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THEOLOGICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION: tracts, sermons, verses, etc.; 14th cent. Latin, unless otherwise noted. Origin: England. Early 14th cent. contents list, f. 1v. Marginalia referring to the text throughout, 14th-15th cent. Financial memoranda, in drypoint, 15th cent., f. 93v. Memoranda, partially erased, on the front fly-leaf: 'Memoranda xxj die augusti anno regis E. iiijti [1471] pro H. Pa . . .', f. 1v. For post-medieval provenance of this MS., see Add. 6156.

Vellum; ff. 164. Articles 11-12, ff. 106-125, bear two series of medieval foliation in arabic numerals 1-9, 1-11. Sec. fol.: non solum principium. Composite manuscript. The following articles are listed in the early 14th cent. contents list (f. 1v): 1-5, 9 (later insertion), 11-13, 17, 19-23. 230 x 155mm. Gatherings: i-iv8, v6, vi8, vii6, viii-xiii8, xiv irregular (ff. 102-104), xv12 (lacks 12, no loss of text), xvi12, xvii4, xviii10, xix6, xx8, xxi10 (lacks 1, no loss of text). Catchwords: regular ff. 9v-47v, 61v-85v, 115v, 147v, 155v. Quires i-xii, xv, marked with roman numerals, first folio recto, some cropped, eg. ff. 18, 34. Signatures: roman numerals i-iv to quires i-xii, some cropped. Quires iii-xii also bear small letters a-k in reverse alphabetical order. Quire iii bears second set of signatures a-d. Quires xiij-xiv, which bear material inserted on the contents list, have no quire marks or signatures. Double columns, except articles 11-12

(ff. 106-125). The books of art. 3 are marked L. 1-4 at the top of each folio

(ff. 36-80v). Various English small gothic bookscripts, cursive bookscripts and documentary cursive scripts, late 13th-14th cent. Hands as follows: A. articles 1-8. ff. 2-92v;- B. art. 9. ff. 94v-104;- C. art. 10. ff. 105-105v;- D. articles 11-12. ff. 106-125;- E. art. 13. ff. 125v-130v;- F. articles 14-16. ff. 132-141;- G. articles 17-22. ff. 142-160;- H. art. 23. ff. 160-162;- I. art. 24. ff. 162v-163. Decoration: initials in red and blue penwork, headings in red, ff. 2-91, 132-141; initials in red, ff. 94v-130v; initials and headings in red, ff. 142-162. Grotesques, ff. 70, 77v.

Contents:

1. ff. 2-9v. Albertanus of Brescia: 'Liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi'; 1245. Beg. 'Fini mei tractatus assit gratia sancti spiritus. Quoniam in dicendo multi errant'. Ends (f. 9v): 'Explicit liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi ab Albertano causidico brixeum de hora sancte Agathe compositus et compilatus sub mccxlv de mense Decembris'. Printed as an appendix in Brunetto Latinos levnat og skrifter, ed. T. Sundby (1869), pp. xciii-cxix. For other MSS. of this text see: Sloane MS. 3551, ff. 50-63; Add. 19958,

ff. 1-9v; Harl. MS. 4887, ff. 36-39; Royal MS. 12 D.VII, ff. 136-141v.

2. ff. 9v-35v. Albertanus of Brescia: 'Liber consolacionis et consilii'; 1246. Beg. 'Quoniam multi sunt qui in adversitatibus'. Ends (f. 35v): 'Explicit liber consolacionis et consilij quem Albertanus causidicus brisiensis de horae sancte Agathe compilavit atque composuit anno millessimo ccxlvj in mensibus Aprilis et Maij'. Printed under the ttile Liber consolationis et consilii, ed. T. Sundby, Chaucer Soc. (1873). For other MSS. of this text see: Add. 19958, ff. 9v-39; Harl. MS. 4887, ff. 39v-41; Royal MS.

12 D.VII, ff. 141v-162.

3. ff. 35v-81v. Albertanus of Brescia: 'Liber de amore'. Beg. 'Inicium mei tractatus sit'. Ends (f. 81v): 'Explicit liber de amore . . . quem Albertanus causidicus brixiensis . . . compilavit ac scripsit cum esset in carcere domini Imperatoris Federici in civitate Cremone. In quo positus fuit cum esset capitaneus gauardi ad defendendum locum ipsum ad utilitatem communitatis Brixie. Anno domini Mo CCo trigesimo viijo de mense Augusti in die sancti Alexandri quo obsidebatur civitos Brixie per eundem Imperatorem Interdiccione xi'. Printed with the two treatises above (articles 1, 2) in Albertani moralissimi opus . . ., Cuneo, 1507 (BL C.108.i.18). For other MSS. of this work see Add. 19958, ff. 39-98; Arundel MS. 248, ff. 4-42; Royal MS. 12 D.VII, ff. 162-204v.

