312v with Qui vivis et regnas deus per omnia secula seculorum. Amen.

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This section of the manuscript contains a selection of passages and quotations by Augustine of Hippo, Bernard of Clairvaux, a Gregory, and Theodore the Studite.

The text starts on f. 6v with the following words: Scio ego et mecum omnis, and ends on f. 8r with the following words: perditi iusperatis.