Royal MS 5 A IV

1. SHORT PASSAGES Of Scripture, with glosses, in Latin, sc. i Cor. xiii, 2 Cor. vi. 1-10, 1 Thess. iv. I-7, Eph. v. 1-9, Gal. iv. 22-31, Heb. ix. 11-14, I Cor. v.

7, 8, i john v. 4-10, 1 Pet. ii. 21-25, ib. 11-19, James i. 17. Imperfect at end. f i.

2. 'Aurelii Augustini . . . liber incipit in cognitione uere uite.' Beg. 'Sapientia Dei que os muti aperuit'. Ends, with colophon, in ch. 18 ('columbe corpus condidit'); cf 5 A. i, art. 2. f 7.

3. Distinctiones, or brief notes on theological subjects. Beg. 'Audistis etenim quia Spiritus Sanctus super discipulos'. In two divisions, separated by a blank leaf (after f. 68). Preceded (f. 15) by a table of capitula. f. 22.

4. ' Practica de rara et abstrusa gramatica': a treatise largely occupied with the explanation of Hebrew and Greek names and words in the Bible, technical terms, &c. Beg. 'Ad euidentiam huius partis gramatice artis'. Bernard (CMA. 8521) suggests Roger Bacon as the author. f. 135. At the end (f. 174) are the following lines (in a different hand) referring to Battle Abbey:-

'Dicitur a bello Bellum locus hic, quia bello Angligene uicti sunt hic in morte relicti. Martyris in Christi festo cecidere Calixti; Ex tunc preteritos numerus presens notat annos.'

The same lines, followed by the number 'ccclxx', precede a 15th cent. copy of the Battle Abbey roll in 14 B. i (q. v.).

5. Verses on grammar, beg. 'Hic lege qui curas diuersas osse figuras'. f 175.

6. Priscianus, Partitiones duodecim versuum Æneidos principalium (i. e. the first line of each book, cf Keil, Grammatici Latini, iii, P. 459). Imperfect at the beginning; beg. in the middle of ch. 2, 'uero participio actiuo nascitur futurum passiuum' (Keil, P. 471, 1. 38). f. 177.

7. Transcripts of eight charters connected with Rochester Priory, 1177-circ. 1227-38, all having reference to tithes of which the priory was the owner. f. 197.

Vellum; ff. 211. 8 3/4 in. x6 in. XII (art. 3) and XIII centt. A composite volume, each article (except probably 4 and 5) being originally distinct. Gatherings of 8 leaves ; in the first division of art. 3 these are numbered (from i to vi) at the end, in the second (the first sheet of which has 10 leaves) they are lettered (from a to h) at the beginning. Belonged possibly to Battle Abbey (see art. 4), and certainly to Rochester Priory (f. 7, ' liber de claustro Roffensi', 14th cent, and see art. 7). Old Royal press-mark (f. 1) 'no' 64' (in cat. of 1542, Add. MS. 25469, f. 24); cat. of 1666, f. 6 b; CMA. 7809 + 8101+ 8521.