Add MS 37075

LATIN Grammar, with Latin-English vocabularies, a hymnbook and other matters, evidently the school-book of a grammarschool boy in London. A reference (f. 191) to the practice of making rose-garlands for St. Anthony's day suggests that this may have been the school of St. Anthony, Threadneedle St., at which Sir Thomas More and others were scholars. A quire, all except two torn vellum leaves (IF. i., ii.), is lost at the beginning.

1. Fragment of Latin sentences as in art. 27 below. f. i.

2. Principles of Latin Grammar, in English, based on the Ars Minor of Donatus. Beg. " H[ow many parts] of reson be per," and ends in gendir only. Explicit." f. 1.

3. Os facies mentum " (so colophon): a vocabulary of -nouns (parts of the body, utensils, etc.) in Latin verses, the genders and English renderings being added after each line. Beg. " Os facies mentum dens guttur lingua palatum. Hoe os, -ris, -ri, for a mouth." Ends "Roe extum, -ti, -to, a gutte." For other copies see Harl. MS. 1277, f. 221, Add. MS. 19046, f. 84 (imperfect at the beginning). f. 7.

4. " Liber urbanitatis" (so colophon) : the well-known Latin lines attributed to Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln 1235-1253 ; printed (a slightly diffferent text) in E. E. Text Soc. Babee's -Book, pt. ii. p. 30. Beg. " Stans puer ad mensam domini bona dogmata discas." Ends here (and in Add. MS. 19046, f. 85) " Hec qui me docuit grossum caput est sibi nomen presul et ille fuit cui felix det deus omen." f. 22.

5. "Verba neutra et anormala " (so colophon); in Latin prose and verse, with English interpretations. Beg. " Quot sunt illa verba que capiunt similes casus... Sum substantiuum proprie tibi dicitur unum," and ends " dicendo potiri." At the end " quod Claveryng." f. 23 b.

6. Conjugation of eight irrecular verbs. Beg. " Sum, es, fui, esse uel fore." f. 26.

7. On the concords : a tract in Latin verse and English prose. Beg. " Formela grammaticis hec compilata nouellis.. . Ego sum creatura dei, pis verbe sum ys pe singular." Imperfect at end, " Impersonale de se dat participale." f. 30 b.

8. End of a similar tract on the conjugation of the verb. Originally written on f. 41 and repeated, after the insertion of ff. 37-40, on f. 37. Ends ',-Ram, -rim, -ro mutant 1, -sem -sem -se retinent I." f. 3 7.

9. The world compared to a game of chess, probably extracted from the Communiloquium of John Le Walleys (cf. Royal MSS. 8 D. x. f. 203, 12 E. xxi. f. 103 b). Beg. " Mundus iste totus est quasi quoddam scaccarium," and ends " nos liberet . amen . quod Lyell." f. 38.

10. Note on the six ages of the world, in English. Beg. ',In pe begynnyng god made heven and erth." f. 39.

11. Form for confession, in English. Beg. " I knolege me to god and to owre lady." f. 39 b.

12. Vocabulary, in verse of a goliardic metre (117 x 4 lines), of parts of the body, dignities, relationships, utensils, etc. A few English glosses. An incomplete copy in Add. MS. 19046, f. 88 b, is called Liber Ricardini," and the name Ricardus occurs near the end, Ricardus in camera habet magnum stratum " [? Richard Pluto, a Canterbury monk to whom some other grammatical verse is ascribed]. Beg. " Deus nichil fecerat frustra dum creauit." At the end is the name " John Clavueryng. " f. 41 b.

13. " Liber facetie " (so colophon); poem on manners, etc., in 130 rhyming hexameter couplets. A copy in Add. MS. 19046 (f. 1, impf. at beg.) is called " morosi faceti liber," and some MSS. ascribe it to John de Garlande, but Hauréau, in Not. et Extr. xxvii. pt. ii. p. 16,

rejects the attribution. Beg. "Est nichil utilius humane credo saluti." f. 52 b.

14. " Hic ponit autor libri doctr[i]nales de genere nominum ": the verses on gender from the Doctrinale of Alexander de Villa Dei, sc. 11. 499-693 of Reichling's edition (Kehrbach's Mon. Paedagogica, xii.), with prose comment and English interpretations of words. Verses beg. " In quantum potero de nomine quolibet in quo," and end " victricia tela tulere." f. 58 b.

