Arundel MS 292

Vellum, 4to., ff. 116, xiii. Cent.

• 1. The Credo, the Pater Noster, Ave Maria, in manus tuas, and short meditations upon the words "memorare novissima tua, et in eternum non peccabis," in old English verse. fol. 3. Beginning, "I leue in Godd almicten fader Dat heuene and er6e made to gar." End, "I pene non sinne Sulde his herte pinnen."
• 2. A Bestiarium, or natural history of certain animals, with the moral significations appended; translated into old English verse, chiefly from the Latin of Hildebertus Cenomanensis. fol. 4. Beginning, "De leun stant on hille And he man hunten here." End, "In hole of ston ge make hire nest, In Cristes milce irre hope is best."
• 3. De vanitate vitæ, versibus resonantibus circiter quinquaginta. fol. 11. "O caro carnea, Jam modo glaria, Postmodo vermis, Nunc homo debilis Es miserabilis, Vnde superbis?"
• 4. "Narraciones" sive Fabulæ "Magistri Odonis de Ciringtonia." fol. 12. Incip. "Quomodo elegerunt sibi regem. Iverunt lingna ut ungerent super se regem." Desin. "Illos autem qui nesciunt conspicere nisi terrena, proicit in tenebras exteriores."
• 5. A poem in the form of a dialogue between the four daughters of our Saviour, Mercy, Truth, Justice and Pity, before the council of the Trinity relative to the salvation of man. The plan of the poem is probably taken from the introduction to the "Speculum Vitæ Christi." In old French. fol. 25. Beginning, "De quatre sorurs vus uo Ke filies sunt Deu nostre Sire." End, "Ke lunges auant furent dites, E uerreiment en liure escrites."
• 6. A poem upon the impediments thrown in the way of the Christian by the Devil, the world and the flesh; in old French. fol. 31. Beginning, "Deu le omnipotent, Ki al cumencement Criat cel e terre." End, "Pur lamur sa amie, La pucele Marie: Amen, diez trestuz."
• 7. "Sermo Magistri Stephani de Langedune, Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis, de S. Maria," Yersibus nunc Latinis, nunc Gallicis. fol. 38. Incip. "Benedietione appostolica Benedicatur gens ecclesiastica." Desin. "Est regin iusticie, Mater misericordie; Quæ portauit regem celorum et Dominum, qui cum patre, etc."
• 8. "Historia Apollonii Regis Tiri." fol. 41. Impress. in 4to. Aug. 1595, et sæpe alibi.
• 9. Merlini Ambrosii Vita, excerpta e libro Galfridi Monemutensis de origine et gestis Britainnorum. fol. 61. b. Impress. in ed. Paris. 1517, fol. 50. b.
• 10. Quid agendum sit, si fortepanis alit vinum in Eucharistia Domini caderet in terram. fol. 69. Incip. "Si aperta, quod absit, negigencia de corpore aut sanguine Christi acciderit." Desin. "tercia viventes hoe est in sanguine tineta."
• 11. The complaint of two monks, named Dawn Watere [Dan Walter] and William, upon the difficulty of learning Church Music, a poem in old English, written in a later hand, probably of the time of Edward II. fol. 71. b. Beginning, "Vncomly in cloyster I coure ful of care, I loke as a lurdeyn and listne til iny lare." End, "I1 hayl were thu boren, zif thu make defawt, Thanne sais oure mayster, que wos ren ne vawt."
• 12. Verses against blacksmiths; probably of the time of Henry VI. fol. 72. b. Beginning, "Swrarte smekyd smethes smateryd wythe smoke Dryue me to dethe wythe den of here dyntes."
• 13. "De Purgatorio S. Patricii," scilicet, de vision cujusdam militis, Owein nomine, qui anno 1153 purgatorium S. Patricii visitavit; compilatum e narratione simili in Historia Matth. Paris. sub eodem anno. fol. 73.
• 14. Instructions by a monk named Averard, or Everard, upon various religious and moral subjects, in old French Poetry, interspersed with Latin lines. fol. 88. Beginning, "Catun esteit paen, E ne saueit ren De Crestiene lei." End, "Od Deu eiens part, E del pechur Euerard Aeit darmie Deu rnerci."
• 15. De compositione chilindri, qui dicitur orologium viatorum." fol. 106. Incip. "Sumendum est lingnum maxime." Desin. "et sic de aliis partibus intellige, et sic per umbram scies altitudinem."
• 16. "Decompositione quadrantis." fol. 109. b. Incip. "Post chilindri compositionem." Desin. "et in tali gradu altitudinis erit stella in eadem hora."
• 17. Tractatus brevis de sortibus, eum tabulis. fol. 112. b. Incip. "Qvia omnis præscientie verissime."
• 18. Ænigmata quædam versibus Latinis. fol. 114.b. The fly-leaves at the end [ff. 115, 116] Contain an imperfect list of the contents of the volume, by which it appears that tracts "De rege et joculatore," and "De combustione ecclesiæ cathedralis sanctæ Trinitatis Norwie." are now lost.

