Owst's Manuscripts

The following is an index to the manuscripts cited in G. R. Owst, Preaching in Medieval England. An Introduction to the Sermon Manuscripts of the Period c. 1350-1450 (Cambridge, 1926; repr. New York, 1965), and Literature and Pulpit in Medieval England. A Neglected Chapter in the History of English Letters and of the English People. Second revised edition (Oxford, 1961). The compiler does not vouch for absolute accuracy of this information and welcomes corrections. Compiled by Siegfried Wenzel.

(A) Preaching

Durham
Cathedral Library B.IV.32==298

Edinburgh
Advocates Library 18.3.6==297, 359
----------------- 18.6.15==8
----------------- 18.7.21==232, 272, 344, 346
University Library Db.iv.17==256, 259
------------------ Laing 140==229, 286, 295

Cambridge
University Library Dd.i.1==318
------------------ Dd.ix.70==270
------------------ Ee.vi.29==341
------------------ Ff.i.14==297
------------------ Ff.i.18==285
------------------ Ff.iv.9==266
------------------ Gg.iv.32==76
------------------ Gg.vi.16==148, 175, 231, 233, 240, 243 f.,
269, 338, 340
------------------ Ii.i.24==315
------------------ Ii.iii.8==6, 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 46, 95, 135,
230 f., 294, 318, 325, 342, 362
------------------ Kk.i.5==324
------------------ Kk.i.14==298
------------------ Mm.ii.10==217, 306
Caius College 140==270
------------- 230==33 f., 262
------------- 233==1, 58, 256, 258, 263, 271
------------- 240==315
------------- 246=-10
------------- 334==31, 64 f., 85, 124, 152, 178, 183, 226, 230
f., 273, 321 f., 328, 330, 333, 335, 347, 361
------------- 356==59, 157, 270, 351
------------- 406==315
------------- 803==270
Corpus Christi College 61==199
---------------------- 217==263
---------------------- 282==240 f., 249
---------------------- 357==230, 254
---------------------- 360==235
---------------------- 392==259, 262
---------------------- 439==270
---------------------- 509==270
---------------------- 524==270
Jesus College 65==270
Magdalene College 2498==240
Pembroke College 49==10
Sidney Sussex College 74==230, 360 f.
Trinity College 60==41, 133, 136, 229
--------------- 333 (=B.14.50)==87, 110, 239
---------------     (=B.10. )==53
Fitzwilliam Museum 22==Frontispiece, 199
------------------ 164==95

Holkham Hall
==240

Lincoln
Cathedral Library A.4.16==79, 225
----------------- A.6.2==26, 44, 138, 148, 163, 167, 172, 182,
192, 201 f., 215, 231, 240, 243 f., 264, 280, 283, 322, 338 ff.,
346, 348, 361
----------------- A.6.10==24, 314
----------------- A.6.19==272 f.
----------------- A.7.1==240
----------------- A.7.12==146
----------------- B.5.8==175, 178
----------------- C.4.2==291
----------------- C.4.6==286, 324, 338
----------------- 91 (Thornton MS)==53, 120, 220, 288

