Add MS 8092

MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS: grammatical, theological and medical tracts; 12th-13th centt. Latin. Origin: England. Art. 5 apparently once formed part of the same volume as

Add. 8091 (see below). 'No 11 33', f. iii. '57' in pencil, f. iii verso. 'ff. 33', f. iv. A few late medieval and 16th cent. marginals and memoranda, eg. ff. 4, 5v. Purchased with Add. 8091 at the sale of Sir William Betham's MSS., Evans,

6 July 1830, lot 439 (not lot 440, see f. i verso).

Vellum; ff. iv+33. Art. 5 bears medieval foliation 150-157 on verso of

ff. 17-24, in the same series as the old foliation of Add. 8091. Composite manuscript. 220 x 150mm. approx. Gatherings: i2, ii4 (lacks 4), iii12 (lacks 1), iv8, v6, vi6 (lacks 1, 4). Various small book and glossing scripts. The following begin on the first folio of a new quire: art. 1 (quire i); art. 5 (quire v); art. 6 (quire vi). Columns: articles 1, 2, 4, central text, gloss in columns either side; art. 3, single columns; art. 5, double columns; art. 6, single columns; art. 7, double columns. Penwork initials in red and blue, articles 2, 3. Rough pencil sketch of an episcopal shield, f. 16 verso. The outer column has been cut off from f. 33.

Contents:

1. ff. 1-5v. Alexander Neckam, 'De nominibus utensilium', glossed; 13th cent. Imperfect at end. Beg. 'Qui bene ult disponere'. For other copies see Cotton Titus D.XX, ff. 3-66v, Harley 683, ff. 12-19. For a bibliography and list of MSS. of Neckam's works see M. Esposito, 'On some unpublished poems attributed to Alexander Neckam', EHR, xxx (1915), pp. 450-471.

2. ff. 6-8v. Petrus Riga, verses, 'De preteritis et supinis', glossed; 13th cent. Beg. 'As in preterito'. See G. L. Bursill-Hall, A census of medieval Latin grammatical manuscripts (1981), no. 46.21.5.

3. ff. 9-11. Verses; 13th cent. Beg. 'Declinent tuti pueri mea castri secuti'. Walther, Carmina I, 4206.

4. ff. 11v-16. Adam Parvipontanus, 'De utensilibus', glossed; 13th cent. Beg. 'Phale tholum scillentibus radiis'. See Bursill-Hall, op. cit., no. 149.2.4.

5. ff. 17-24v. Sermons and theological commentary; late 12th cent. Beg. 'Sic nos existimet homo'. Imperfect at end. Once formed part of the same MS. as Add. 8091, see above. Contains the following sermons: (a) 'Reddet deus mercedem . . . Labor alius carnis'. Anon. Schneyer, ix, p. 102. ff. 17v-20;- (b) 'Erant ibi positae lapideae. . .Intelligamus has sex hydrias'. St Bernard. Schneyer, i, p. 452. Ends f. 20v. Followed by commentary. ff. 20-21;-

(c) 'Nemo ascendit in caelum . . . Dominus et Salvator noster J. C. volens nos docere'. St Bernard. Schneyer, i, p. 452. ff. 21-21v;- (d) 'Quis ascendit in montem Domini . . . Ascendit quidem semel Christus corporaliter'. St Ber-nard. Schneyer, i, p. 452. Ends f. 22. Followed by commentary. Imperfect at end. ff. 21v-24v.

6. ff. 25-30. Medical treatises; 13th cent. (a) 'Quiesitum est de pulsu. . .'. f. 25;- (b) Hugh of Milneburne, 'Summa super antidotarium parvum'. Beg. 'Testante Constantino humana corpora'. The only known copy of this work. Thornkdike and Kibre, 1567. See: J. C. Russell, Dictionary of writers of Thirteenth Century England (1936), p. 53; C. H. Talbot and E. A. Hammond, The medical practitioners in medieval England (1965), p. 94. ff. 25v-30.

7. ff. 31-33v. Medical treatise concerning oils, laxatives, syrups, etc.; early 13th cent. Beg. 'Olium laurinum'. Possibly imperfect at the beginning. With marginal notes in a cursive hand, continues on f. 33v.