French Language, Early: For the chief Mss. illustrative of the state of the language prior to the year 1500, see the volumes marked.

Stephen Langton, d 1228 Archbishop of Canterbury: Sermo de la bele Aliz, sive de S. Maria.

English Language, Early: The chief Mss. illustrative of the state of the language prior to the Year 1500, are to be found in the volumes marked.

includes:

• f. 3 Poetry, Anonymous: The Credo, Pater-Noster, Ave-Maria, etc.: Cent. xiii.
• f. 4 Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans; Archbishop of Tours: A Bestiarium translated into old English verse, chiefly from his work in Latin.: Cent. xiii.
• f. 4 Poetry, Anonymous: A Bestiarium, chiefly from the Latin of Hildebertus Cenomanensis.: Cent. xiii.
• f. 11 Poetry, Anonymous: Versus Leonini de vanitate vitae.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 12 ODo de Ciringtonia: Narrationes, sive Fabulae Odonis de Ciringtonia.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 41 Romances and Fabulous histories, Anonymous etc: Historia Apollonii, Regis Tyri.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 61. b Galfridus, Moneniutensis Archidiaconus, postea Episcopus Asaphensis; adhuc vivus anno 1175: Merlini Ambrosii Vita, excerpta e libro Galfridi Monemutensis de origine Britonum.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 61. b Ambrose Merlin, supposed to have lived in the fifth century: Vita Merlini, excerpta e libro Galfridi Monemutensis, De origine Britonum.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 69 Sacraments: Quid agendum sit, si forte panis aut vinum in eucharistia caderet in terram.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 71. b Poetry, Anonymous: The complaint of two monks, Dawn Watere and William, upon the difficulty of learning Church Music; a poem, in old English, probably of the time of Edward II.
• f. 71. b Walter Dan, a Monk: The complaint of two monks, named Dawn Watere and William, upon the difficulty of learning church music, a poem, written probably in the time of Edward II.
• f. 72. b Poetry, Anonymous: Verses against Blacksmiths; probably of the time of Henry VI.
• f. 72b Blacksmiths: verses against them,: probably of the time of Henry VI.
• f. 73 Saint Patricius,; xvi. kal. Apr: Henrici Salteriensis narratio de visione cujusdam militis, Owein nomine, qui anno 1153 S. Patrieii purgatorium visitavit.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 73 Henricus, Salteriensis monachus: Narratio de visione cujusdam militis, Owein nomine, qui anno 1153 purgatorium S. Patricii visitavit.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 88 Everard, a Monk: Instructions upon various religious and moral subjects: in old French poetry, interspersed with Latin lines.: Cent. xiii.
• f.92, f. 25 Poetry, Anonymous: Poem in the form of a dialogue between Mercy, Truth, Justice and Pity, relative to the salvation of man.: Cent. xiii.
• f. 106 Dial: De compositione cylindri, qui dicitur Horologium viatorum.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 109. b Astrolabe: De compositione quadrantis.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 112. b Sortes: De sortibus tractatus brevis, eum tabulis.: Sec. xiii.
• f. 114. b Enigmas: AEnigmata quaedam, versibus composita Latinis.: Sec. xiii.