London
British Library
Additional 4727==167
---------- 5666==44
---------- 6716==62
---------- 9066==40, 88, 181, 302, 325
---------- 11284==170, 191, 217
---------- 11565==302
---------- 11579==173, 257
---------- 11872==187
---------- 14023==30, 186
---------- 14408==291
---------- 15095==264
---------- 15237==232
---------- 15833==191
---------- 17013==290
---------- 17723==234
---------- 18351==305
---------- 18364==191
---------- 19901==138
---------- 20727==235
---------- 20771==289
---------- 21202==4, 232, 284, 286,, 315 ff., 319 f., 330
---------- 21253==3, 40 f., 44, 46, 66, 80, 86, 97, 171, 173,
179, 181, 200, 213, 232, 235 ff., 254, 256 f., 322, 325 f., 338
f., 343
---------- 21429==224
---------- 22121==4, 291
---------- 22283==289
---------- 22558==289
---------- 22572==235
---------- 24194==13, 73 f., 88, 90, 330
---------- 24202==131, 134, 136, 196
---------- 24361==315
---------- 24660==272, 283, 301
---------- 25006==53, 277
---------- 25031==272
---------- 25089==161
---------- 25719==302
---------- 26770==349
---------- 27336==170, 191, 196
---------- 27944==82
---------- 28682==187
---------- 29279==282, 341
---------- 30506==269
---------- 33956==60 ff., 191, 334
---------- 33995==290
---------- 34888==285
---------- 35295==302
---------- 35298==302
---------- 36704==50
---------- 36791==234, 245, 355
---------- 36983==276
---------- 36984==227
---------- 37049==115, 272, 286, 325, 335, 338, 344
---------- 37670==305
---------- 37677==24, 230, 290, 338, 340, 361
---------- 37787==257
---------- 37790==226, 286
---------- 37954==20
---------- 38665==302
---------- 38818==314
---------- 38819==231

Arundel 20==45
------- 57==279
------- 112==138
------- 140==277
------- 206==256
------- 231==335
------- 364==138, 288
------- 384==307
------- 506==299, 339
------- 507==53

Burney 356==284, 298, 359
------ 361==60, 62, 187

Cotton Cleop. D.viii==191, 354
------ Faust. B.vi==343
------ ------ C.vii==148
------ Tib. E.vii==290
------ Titus A.xxvi==277
------ Vit. C.xiv==315

Egerton 117==349
------- 745==145
------- 876==302
------- 927==288
------- 2341==158
------- 2710==258

Harley 45==87, 123 f., 171 ff., 175, 191, 265, 279, 290, 322,
326, 341, 343
------ 52==254, 259
------ 106==68
------ 206==4, 232
------ 211==120, 292, 335
------ 219==329
------ 238==235
------ 268==249, 302
------ 273==63
------ 435==290
------ 614==82
------ 630==302
------ 635==8, 87, 146, 183 f., 273, 311, 315 f., 320 ff., 333,
346, 354
------ 861==235
------ 868==235
------ 1022==53
------ 1197==123, 145
------ 1288==61 ff., 188, 192, 301
------ 1319==9, 349
------ 1483==236
------ 2247==100, 148, 202, 244, 351
------ 2250==232
------ 2253==89, 211, 326
------ 2272==1, 4, 28, 45, 69, 99, 103, 105, 107 f., 297 f.
------ 2276==11, 27, 32, 35, 44, 71, 85, 88, 139, 173, 240, 243,
294, 313, 349
------ 2316==57, 60 f., 167, 329
------ 2324==134
------ 2385==57, 60, 63
------ 2391==170
------ 2398==4, 41, 120 f., 123 f., 146, 166, 170, 172 f., 175,
194, 230, 240, 275, 285, 288, 292, 321 f., 326, 328, 335, 339,
341, 343, 346, 360
------ 2403==242
------ 2851==173, 257
------ 3232==339
------ 3244==314
------ 3634==315
------ 3760==3, 15 ff., 31, 35, 37, 39 f., 44, 49, 71, 98, 136,
148, 173 ff., 179, 183 f., 205 f., 208, 216, 219, 231, 253 f.,
257 f., 264, 268, 280, 321, 329, 332
------ 3838==66, 118, 154, 221, 260, 315
------ 3938==168
------ 4196==152, 174, 191, 333, 339, 357
------ 4380==186
------ 4775==302
------ 4789==82
------ 4894==1, 3, 7, 10, 28, 32, 35, 38 ff., 42, 44 ff., 54, 74,
80, 86, 98, 123 ff., 130, 135, 138, 147, 158, 181 f., 184 ff.,
191, 200, 202, 208, 215, 217, 221 f., 231, 235, 249 ff., 256,
264, 307, 309, 319, 322, 327, 329 f., 332, 352, 358
------ 4968==1, 4 f., 7, 23, 26, 45, 52, 72, 74, 80, 99 f., 103,
105, 107 ff., 140, 167, 173, 184, 196, 243, 298, 322, 328
------ 5085==29, 240
------ 5306==54
------ 5396==235, 317
------ 5398==259, 262, 317 f.
------ 6388==127, 143, 209
------ 6580==4, 272
------ 7333==302
------ 7578==272