4. ff. 81v-91v. Three sermons or addresses of Albertanus of Brescia. See Schneyer, i, p. 85, nos. 1-3. See also: L. F. Fé d'Ostiani, ed. Sermo quem

. . . composuit et edidit inter causidicos Januenses (1874); Sundby, ed. Liber consolationis, pp. xii-xiii; M. Ferrari, 'Intorno ad Alcuni Sermoni inediti di Albertano de Brescia', Atti dell' Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, cix (1950-1951), pp. 69-93; M. Ferrari, ed., Sermones quattuor (1955). For other MSS. of these texts see: Arundel MS. 248, ff. 42-50; Royal MS. 12 D.VII, ff. 205-214. (a) 'Congregacio nostra sit in nomine domini'; Genoa, 1244. Headed 'Hic est sermo quam Albertanus, causidicus Brixiensis, de Sta Agatha, composuit ed edidit inter causidicos Januenses et quosdam notarios super confirmatione vite illorum, tempore domini Manuelis de Madio, potestatis Janue, currente mccxliiij in domo Petri de Nigro, causidici, in die sancti Nicholai'. ff. 81v-84v;- (b) 'Sermo factus super illuminacione et super spirituali et corporali refectione . . .' Beg. 'Orate Deum fratres ut misterio sue sanctitatis'. ff. 84v-87v;- (c) 'Incipit sermo secundus quam Albertanus causidicus Brixiensis composuit et edidit inter fratres minores et causidicos Brixiensis in congregacione quam faciunt more solito.' Beg. Fratres mei ad honorem dei. ff. 87v-91v.

5. ff. 91v-92. Verse sermon of Peter Damian, 'De omnibus ordinibus omnium hominum in hoc seculo vivencium'. Beg. 'Episcopi attendite Dei verbi discernite'. Printed in Migne, PL, cxlv, 974-977. For other MSS. of this text see Royal MSS. 7 D.VII, ff. 258v-259, 12 D.VII, ff. 219v-220.

6. f. 92. Seven lines of verse relating to the Hours. Beg. 'E inito libro sit laus gloria Christi'.

7. f. 92. Memoranda: (a) Saying from? the works of St Bernard. Beg. 'Periclitatur. Castitas in delicijs'. f. 92;- (b) Instructions for a priest on excluding individuals from communion. f. 92;- (c) The nine daughters of the Devil. Beg. 'Diabolos duxit uxorem'. See Royal MS. 7 A.IX, f. 91.

8. f. 92v. On the Seven Deadly Sins. Beg. 'Dicunt autem septem genera'.

9. f. 94v-104. Treatises 'Summa de sponsalibus' and 'Summa de consanguinitates' by the canonist Giovanni Andreae (d.1348). Beg. (Preface): 'Christi nomen invocans ad honorem ipsius'. Pen drawings of the tree of consanguinuity, ff. 103v-104. For a discussion of these works and their editions see J. F. von Schulte, Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des Canonischen Rechts (1875), ii, pp. 214-216. For other MSS. see Arundel MSS. 427, ff. 180-183v, 466, ff. 9v-13, 491, ff. 1-6, 78-84 (2 items), Royal MS. 11 A.XI, ff. 84v-89. See also Royal MS. 10 C.I, ff. 98-99.

10. ff. 105-105v. ['Commemoratio miserie negligentis anime voluptuose viventis']. Beg. 'Admonet hominem scriptura memorare diei mortis'. For another copy see Oxford Bodleian Library MS. 603, f. v.

11. ff. 106-114. Hugh of St Victor: 'Soliloquium de arra anime'. Beg. 'Loquar secreto anime mee'. Migne, PL, clxxxvi, 951-970. For other MSS. of this text see Add. 10392, ff. 56-67v, 16608, ff. 170v-182, 18318, ff. 54v-61, 18334, ff. 3v-9v;- Arundel MS. 214, ff. 1-3v;- Royal MSS. 5 A.V, ff. 21-31v, 5 B.I, ff. 109-117v.

