Royal MS 8 A VI

TREATISES on theology, dictamen, grammar and logic, in Latin, nearly all fragmentary, interspersed with theological and grammatical commonplaces, in several hands, in prose and verse. The more important frag-

ments are as follows (the commonplaces, &c., being noticed at the end):-

1. 'Leo papa de conflictu viciorum et virtutum' (so later title in a Canterbury librarian's hand): the tract (by Pope Leo IX) printed in Migne, Patr. Lat. cxliii.

559 (cf. 5 A. I, art. 8, &c.). It has also been ascribed to S. Ambrose (ib. xvii. 1057), S. Augustine (ib. xl. 1091), S. Chrysostom, S. Isidore (ib. lxxxiii. 1131), Leo the Great (Opera, Louvain, 1566), and Ambrose Autpert. Beg. 'Apostolica uox clamat per orbem'. Imperfect, ending 'nec in corde tacitum', but a short passage in continuation has been added among the commonplaces on f. 9. f. 6. Commonplaces on ff. 9-11, though apparently in another hand, are similarly rubricated.

2. Sermons and homiletic material, chiefly on verses from the Psalms. Imperfect at beginning and end. The first complete sermon beg. 'Beatus homo quem tu erudieris, domine, &c. [Ps. xciii. 12]: Homini ad beatitudinem'. Two contain references to Saladin (his prison, f. 12, his winding-sheet, f. 14 b), and on f. 15b is a miracle-tale of a priest and a jewess. The article beg. '. . . et se sic in baratrum', and ends 'transitum suum et circum'. f. 12.

3. A similar collection. The first complete sermon beg. 'Inimici domini, &c. [Ps. xxxvi. 20]: Contra ma. Iorum secularem excellentiam'. Beg. '. . . Nemias misit ad puteum', and ends 'grece iperphanos'. f. 17.

4. 'Formularius curie Rothomagensis': adictaminal collection for the diocese of Rouen. Without-names or dates. Beg. 'Citatio prima. Officialis Roth. tali presbytero'. f. 21.

5. Commentary on the Parvum volumen Prisciani, or Priscianus minor (i. e. libb. xvii, xviii of the Institutes). The title is cut off. Imperfect at the end. Beg. 'Vt uult Aristoteles libro de anima quod lingua congruit'. Breaks off 'ut supponens'. f 29.

6. Tract on certain 'sophismata' or selected sentences raising questions in grammar or logic. Imperfect at the beginning and by loss of four or more leaves after f. 36. The only completed discourse begins on f. 38 with the example 'Modio uini ad denarium, ue illi qui non habet. Circa presentem oracionem'. The method re' sembles that of some quotations given by Thurot in Not. et Extr. xxii, p. 318, from Siger de Brabant. Beg. ' . . .ucl aliquid tale'. f. 36.

7. Another treatise on logic or grammar. Imperfect at the beginning. Deals with the terms 'suppositio', Ire. strictio', 'distributio', &c. Beg. terminus autem aut significat uniuersale', and ends 'minor illa in qua idem de se ipso predicatur'. ff. 47, 48, 51, 52. Art. 8 is interposed in the midst of art. 7.

8. Fragment of an astronomical tract treating of the solar and lunar motions and of eclipses. Imperfeet at the beginning. Beg. facto diuidatur totum collectum per 60'. f. 49.

9. A series of introductory notes to commentaries on the books of the Aristotelian Organon, viz..-(a) To Porphyrius' Isagoge. Beg. 'Tres sunt partes in quibus philosophia diuiditur. Est enim racionalis'. f. 53;-

(b) To Aristotle's De Interpretatione, 'Cum attendatur duplex sermo'. f. 53 b;-(c) To Aristotle's Categoriae, 'Vt testantur philosophi, anima creata est imperfecta'. f. 54;-(d) To Aristotle's Topica, 'Quoniam, ut testatur ab actoribus naturalibus'. f. 54b;-(e) Another introduction to the Categories, 'Omnis aceptio anime est duplex'. f 55 b.

10. Treatise on logic, very roughly scribbled and illustrated with diagrams. Beg. '[Vt dici]t Tullius, ars est conleccio multorum principiorum'. Ends 'quod fuit in arca Noe fuit animal'. ff. 57-62b, 65-67. Art. 11 is interposed in the midst of art. 10. It is preceded by a diagram of certain kinds of relation.

