Royal MS 5 A XII

1. 'BREVILOQUIUM de virtutibus antiquorum principum ac philosophorum' [by John Wallensis, Franciscan]. Beg. 'Quoniam misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem'. Printed at Venice, 1496, &c. Cf. Little, Grey Friars in Oxford, 1892, P. 144. f. 1.

2. 'Breviloquium de sapientia sanctorum' [by the same].Beg.'Cum vani sint omnes homines'. Printed, ibid. Cf. Little, op. cit., p. 146. f. 21 b.

3. 'Tractatus beati Bernardi (?) abbatis super Magnificat'.Beg.'Magnificat voce,magnificat opere'(Migne, Patr. Lat. clxxxiv. 1121). f. 26.

4. S. John Chrysostom, Homilies, &c., in Latin,viz.:-

(a) on the Miserere, beg. ' Pictores imitantur arte naturam'; here divided into two books. Printed in Opera Chrysostomi, Basel, 1547, i. 723; for the original Greek see Migne, Patr. Graec. lv. 565. f. 29 b;-(b)'De eo quod nemo leditur nisi a se ipso', beg. 'Scio quod crassioribus' (Basel ed., v. 750, Migne, lii. 459). Another copy of the same version is at Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, MS. lxxxvi, art. s. Preceded (f. 45 b) by an extract from Isidore, de viris illustribus, on S. Chrysostom (Migne, Pair. Lat. lxxxiii. 1093). f. 46;-(c) 'De reparacione lapsi ad Theodorum monachum', in two books, beg. 'Quis dabit capiti' (Migne, Patr. Graec. xlvii. 277; the Latin differs from that in the Basel ed., v. 979). Book ii begins in the middle of ch. ii, 'intuere nunc celum', the first ending with a sentence not in Migne. f. 57 b;-(d) Epistola ... ad eundem' [Theodorum] beg. 'Si fietus posset' book ii of the preceding work as printed by Migne, ib. 309; the Latin as in Basel ed., v. 1009). f. 77 b;-(e) 'De compunccione cordis ad Demetrium', beg. 'Cum te intueor' (Basel ed., v. 565; Migne, ib.

393) ; in two books, the second addressed to Stelechius. f. 82;-(f.) 'Quomodo primus homo prelatus fuit omni creature', beg. 'Dignitas humane originis' (Basel ed., i.

532). f. 99 b ;-(g) ' De lapsu primi hominis', beg. ' Nemo est qui nesciat' (ib. i. 542). f. 101;-(h) 'Contra eos qui prevaricacionem Ade imputant Deo', beg. ' In Veteri Testamento legimus'. f. 102 b;- (i) 'De eodem', beg. 'Debitum curo soluere sermonem'. f. 104;-(k) 'De cena Domini', beg. ' Paucis hodie necessarium' (ib. iii.

816). f. 105 b ;-(l)'De passione Domini', beg. 'Hodierna die noster Dominus'(ib. iii. 826). f 110;-(m) 'De parascheue', beg. 'Quid dicam? quid loquar' (ib. iii. 836). f. 114 b;-(n) 'De Ninivitarum ieiunio', beg. 'Clementissimus omnipotens Deus'. f. 117;-(o) 'De milicia spirituali', beg. 'Bona quidem sunt'(ib. v. 736). f. 119;-

(p) 'De milicia Christiana', beg. 'Omnes homines qui sese' (ib. v. 729). f. 120 b ;-(q) ' De muliere mala', beg. Heu me, quid agam'. f. 122 b.

5. S. Augustine, 'De Agone Christiano'; beg. 'Corona victorie non promittitur'(Migne, Patr. Lat. xl. 289). f. 126.

6. 'Tractatus Sancti Hieronimi presbiteri de membris Domini'; beg. 'Omnipotens Deus, Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus' (Migne, xlii. 1199, among the works falsely attributed to S. Augustine, and 1. 729 as ch. i of the Liber Formularum Spiritalis Intelligentiae of S. Eucherius). Also printed in the works of S. Bonaventura (ed. Peltier, viii, P. 54), but it is in any case much earlier than this author. Ends at the end of ch. i (col. 1206),'manifestum demonstrare'. f. 135 b. 'Libellus beati Anselmi. de quatuordecim partibus beatitudinum'; beg. 'Nunc inuestigare iuuat quantum boni'. The same treatise as in 5 F. ix, art. 4 (q. v.), but with an additional sentence at the beginning.