15. English proverbs (twenty-eight) with Latin renderings. Be, A gode begynnyng makyth a gode endyng." A few Latin proverbs are appended. f. 70.

16. Miscellaneous notes, beg. " Nota quod hec duo verba, timco." f. 71 b.

17. Grammar continued, viz. (a) Neuter verbs, comparison of adjectives, declension of nouns, formation of adjectives, pronouns, impersonal verbs, deponents, participles, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections; Latin verse, with prose comment and English interpretations. Beg. " Pro congruitate seruanda horum verborum . . . Neutris passiuis paciens unit sibi rectum," and ends Cl sicque locantur. Explicit." f. 73 b ;-(b) Heteroclite nouns. Many of the verses occur also in Royal MS. 12 B. i. ff. 12 sqq. Be,-,. Quot modis sunt ethroglita... Declinare genus ambo casusque notentur," and ends " nullum variatur. Explicit ethroglita." f. 82. At f. 84 b is added a short vocabulary;-(c) Use of cases. Beg. " Rectus ordo construendi... Incipit a recto quevis construccio recta," and ends " ista secuntur. Explicit Regiminia. quod Claveryng." f. 85 ;-(d) Defective verbs. Beg. " Que sunt verba defectiua ... Declinans aio flexum flectabile Dicio," and ends " venurus ab illo. Explicit." f. 94;-(e) Declensions of Greek words. Beg. "Que est agnicio prinie . . . Cum tenet e Grecus recto tenet es genitivus," and ends "cetera terne." f. 96 b.

18. Opus synonymorum. Without title. The verses on synonyms often printed as by John de Garlande (Pair. Lat. cl. col. 1577), but more probably (see Hauréau in Not. et Extr. xxvii. pt. ii. p. 56) by Matthieu de Vendôme or Geoffroi de Vinsauf. Beg. " Ad mare ne videar latices deferre camino," and ends " germani sunt vteriiii. Explicit." f. 97 b.

19. Notes (a) on etymologies. Beg. "Unde dicitur simplex." f. 113; -(b) on constructions. Be-. " Abundo et affluo possunt... Acquisatiuum die affluo iungis abundo." f. 114b.

20. Mnemonic verses on the calendar, beg. " A. B. C. sunt extra G. supra, D. E. F. infra," and including a Cisiojanus for English saint, beg. " Circumsis. Ed. Epi. Lucianus et Hil. Fel. Maur. Mar. Sulp." f. 116.

21. Miscellaneous grammatical notes, beg. " Dicendum quod omnia nomina diminutiua." f. 117.

22. " Hic incipiunt versus differenciales"; about 220 lines, beg. " Claua ferit, clauis aperit, clauus duo iungit," and ending " colubri iuba siue leonis." Sonic miscellaneous verses following are partly of the same character. f. 118.

23. Grammar continued, viz. Conjugation of verbs. Nearly the sanie as in Add. MS. 19046, f. 20. Beg. " Coniugacio est sequens verborum declinacio ... Vt tibi per metrum formacio preteritorum," and ends " simpla per iui. Explicit." f. 127.

24. " Liber deponentum " : verses, without prose explanation, on deponent verbs. Beg. " Sic deponentum verborum do documentum." With English interpretations interlined. f. 144. At f. 147 is some school-boy scribbling, and music.

25. Distigium. Without title. A glossary (in 44 hexameters) of difficult words, sometimes ascribed to a mysterious Cornutus, but probably (see Hauréau in Not. et Ext)-. xxvii. pt. ii. p. 27) by John de Garlande. With English interlinear glosses. Printed in T. Wright's Volume of Vocabularies, p. 175. Beg. " Cespitat in falleris yppus blactaque supinus." f. 147 b.

26. Aequivoca, by the same author as art. 18 (cf. Hauréau, op. cit. p. 58). With prose comment. Beg. " Augustus, -ti, -to, Cesar uel mensis habeto ... Hie ponit autor libri equivocorum." f. 149). Scribblings in a 17th cent. hand at the end include the reversible lines " Signate signa temere me tangis et angis. Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor." f. 188.

27. Latin sentences written as exercises by a London school-boy, usually didactic in matter and full of topical allusions to manners and customs. Each sentence is written twice (as rendered by the boy and master ?), and a terminal examination seems to have been held upon them. At f. 197 b is mention of the recent burning of heretics. There are two groups of these sentences. fr. 188 b-198 b, 256-267.

