Royal MS 7 F X

SERMONS in Latin, described in the hand of a Rochester librarian at the foot of f. 1 as Sermones Petri Comestoris'. The collection, however, really comes from a variety of authors, the largest number being apparently by Petrus Lombardus. A number of them occur also in another Rochester MS, 10 A. XII. There are eightyone sermons in all, viz:-

1. Nos. i-xxvi are Festival sermons by Petrus Lombardus, but are printed under the name of Hildebert of Le Mans in Beaugendre's edition (Migne, Patr. Lat. clxxi) as nos. 7-9, 78, 80, 12, 13, 58, 57, 111, 23, 24, 112, 25, 32, 55, 35, 99, 36, 72, 43, 4, 115, 45, 21, 6. Other copies of most of these will be found in 7 C. II, 12 F. XV. Beg. 'A[spiciebam] ego in uisione noctis, &c. [Dan. vii. 2]: Celestibus Daniel flagrans desideriis'. f. 1.

2. Nos. xxvii-xxx are apparently by the same author, but do not seem to have been printed, viz.:-(a) 'Vidi angelum fotem, &c. [Rev. x. i]: Filius tonitrui' (cf. Hauréau's Not. et Extr. ii, p. 80). f. 87;-(b) 'Non est uir in domo, &c. [Prov. vii. 19]: Obratus (sic, Optatus) nobis, dilectissimi' (cf. 7 C. II, f. 113 b, Hauréau, i, p. 223). f. 89;-(c) 'Inspice eifac secundum exemplar, &c. [Exod. xxv. 40]: Salutaris atque celestis' (cf. 7 C. II, f. 115). f. 92;-(d) 'Descendi in ortum, &c. [Cant. vi. 10]: In campo diuini eloquii' (cf. 7 C. II, f. 126 b); but some MSS. assign it to Comestor (Hauréau, ii, p. 254). f. 95b.

3. Nos. xxxi and xlvi are the first two of a collection of sermons ascribed in a Paris MS. (Bibl. Nat. 13586)

to Geoffrey of Troyes (Hauréau, ii, p. 300). Both are unpublished, viz. (a) 'Deum time, &c. [Eccl. xii. 13]: Rex Salomon quem pre regibus' (cf. 10 A. XII, f. 60 b). f. 97;-(b) 'Induite uos armalura dei, &c. [Eph. vi. 11]: Militia est, fratres, uita hominis'. f. 122.

4. Nos. xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxvi, xlix, l, lv-lvii, lix, lxvi, lxxv, lxxvii, lxxviii, lxxx are by Petrus Comestor, though printed chiefly by Beaugendre under the name of Hildebert, viz.:-(a) Comestor's sermon no. ii (Migne, cxcviii. 1725), printed also as Hild. no. 60. f. 103;-(b) Comestor no. vii = Hild. no. 14 (ib. clxxi, 409). f. 105; -(c) 'Adorna thatamum . . . Legimus Ubi maius donum' not printed (Hauréau, iv, p. 105). f. 107 b;-(d) Comestor no. xii, printed in Migne, cxcviii. 1754. f. 131 b;-

(e) Comestor no. xiii = Hild. no. 5 (ib. clxxi, 364). f. 133 b;-(f) Comestor no. xxiii = Hild. no. 69 (ib. 671). f. 146;-(g) Comestor no. xxii = Hild. no. 53 (ib. 595). f. 149;-(h) Comestor no. xxviii = Hild. no. 59 (ib. 627). f. 152;-(i) Comestor no. xl = Hild. no. 90 (ib. 761). f. 156 b;-(k) Comestor no. ix (ib. cxcviii, 1744). f. 167 b; (l) Comestor no. xxxii (ib. 1796). f. 185 b;-(m) Comestor no. xxxiv = Hild. no. 73 (ib. clxxi. 695). f. 188 b;-

(n) Hild. no. 102 (ib. 814), really Comestor (cf. Notices et Extraits, xxxii, pt. ii, p. 149), but not included in Migne, cxcviii. f. 191 b;-(o) Comestor no. xxxiii (ib. 1800).

195.

5. No. xxxvii is apparently by Odo of Soissons,

Bishop of Frascati (circ. 1170-1171), and is printed by Cardinal J. B. Pitra in Analecta Nouvissima Spicilegii Solesmensis (Paris, 1888), ii, p. xlii. Beg. 'Egndietur uirga, &c. [Is. xi. I]: Emulemini, fratres, spiritus sancti carismata'. f. 110b.

6. No. xxxix seems to be a paraphrase of a sermon by Petrus Lombardus printed by Hauréau in his Not. el Extr. iv, p. 44. Beg. 'Quis dabit mihi pennas, &c. [Ps. liv. 7]: Hec dicere uidetur peccator'. f. 114.

7. Nos. xliv, xlv are two of the few sermons among those printed by Beaugendre (nos. 141, 88, Migne, clxxi. 947, 751) which seem to be really by Hildebert of Le Mans. ff. 117 b, 119.

8. No. lxx, printed by Beaugendre as Hild. no. 120, is really by Geoffrey Babion (Not. et Extr. xxxii, pt. 2, p. 159, cf. 8 B. XIII, 8 A. xi). f. 176.

