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Egerton MS 2261

Record Id:

032-001983205

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001983205

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Egerton MS 2261

Title:

THEOLOGICAL and other tracts and collections, in Latin, viz.:-

1. Extracts "de actibus Antichristi," etc., from St. G regory's "Moralia," libb. xxxii., xxxiii.; followed by various theological and other commonplaces, f. 4.

2. "Allegorie super [utrumque] testamentum." Printed by Migne, "Patrologia," clxxv. 63, among the doubtful works of Hugo de S. Victors; but attributed also to Petrus Comestor, Petrus Pictaviensis, and Alexander Neckam, f. 22.

3. Brief notices of the lives of David and Solomon, of the sacrifices of the Old Testament, of the priesthood of Moses, etc., f. 90.

4. Commentary on the Athanasian Creed: beginning, "Apud Aristotilem argumentum est," f. 92.

5. "Excerpta sententiarum secundi libri magistri Petri" [Lombardi], f. 95. See below, art. 19.

6. "Excerptiones libri Ecclesiastici;" followed by extracts from Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom of Solomon, and Genesis, accompanied, in the case of the last-named book, by quotations from the Fathers, f. 106.

7. "Excerpta super singulos libros Bibliotece [sive Bibliæ] edita a magistro Alexandro Nequam [Neckam], dicto per contrarium," f. 111.

8. "Versus de penitentia," with glosses, beginning, "Peniteas, scito peccator cum miserator," f. 175 b.

9. "Descripeio Cherubin," attributed to Alanus de Insulis, and by some to S. Bonaventura. The present copy wants the introduction. f. 177.

10. "Origenes de circumcisione:" a portion of the third Homily "in Genesim," f. 179 b.

11. "Quod sex modis tangunt animum ymagines sompniorum:" lib. viii. cap. xxiv. of St. Gregory's "Moralia," f. 181.

12. Questions on the eucharist, charity, fasting, divorce, baptism, etc., with quotations from the Fathers, f. 181 b.

13. Extracts from the Fathers, Isidore, Bede, Seneca and others, f. 188.

14. "Compotus versificatus cum glosis et regule algorismi:" the "Massa compoti" of Alexander de Villa Dei, followed by a calendar and tables, some lines from Bede and Dionysius Monachus, and an analysis of the "Compotus" of Joannes de Sacro Bosco. Owing to the excision of fourteen leaves, the last piece is imperfect. f. 208.

15. "Liber G[alfridi de Vino Salvo] de artificio loquendi:" entitled, in the table of contents, "artificiosa poesis magistri G. Londoniensis." Fragment, containing 52 out of the last 73 lines of the poem. f. 224.

16. "Compotus manualis," beginning, "Ut singulis annis inueniatur distancia:" preceded by a nietrical "commendacio huius operis magistro Willelmo de Longo Campo" [Bishop of Ely, 1189-1198], f. 224 b.

17. Treatise on arithmetic, beginning, "intendit Algorismus in hoe opere," f. 225 b.

18. "Obedientia est iuste iussionis executio:" a sermon on Psalm lxxv. 12, f. 227 b.

19. "Excer[p]ta sentenciarum [Petri Lombardi] tercii libri:" chiefly from lib. ii. dist. 12-29, in continuation of art. 5, above, f. 228.

20. Extracts from St. Gregory's "Moralia," lib. xxxiv. cap. viii.-lib. xxxv. cap. xvi. A leaf is wanting at the end. f. 234. At the beginning, f. 3, is a partial table of contents, and on the fly-leaf, f. 2, a portion of a commentary on Genesis xxiv. 15. Vellum; xiiith cent. On f. 1 is written, "Liber Johannis Meredyth," and on f. 51 b, "Walter Cooke of Weeles, haberdesber of hettes." Small Quarto. From the Farnborough Fund.

Scope & Content:

Theology LATIN: Tractatus varii: 12th - 15th cent.

includes:

ff. 4, 181, 234 Gregory I; Pope; the Great: Excerpta e Moralibus,: 12th, 13th centt.: Lat.
f. 22 Bible. Commentaries: Allegoriæ super utrumque testamentum: 13th cent.
f. 22 Hugo de Sancto Victore: Allegoriæ super testamentum: 13th cent.
f. 22 Petrus Comestor, Presbyter Trecensis; obiit anno 1179: Bible allegories: 13th cent.: Lat.
f. 92 Athanasius II, Patriarch of Alexandria: Commentaries on the Athanasian Creed: 11th and 13th centt.: Lat.
f. 92 Creeds: Commentaries on the Athanasian Creed: 11th and 13th centt.: Lat.
ff. 95, 228 Petrus Lombardus, Bishop of Paris: Excerpta Sententiarum ejus: 13th cent.
f. 106 Bible LATIN: Extracts from the Old Testament: 13th cent.
f. 111 Bible. Commentaries: A. Nequam excerpta super singulos libros Bibliothecæ: 13th cent.
f. 111 Alexander Neckam: Excerpta super singulos libros Bibliæ: 13th cent.
f. 175 b Penitence: Versus de ponitentia: 13th cent.
f. 177 Alanus de Insulis, Autissiodorensis [Auxerre] Episcopus: Description Cherubin, attributed to: 13th cent.
f. 177 Saint Bonaventura,; Cardinal-bishop of Albano: Descriptio Cherubin, attributed to: 13th cent.
f. 179 b Origen, of Alexandria: De circumcisione: 13th cent.
f. 188 Saint Hieronymus: Extracts from: 13th-15th centt.
f. 188 Lucius Annæus Seneca: Excerpts from: 13th, 15th centt 25.
f. 188 Bede, Venerable: Extracts from his works: 13th cent.
f. 188 Saint Isidorus,; Episcopus Hispalensis; obiit anno 636: Extracts from his works: 13th cent.: Lat.
f. 208 Johannes de Sacro Bosco: Analysis of his Compotus: 13th cent.
f. 208 Alexander de Villa Dei, Dolensis, ord. Minor: Compotus versificatus: 13th cent.
f. 224 Galfredus de Vino Salvo: Novella Poetriae: 13th-15th centt.
f. 224 b William de Longchamps, Bishop of Ely: Compotus Manualis, dedicated to: 13th cent.: Lat.
f. 225 b Arithmetic: De Algorismo: 13th cent.
f. 227 b Sermons: On Psalm lxxv.: 12th ; 13th cent.: Lat.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Egerton Manuscripts

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032-001983205

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1200

End Date:

1299

Date Range:

13th century

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Custodial History:

John Meredyth: Owned: in 17th cent.

Walter Cooke, of Wells: Owned: in 17th cent.

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