¹ Regarding a similar though strictly commercial venture, see Benedikt Wagner, O.S. B., ‘Der Religionsfonds versteigert eine alte Stiftsbibliothek,’ in Translatio Studii, Manuscript and Library Studies honoring Oliver L. Kapsner, O.S.B. (ed. Plante, J. G.; Collegeville, Minn. 1973) 235–243.Google Scholar

² No history of the library exists in print. For the details provided, I am grateful to Johann Innertsberger, Bibliothekar, communication to the writer, January 31, 1975.Google Scholar

³ On the Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library (MMML), see Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, its purpose and progress (Collegeville, Minn. 1970) and Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Project. Progress Report VII: The Austrian Phase 1964-1973, by Plante, J. G. (Collegeville, Minn. 1974). A checklist of the more than 32.000 manuscripts in 73 Austrian libraries was published in two parts by Plante, J. G., Checklist of Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, vol. I, parts 1 & 2 (Collegeville, Minn. 1967-1974). Our Linz collection is found in Part 2, p. 101-102.Google Scholar

⁴ Cf. Schneyer, J. B., ‘Die Sermonesreihen des Johannes Ludovici v. Würzburg OESA,’ Augustiniana 23 (1973) 218–241 at n. 106-128, p. 227-229.Google Scholar

⁵ Cf. Schneyer, J. B., Wegweiser zu lateinischen Predigtreihen des Mittelalters (Munich 1965) 302.Google Scholar

⁶ Cf. Schneyer, J. B., Repertorium der lateinischen Sermones des Mittelalters (BGPhThMA 43,1; Münster 1972) 748, n. 1.Google Scholar

⁷ Cf. Schneyer, , Wegweiser 251.Google Scholar

⁸ Cf. Schneyer, , in Augustiniana 225, n. 81.Google Scholar

⁹ Ibid. 226, n. 82.Google Scholar

¹⁰ Ibid. 226, n. 85.Google Scholar

¹¹ Two folia are marked as fol. 47; foliation of the codex is followed. Google Scholar

¹² Cf. Schneyer, , in Augustiniana 226, n. 87.Google Scholar

¹³ Ibid. 226, n. 88. The incipit of our MS differs slightly from that reported by Schneyer.Google Scholar

¹⁴ Ibid. 226, n. 89. The incipit of our MS differs slightly from that reported by Schneyer.Google Scholar

¹⁵ Ibid. 226, n. 90. The incipit of our MS differs slightly from that reported by Schneyer.Google Scholar

¹⁶ Ibid. 226, n. 91.Google Scholar

¹⁷ Ibid. 226, n. 92.Google Scholar

¹⁸ Ibid. 226, n. 93.Google Scholar

¹⁹ Ibid. 226, n. 94.Google Scholar

²⁰ Ibid. 226, n. 95.Google Scholar

²¹ Ibid. 227, n. 96.Google Scholar

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²³ Ibid. 227, n. 98.Google Scholar

²⁴ Ibid. 227, n. 99.Google Scholar

²⁵ Two folia are numbered as fol. 79; foliation of the codex is followed. Google Scholar

²⁶ Cf. Schneyer, , in Augustiniana 227, n. 101.Google Scholar

²⁷ Ibid. 227, n. 102.Google Scholar

²⁸ This sermon is followed by a brief note on fol. 84 ^v, Inc. Nota proprietates domus quia sit curiosa, des. omnibus cupientibus.Google Scholar

²⁹ The first two lines of fol. 108 ^r contain the conclusion to a sermon contained on the excised fol. 107: … supplicium. Eiciantur ergo demonia id est peccata de cordibus fidelium ut spiritui sancto ad cor iter preparetur.Google Scholar

³⁰ A diagonal tear of the folium has resulted in the loss of a portion of the text of the first four lines along the left margin of fol. 130. Google Scholar

³¹ Sermons designated g, n, o, iii, kkk, lll, sss, vvv, and www begin with a paraphrase of the entire gospel or of a portion of it. The second incipits of these sermons are recorded at the place where the homilist begins to speak in his own words. Google Scholar