11. Two grammatical treatises, viz. :-(a) An introduction to Priscian's Parvum volumen, beg. 'Grammatica est naturale principium discipline vel grammatica est ars recte scribendi'. f. 63b;-(b) Fragment of a tract called in Burney MS. 315, f. 2, Summade Regiminibus. Beg. 'Quoniam ex significacione uerbi cognita'. Breaks off 'construitur cum gemino'. f. 64.

12. Treatise on logic. Begins (after some grammatical commonplaces, of which the beginning is lost) 'Introducendis in artem dialecticam primo uidendum quid sit ars'. Imperfect at the end, breaking off 'materia duplex est'. f. 68. Among the scattered commonplaces are:-(a) Brief expositions of the Lord's Prayer from S. Augustine, De Sermone in Monte, lib. ii (Migne, Patr. Lat. xxxiv. 1276), and of the Commandments from a spurious sermon of the same, no. xxi (ib. xxxix. 1783). ff. 2, 2 b ;-(b) Brief expositions from unidentified sources of the Apostles' Creed, f. 5 b, Sacraments, f. 27 b, Lord's Prayer again, f. 65 b, and parts of a church, f. 66 b ;-(c) Sermons on Zach. ix. 9, f. 4 b, on Joel i. 14, f. 10, and on Gen. ix. 13, f. 10 b;-(d) The 'quindecim signa' of S. Jerome (cf. 7 D. XVII, art. 23). f. 5 b;-(e)Ahymn (3 x 12 lines) beg. 'Homo puluis, homo cinis, / tuum esse dum diffinis'. f. 9 ;-(f) The 'octo uicia' of Serapion' apud Cassianum, coll. v, cap. 2 (Migne, xlix. 611, cf. 8 F. VIII, f. 173 b). f 9;-(g) Fragment (eleven lines) of the metrical penitentiary beg. 'Peniteas cito, peccator', with notes as in 9 A. XIV, art. 26. f. 10 b;-(h) The seven impossibilitics (cf. 8 C. IV, f. 7 b, and ib. clxxvii. 189), beg. 'Septem sunt que non inuenit'. f. 24 b;-(i) Some corrupt verses, beg. 'Homo miser, conspice condicionis statum misere'. f. 24 b;-

(k) Fragment of the same verses on measures of length which occur in 11 B. XV, f. 1 b, beg 'Quinque pedes passum faciunt'. f. 24 b;-

(l) Six lines beg. 'Anglia terra ferax et fertilis angulus orbis', which are quoted by Bartholomaeus de Proprietate Rerum (Hist. Lift. de la France, xxx, p. 362). f. 24 b;-(m) Forms of letters for the private correspondence of a scholar at Paris. ff. 24 b-25 b ;-

(n) Mnemonic verses on the Commandments (as in 8 D. XIV, f. 8), Articles, Lord's Prayer, Creation (from Petrus Riga), &c., and proverbs. ff. 25-28 b passim ;-(o) Verses (2z x 4 lines) on orthography and grammatical points. Beg. 'Plurium est seraphin per n si scribatur'. In the last line but three, 'Sed tu de Garlandia surge, 'Square dormis?' is a reference to the quarter of Paris chiefly frequented by the grammarians. f. 26;-(p) Grammatical notes, chiefly on impersonal and defective verbs. f. 26 b;-(q) A hymn (2 x 12 + 2 x 6 + 2 x 12 + 2 x 6 lines) beg. 'Aue, rosa uirginum, / noua salus hominum'. f. 27;-(r) A distinction (perhaps facetious, or as an example of fallacy?) between 'dominus' and 'domnus'. f.66. The fly-leaf (f. i) is from some treatise of scholastic theology in a late 13th cent. hand, containing quaestiones numbered iii-vi, 'de anima Christi'. On several pages (ff. 12 b, 17, 52) a late 16th cent. owner has scribbled English verse, including (f. 52) lines beg. 'We make noe spare of John Hunkes mare', printed by T. Wright, Nursery Rhymes (Percy Soc. 1842), p. 15.

Vellum; ff. 72. 71/2 in. x 6 in. Late XIII cent. Most of the bands very minute and much contracted. Sec. fol. 'deum unum' (f. 3) or 'ipsum' (f. 7). Belonged to St. Augustine's, Canterbury, with press-mark (f. 6) 'dist. ix. gr. i.' (no. 820 in the cat. printed by M. R. James, Anc. Libr. of Cant. p. 283); but on the fly-leaf (f. 1 b) is a later press-mark 'dist. 7, gr. 5' and the note 'Liber Will de Clara (cf. 11 B. XIV), quem portauit ad sanctum Augustinum'. Afterwards belonged to John Theyer. Theyer sale-cat. no. 244; CMA. 6567.