Royal MS 5 C V

1. [ALEXANDER NECKAM] 'Corrogationes Promethei' [al. Isagoge in artes]; ccf. 2 D. viii. Followed (f. 12), without break or fresh title (except the chapter-heading 'De Geneseos expositionibus'), by the Elucidarium Bibliothecae (cf. ibid.). At the end of this (f. 57), in the same hand, is a letter from S-, prior of Malmesbury, to an unnamed canon of Cirencester (where Neckam also was for part of his life), in praise of Neckam's writings; beg. 'Cum de bonis omnibus bene sapere'. f. 2.

2. Pseudo-Augustine, Hypognosticon [al. Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos], book v, lacking the first sentence. With the marginal note 'Hec est pars finalis libri yponosticon Augustini'. f. 57 b.

3. S. Augustine, miscellaneous works, viz.:-(a) 'Liber Retractationum' ; cf. 5 A. xiv, art. i. Preceded by a table of chapters, but without the prologue. f. 61 ;-(b) ' Liber . . . ad cauendum diuersas hereses, [al. Ad Quodvultdeum de haeresibus]; cf. 5 B. viii, art.

4. The paragraphs on the Nestorians and Eutychians are included. f. 77;-(c) 'Liber ... contra [quinque] hereses'; cf. 5 B. vii, art. i. f. 82 b;-(d) [Hypognosticon]; beg. ' Aduersarii catholice fidei' (Migne, Patr. Lat. xlv. 1611). Only books i-iv; at the end is a '- note in another hand referring to art. 2 above for the continuation, which is by a different scribe. f. 87;-

(e) Anonymous treatise on the Creed, without title, here placed among the works of S. Augustine, but not identical with any of those printed among his writings. Beg. 'Sicut nonnullis scire permissum est'. f. 96b;-(f) 'Sermo ... de decem cordis'; CC 5 A. xii, art. 15. f. 97b.

4. Three sermons, without titles, attributed in the margin to S. Caesarius, viz.:-(a) an extract from his second homily (Migne, Patr. Lat. lxvii. 1043), beg. ' Patres nostri omnes sub nube fuerunt'. f. 101 b;-(b) on Easter, beg. 'Bene nouimus primum esse ab origine mundi'.f. 101b;-(c)on the Resurrection,beg.'Quodam loco sermo Ieremie'. f. 102 b. The two latter are not among the printed sermons of Caesarius.

5. S. Augustine, miscellaneous works, viz.:-(a) 'De bono latrone' (= serm. supposit. 154, Migne, xxxix. 2043, omitting the first few words); beg. 'Deus erat in Christo mundum reconcilians'. f. 103 b;-(b) 'De anima et spiritu ', ending with ch. 33 ; cf. 5 A. i, art. i. f. 104 b; -(c) De lxxxiii quaestionibus, without title, but preceded by a table of chapters. The order is different from that of Migne (xl. ii), beginning with the chapter De Trinitate (ch. 18), 'Omne quod est aliud'. f. 111 ;-(d) ' De mirabilibus ueteris et noui testamenti ' [al. sacrae scripturael in three books, preceded by a prologue and table of chapters. Prologue beg. ' Beatissimi, dum adhuc uiueret, mei patris'; treatise, 'Cum omnipotentis Dei auxilio'(Migne, XXXV. 2149). f. 123; -(e) Confessiones, preceded by the section relating to it in the Retractationes ; cf. 5 B. xiv. f. 139 b ;-(f) ' De doctrina Christiana', in four books, preceded by the section relating to it in the Retractationes, and by the prologue; cf 5 B. xii, art. i. f. 187;-(g) De libero arbitrio, here entitled 'liber qui appellatur Unde malum' (but bk. i is headed 'Aur. Aug. ep. de libero arbitrio liber primus incipit'), in two books; cf. 5 B. 1, art. 1 (c). f. 21O;-(h) 'Augustinus de uera innocentia': a considerable part of Prosper's Liber sententiarum (cf 5 C. iii, art. 7) written continuously; the last two sentences = []§ 302 and 322 as printed by Migne. f. 231. -(i) 'De immortalitate anime', beg. 'Si alicubi est disciplina' (Migne, xxxii. 1021); preceded (f. 232b) by the section in the Retractationes relating to it. f. 233;-(k) 'De magistro', beg. 'Quid tibi uidemur efficere' (ib. 1193). f. 235 b;-(l) 'De quantitate anime'; cf. 5 A iii, art. 3. f. 242 ;-(m) Enchiridion ; cf 5 A. xi, art. i. f. 252;-(n) 'De duodecim abusiuis', beg. 'Primo si sine operibus bonis sapiens' (Migne, xl. 1079). f. 264; -(o) 'De natura anime et eius origine', in four books; cf. 5 A. xiii, art. i (c). f. 267;-(p) 'Retractatio de diuersis questionibus lxxx. tribus'; cf. (c) above. The order is here normal, beg. 'Omne uerum a ueritate uerum est'. Preceded by a table of chapters. f. 285. Vellum; ff. 307. 1 ft. 1 1/8 in. x 8 1/4 in. XIII-XIV cent. Gatherings of 12 leaves; fresh system begin at artt. 3 and 5 (g), but the whole volume is in the same style. Double columns. Sec. fol. henditur uitium'. Initials of books illuminated, with small miniatures, many enclosing an Agnus Dei. On the last leaf (f. 307) is a somewhat expanded form of the Lord's Prayer, in English, in a band of the middle of the I4th century, and consequently pre- Wycliffite (printed in full in Casley's Catalogue P.78). Belonged to Sempringham Priory, 'Liber de domo de Sempringham ex impetratione Iohannis de Glynton canonici dicte domus ... et est pretium libri xx. sol.' (f. 1 b, 14th cent., cf. 3 A. xv). Old Royal press-mark 'no. 1329'.