Lansdowne 344==272
--------- 379==244, 246, 284
--------- 393==3, 10 f., 13 f., 36, 39, 43, 101, 196, 202, 204,
220, 225, 257, 259, 317, 328, 330, 332, 352
--------- 762==91

Royal 3.A.x==254
----- 3.A.xiii==238
----- 3.B.i==307
----- 3.D.iii==307
----- 4.B.viii==314
----- 4.B.x==254, 256
----- 4.D.iv==227
----- 5.C.iii==315
----- 5.E.vii==254
----- 5.F.xvii==236
----- 6.E.i==7, 27, 32, 36, 145, 172 f., 297
----- 6.E.vi==395 f., 321
----- 6.E.vii==76, 87, 306, 321
----- 7.A.viii==254, 258 f.
----- 7.C.i==191, 314
----- 7.C.xv==61, 302
----- 7.D.i==60 ff., 193, 198, 323
----- 7.E.ii==64, 125, 226, 252
----- 7.E.iv==68, 306
----- 7.E.x==76
----- 7.F.xi==306
----- 8.A.v==236, 258, 329
----- 8.B.xii==317
----- 8.C.i==8, 24, 66, 111, 117, 122 f., 191, 283, 290, 323,
326, 329
----- 8.E.v==232, 272
----- 8.E.xii==324
----- 8.F.iv==236
----- 8.F.vi==329
----- 8.F.ix==248
----- 9.E.iv==61
----- 10.C.x==68
----- 10.D.x==1
----- 11.A.xiii==138, 184, 305
----- 11.B.x==298
----- 14.E.iii==117
----- 17.A.xxvi==11, 292
----- 17.C.viii==226, 266, 275, 289
----- 17.C.xvii==245
----- 18.A.xvii==230, 240, 360
----- 18.B.xxiii==3, 7, 21 f., 32, 43, 67, 70, 75, 80, 84, 94,
109, 145, 147, 166 f., 169, 171, 192, 196, 205, 230 f., 233, 
240, 244, 246, 257, 263 ff., 283, 288, 317, 326, 328, 330, 334,
337, 339 ff., 343, 348, 354, 357, 361
----- 18.B.xxv==244 f., 268, 351
App. 7==11

Sloane 2478==61
------ 3102==351

Stowe 34==286
----- 39==343

Gray's Inn
4==306
7==6, 227, 234, 258, 315
12==252, 301, 315
13==256
14==256
15==60 ff., 67, 120, 187, 228, 272
18==298
20==236

Guildhall
249==297 f.

Lambeth Palace
72==302
408==53, 194, 291
432==288

Royal College of Physicians
==275, 277

OXFORD    
Bodleian Library
Bodley 5==83, 87, 109, 202, 212, 247, 249, 258, 315 f., 320, 324,
352, 354
------ 29==238
------ 45==306
------ 51==292, 315, 326
------ 58==326
------ 90==228
------ 95==240
------ 110==284, 319
------ 144==10
------ 283==290
------ 316==315
------ 410==272
------ 474==302
------ 542==306
------ 631==314
------ 687==64
------ 692==79, 155, 262
------ 806==241
------ 848==314
------ 859==69
------ 938==292
------ Digby 161==66
------ Douce 107==278, 284
------ ----- 114==179, 286
------ ----- 372==302
------ Hatton 96==245
------ Lat. th. d. 1==27, 59, 83, 150, 231, 249 f.
------ Laud 108==54
------ Laud misc. 23==46, 106, 121, 288, 292
------ ---------- 389==307
------ Rawlinson A.381==245, 359
------ --------- C.285==139
------ --------- C.894==342
Vernon MS==144 f., 165, 173, 177, 194, 211, 277, 356

