Royal MS 5 F V

1. 'SPECULUM beati Gregorii pape', in 194 chapters: excerpts from the Moralia of S. Gregory, attributed elsewhere to Adalbert of Spalding (cf. Bale's Index, p. 2). Beg. 'Nonnulli namque ita sunt simplices' Other copies in 8 F. viii, art. i, and 8 F. x, art. 2, in which the treatise is preceded by a prologue, entitled ' prologus Adalberti Leuite ad Hairmannum' and addressed by 'A. humillimus Leuitarum' to 'H. presbiter'. Cf. Martène and Durand, Thes. Nov. Anecd. i. 84, 85, for a list of MSS. The attribution to Spalding appears to rest only on the fact that Leland found a copy of the work there (Dict. Nat. Biog., s. v.). f 1.

2. 'Incipit prologus sancti Icroimi presbiteri in uitas sanctorum patrum', i. e. the Historia Monachorum in Aegypto, translated by Rufinus from a Greek original. The prologue beg. 'Benedictus Deus, qui uult omnes homines'; the history, 'Primum igitur tanquam uere fundamentum' (Migne, Patr. Lat. xxi. 387). f. 78 b.

3. ' Liber de vita sanctorum Patrum qui appellatur Paradysus'; preceded by the 'prefatio beati Heraclidis episcopi de vita sanctorum patrum, ad Lausum prepositum palatii'. The most authentic form of the Historia cf. Butler, The Lausiac Lausiaca of Palladius in Latin, History of Palladius (Cambridge Texts and Studies, vol. vi, no. 1, 1898, PP. 8,58. The prologue beg. 'In hoc libro quem de uita'; the main treatise, ' Incipiens igitur promisse narrationis exordium' (Migne, Patr. Lat. IXXiV. 243). The 'Prooemium ad Lausum', as there printed, is omitted, except the last sentence, which here stands as the first of the main treatise. For a list of MSS. see Butler, op. cit., p. 60. f. 106b.

4. 'Vita sancte Paule edita a beato Ieronimo presbitero' (= ep. 108); beg. ' Si cuncta mei corporis membra uerterentur'(Migne,Patr.Lat. xxii.878). The inscriptions on Paula's tomb are appended (as in Migne), but end with the words ' conditur antro'. f. 150 b.

5. ' Vita sancti Antonii edita in Greco a beato Athanasio ... et translata in Latinum ab Euagrio presbitero'; preceded by the prefatory letter of Evagrius to Carinus (beg. 'Ex alia in aliam linguam'), and the prologue of Athanasius (beg. 'Optimum, fratres, inistis certamen'). The life beg. 'Igitur Antonius nobilibus religiosisque parentibus'(Migne, Patr. Gr. xxvi. 833). f. i6i b.

6. 'Actus monachi captiui quem dictauit beatus Ieronimus', i. e. the life of Malchus; beg. 'Qui nauali prelio dimicaturi sunt' (Migne, Patr. Lat. xxiii. 53). f. 182b. Vellum; ff. 184. 9 1/2 in. x6 1/4 in. XIII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves (flesh side outwards), with catchwords. Sec. fol. 'quanto scimus'.Initials in red and blue.At the end the scribe's name is given in the couplet: ' Scribitur hic codex, sit scriptor iugiter odex, Frater Ranulfus, quem nobis misit Osulfus'. Belonged (according to a 16th cent. inscription on f. 184 b) to.the monastery of Hagneby, co. Linc., but not noted by Leland in Roy. MS. App. 69. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 1317'; cat. of 1666, f. 16 b; CMA. 7935 + 7899 +7839+ 7840 +7841.