Arundel MS 248

Codex membranaceus, in 4to., ff. 201, sec. xiv., baud una manu exaratus, quondam liber Henrici Savil Junioris ex dono Thomæ Foxcroft de Christall, postea Thomæ Bromhead de Bremley in parochia de Ledes Generosi.

1. Albertani Causidici Brixiensis librorum de doctrina dicendi et tacendi, consolationis et consilii, necnon de amore Dei et proximi, capitula. fol. 1.

2. Ejusdem liber de amore et dilectione Dei et proximi. fol. 4. Ad calcem, "Explicit liber de amore et dilectione Dei et proximi et aliarum rerum de forma vite, quem Albertanus Causidicus Brixiensis de hora Sancte Agathe compilavit ac scripsit cum esset in carcere domini Imperatoris Frederici in civitate Cremone, in quo positus fuit eum esset capitaneus Gawrdi ad deffendendum locum ipsum ad utilitatem communis Brixic, anno Domini m^o.cc^o.xxxviii^o. die mensis Augusti, in die sancti Alexi quo obsidebatur civitas Brixie per eundem Imperatorem, indietione undecima." 3. Ejusdem Sermones quatuor, scilicet, "De confirmatione vite." fol. 42. "Super illuminacionem et super spirituali et corporali refectione, et que sunt necessaria in refectione." fol. 44. b. "Quomodo dehemus intelligere super egenos et pauperes." fol. 47. "Super doctrina timoris Domini." fol. 50.

4. Excerpta et proverbiales quaedam Sententiæ. fol. 52.

5. Proverbia quædam ordine alphabetico usque ad literam D. fol. 53. Incip. "Ab alio expectes quod alteri feceris." 6. Libri Proverbiorum Salomonis capp. xxix-xxxi. fol. 53.

7. Libri Ecclesiastis capp. i. et ii., praefiguntur sententiæ quædam e libro eodem desumptæ. fol. 54.

8. Anonymi Oratio academica de modis docendi et disputandi. fol. 55. Incip. "Amovet nos consuetudo publica." Desin. "similiter et ista est nugatoria non solum differt a solo sorte." 9. Anonymi cujusdem Epistolæ tres, quarum prima ad Papam, ut videtur, Martinum IV.; secunda ad Reginam quandam; tertia ad Clarebaldum. fol. 56. b.

10. Hugonis de Sancto Charo Speculuni Missæ. fol. 62. Tit. "Speculum misse, compositum a Domino Hugone super ordine misse et ejus signficationibus." Incip. "Dicit Apostolus ad Epheseos vio. Induite vos etc. Hec armatura est vestis sacerdotalis." 11. Epigrammatum et Ænigmatum collectio ampla. fol. 67. b.

12. Sententiæ plurimæ proverbiales. fol. 70. Incip. "Judicibus excessus est in ecclesia." 13. "De similitudinibus verborum," sive de synonymis. fol. 71. Incip. "Incipit de diversis similitudinibus verborum. Inter auxilium et præsidium et subsidium hoe interest quod auxilium laborantibus mittitur." 14. Quædam de ponderibus et mensuris. fol. 72. b. Incip. "Ponderum et mensurarum juvat modum; nam omnia corporalia, sicut scriptum est, a summis.

15. Anonymi expositiones quinquaginta quinque in Evangelia pro Dominicis totius anni. fol. 75.

16. Serm in verba "Omne debitum dimisi tibi," etc. fol. 90. b. Incip. "Igitur, karissinii, sicut Thomas." 17. Index locorum S. Scripturæ quibus in diebus Dominicis et festis uti liceat. fol. 92. b.