140.

8. 'Liber magistri Hugonis [de S. Victore] de virtute [al. modo] orandi'. The prologue beg. 'Domino et patri Th. H. Munusculum'; the treatise, 'Quo studio et quo affectu' (Migne, clxxvi. 977). f. 147.

9. 'Tractatus Ailredi abbatis Ryeuallensis [Rievaulx] de leccione euangelica, Cum factus esset Iesus annorum duodecim'. Beg. 'Petis a me, fili carissime' (Migne, clxxxiv. 849). f. 152b.

10. 'Omelia beati Anselmi', on Luke X. 38; beg. 'Quid ad gloriosam Virginem' (Migne, clviii. 644). f. 163.

11. 'Libellus beati Augustini [Pseudo-Augustine] de Assumpcione beate Marie'. Prologue beg. 'Ad interrogata de Virginis'; treatise, 'Quia profundissime' (Migne, xl. 1141). f. 165.

12. 'Argumenta quedam de Assumpcione beate Marie', anonymous; beg. ' Sicut ex patre incorruptibili'. f. 169.

13. S. Bernard, Homilies, viz. :-(a) 'De Quadragesimali ieiunio', beg. 'Rogo vos, dilectissimi, tota deuotione' (Migne, clxxxiii. 173). f. 173 b -(b) 'De ieiunio et oracione et iusticia', beg. 'Quia ieiunii quadragesimalis tempus' (ib. 176). f. 174 b;-(c) 'De psalmo nonagesimo'; seventeen sermons. The prologue beg. 'Scio, fratres, scio in quanta affliccione'; the first sermon, 'Qui habitat, &c.: Quis sit diuini inhabitator' (ib. i85). f. 175 b.

14. S. Ambrose [here attributed to S. Augustinel 'De conflictu viciorum et virtutum '; cf. 5 A. i, art. 8. f. 208.

15. S. Augustine, 'De decem c[h]ordis'; beg. 'Dominus et Deus noster misericors' (serm. 9, in Migne, xxxviii. 75). f. 214b.

16. 'Liber meditacionum beati Bernardi' CL 5 A. viii, art. 5. f. 223.

17. 'Liber Prosperi de exceptionibus librorum beati Augustini' : the Epigrammata of Prosper. The prologue beg. 'In nomine Dei summi et Augustini'; the first epigram, 'Dum sacris mentem placet exercere loquelis' (Migne, li. 497). f. 233.

18. 'Versus Prosperi ad coniugem suam'; beg. 'Age iam precor mearum'(ib. 611). f. 244.

19. [Hugo de S. Victorel 'De quinque septenis' beg. 'Quinque septena, frater, in sacra Scriptura' (Migne, clxxv. 405). f. 245.

20. 'Robertus [Grossetestel Lincoln. episcopus ad dom. papam'; beg. 'Nouerit discretio vestra quod man. datis'.Printed by Luard,Roberti Grosseteste Epistolae, Rolls Series, P. 432. f. 247 b. Vellum ; ff. ix + 248. 9 5/8 in. x 6 5/8 in. XV cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves, lettered and numbered, with catchwords. Double columns. Sec. fol. ' [mu]niuit inter'. Initials flourished in red and blue. Fly-leaves at the beginning from a Missal of the i ith cent. (ff. iii-vi). Belonged to William Neel, vicar of Blokley [Blockley, co. Wore.; d. 1510, see Nash, Worcestershire, i, p. 103] , and presented by his executor, Hugh Noryse al Spycer, of Cirencester, to the monastery of Heyles [Hales-Owen, co. Salop], 26 April, 1533 (f. 248 b). Subsequently belonged to john Theyer, who inserted a table o contents (f. ii b). Theyer sale-cat. no. 148; CMA. 6521.