Christianity

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Handwritten manuscript oration by Richard Henry Holme, Haverford College Class of 1876, entitled "Christianity as a Factor in Civilization."

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This manuscript is from the first half of the eleventh century from Tournai, which contains the texts of Gregory the Great's Ten Homilies on Ezekiel, Radbod II's Sermo de nativitate Mariae Virginis, and selected brief moral maxims and exhortations. The manuscript has belonged to the collections of the Marquess of Blandford at White Knights, Henry Drury, and Sir Thomas Phillipps, among others.

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This manuscript contains John Chrysostom's Homeliae in johannis evangelium, translated by Francesco Griffolini of Arezzo. The scribe is identified in the colophon as Lambert Leynen, who copied the manuscript in Rome in 1462. The manuscript belonged to the library of the Carthusian Charterhouse of Saint Barbara in Cologne and previous owners include Leander van Ess, Sir Thomas Phillipps, and John Meade Falkner.

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Table of contents: Augustine, Liber de fide ad Petrum; One or possibly two fragments (16 lines) attributed to Bruno Sigiensis. Fragments exhort the reader to bear contumely and injury in silence and not to answer accusations in order to please God.

Abstract ff. 1r-115v Inc.: Secundum legem debet mori Iohannis xix per gracia in principio sermonis impetranda aduerto singulariter de die ista quam hodie ipse auctor tocius gracie pro peccatoribus gratuite exorauit.Expl.: Et hoc notat magister suzo doctor// Ends imperfectly. f. 114 ruled but blank.An unidentified narrative of the passion that incorporates many lengthy citations from the Bible and Biblical commentators including Anselm, Albert the Great, Augustine, Bede, and...

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Incipiunt sermones de sanctis compilati per magistrum henricum de Urimaria. Sermo primus de sancto andrea apostolo. Ascendam in palmam et apprehendam fructus eius cantico septimo. sic dicit Bernardus in sermone. The cycle of sermons ends with the second sermon for Mary Magdalen

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The collection consists of lecture notes for various ethics, history, and geography classes taught by Daniel B. Smith at Haverford College. Various papers associated with Smith's lectures and his involvement in the Penn Literary Society are also included.

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Table of contents: Preface; Table of contents; Como dio prese carne per liberare lomo de tri defecti liquali in conseno per lo peccato. Capitulo primo; Unidentified ascetic treatise

Abstract This is a Book of Hours from the second quarter of the fifteenth century from Flanders, use of Sarum. There are fourteen full-page miniatures with borders on three sides, which include the Passion cycle for the Hours of Virgin and of Saints Michael, Barbara, and John the Baptist for the suffrages, as well as miniatures of the Last Judgment for the Penitential Psalms, a Funeral Service for the Office of the dead. The Raising of Souls to God for the Commendation of Souls, and Christ with...