28. Catonis disticha: the well-known delectus of moral sentences (Bährens, Poetae Minores, iii. 214), without the prefatory prose matter. Beg. " Si deus est animus nobis ut carmina dicunt." Colophon: "Explicit liber Catonis. a Warrewyke." On vellum. f. 199.

29. Grammar continued, viz. (a) On Prosody, the prose beginning lost. Verse beg. " A. E. I. 0. et U. vocales quinque dato tu," and ends " sua iura tenebit.' Explicit liber regularum versificalium." f. 205;-(b) On derivative words. Beg. " Decem sunt forme, verborum sicut ex Priciano ot Catholicon ... Formas verborum fili bis quinque locato," and ends " de iure creatur. Expliciunt forme verborum." f. 213;-(c) On Orthography. Beg. "Quatuor sunt partes grammatice ... Grammatice partes tibi quatuor esse probantur," and ends " atque refersit." f. 216 b;-(d) On Figures of Speech. The verses are from 11. 2361-2639 of the Doctrinale of Alexander (le Villa Dei. Be,,. " Pluribus est membris distincta figura loquele ... Tria sunt in grammatica consideranda." f. 225 b. The article is broken off at f. 234 b, but continued at f. 355, and ends " passio uel attribucio. Expliciunt figure locutionis." 30. Prosody : another tract. Beg. " Prosodia est secunda pars grammatice," and verses " A cano composita -cinui -centumque dedere." Ends " sentencia nos Prisciani. Explicit prosodia. quod Chaloner" (" Johannes " added). f. 235. At f. 244 are a few notes " Quoimodo continuamdum est rectam construccionem." 31. Liber parabolarum, by Alanus de Insulis. Without title. The poem (about 320 elegiac couplets) printed by Migne, Pair. Lat. ccx. col. 581. Beg. " A Phoebo Phoebe lumen capit a sapiente." f. 245. On f. 255 b is scribbled music with a later (1 7th cent.) note: " The tune that Alfred played in the Danish camp." The continuation of art. 27 follows.

32. Theoduli ecloga. Without title. The poem by an unknown (9th cent.?) writer, edited by Osternacher (1902). Beg. Ethiopum terras iam feruida torruit estas." Incomplete, ending Spiritus heredi gegeminatur amore magistr[i]," and also imperfect by mutilation of f. 271. f. 267 b.

33. " Hic proverbia incipiunt bona," partly in verse, partly iii prose. Be-. " Melius est a sapiente corripi quam adulacione stultorum decepi." f. 273 b.

34. Dialogue between the vices and death (14 lines), beg. " Splendens ut luma sum cunctis altior una." f. 274 b. At the end is a quatrain be-. " Tres infelicesin mundo dicimus esse." f. 274 b. Followed by seribblings (f. 275) in English and Latin verse.

35. Latin-English vocabulary by subjects. Be,,. " Ad honorem dei omnipotentis ... Pateant infrascripta oculis paruulorum ... Hic deus. Hic creator ... God." Additions at the end include (f. 308 b) ',nomina villarum," chiefly in England. f. 276.

36. " Hic incipit nominale sub compendio compilatum tam de fixis quam de mobilibus," etc., a similar vocabulary, beg. " Hoc caput -tis, a hede." Nomina villarum at f. 324. f. 309.

37. Table of numerals. f. 327 b. Followed by miscellaneous words.

38. Verbale, beg. " Verba prime coniugacionis habencia b ante o ... Labo, -as, -aui. Incomplete, ending with deponents of 1st conjugation. f. 331. After this follows the continuation of art. 29, and at f. 360 are a few miscellaneous notes.

39. Hymnal, (le tempore and (f. 376 b) de sanctis, containing about ninety hymns, nearly all of which occur in books of Sarum use. Incomplete. The last two (for St. Mary Magdalene) are in a different hand. Beg-. " Conditor alme siderum eterna lux credencium." f. 362.

40. Sequentiale, de tempore and (f. 395 b) de sanctis, containing about sixty-fivo proses. Imperfect at the end. Beg. " Salus eterna indeficiens mundi." Breaks off in the sequence " Virginis lenerandae sacrosancte Marie quam sibi (Chevalier, no. 21717)." f. 382. Paper and (outer and inner leaves) vellum, the quires very irregular: ff. iii. + 410. xv. cent. Belonged (see f. 37) to John Boothe, of Twemlow Hall, co. Chest., in 1682. 8 1/4 in. x 6 in.