³² The items in the first portion (fol. 73^v-86 ^r) of this collection are introduced simply with ‘Item'; each item in the second portion (fol. 86^v-98 ^v) is introduced with a long initial letter. No alphabetical or thematic order is present; however, eleven items beginning with ‘T’ occur on fol. 97^v-98 ^v. Two brief sermons are included in the collection: 1. (fol. 93^v-94 ^v) Tit. De passione domini, inc. Dominice passionis memoriam quam sancta ecclesia, des. bene hodierna die in benedictione palmarum. 2. (fol. 96^v-97 ^r) Tit. Quot vicibus post resurrectionem discipulis dominus apparuit, inc. Multis ergo modis dilectissimi fratres dominus noster ihesus christus post resurrectionem suam, des. eterna gaudia sublevet in qua vivit et regnat, etc.Google Scholar

³³ On the Scriptorium at Mondsee, see Holter, K., ‘Die Schreibschulen von Mondsee und Kremsmünster,’ in Dreiländertagung für Frühmittelalterforschung in Linz/Donau, 25.-29. September 1949. Tagungsbericht (Veröffentlichungen zur Frühmittelalterforschung; Linz 1950) 61–65.Google Scholar

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³⁵ Other manuscripts containing this text are Budapest Országos Szécheny Könyvtár (Szechenyi Library of the National Museum) MS 102, fol. 29^r-31 ^r, saec. 14, where the title is given as Explanationes festorum celebrandorum by Bartoniek, E., Codices Manu Scripti Latini, vol. I. Codices Latini Medii Aevi (A Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Országos Széchény Konyvtárának. Cimjegyseke. XII; Budapest 1940) 95. The concluding words of the Budapest MS (Dedicacio ecclesie) differ from our MS; Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek MS Ser. nov. 3782, fol. 243^r-252 ^v, saec. 15 (des. non sinit procreare uermes); the title given is ‘Rubrizistische Angaben und Nachträge’ by O. Mazal & F. Unterkircher, Katalog der abendländischen Handschriften der österreichischen Nationalbibliothek ‘Series Nova' (Neuerwerbungen), 3 (Museion, N.F., 4. Reihe, 2. Bd.; Vienna 1967) 261; Wien, Schottenkloster MS 240, fol. 87^r-91 ^v, saec. 15 (des. placeat tibi sancta trinitas etc. submissa voce, coloph. Explicit ordo misse).Google Scholar

³⁶ Fol. 450 has been cut leaving only the upper half of the folium. The full text of the only writing on the page, in a later cursive hand, is given. Google Scholar

³⁷ The entire text, which is the only writing on the folium, is supplied. Regarding this indulgenced prayer see Haimerl, F. X., Mittelalterliche Frömmigkeit im Spiegel der Gebetsbuchliteratur Süddeutschlands (Münchener Theologische Studien. I. Historische Abt., Bd. 4; Munich 1952) 62, 93, 121. Other MS witnesses to this text are found in Berlin, Deutsche Staatsbibliothek Cod. Hamilton 458, fol. 208 ^v; Cava de' Tirreni, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia Cod. 47, fol. 141 ^r, Darmstadt, Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek MSS 5, fol. 86 ^r; 36, fol. 126^v and 44, fol. 65 ^r, Manly, New South Wales, Australia, St. Patrick's College, Horae (Use of Rome), fol. 122^r-122 ^v, Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek Cod. S 479, fol. 87^r-87 ^v, Zürich, Zentralbibliothek MSS 204, fol. 181 ^v; 504-1, fol. 58^r and 515, fol. 3 ^r.Google Scholar

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³⁹ This section begins after the beginning of the text of the feast of Sts. Felix and Adauctus (August 30) and ends with the feast of St. Matthew (November 30). Google Scholar

⁴⁰ Although no space has been left in the MS, first vespers of the common of the apostles begins with the responsorium breve. The office of the dedication of a church concludes the common of the saints. Google Scholar

