Royal MS 7 C III

TABULA ORIGINALIUM Siue Manipulus Florum secundum ordinem alphabeti extracta a libris xxxvi. auctorum edita a magistro Thoma Ybernico' [i. e. Thomas of Palmerstown, co. Kildare, a fellow of the Sorbonne at Paris, fl. 1306.-1312]: a collection of passages under headings arranged alphabetically, Abstinentia-Xps. The compiler in the preface enumerates thirty-eight original authors and declares (lacuna in this MS.) his intention to conceal his name. A similar attribution is given in other MSS., but in Add. MS. 24129 and in Merton Coll. MS. cxxix at Oxford the work is said to have been begun by John le Walleys and completed by Thomas (cf. also 10 D. X, art. 1). At the end is a list of most of the original authors with their works carefully noted by initia and closing words. Printed repeatedly (Piacenza, 1483-Paris, 1887). Prologue beg. 'Abiit in agrum et collegit spicas, &c. [Ruth ii. 3]: Ruth paupercula non habens messem'; text, "Abstinencia. Bonum est in cibo'.

The fly-leaves (ff. 1-4) are from a 14th cent. MS. containing:-

(a) 'Tituli tercie partis [the third part of the Summa] fratris Thome de Alquino' (so colophon), imperfect at the beginning. f. 1 ;-

(b) A similar table to the Summa of Henrik Goethals (cf. 10 D. VI). without title; beg. 'Articulus generalis'. Breaks off in art. 27. f. 3b. Vellum; ff. 203. 121/2 in. x 8 in. XIV cent. Gatherings of 12, leaves (vii¹⁰ , xv¹⁹), with catchwords. Sec. fol. in text 'necesse est'. Initials in red and blue. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 1210'; cat. of x666, f. 7; CMA. 8129.