All Souls' College
C.18==83

Balliol College
179==315

Lincoln College
==10

Merton College
248==10
249==314

St. John's College
94==119, 180

Trinity College
42==24, 230

University College
97==230

Ashmolean Museum
750==52, 101, 357

PARIS
BN lat 14799==252
------ 18181==252

ST. ALBANS

Cathedral Library==33, 38, 46, 106, 121, 124, 170, 172, 175, 180,
194, 279, 288, 292, 339, 346

SALISBURY
Cathedral 103==88, 94, 148, 171, 173, 184, 188, 194, 219, 269,
279, 326, 346
--------- 126==298
--------- 141==302
--------- 147==298
--------- 166==284
--------- 174==351

WIEN
Staatsbibliothek 631==252

WORCESTER
Cathedral F.19==213, 231, 272

YORK
Minster XVI.L.8==297
------- XVI.L.12==53
------- XVI.O.11==47

(B)  Literature and Pulpit.

BRISTOL
City 6==383

BRUSSELS  
Bibliotheque Royale 9244==26

CAMBRIDGE
University Library Dd.i.1==358
------------------ Dd.v.64==291
------------------ Gg.vi.16==34, 36, 39, 67, 116, 122, 151, 190,
193, 308, 385, 435, 460, 501, 518, 523, 528, 585
------------------ Ii.iii.8==31, 43, 69, 83, 203, 266, 280, 314,
316, 318 f., 341, 451, 532, 565
------------------ Kk.i.5==535
------------------ Mm.i.20==515
------------------ Mm.ii.10==10, 277, 329, 349, 379, 384, 391,
441, 480, 554, 569

Caius College 230==64
------------- 334==31, 157, 182, 195, 266 f., 288, 298, 353, 360,
415, 417, 436, 501, 508, 532

Fitzwilliam Museum 22==464

Pembroke College 103==183

COBLENTZ
==53

EDINBURGH
Advocates Library 18.7.21==21, 317, 532
----------------- ??==64
Auchinleck==226

GLOUCESTER
==17, 46, 96, 108, 154, 198, 314, 451, 483, 516, 553, 555, 585

HEREFORD
O.3.xi==531
O.6.vii==531
P.3.iii==531
P.5.ii==39, 126, 128 f., 131, 192, 225, 241, 243, 263, 267, 272,
330, 366, 407, 454

LINCOLN
Cathedral A.2.3==183
--------- A.6.2==11, 15, 17, 34, 36 f., 40, 45, 86, 111 f., 116,
151, 187, 190, 198, 202, 308 f., 312, 352, 451, 484, 509, 522,
528, 534, 540, 551, 554, 559, 562
--------- A.7.2==59 f.(?)
--------- C.4.6==111, 183, 239, 516, 531
--------- C.4.8==192
--------- I.7.2==41
Thornton (91)==23, 291