⁴¹ Suben am Inn, in Upper Austria, was founded as a religious house ca. 1040-1050 by Tuta, daughter of Count Henry of Formbach. It was reorganized in 1142 by Bishop Altmann of Trent (1124-1149) as an Augustinian Chorherrenstift. Although situated in the diocese of Passau, dependent upon the Cathedral Chapter of Salzburg, it had the right to appoint the Probst (Provost). It was suppressed by Emperor Joseph II in 1784 and amalgamated with Reichersberg. In 1792 it was bestowed on the Vicar General of the Diocese of Linz and in 1810 it was presented by Napoleon to Prince Wrede, Bavarian field-marshal. See M. Schmid in LThK 9 (1964) 1133–1134; Wodka, J., Kirche in Oesterreich. Wegweiser durch ihre Geschichte (Vienna 1959) 73, 109, 307; and Cottineau, L. H., O.S.B., Répertoire topobibliographique des abbayes et prieurés II (Macon 1937) 3098-3099.Google Scholar

⁴² This codex is described by Scheibelberger, F., ‘Die älteste Vita s. Lantperti und ein Beitrag zum Legendencyclus von Dante's Divina comedia,’ Österreichische Vierteljahresschrift für katholische Theologie 10 (1871) 221–228.Google Scholar

⁴³ See Scheibelberger, F., ibid. 222-224 and BHL II 699, nr. 4681.Google Scholar

⁴⁴ See Scheibelberger, F., loc. cit. 225 who considers this visio as a contribution to the cycle of legends of the Divina comedia. Google Scholar

⁴⁵ The preface of Paul the Deacon (Inc.: Domino gloriosissimo ac praestantissimo regi Carolo. Sciens gloriosissimam maiestatem vestram tam divinis) does not appear in this codex; the text of the vita in our MS amounts to about one-third of the whole work. Cf. BHL II 801, nr. 5415. Google Scholar

⁴⁶ This is the so-called Second Life of St. Kilian composed by an unknown author in the ninth century. See Kenney, J. F., The Sources for the Early History of Ireland I (New York 1929) 512, nr. 317, ii and BHL II 696, nr. 4661. Manuscripts of the Second Life are noticed by W. Levison in MGH, Scrip. Rer. Merov., V (1910) 711–728, esp. 720, n. 7, where the text of the First Life only is printed. Other MSS of the Second Life: Admont, Stiftsbibliothek 225, f. 95^v-96^v (frg.), saec. 12; id., 393, fol. 261^v-266 ^v, saec. 12; Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek 7, fol. 71^r-80 ^r, saec. 12; Nürnberg, Stadtbibliothek Cent. III, 69, fol. 120^ra-122 ^vb, saec. 15; another MS, once forming part of the Phillipps collection and now owned by Hodges, Figgis & Co., was offered at auction by Sotheby & Co., Bibliotheca Phillippica. Medieval Manuscripts: New Series: Eighth Part. Catalogue of Manuscripts on Vellum, Paper and Papyrus of the 4th to the 17th century (London, Nov. 28, 1973) 21-22, lot 577 (saec. 11).Google Scholar

⁴⁷ Cf. BHL II 766–767, nr. 5162.Google Scholar

⁴⁸ Another witness to this sermon appears in Zürich, Zentralbibliothek MS 463 [Rh. 951], fol. 69^r-71 ^v, saec. 10-11.Google Scholar

⁴⁹ See also Verbraken, P., ‘Fichier signalétique des “Sermons Lambot” de saint Augustin,’ Revue bénédictine 79 (1969) 51 and Dekkers, E., Clavis patrvm latinorvm, ed. altera (Steenbrugge 1961) 77, nr. 288.Google Scholar

⁵⁰ Attempts to identify this sermon have been in vain. Google Scholar

⁵¹ Cf. Homiliarum in evangelia Lib. II , hom. 34 (PL 76.1249-1252). The same text is also found in Zürich, Zentralbibliothek MS 510 [Rh. 140], fol. 16^r-22 ^r, saec. 8.Google Scholar

⁵² That the words Nau [neume] Gresch are German runes or secret writing appears to supported by a similar juxtaposition of a Danish rune, neumes, and the first proverb found in Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek MS Jacobi 1, fol. 134 ^r. H. Maehler, Die Handschriften der S. Jacobi-Kirche Hamburg (Katalog der Handschriften der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg IV; Hamburg 1967) 151 notes that the proverb Femina raro bona is preceded by some Danish runes, apparently secret writing, with some neumes added. This seems to correspond to the arrangement of the similar material in our MS. On the first proverb, see also Walther, H., Lateinische Sprichwörter … II (Göttingen 1964) 81, Nr. 9192; on the second proverb, ibid. III (1965) 681, Nr. 20490.Google Scholar

