Royal MS 5 F VII

1. S. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, theological writings, viz.:-

(a) 'Epistola ad Adam monachum'; imperfect, beg. ' [mo]destiam uel potius molestiam'(Migne, Patr. Lat. clxxxii. 99). f. 2. (b) ' Apologia Bernardi ad Willelmum', &c.; cf. 5 F. 1, art. 2 (1). f. 3 b. Epistolae, viz.:-(a) to Thomas [Prior of Beverley], beg. 'Quid opus est uerbis'(Migne, 242, ep.107). f.8b;-([])[to Peter, Cardinal-deacon], beg. 'Cum totum me dedero' (ib. 120, ep. 18). f. 10;-([]) to G[aufridus], Abbot of St. Mary of York,beg.'Placuit reuerentie tue litteras ' (ib. 518, ep. 313). f. ii ;-([]) to the same, beg. Consilium expetitis (ib. 226, ep. 94). f. 11b;- ([]) to Turstan, Archbishop of York, beg. ' Splendor operis' (ib. 228, ep. 95). f. 12;-([]) to the same, beg. 'Laudamus quod optatis' (ib. 524, ep. 319). ib.;-() to R[ichard], Abbot [of Fountains], beg. ' Quanta audiuimus et cognouimus' (ib. 229, ep. 96). ib.;-() to David, King of the Scots, beg. Iamdudum amplector te'(not in Migne). f. 12b. (d) Exhortationes [al. De considerationel, in five books; preceded by a dedicatory letter to Pope Eugenius III, beg. 'Subit animum dictare aliquid'. The treatise beg. 'Unde iam ergo incipiam' (ib. 727). f. 13. (e) 'Tractatus domni Bernarni (sic) de amore Dei' [al. De contemplando Deo, attributed to S.Bernard, but actually by Gulielimus, Abbot of S. Theoderic near Reims]; beg. 'Venite ascendamus ad montem Domini'(ib.clxxxiv.367). f. 48. (f) De natura et dignitate amoris', by the same]; beg. ' Ars est artium ars amoris' (ib. 379). Here treated as part of the preceding article, having no title, but having at the end the colophon 'Explicit de amore Dei'. A marginal note 'Incipit liber Bernardi de quincupartita dileccione' in a later hand marks the beginning of the treatise. f. 54. (g)'De [duodecim] gradibus humilitatis'; cf. 5 F. I, art. 3. The ' retractatio' and prologue are prefixed f. 69. On a blank leaf-at the end (f. 84) is added in a later hand a short treatise 'de septem gradibus humilitatis', mainly extracted from Eadmer, De similitudinibus Anselmi, ch. 100 sqq.; beg. 'Non est in altum elevata superbia.

2. Galfridus of Finchale, 'Vita beati Godrici heremite' (d. 1170), with dedicatory prologue addressed to Thomas, Prior of Finchale, and the other brethren. The prologue beg. 'Petit a me, immo compellit me'; the life beg. 'Venerabilis confessor Domini Godricus'. Printed in Acta Sanctorum for 2I May (xviii. 70). The life is derived from the earlier biographies of Germanus and Reginald, whose names are attached to the paragraphs taken from them respectively. The present MS. is the earliest extant copy. Preceded (f. 85), in a different hand, by Godric's hymns with regard to his sister and in honour of the Virgin and S. Nicholas, in English, with musical notes (cf. Cat. of MS. Music description, appended below); the words are printed in Ritson's Bibliotheca Poetica, 1802, PP. 1-4. At the end (f. 107 b) is appended the letter of Pope Alexander to Godric, beg. 'Peruenit ad nos quod diuina'. f. 86.

3. The same, 'Vita beati Bartholomei monachi Dunelmensis' (d. 1193), with dedicatory prologue addressed to B[ertram], Prior of Durham, and his brethren. The prologue beg. 'Post transitum uenerandi patris Bartholomei'; the life, 'Igitur Bartholomeus ex prouincia Witebi'. Printed from an imperfect copy in Acta Sanctorum for 24 June (xxv. 714). The earliest extant copy of the work. f. 108.

4. S. Bernard [De praccepto et dispensatione]; preceded by a dedicatory letter to R[oger], Abbot of Coulombs [dioc. of Chartres], beg. 'Rescriptum meum ad epistolas', and the preface addressed to the monks of Chartres, beg. 'Qua mente iam tacebo'. The treatise itself beg. 'Prima questio igitur circa regulam (Migne, Patr. Lat. clxxxii. 859). f. 119.

5. Legend of the miraculous image of the Virgin at Sardenay, near Damascus; beg. 'Tempore cum Greci terram habitabant'. Reference is made to the year 1204. See Ward, Catalogue of Romances, ii, p. 655 and Romania, xi, P. 519, xiv, p. 82 (cf. 4 C. xi, art. 4). f. 127 b.

Vellum; ff. i + 130. 9 3/4 in. x 6 1/2 in. XII (art. i) and XIII centt. Art. i (a-c) is in a different hand from (d-g) ; and artt. 4 and 5 are in different hands from that of artt. 2 and 3. Gatherings of 8 leaves ; catchwords are marked with a plummet throughout the volume. Fly-leaves from a treatise on civil law (f. 1) and a homily (ff. 129, 130). Belonged to John, Lord Lumley (f. 2). Cat. of 1666, f.5; CMA. 7868 + 8067 + 8068.

Description of music in Augustus Hughes-Hughes, Catalogue of Manuscript Music:

f. 85 Four short poems...accompanied by small square and diamond-shaped black notes on a stave of four red lines, with the C or B flat signature. Nos. 2 and 3 are described as 'Cantus beati Godrici de sancta maria.'

1. 'Crist and sainte marie,' sung by 'Soror,' sc. the sister of Saint Godric; with a refrain 'Kyrieleyson, Christe eleyson,' sung by the two angels who supported her on either side of the altar when she appeared to the Saint (see f. 96).

2. 'Sainte marie uirgine'; with a Latin translation 'Sancta maria uirgo' (see also Harley MS 322, f. 74b).

3. 'Sainte marie christes bur.'

4. 'Cantus eiusdein do Sancto Nicholao,' beg. 'Sainte Nicholaes godes drud.'