LONDON

British Library
Additional 6716==111, 158, 254, 284, 398, 431, 498
---------- 11284==6, 12, 15, 112, 396, 413
---------- 17723==154
---------- 18344==42
---------- 18364==369, 390
---------- 21202==202
---------- 21253==30, 33 f., 62, 67 f., 79, 84, 136, 178, 199,
201, 244 f., 256, 258, 269, 271, 278, 298, 303, 312, 327, 338,
352, 360, 378, 383, 385 f., 389, 391, 398, 405, 413, 423, 429,
448 f., 451, 453, 481
---------- 22283==111
---------- 22720==146
---------- 24202==49, 99, 145, 148, 333, 481, 556
---------- 27336==5, 10, 209, 241, 321
---------- 27909==431
---------- 28682==166
---------- 33956==112, 276, 424, 513 f.
---------- 34276==122
---------- 34763==91
---------- 36791==124, 134 f.
---------- 37049==540
---------- 37677==104, 107, 178, 279 f., 341, 360, 518, 522
---------- 37788==147
---------- 38819==239
---------- 41321==33, 36 f., 39, 42 f., 51, 80, 108, 113, 136,
147, 190, 192, 197, 203, 253, 258, 279, 284, 301, 311, 320, 337,
353, 367, 369, 373, 405, 418, 429, 431, 439, 500, 502 f., 509,
517, 522, 551, 553, 556
---------- 46919 (olim Phillips 8336)==206


Arundel 52==514
------- 231==15, 160, 389, 427, 571
------- 292==43, 90, 331
------- 384==186 f.
------- 506==513, 515
------- 507==41, 505

Burney 356==384
------ 362==162, 275, 396, 431

Cotton Cleop. C.viii==163
------ Nero A.i==552
------ Tib. E.vii==195
------ Vit. C.xiv==187

Egerton 1117==15
------- 2419==99

Harley 4==15, 166
------ 13==191
------ 45==11, 13, 32 f., 35, 39 f., 43 f., 103, 106, 108, 119,
151, 153, 184, 198 ff., 245, 257, 282, 301, 304, 308, 310 f.,
318, 320, 323, 325-7, 343, 345, 355, 360, 362-5, 368, 371, 385,
400-2, 411 f., 414, 418, 430, 432, 435, 438 f., 442-4, 446-9,
459, 463, 533, 569, 595
------ 149==122
------ 219==157
------ 268==25, 92, 154, 243, 554
------ 372==262
------ 463==108, 112, 398
------ 536==403
------ 941==403
------ 1004==515
------ 1022==396, 398
------ 1197==400
------ 1288==206, 241
------ 1671==104
------ 1706==78
------ 2247==36, 133, 148
------ 2250==103
------ 2276==14, 32, 59, 117, 200, 241, 245, 319, 431, 433, 443,
445, 461, 481
------ 2316==156, 203, 398, 429, 431, 523
------ 2345==482
------ 2391==15, 111
------ 2398==35-7, 39 f., 44, 51, 65-7, 89, 99, 112 f., 116, 118-
20, 122, 143, 145, 151 f., 194, 258, 278, 308-10, 317, 324, 327-
9, 352-6, 359 f., 365, 367, 382, 384 f., 401, 410, 416 f., 420
f., 429, 431 f., 437, 442, 446 f., 461, 463 f., 467, 501, 508,
523, 531, 556
------ 2403==20
------ 3353==192
------ 3760==44, 137, 159, 161, 173, 200, 238 f., 246, 254, 258,
288, 291, 296, 298, 314, 321, 329 f., 332, 340 f., 343, 353, 359,
366, 388, 391, 406, 436, 453, 462, 561, 569, 577, 579, 586
------ 4196==195
------ 4346==192
------ 4733==183
------ 4894==29-31, 42, 48, 58, 79, 112, 137, 139, 152, 162, 182,
192, 198, 203, 209, 225, 252, 270, 278, 314, 320 f., 325, 330,
332, 353, 356, 362, 364, 370, 372, 378, 385, 401, 406, 415, 435,
445 f., 462, 539, 551-3, 556, 560, 564, 573
------ 4968==148
------ 5235==91
------ 5259==14 f., 91
------ 5306==276, 372, 416
------ 5369==194, 204
------ 7322==6, 14, 43, 160, 186 f., 204, 239, 333, 432, 468, 594
f.
------ 7333==484