⁵³ This text is illustrated with twenty-two partial-page miniatures all executed in water color wash at the base of the folium of script. The miniatures correspond to the text and are intended to illustrate the history of the world from Nabuchodonosor through Charles IV. Historical figures representative of government, theology, literature and the military are paralleled with figures from Greek and Roman mythology and French medieval and Arthurian legends. The miniatures depict Nabuchodonosor (fol. 3^v), Aristotle speaking with his pupil, Alexander the Great (fol. 4^r), Solomon (fol. 4^v), Hannibal (fol. 5^r), Scipio Africanus Maior (fol. 5^v), a castle representing Roma caput mundi (fol. 6^r), Caesar Augustus kneeling before the Tiburtine sibyl with Vergil at the left gesturing to the emperor (fol. 6^v), the Erythraean and Samian sibyls, along with the Tiburtine sibyl on the preceding folium, gesturing toward a standing figure of the Blessed Virgin, within a rayed mandorla, holding the Christ Child who has a cruciform nimbus (fol. 7^r), Persican and Phrygian sibyls pointing (fol. 7 ^v) to Cicero (fol. 8^r), Julius Caesar (fol. 8^v), Cato the Younger (fol. 9 ^r) pointing to Caesar on the preceding folium, Plutarch holding his book Parallelae Vitae (fol. 9^v), the Trojan king Priam (fol. 10^r), Constantine the Great (fol. 10^v), Claudian (fol. 11 ^r) pointing to Constantine on the preceding folium, Theodosius the Great (fol. 11^v), the legendary French hero Roland (fol. 12^r), Charlemagne (fol. 12^r), Charles IV, King of Bohemia sitting within a castle which represents the city of Prague (fol. 12^v), the Greek god Pan (fol. 13^r), and King Arthur of Britain holding the sword Excalibur in his hands (fol. 13^v). A single folium (16 ^v) in MS 4 in the library of the late George A. Plimpton, New York, contains the first three words of our incipit and is identified as a note on the three continents. See De Ricci, S. and Wilson, W. J., Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada II (New York 1937) 1755.Google Scholar

⁵⁴ The translation into Latin of Ptolemy's Geographia was begun by Manuel Chrysoloras and completed by his pupil Jacobus Angelus in 1406. Prior to that date, even the existence of the work was unknown in the West; however, by about 1414, Pierre d'Ailly, Cardinal, Bishop of Cambrai, incorporated part of its contents into his Cosmographiae tractatus duo. Cf. Kimble, George H. T., Geography in the Middle Ages (London 1938) 208–210.Google Scholar

⁵⁵ The incipit with three additional lines of text is repeated on fol. 15 ^r which, except for an incomplete devotional line from the Psalms (Beati immaculati in via qui ambu … [Ps. 118:1]), is otherwise blank.Google Scholar

⁵⁶ The text of this work is still unpublished according to S. Williams in New Catholic Encyclopedia 6 (1967) 1037. On the works of Henricus de Hassia, see Heilig, K. J., ‘Kritische Studien zum Schrifttum der beiden Heinriche von Hessen,’ Römische Quartalschrift 40 (1932) 105-176 (esp. 124-126 where the text of our MS is discussed and other manuscript locations cited) and Thomas Hohmann in this issue of Traditio. Google Scholar

⁵⁷ The Knust edition also contains an Old Spanish translation. On medieval German translations of this text, see Wedler, R., Walter Burley's ‘Liber de Vita et Moribus philosophorum poetarumque veterum’ in zwei deutschen Bearbeitungen des Spätmittelalters (lnaug.-Diss. Heidelberg 1969 ). Burley's text contains 132 lives; this codex contains 68 lives including three not found in Knust's edition: Alexander of Macedonia, fol. 265^r-274 ^v; Marcus Cato, fol. 284^v-285 ^r; and Boethius, fol. 296^r-298 ^v. The Boethius life appears also in Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek MS Praed. 121, fol. 74^v and in Freiburg i. Br., Universitätsbibliothek MS 117, fol. 96 ^r. On the manuscript tradition of Burley's text, see Stigall, J. O., ‘The Manuscript Tradition of the De vita et moribus philosophorum of Walter Burley,’ Medievalia et Humanistica 11 (1957) 44–56 (where our MS is not found among the 105 MSS listed) and Z. Włodek, ‘Les traités de Walter Burleigh dans les manuscrits des bibliothèques en Pologne,’ Mediaevalia Philosophica Polonorum 11 (1963) 152-156, esp. 154-156, nr. 9.Google Scholar