12. ff. 114v-125. Hugh of St Victor: 'De tribus diebus'. Beg. 'Invisibilia enim ipsius a creatura mundi . . . Tria sunt invisibilia dei'. Migne, PL, clxxvi, 811-838. For other MSS. of this text see Egerton MS. 629, ff. 60-69v; Royal MSS. 5 B.I, ff. 118-129v, 8 D.VI, ff. 1-8.

13. ff. 125v-130v. John Walleys al. Wallensis, Franciscan: 'Breviologium de virtutibus antiquorum' al. 'Libellus de quatuor virtutibus cardinales'. Beg. 'Quoniam misericordia et veritas . . . Immo quatuor virtutes cardinales'. Printed in Cologne, 1467?, etc. See: M. W. Bloomfield, Incipits of Latin Works on the Virtues and Vices 1100-1500 A.D., pp. 422-423, where the present MS. is not listed; A. G. Little, The Grey Friars in Oxford (1892),

p. 144; A. G. Little, Studies in English Franciscan History (1917), pp. 174-192, 231-232. For other MSS. of this text see: Add. 38005, ff. 1-46; Burney MS. 360, ff. 3-37; Harl. MS. 632, ff. 25-36; Royal MSS. 5 A.XII, ff. 1-21v, 7 C.I, ff. 206v-213v, 10 A.IX, ff. 71v-103v, 12 E.XXI, ff. 27-44,

12 E.XXV, ff. 133v-141v.

14. ff. 132-134v. The Constitutions of Reading of John Pecham, Archbishop of Canterbury; 1279. Beg. 'Quod in presenti constitutione cavetur'. Printed among the proceedings of the Council of Reading in Councils and Synods

. . . II, ed. F. M. Powicke and C. R. Cheney, ii, 1265-1313 (1964), pp. 836-851. The present MS. is not listed in the bibliography of Pecham's works in Fratris Johannis Pecham . . . Tractatus tres de Paupertate, ed. C. L. Kingsford and A. G. Little (1910), pp. 10-11.

15. ff. 134v-136v, 141. Statutes of Robert Grosseteste for the diocese of Lincoln; 1239? Beg. 'Debentes de vobis rationem bonam'. The table

(f. 141) follows art. 16. Printed in Councils and Synods . . . II, i, 1205-1265, pp. 267-278, from various MSS. including the present. See also S. Harrison Thomson, The writings of Robert Grosseteste (1940), no. 84, and

J. McEvoy, The Philosophy of Robert Grosseteste (1982), App. A, no. 84.

16. ff. 136v-141. Sermon of Robert Grosseteste. Beg. 'Quoniam cogitacio hominis'. This sermon also occurs as a separate tract 'de Confessione'. See: Harrison Thomson, op. cit., p. 172, which does not list the present MS.; Schneyer, v (1973), p. 178.

17. ff. 142-147. Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans and Archbishop of Tours, 1125: Dialogue between man and his soul, in verse and prose. Beg. 'Incendio domus mea corruerat'. Printed in Migne, PL, clxxi, 989-1004. For other MSS. of this text see: Harl. MS. 3016, ff. 63v-68; Royal MSS. 4 B.XIII,

ff. 139-144, 15 A.XXXII, ff. 43-52v.

18. f. 147. Verses of Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans. Printed in Hildeberti Canomannensis Episcopi Carmina Minora, ed. A. B. Scott (Teubner, 1969). (a) 'Ad decus ecclesie cum te natura crearet'. Ibid., no. 1;- (b) 'Susceptum semen sex primis, Petre, diebus'. Ibid., no. 2;- (c) 'Est aliquando bono bene, ne gravibus superetur'. Ibid., no. 3;- (d) 'Inter opes et delicias populique favores'. Ibid., no. 4;- (e) 'Qui petis unde malum, cum sint bona cuncta creata'. Ibid., no. 5;- (f) 'Cum iam purgatis et partim glorificatis'. Ibid.,

no. 6;- (g) 'Si qua mihi scribis, ne cuiquam scripta revelem'. Ibid., no. 8;-

(h) 'Lacto creatorem: salvum mihi crede pudorem'. Ibid., no. 12;- (i) 'Crux finis legis, via vite, passio regis'. Imperf. Ibid., no. 13.