Lansdowne 379==40
--------- 393==125 f., 141, 181, 244-6, 366, 436

Royal 6.E.i==69, 278
----- 7.C.i==39, 187, 193 f., 198 f., 204, 431
----- 7.D.i==112, 164 f., 245, 254, 276, 398, 428, 430, 433, 468,
528
----- 7.E.i==160
----- 7.E.ii==157, 166, 173, 186, 267, 288, 369
----- 7.E.iv==82, 224, 301
----- 8.B.xii==173
----- 8.C.i==22, 32, 202, 240, 310, 357, 387, 392 f., 400, 443,
458
----- 8.F.vi==91, 396
----- 10.E.iv==431
----- 11.B.x==137
----- 12.C.ix==191
----- 12.E.i==498
----- 17.C.viii==13
----- 12.E.xxi==53, 131, 186 f., 197
----- 18.B.xxiii==12, 19 f., 31, 33, 35-7, 39, 44-6, 65, 70, 93,
103, 107, 112, 115-8, 120, 122, 124-6, 136, 147, 150, 153, 155-7,
161, 168, 182-5, 188, 190-3, 196 f., 199, 201-3, 244, 251, 268,
272, 276, 278, 281, 296 f., 303, 308-11, 314-6, 319, 324, 331,
341-4, 352-5, 357, 360, 362-4, 368, 370, 376, 380, 383, 400, 416,
418-20, 423, 439, 452, 455, 458, 460-3, 467, 499-501, 506 f.,
509, 514, 516-8, 522, 524, 529, 533, 535 f., 540, 551, 556, 559,
563 f., 569, 573

Sloane 3102==166

Stowe 953==93

Gray's Inn
7==19, 466
12==160, 206
15==151, 162, 267


MANCHESTER
Rylands lat. 365==19
------------ 367==6, 81-3, 107, 179, 272. 277. 303 f., 344. 373,
380, 384, 394 f., 404 f., 409 f., 427, 468, 521, 561, 569
------------ 394==41

OXFORD
Bodleian Library
Bodley 5==482
------ 95==179, 246, 308, 312, 324, 336, 343-5, 351, 363, 365,
373, 382, 401, 416, 420, 429, 436, 438, 444 f., 448, 466, 508 f.
------ 110==451
------ 316==482
------ 343==516
------ 571==180
------ 649==6, 29, 52, 70 ff., 84, 158, 161, 190, 225, 239, 272,
311, 328, 332, 352, 390, 510, 535
------ 830==360
------ 859--224

Lat. th.d.1==6, 268, 278

Douce 104==513

Laud 262==126

Laud Misc. 23==411, 456, 508
---------- 511==36
---------- 622==122

Rawlinson A.381==154

Vernon==18, 183, 396, 532

Balliol College
38==159
77==515

Jesus College
29==227

Magdalen College
168==177

Merton College
85==180
180==225
299==180

New College
92==69

St. John's College
94==440
137==180

PARIS
BN Lat. 2593==95
------- 5556==91
------- 14886==91
------- 16506==159
BN Franc. 9608==569

Universit 790==243, 253, 267 f., 273, 277 f., 302, 385, 510

ST. ALBANS
134 f., 143, 145, 154, 329, 353 f., 357, 363, 368, 382, 410, 416,
418, 420, 424 f., 436, 456, 459, 464-6, 468, 484, 486, 508

SALISBURY
Cathedral 103==11, 13, 32, 37 f., 40, 43 f., 96, 119, 154, 198,
264, 304, 311, 326, 335, 387, 382, 399, 402, 411, 465, 467, 509,
524
--------- 174==323

Somerset House
==531

WINCHESTER
Cathedral XI==83, 153

WORCESTER
Cathedral F.10==15, 21, 38, 58, 86, 107-9, 120, 156, 179, 187,
225, 271 f., 332, 373 f., 407, 414, 427, 441, 452, 455, 509, 527
f., 530, 533, 542
--------- F.75==531
--------- F.117==531
--------- F.132==77
--------- F.172==122
--------- Q.27==531
--------- Q.51==122

YORK
Cathedral XXI.O.11==276-8