18. Excerpta quædam ex Beda, Hieronymo, Augustino, Ambrosio et Gregorio. fol. 95.

19. "Tractatus de conflictu interiori et exteriori." fol. 100. Incip. "Sicut cum duo socii aliquid intrarent." Desin. "suffragia sibi propinari obnixius deprecantur." 20. Tractatusmysticus de Hierosolyma, "ad edificationem elaustralium." fol. 124. Incip. "Civitatis magne Jerusalem quedam." Desin. "in mentem per recordacionem Sepius retractat." 21. Poema de confessione peccatorum et de misericordia Domini. fol. 133. Incip. "Memorans novissima, cogitans futura, Quam horrida, quani aspera sit mortis liora dura." Desin. "Tibi preces offero, benigne Rex celorum, Ut dones eis requiem in secula seculorum. " 22. Carmen in laudem Virginis. fol. 135. Incip. "Gaude, mundi gaudium . mater pietatis, Spes post tuum filium . summa desolatis." Desin. "Omni fac nequicia . mea me daleta, Ttia tecum gloria . frui sine meta." 23. Carmen alterum ad Virginern. fol. 135b. Incip. "Virgo munda, Quæ fecunda Solem stella paris, Que tantorum Gaudiorum Gloria letaris." 24. "Nomina pene omnia tam Veteris quam Novi Testamenti eo tenore quo per beatum Hieronymum ex Hebraice veritatis fonte nobis dirivata sunt, necnon et interpretationes eorum quoe de beati Hieronymi libris, Origenis, Bedaæ, Rabani ceterorumque patrum orthodoxorum undecunque decerpi potuerunt." fol. 136. Incip."Assur interpretatur dirigens vel coarguens vel deprimens, sed melius convincens."

25. Hymnus de vanitatc conditionis hominis, cum notis musicis. A sequence, with small square notes, for 2 voices. fol. 153. Incip. "O labilis, o flebilis hominis condicio, Fallax, miserabilis, cum sui primordio Tendat ad non esse."

26. Versus de Offa. fol. 153. Scilicet, "Convenit Offa levis . prior prudencia scandit Cum sonis et nevis . abbas misteria mandat Cum redit obstanis[?] nobis inertia lardis."

27. Carmen de S. Maria Magdalena, notis musicis instructum. fol. 153. b. Tit. "Sequentia de Magdalena post notam Letabunda." Incip. "Magdalene, Laudes plene, Vox serene Psallat mentis, Per quam rei Formam spei Trahunt Dei Dono dantis. "

28. "Cantus de Domina post cantum Aaliz," notis musicis instructus. Latine et Gallice. fol 153. b. Incip. "Flos pudicicie, Aula mundicie, Mater misericordie, Salve, virgo serena, Vite vena, Lux amena, Rore plena Septiformis spiritus, Virtutibus ornanantibus, Ac moribus vernantibus." Incipit versio Gallica, "Flur de virginite, Chambre donestete, De merei mere e de pite, Deu wus saut, Virgine pure, Ki nature Deu gendrure E porteure, Surmontez Par vos bontez, Dont tanz auez Ki bien poez Aider assez As mesaissiez."

29. Canticum de Annuntiatione, notis musicis instructum. Latine et Anglice. fo1. 154. Incip. "Angelus ad virginem Subintrans in conclave, Virginis formidinem Demulcens, inquit, Ave, Ave regina vinginum. Celi terreque Dominum." Incip. versio Anglica, "Gabriel fram evene king Sent to the maide swete, Broute thire blisful tiding, And faire he gan hire greten; Heil be thu ful of grace arith."

30. Verses on the Crucifixion, written in long lines, in England, with small square musical notes. fol. 154. Begin. "The milde Lomb, isprad o rode, Heng bihornen al o blode, For hure gelte, for hure gode, For the ne gelte neure nout: Feawe of hise im warn bileued, Dred hem hadde im al bireued, Wan the seyen here heued To so seanful deth ibrout."

31. Verses on the vanity of the world, written in long lines, in England, with small square musical notes. fol. 154. Begin. "Worldes blis ne last no throwe, It went and wit awey anon, The langer that ics it knowe, The lasse ics fnde pris thar on: For al it is imeind mid care, With sorwen, and mid iuel fare, And atte laste poure and bare It lat man, wan it ginth agon."