19. ff. 147v-155. Giles of Rome: 'De peccato originali'. Beg. 'Ego sim pulvis et cinis loquar'. Bloomfield, no. 1886. Printed, Oxford, 1479, etc., see

G. Bruni, La Opera di Egidio Romano (1936), p. 121, no. 41. See also Add. 27580, ff. 27-37v, and Royal MS. 5 A.V, ff. 31v-40.

20. ff. 155-156. 'De paupertate', ascribed to Seneca. Beg. 'Honesta inquit Epicurus'. F. Haase, ed. Senecae Opera. Supplementum (1902), pp. 56-59.

21. ff. 156-158. Seneca, 'De clemencia'. Beg. 'Scribere de clemencia'. An abbreviated version, the full text being printed in Haase, i (1862), pp. 276-304.

22. ff. 158-160. Seneca, 'De remedijs fortuitorum'. Beg. 'Licet cunctorum poetarum carmina'. Haase, Supplementum, pp. 44-55.

23. ff. 160-162. Petrus Albinus, 'Novus Cato', in verse. Beg. 'Si Deus est animus ut scripta per ethica scimus'. For attribution to Petrus Albinus, see contents list, f, 1v. Printed as an anonymous work in Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Königlich Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, xxii (1870), pp. 181-192, ed. F. Zarnecke, from Cambridge Univ. Lib. MS. Ee.6.29.

24. ff. 162v-163. Extract from the Pantheon of Godfrey of Viterbo relating to the Emperor Henry VI; late 14th cent. Beg. 'O Juvenis iuvenum flos mundi gloria regum'. See Monumenta Germania Historia Scriptores, xxii, pp. 269-272.

The following items have been added after and among the main texts:

(a) f. 92. The eight daughters of charity; 15th cent. Lower margin.

(b) ff. 92v-93. Verses on law; 14th cent. French. Beg. 'Tu qe de leys tiens la dreiture'.

(d) ff. 141v. Fables, verses, etc.; late 14th cent. (i) Memoranda of teachings from St Augustine on proper conduct at Mass, etc., given by Fr. Henry de Wodstok in the schools of St Paul's, London, possibly Henry de Wodestok, a Cistercian of Rewley Abbey, Oxford, 1353 (Emden, Alumni). Headed 'De narracione cuidam fratris';- (ii) Fable, 'Tres homines non intrant in Regnum celorum';- (iii) Fable, 'Quidam vidue filius solebat mingere in cimiterio'. Headed, 'Narro de quedam clerico';- (iv) The story of Thaïs. Beg. 'Item quidam monachus audivit rumores';- (v) Verses. 'De homine. Semper tristis erit qui cogitat'. 'De uxore. Qui cupit uxorem tunc induit mente dolorem'.

(e) f. 162. Two-line verses; 14th cent. (i) 'Crede mihi bene qui latuit bene vixit et infra'. Ovid, Tristia III, 4, 25. H. Walther, Carmina Medii Aevi Posterioris Latina, ii, Lateinische Sprichwörter und Sentenzen . . . (1963), no. 3641;- (ii) 'Vos bigami miseri seperavit ab ordine cleri';- (iii) 'Pectore pulsato mentem castigat acerbe'. Chalcidius, Commentarius, 230. See

D. Schaller and E. Könsgen, Initia Carmina Latinorum saeculo undecimo antiquiorum (1977), no. 11802.

(f) f. 163. Sanctus and Trisagion, followed by a memorandum on the establishment of the latter; 15th cent.

(g) f. 163. Two lines of verse; 15th cent. Beg. 'Si delictorum et memorum extiteris propriorum'.

(h) f. 163. On serpentlike and absurd words; 15th cent. Beg. 'Verba boofa'.

(i) ff. 163v-164. 'De conflictu inter timorem et securitatem', from the works of St Augustine; 15th cent.

Scope & Content:

Theology LATIN: Tracts, sermons, etc.,: 14th cent.

