Sermons
Subject
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Homilies entitled De Laudibus Virginis Matris by Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century
part
Identifier: MS 94/ff. 1r-28r
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...
Dates:
12th century
MS 102: Collection of letters and sermons by Augustine of Hippo, Bernard of Clairvaux, Jerome, Ambrose, and others, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 102
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...
Dates:
15th century
Sermo de assumptione Beate Marie by Bernard of Clairvaux, 15th century
part
Identifier: MS 110/ff. 228r-231v
Contents
This section contains a sermon on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, by Bernard of Clairvaux. In this manuscript, it is titled Sermo beati bernardi de assumptione beate marie.It starts on f. 228r with the words Virgo gloriosa celos ascendens. It ends on f. 231v with super laudabilis et super gloriosus in sec. Amen. Writing This...
Dates:
15th century
Sermo de miseria humana by Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, late 15th century
part
Identifier: MS 103/ff. 27v-332v
Scope and Contents
The text is a translation of a Latin sermon attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153, abbot, founder of the Cistercian order, and Doctor of the Church) with the title Sermo de miseria humana (the Latin text is published in Patrologia Latina 184, columns 1109-1114C).The sermon is introduced by the rubricated words Incommença el libro de san Bernardo: De la miseria de lhomo e del...
Dates:
late 15th century
Verses of Saint Bernard, followed by other prayers and an extract from a sermon, early 16th century
part
Identifier: MS 114/ff. 52v-55v
Contents
The Verses of Saint Bernard are preceded on f. 52v by the rubric Subscriptos versos diabolus tradidit beato bernardo qui eos cotidie legerit veram suorum peccatorum contritionem in extremis habebit. This refers to a legend according to which Saint Bernard of Clairvaux had tricked the devil into revealing to him sever verses taken from the Psalms which, if recited daily, would guarantee the pardon of all sins. Other two prayers and an extract from a sermon by...
Dates:
early 16th century