⁵⁸ This treatise appears as an appendage to the preceding text and is composed of quotations from St. Augustine's De sancta virginitate and Bernard's Epistolae. Google Scholar

⁵⁹ The date of this fragment is the 12th century. Google Scholar

⁶⁰ Schneyer, J. B., Repertorium der lateinischen Sermones des Mittelalters (BGPhThMA 43, 4; Münster 1972) 548–556 lists the 64 sermons comprising this collection among the first group of 105 sermons of Peregrinus.Google Scholar

⁶¹ This text is a portion of an unidentified glossary of words found in the Bible based upon the Etymologiarum libri XX of Isidore of Seville, the Liber derivationum of Uguccione da Pisa, the Elementariam doctrinae rudimentum of Papias, and the Graecismus of Evrard of Béthune. Inasmuch as the words are not arranged in alphabetical order, the gloss appears to be designed to explain the words which occur in an unidentified text presumably a book of the Bible or perhaps Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica. Google Scholar

⁶² Fol. 196^v-197 ^v vacant.Google Scholar

⁶³ A quite similar sermon is extant in Herzogenburg, Chorherrenstiftsbibliothek MS 35, fol. 97 ^r.Google Scholar

⁶⁴ The same text is preserved in Graz, Universitätsbibliothek MS 302, fol. 189^r and in Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek MS 167, fol. 210 ^r.Google Scholar

⁶⁵ Our text is not among those listed in BHL II 977-978, nrs. 6721-6726. Google Scholar

⁶⁶ This brief note is not found among the hagiographical writings on St. Florian in BHL I 457-458, nrs. 3054-3061. Google Scholar

⁶⁷ This work is listed among those of St. Augustine by F. Römer, Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der Werke des Heiligen Augustinus, Band III: Polen; Anhang: Die skandinavischen Staaten Dänemark, Finnland, Schweden (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Sitzungsberichte, 289. Band. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission zur Herausgabe des Corpus der lateinischen Kirchenväter, Heft 7; Vienna 1973) 35. Other MSS containing this text and not cited by Römer include Brno, Universitni Knihovna MS 47 (I. 106), fol. 1^v-7 ^v; Güssing, Franziskanerkloster MS 1/40, fol. 188^r-199 ^r; Sankt Pölten, Bischöfl. Alumnats-Bibliothek des Priesterseminars MS 84, fol. 188^r-191 ^r; Wien, Schottenkloster MS 291, fol. 177^r-180 ^v; Wilhering, Stiftsbibliothek MS IX, 18, fol. 255^r-256 ^r. Fol. 221 ^v of our MS is blank.Google Scholar

⁶⁸ This epitome seems to be based on the life of St. Eligius by Audoenus of Rouen for which see Surius, VI (Köln 1575) 629-685; PL 87. 481-594; L. d'Achéry, Spicilegium II (Paris 1723) 76-123; BHL I 371, nr. 2474. Other manuscripts in which the epitome version of this text is preserved include Burg Kreuzenstein bei Leobendorf MS 5667, fol. 241 ^r, saec. 15; Graz, Universitätsbibliothek MS 253, fol. 134^r-141 ^r, saec. 14 ²; Zürich, Zentralbibliothek MS 47 [C 10i], fol. 273^r-273 ^v, saec. 9. The last folium of our codex is cut crosswise so that only the top right corner of it is preserved.Google Scholar

⁶⁹ On the monastery of Suben am Inn, see above, note 41. Google Scholar

⁷⁰ Cf. Chevalier, U., Repertoriam hymnologicum I ( 1892) 289, nr. 4815, and Blume, C., Repertorium Repertorii. Kritischer Wegweiser durch U, Chevalier's Repertorium Hymnologicum (Hymnologische Beiträge. Quellen und Forschungen … AH, Bd. 2; Leipzig 1901; repr. Hildesheim-N. Y. 1971) 176.Google Scholar