32. Cantieum ad Mariarm Magdalenam, notis musicis instructum. fol. 154. b. Incip. "Spei vena, melle plena, Collaudetur Magdalena Cordis, oris jubilo, Per quam reis innotescit Vite via, ac patescit Lapsis reparatio."

33. Verses to the Virgin upon the Crucifixion, with musical notes. (Sequence for 2 voices). fol. 154. b. Begin. "Jesu Cristes milde moder Stud, biheld hire sone o rode That he was ipined on; The sone heng, the moder stud, And biheld hire childes blud Wu it of hise Wundes ran."

34. Canticum ad Virginem, notis musicis instructum. A hymn, with small square notes, for 3 voices. fol. 155. Incip. "Salve, virgo virginum . parens genitoris, Salve, lumen luminum . radius splendoris, Salve flos convallium . stilla veri roris, Nostra spes in te."

35. Hymn to the Virgin, with musical notes. Adaptation to French words of the hymn ‘Salve Virgo‘ (for 3 voices). fol. 155. Begin. "Ueine pleine de ducur, Ueir espeir de uie, Chere mere al creatur, De tuz biens garnie, Duz confort en doel e plur, Al besoigne aye, Ueir sueur al peccheur Ki laist sa folic, Ave Maria."

36. Verses in praise of the Virgin, written in long lines, in England, with small square musical notes. Fr. fol. 155. Begin. "Bien deust chanter ky eust leale amie, Gariz serroit ky bien la seust choisir, Amer couient, mes co est la maestrie De bien amer e fol amur guerpir: Car ki kasiet en folur soen desir Deceuz en iert kant mieuz quidera joir, Ke fol amur fait alme e cors perir; Mes ky se prent a la douce Marie De quoer uerray ne sen poet repentir."

37. Meditationes de B. Maria Virgine. fol. 155. b. Incip. "In primis attendendum quod omnem."

38. Miscellanea de theologia et jure canonico. fol. 156.

39. Versus nonnulli. fol. 159. b.

40. Sermones tres. fol. 160.

41. Etymologiarum, proverbiorum, et regularum canonicarum ftrrago. ff. 162-167. b. Incip. "Ecclesiastica constitutio canonis censetur nomine." 49. Narrationes et exempla de virtutibus et vitiis. ff. 180. b.-200. b., 167. b.-179.

43. Arbor virtutum et vitiorum. fol. 179. b.

44. Beginning of a sequence, with small square notes, for 2 voices. '[A]lleluia! virga ferax Aaron‘. fol. 200b.

45. Miscellanea quædam theologica. fol. 201.

46. Hymnus ad Virginem de passione Christi, notis musicis instructus. Sequence to the virgin, with small square notes, for 2 voices. fol. 201. b. Incip. "Risum facit dare [?] Sue Deus care, Quo conrident omnia, Noyum fecit mirurm, Plenum alvo virum Circunidedit fernina."

Henry Savil, Junior: Thomas Foxcroft, of Christall, gave him.

includes:

