Royal MS 7 C V

DISTINCTIONES, &c., in Latin, viz.

1. Classified collection in sixteen books of diverse senses of words used in Scripture. Without original title. A 16th cent. hand has given the title 'Caelestium et terrestrium quorum in scripturis fit mentio moralizatio incerti'. Other compilations of a similar nature, but without the classified arrangement, are in 8 D. XXI and 10 A. IV (cf William de Monte in 8 G. II, art. 1). The titles of the books are i de celestibus, ii de uolatilibus, iii de reptilibus, iv de homine, v de eius partibus, vi de terra et eius partibus, vii de aquis, viii de metallis, ix de lignis, x de petra, xi de igne et eius partibus, xii de luce, xiii de ciuitate et partibus, xiv de herbis, XV de numeris, XVI de uasis. Beg. 'In scriptura sacra aliquando nuncupatiue '. f. 5.

Art. 2 is in a somewhat later 13th cent. hand.

2. Collection of proprietates rerum in the nature of a thesaurus or gradus ad Parnassum, giving epithets, phrases and verses. Alphabetically arranged, Angelus -Vultur. Some other copies of this work are noticed by L. Delisle in Hist. Litt. de la France, xxx, p. 385 (cf. 3 A. x, art. 15). Beg. 'Angelus purus est in natura. Reconciliator. Fidelis in custodiendo. Obediens in exequendo' ' At the end (f. 146) are some additional verses on the words sinapis, stipula, stupa, uitulus, uentus, stramen. f. 140. On f. 2 are copies of letters relating to the election of Richardde Insula, Abbot of Burton (formerly irior of Bury), to be Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, viz. (a) Gregory IX to the prior and convent, confirming the election, 28 Aug. 1229;-(b) The same to the new abbot, 31 Aug.;-(c) Certificate by Stephen, papal chaplain, of the abbot's having taken the oath, n. d.;-(d) Gregory IX to Stephen, papal chaplain, to exact the oath in the prescribed form, 28 Aug. 1229. Vellum; ff. 146. 123/4 in. x 81/2 in. Early XIII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves (beg. f. 5), with catchwords (viis, xviii⁴, xix⁷). Sec. fol. sui incomparabili'. Initials in colours. Belonged to Bury St. Edmunds Abbey, press-mark V. 3 and inscription (13th cent., f. 1 b, repeated in the 15th cent. librarian's hand, f. 5), 'Hunc librum scribi fecit Willelmus de Dice seruus et monachus sancti Edmundi ad honorem sancti Edmundi, cuius anima', &c.; afterwards to [John, Lord] Lumley (f. 5). Lumley cat. f. 24; cat. of 1666, f. 6; CMA. 8126.