⁷¹ The title is the one used by J. Leclercq, loc. cit. Slight verbal variations between Leclercq's text and our MS can be noted. Google Scholar

⁷² On the Gregorian Sacramentary, see Das Sacramentarium Gregorianum nach dem Aachener Urexemplar (hrsg. Lietzmann, H.; Liturgiegeschichtliche Quellen, Heft 3; Münster i.W. 1921 ); Lietzmann, H., ‘Handschriftliches zur Rekonstruktion des Sacramentarium Gregorianum,’ in Miscellanea Francesco Ehrle II (Studi e Testi 38; Rome 1924) 141–158; Sakramentartypen. Versuch einer Gruppierung der Handschriften und Fragmente bis zur Jahrtausendwende in beratender Verbindung mit A. Dold und B. Bischoff, hrsg. Gamber, K. (Texte und Arbeiten. I. Abt., Heft 49/50; Beuron 1958); Gamber, K., Sacramentarium Gregorianum I. Das Stationsmessbuch des Papstes Gregor. Versuch einer Rekonstruktion nach hauptsächlich bayerischen Handschriften (Textus Patristici et Liturgici, Fasc. 4; Regensburg 1966); Deshusses, J., Le sacramentaire grégorien; ses principales formes d'après les plus anciens manuscrits (Spicilegium Friburgense 16; Fribourg/Suisse 1971).Google Scholar

⁷³ Except for these two notes, which are completely transcribed here, the folium is blank. Google Scholar

⁷⁴ Another MS of this text is found in Schlägl, Bibliothek d. Prämonstratenserklosters Cod. 208 (817. 153), fol. 227^r-278 ^v.Google Scholar

⁷⁵ The last twenty-five lines of the printed edition are lacking in our MS. The printed edition gives: Datum Romae apud sanctum Petrum, Anno incarnationis Dominicae, M. CCCCLXIII. XI. Calend. Nouembris. Pontificatus nostri, Anno sexto. Another MS of this text is found in Brno, Universitni Knihovna Cod. Dietrichstein Mk 96 (II. 122), fol. 75^r-93 ^v.Google Scholar

⁷⁶ This letter of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, written while he was Bishop of Siena, is not found among his works in the Basel, 1551 edition. Leonardo Benvoglienti (Benevalentus, Bentivoglio) was an important Sienese political figure of the 15th century. Although the exact date of his birth is unknown, his name appears in Sienese governmental documents in 1428 while he was serving in a minor governmental position (Concistoro). After that date he is regularly mentioned in government documents as an office-holder on a variety of levels (Concistoro, 1430, 1440; ufficiale di Mercanzia, 1431, 1442, 1448, 1469, 1478; provveditore di Biccherna, 1440, 1443, 1449; gonfaloniere del terzo di città, 1442, 1464, 1474; capitano del popolo, 1450, 1460, 1465, 1471; commissario—for the war against the Orsini of Pitigliano—1454; executor of the gabella, 1463; ufficiale del Sale e Paschi, 1475). The last year in which any documents relating to his activities can be found is 1483, when he was negotiating with Sixtus IV on the difficult matter of Sienese intervention in local ecclesiastical affairs.Google Scholar

Benvoglienti, who was of Monte dei Riformatori origin, entered government service after the fall of the Monte dei Gentiluomini faction from power in the Republic. The time in which he held office was characterized as a long period of internal stability and peace between the previously warring factions within the city itself. The Monte dei Gentiluomini faction continually sought to reenter the government of Siena, and apparently some concessions to this effect were made by Benvoglienti and other leaders at the time. But the correspondence assumed a much larger aspect, specifically in this letter, undated in our MS but dated at Graz, 25 September 1453 in Wolkan's edition. In this letter the Sienese bishop complains of the inactivity of the Christians against the attacks of the Turks and describes the sad political situation of Europe. He goes on to defend himself against the accusation that he is an alleged antagonist of John Capistran. On Leonardo Benvoglienti, see G. Prunai, s.v. ‘Benvoglienti, Leonardo,’ in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani VIII (Roma 1966) 703–705 and the bibliography of primary and secondary sources cited therein.