includes:

ff. 2-9v Theology LATIN: Albertanus, of Brescia: Albertanus of Brescia, 'Liber de doctrina': 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 9v-35v Theology LATIN: Albertanus, of Brescia: Albertanus of Brescia, 'Liber consolacionis': 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 35v-81v Theology LATIN: Albertanus, of Brescia: Albertanus of Brescia, 'Liber de amore': 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 70, 77v Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Grotesques: 14th cent.
ff. 81v-91v Sermons: Albertanus, of Brescia: Sermons by Albertanus of Brescia: 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 91v-92 Poetry LATIN: Sermons: Saint Petrus Damiani,; Cardinal-bishop of Ostia: Verse sermon of Peter Damian, 'De omnibus ordinibus': 14th cent: Lat.
f. 92 Theology LATIN: Memoranda: nine daughters of the Devil: 14th cent.
f. 92 Theology LATIN: The eight daughters of charity: 15th cent.
f. 92 Theology LATIN: Instructions for a priest rel. to excommunication: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 92 Saint Bernard,; Abbot of Clairvaux: Mmemoranda from works of: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 92 Liturgies LATIN: Poetry LATIN: Verses rel. to the Hours: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 92v Theology LATIN: Memoranda on the Seven Deadly Sins: 14th cent.
ff. 92v-93 Poetry FRENCH: LAW CIVIL: Verses on law: 14th cent: Fr.
f. 93 William, of Malmesbury: Memoranda from 'De Gestis Anglorum': 15th cent: Lat.
ff. 94v-104 Giovanni Andreae, canon lawyer: Law CANON: 'Summa de sponsalibus' and 'Summa de consanguinitates' by Giovanni Andreae: 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 105-105v Theology LATIN: 'Commemoratio miserie negligentis anime voluptuose viventis': 14th cent.
ff. 106-114 Theology LATIN: Hugh, of St Victor: Hugh of St Victor, 'Soliloquium de arra anime': 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 114v-125 Theology LATIN: Hugh, of St Victor: Hugh of St Victor, 'De tribus diebus': 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 125v-130v Virtues and Vices: Theology LATIN: John Walleys, alias Wallensis; Franciscan: 'Brevilogium de virtutibus antiquorum' , by J. Walleys: 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 132-134v Councils: England, Ecclesiastical History: John Pecham, Archbishop of Canterbury: Constitutions of Reading: 1279: Lat: Copy, 14th cent.
ff. 134v-136v, 141 England, Ecclesiastical History: Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln: Diocese of Lincoln: Statutes for the diocese of Lincoln: 1239(?): Lat: Copy, 14th cent.
ff. 136v-141 Sermons: Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln: Sermon of Robert Grosseteste: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 141v Poetry LATIN: 'De uxore': 14th cent.
f. 141v Poetry LATIN: 'De homine': 14th cent.
f. 141v Tales: Saint Thaïs: Exemplum, the story of Thaïs: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 141v Tales: 'Quidam vidue filius solebat mingere in cimiterio': 14th cent: Lat.
f. 141v Tales: 'Tres homines non intrant in Regnum celorum': 14th cent: Lat.
f. 141v Henry, of Wodstok; Cistercian(?): Memoranda of teachings from St Augustine given by: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 141v Saint Augustine,; Bishop of Hippo: Theology LATIN: Memoranda from St Augustine: 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 142-147 Poetry LATIN: Theology LATIN: Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans; Archbishop of Tours: Hildebert, Dialogue between man and his soul: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 147 Poetry LATIN: Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans; Archbishop of Tours: Minor poems: 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 147v-155 Theology LATIN: Aegidius Columnis, Cardinal-Archbishop of Bourges: Giles of Rome, 'De peccato originali': 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 155-156 Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the younger; philosopher and statesman: 'De paupertate', ascribed to: 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 156-158 Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the younger; philosopher and statesman: 'De clemencia': 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 158-160 Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the younger; philosopher and statesman: 'De remediis fortuitorum': 14th cent: Lat.
ff. 160-162 Poetry LATIN: Petrus, Albinus: Petrus Albinus, 'Novus Cato': 14th cent: Lat.
f. 162 Poetry LATIN: Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet: Extract from Ovid's 'Tristia', Book III: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 162 Poetry LATIN: On marriage: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 162 Poetry LATIN: Chalcidius: 'Commentarius': 14th cent: Lat: Extract.
ff. 162v-163 Poetry LATIN: Godfrey, of Viterbo: Extract from the 'Pantheon' of Godfrey of Viterbo: 14th cent: Lat.
f. 163 Liturgies LATIN: Sanctus and Trisagion, with memoranda: 15th cent.
f. 163 Poetry LATIN: Morals: Moral verses: 15th cent: Lat.
f. 163 Dictionaries: Memoranda on word meanings: 15th cent: Lat.
ff. 163v-164 Saint Augustine,; Bishop of Hippo: Theology LATIN: Extracts from St Augustine on the conflict between fear and safety: 15th cent: Lat.

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