Royal MS 2 D VIII

1. ISAGOGE IN ARTES, by Alexander Neckam [1157- 12171 Abbot of Cirencester. Without title, except that the table of chapters prefixed to it (see below) is entitled 'Capitula super Ysagogas magistri Alexandri Nequam'. The title as here given is that assigned by Bale and Pits; in Royal MS. 5 C. v the work is entitled 'Corrogationes Promethei' (a title also appearing in Bale and Pits), and in Merton Coll. MS. ccliv 'Isagogicum'. Beg. 'Ferrum situ rubiginem ducit'. f. 16.

2. Elucidarium Bibliothecae, or explanation of hard words in the several books of the Bible, by the same. The title is given by Bale and Pits. In most MSS. the work follows the Isagoge, as here. Beg. 'De singulis libris Bibliotece aliquas dictiones proferre libet in medium'. Imperfect, ending in the section relating to i Thessalonians. f. 45. Prefixed to the first treatise is (1) an alphabetical list of hard words and names in the Bible, with references to the books in which they occur. f. 1 2) a table of contents, giving the chapters of the Isagoge and the order of the Biblical books as they are dealt with in the Elucidarium. f. 10 b;-(3) an astronomical treatise, beg. 'Septentrionem ab equinoctiale linea'; imperfect, in a charter-hand of the 14th century. f. ii b. Vellum ; ff 145. 8.1/2 in. x 53 in. Late XIII cent. Gatherings of 10 leaves, with catchwords. Sec. fol. (art. i), 'itaque constructio'. Coloured initials, those at the beginning of the two treatises extending nearly the length of the column of writing. Monogram of John Theyer on ff. 16 and 145b, and 'Lib. Ioh[ann]is Theyer de Cowp[er]s hill iuxta Glouc[estriam]' on f. 16. Theyer cat. no.

317; CMA. 6579.