⁷⁷ On Rodericus Sancii de Arevalo, 1404-1470, see Hurter, H., S.J., Nomenclator literarius II (Innsbruck 1906) 942–944.Google Scholar

⁷⁸ Other MSS of this text are found in Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek MSS Praed. 115, fol. 1^r-4^r and Praed. 174, fol. 6^r-8 ^v; Wien, Schottenkloster MS 258, fol. 364^r-369 ^v.Google Scholar

⁷⁹ Other witnesses to this text are found in Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Cod. Petri 52, fol. 52^v-54^v where it appears under the title Appellacio Johannis presbyteri and is further described as a ‘Formular eines Sündenbekenntnisses’ by Brandis, T., Katalog der Handschriften der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, Bd. IV: Die Handschriften der S. Petri-Kirche Hamburg. … (Hamburg 1967) 122; Freiburg i. Br., Universitätsbibliothek Cod. 145, fol. 181^r-185^v where the title reads: Sequitur tenor appellacionis cuiusdam peccatoris a divina iusticia ad divinam misericordiam ab eodem cancellario edite, for which see Hagenmaier, W., Kataloge der Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg im Breisgau, Bd. I, Teil 1: Die lateinischen mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek (Hs. 1-230) (Wiesbaden 1974) 115; Solbad Hall (formerly Hall), Austria, Franziskanerkloster Cod. I. 454, fol. 229^r-230^r where the title reads the same as in the Freiburg MS (a catalogue of the Solbad Hall MSS is in preparation by Roland Behrendt, P., O.S.B. at the Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., U.S.A.); Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek Cod. HB VII 22a, fol. 1^r-3^v where the text occurs, without titulus or other identifying information, in a section designated ‘oratiunculae’ see J. Autenrieth, Die Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, 2. Reihe: Die Handschriften der ehemaligen königlichen Hofbibliothek, 3. Bd.: Codices iuridici et politici (HB VI 1-139), Patres (HB VII 1-71) (Wiesbaden 1963) 166; Zürich, Zentralbibliothek Cod. 504 (Rh. 134), sec. 2, fol. 131^r-137 ^r where it is given under the titulus: Oratio Cancellarii Parisiensis, per modum appellationis cuiusdam peccatoris a divina iustitia ad divinam misericordiam. Google Scholar

⁸⁰ The same text is found in Freiburg i. Br., Universitätsbibliothek Cod. 145, fol. 185^v-186 ^r (Hagenmaier, W., ut supra, note 79); Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Cod. Petri 52, fol. 54 ^v (Brandis, T., ut supra, note 79); and Solbad Hall, Franziskanerkloster Cod. I. 454, fol. 230 ^r-v.Google Scholar

⁸¹ The same text is found in Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod. Ser. Nov. 3886, fol. 175^r-185 ^v.Google Scholar

⁸² The sermons cover the church year from the feast of St. Andrew (November 30) to the feast of St. Vitus (June 15). Not found among the Linz MSS catalogued here is the pars aestivalis (Feast of St. John the Baptist [June 24] to feast of St. Catherine [November 25]), which can be found in Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek MS 255, fol. 1^r-302 ^v. The prologue to the sermon collection is missing in our MS but is found in Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek MS 161 and in Vienna, Schottenkloster MS 384. See Schneyer, , Wegweiser, 439; Lhotsky, A., in MGH Schriften XV, 75 and A. Zumkeller, O.S.A., Manuskripte von Werken der Autoren des Augustiner-Eremitenordens in mitteleuropäischen Bibliotheken (Cassiciacum, Bd. XX; Würzburg 1966) 107–108, nr. 231. Additional MSS containing these sermons of Thomas Haselbach are found in Graz, Universitätsbibliothek MSS 652, 653, 691; Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibliothek MS 155, fol. 2^r-124 ^v, 133^r-146 ^r, 225^r-259 ^r; Klosterneuburg, Stiftsbibliothek MSS 401 and 409.Google Scholar

⁸³ These thirteen folia are unnumbered in the MS. The content and arrangement of these short excerpts from various writers—among them Einhard, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory, Ambrose, Eusebius, Tullius (Cicero), et al.—suggest that they were intended as source material for sermons. Google Scholar