• f. 1 Albertanus, Causidicus Brixiensis, vivus anno 1246: Capitula librorum de doctrina dicendi et tacendi.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 4 Albertanus, Causidicus Brixiensis, vivus anno 1246: De amore et dilectione Dei et proximi liber.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 42 Albertanus, Causidicus Brixiensis, vivus anno 1246: Sermones quatuor.: Sec. xiv.
• ff. 52, 70 Proverbs: Sententiae plurimee proverbiales.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 53 Proverbs: Proverbia quaedam ordine alphabetico, usque ad litteram D.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 53 Bible that is, the Holy Scriptures and Apocryphal Books: Proverbiorum libri capp. xxix.-xxxi.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 54 Bible that is, the Holy Scriptures and Apocryphal Books: Ecelesiastis libri capp. i. et ii.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 55 Orations, Anonymous: Oratio academica de modis docendi et disputandi.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 56. b Letters, Anonymous: Epistolae tres, quarum prima ad Papam, ut videtur, Martinurn IV., secunda ad Reginam quandam, tertia ad Clarebaldum.: Sec. xiv.
• f.62 Hugo de Sancto-Charo, ordinis Praedicatorum, Gallus; obiit anno circiter 1260: Speculum Missae.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 67. b Enigmas: Epigrammatum et AEnigmatum rhythmicorum collectio ampla.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 71 Philology, Anonymous dictionaries vocabularies, treatises, papers and notes relating to: De similitudinibus verborum, sive de synonymis.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 72. b Weights and Measures: Quaedam de ponderibus et mensuris.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 75 Bible that is, the Holy Scriptures and Apocryphal Books: Expositiones quinquaginta quinque in Evangelia pro Dominicis totius anni.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 90. b Sermones: Sermo in verba, Omne debitum dimisi tibi. Matt. xviii. 32.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 92. b Liturgies, Liturgical Books and parts of such: Index locorum Sacrae Seripturae, quibus in diebus dominicis et festis uti liceat.: Sec. xv.
• f. 95 Theology, Anonymous books papers, and notes Reverend Catena Patrum: Excerpta quaedam ex Beda, Hieronymo, Augustino, Ambrosio, et Gregorio.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 100 Theology, Anonymous books papers, and notes Reverend Catena Patrum: De conflictu interiori et exteriori tractatus.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 124 Theology, Anonymous books papers, and notes Reverend Catena Patrum: Tractatus mysticus de Hierosolyma, ad edificationem claustralium.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 133 Penance: Poema de confessione peccatorum, et de misericordia Domini.: Sec. xiv.
• ff. 135,135.b., 155 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hymni ad Beatam Virginem.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 136 Theology, Anonymous books papers, and notes Reverend Catena Patrum: Interpretationes nominum pene omnium Veteris et Novi Testamenti.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 153 Poetry, Anonymous: Hymnus de vanitate conditione hominis, versibus expressus Leoninis, eum notis musicis.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 153 Offa: versus aenigmatici de offa: Sec. xiv.
• f. 153. b Saint Mary Magdalen: Hymni duo de S. Maria Magdalena, versibus Leoninis expressi, eum notis musicis.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 153. b Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hymn to the Virgin, with musical notes;: Latin and French.: Cent. xiv.
• f. 153. b Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Cantus de Domina post cantum Aaliz [Elizabethae], notis musicis instructus ; Latine et Gallice.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 153. et passim Music, Anonymous treatises and articles relating to: Hymni de vanitate conditionis hominis, etc., eum notis musicis.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 154 Music, Anonymous treatises and articles relating to: Verses on the vanity of the world, etc.; with musical notes.: partly French, partly English: Cent. xiv.
• f. 154 Poetry, Anonymous: Verses on the vanity of the world; with musical notes.: Cent. xiv.
• f. 154 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hymn on the Annunciation, with musical notes; in Latin and English.: Cent. xiv.
• f. 154 Poetry, Anonymous: ENGLISH. Verses on the Crucifixion, with musical notes.: Cent. xiv.
• f. 154. b Jacobus de Benedictis, ord. Minor.; obiit anno 1306: Hymn, apparently founded upon the Stabat Mater, in English verse, with musical notes.: Cent. xiv.
• f. 154. b Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Verses to the Virgin, on the Crucifixion, with musical notes.: Cent. xiv.
• f. 155 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hymn to the Virgin, with musical notes.: French.: Cent. xiv.
• f. 155 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Verses in praise of the Virgin, with musical notes.: French: Cent. xiv.
• f. 155. b Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Meditationes de Beata Maria Virgine.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 159 b Poetry, Anonymous: Versus nonnulli morales.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 160 Sermones: Sermones tres.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 162 Proverbs: Eymologiarum, proverbiorum, et regularum canonicarum farrago.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 179. b Ethics: Arbor virtutum et vitiorum.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 180. b Ethics: Narrationes et exempla de virtutibus et vitiis.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 201 Theology, Anonymous books papers, and notes Reverend Catena Patrum: Miscellanea quaedam theologica.: Sec. xiv.
• f. 201. b Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hymnus ad Virginem de passione Christi, notis musicis instructus.: Sec. xiv.