9. The authors of the following are undiscovered (a) No. xxxii, 'Aduentus ab aduentu' (cf. Hauréau's Not. et Extr. iv, p. 105). f. 102;-(b) No. xxxv, 'Primi parentes peccato transgressionis exigente' (cf. 10 A. XII, f. 70b). f. 106 b;-(c) No. xxxviii = Hild. no. 67 of Beaugendre (Not. et Extr. xxxii, pt. 2, p. 139). f. 112 b;-(d) No. xl, 'Post multa pericula'. f. 115 b; -(e No. xli, 'Verba sunt sapientie Ego quasi' (Hauréau, ii, p. 275). f. 116;-(f) No. xlii, 'Omnes sicientes uenite, &c. [Is. lv. I]: Quia reuelata sunt'. f. 116 b;-(g) No. xliii, 'Viam trium dierum, &c. [Exod. iii. 18]: Historia satis nota est sed paries'. f. 117;-(h) No. xlvii,' Panem anglorum, &c. [Ps. lxxvii. 25]: Non lateat nos' (cf. 10 A. XII, f. 109). f. 124;-(i) No.xlviii,'Habemus altare, &c. [Heb. xiii. 10]: Fratres mei eius 'uerba' (Hauréau, ii. 273). f. 128; -(k) No. li, 'Descendit sicut pluuia, &c: [Ps. lxxi. 6]: Duplicem Christi aduentum'. f. 135 b;-(l) No. lii, 'Iacob post luctamen' (Hauréau, ii. 273). f. 137 b;-(m) No. liii, 'Ex Egypto uocaui, &c. [Matth. ii. 15]: Tria essa loca' (cf. 10 A. XII, f. 50 b, Hauréau, iii. p. 146). f. 140 b;-(n) No. liv. 'Vidit Iacob in somnis, &c. [Gen. xxviii. 12]: Visio est triplex' (cf. 10 A. XII, f. 104). f. 144;-(o) No. lviii, 'Cantate deo, &c. [Ps. lxvii. 5]: Paschalis festiuitas monet'. f. 155 b;-(p) No. Lx, 'Super muros tuos Ierusalem, &c. [Is. lxii. 6]: Haec sunt uerba Ysaie'. f. 158b;-(q) No.lxi, 'In regno quidem nullus in errore autem quisque consortem'. f. 161 b;-(r) No. lxii, 'Exiit edictum a Cesare, &c. [Luke ii. il: Proprietas uisibilium'. f. 163 b;-(s) No. lxiii, 'Disposui ascensiones, &c. [Ps. lxxxiii. 6]: Homo in peccatum'. f. 164 b;-(t) No. lxiv, 'Quis dabit mihi pennas, &c [Ps. liv. 7]: Ecce alter Petrus' (cf. Add. 19724, f. 103 b, Hauréau, ii, p. 322). f. 165 b;-(u) No. lxv, 'Audiam quid loquatur, &c. [Ps. lxxxiv. 9]: Dauid regum summus'. f. 166 b;-(v) No. lxvii, 'Filii Israel manducauerunt, &c. [Exod. xvi. 35] Audiuimus, karissimi, quid fecit'. f. 170;-(w) No. lxviii, 'In exitu Israel, &c. [Ps. cxiii. I]: Dum in Egypto populus'. f. 173;-(x) No. lxix = Hild. 138 of Beaugendre, Migne, clxxi. 940 (cf. Hauréau, ii, p. 223). f. 175;-(y) No. lxxi, 'Deum time, &c. [Eccl. xii. 13]: Hoc est omnis homo' (cf. 10 A. XII, f. 60 b, Haréau, ii, p. 224). f. 178;-

(z) No. lxxli, 'Quattuor reges aduersus quinque, &c. [Gen. xiv. 9]: Wllius prophetic misterium' (cf. 2 D. XXXVII, art. 3, no. 6, and Hauréau, ii, p. 223). f. 180;-(aa) No. lxxiii, 'Salomon fecit sibi thronum, &c. [3 Reg. x 18]: Non solum Salomon'(cf. 2 D. XXXVII, art. 3, Hauréau, iii, p. 147). Incomplete. f. 182;-(bb) No. lxxiv. 'Vidi et ecce manus domini, &c. [Ez. ii. 9]: Sermo quem audistis' (cf. 10 A. XII, f. 105). f. 185;-(cc) No. lxxvi, 'Quasi Libanus nom incisus, &c. [Eccl. xxiv. 21]: Quoniam adest' (cf. 10 A. XII, f. 106 b). f. 187;-(dd) No. lxxix, 'Verbum abbreuiatum faciet, &c. [Rom. ix.

28]: Verbum breue' (cf. 10 A. XII, f. 54 b). f. 193 b;-(ee) No. lxxxi, 'In deo salutari, &c. [Luke i. 47]: Illius fratres mei'. f. 198. Vellum; ff. 200. 133/4 in. x 93/4 in. Late XII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves, with catchwords (generally cut away). Double columns. Sec. fol.'-tur super colles'. Large illuminated initial on f. 1; others in red and blue. Only one rubric (to sermon ii) is inserted, but directions for several others, giving the names of festivals for which the sermons are written. Belonged to Rochester Priory, 'Liber de claustro Roffensi per I. priorem', perhaps John de Renham, 1262- 1283. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 813' (Westm, invent. of 1542, Add. MS. 25469, f. 34); cat. of 1666, f. 2 b; CMA. 7978.