Royal MS 8 A XV

THEOLOGICAL TRACTS and commonplaces, in Latin, English and French, viz.:-

1. The Summa de Paenitentia of Thomas de Chabham (cf. 8 F. XIII, art. 1). Imperfect by loss of one leaf at the beginning and also at the end, breaking off in the chapter on simony 'nonne committunt'. Beg. ' . . . penitenciam non habet. flenda autem ulterius'. f. 2. In the same hand is a paragraph on the fly-leaf, beg. 'Duas repperi in humana miseria ualde sibi contrarias'. f. 1 b.

2. The confessional formula, sometimes attributed (8 C. VII, art. 15, 11 B. III, art. 20) to Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln (1235-1253), of which other copies, varying greatly among themselves, are in 8 B. X, art. 5, 8 E. XVII, art. 5. Without title. Beg. 'Superbia. Qui scienter et prudenter peccauerit'; ends 'ad spectacula ire consueuerit'. f. 120).

3. Theological commonplaces in Latin. The greater number fall under two heads, viz.:-(a) Notes on peccatum, pena, perdicio, perfectio, petitio, Petrus, primogeni. tus, populus, prope, puer, piscis, and some other words, probably derived from some alphabetical collection of

distinctiones resembling those of William de Monte and Maurice; (b) Extracts, in a perverted order, from the Summa called Qui bene praesunt of Richard Wether. shed (cf. 7 A. IX, art. 2), see especially ff. 136, 139 b, 141, 14i b, 149-159. The sources of the rest are probably various. Beg. 'Diabolus maritauit se sic peccato'. f. 122.

4. 'Ieronimus de membris domini': the so-called Summa S. Hieronymi de Essentia et Invisibilitate et Immensitate Dei, also attributed to S. Eucherius, S. Bonaventura, and others (cf. 5 A. XII, art. 6, &c.). Beg. 'Omnipotens deus pater et filius'; ends 'manifestum demonstrare'. f. 159 b.

5. 'Tractatus de canone misse', probably by Richard of Wedinghausen, a Praemonstratensian (cf. 8 A. XI, art. 2). The text agrees with that MS. in ending at 'in tercio uero est differencia', but has two paragraphs added at the end. Beg. ' In virtute sancte crucis et sacramento altaris'. f. 163 b.

6. Further commonplaces. Beg. 'Superiores Sera. phyn'. Li7o.

7. Notes, apparently in a connected form, on pcnance. Beg. 'Tria sunt ex quibus constat penitencie perfeccio'. f. 180.

8. Notes: (a) On the death and personal characteristics of the Apostles. f. 182 b;-(b) On the ages of the world. f. 183;-(c) On the three Marys. f. 183;-(d) On the Lord's Prayer, beg. 'Pater noster dicitur quia habet filium'. f. 183 b.

9. The Lord's Prayer and Creed in English, as below. The scribe, who leaves some words blank, uses w instead of g or 3, and y for both þ and y. f. 184. Houre fader yat art in heuene holi be yi name. yi riche mote comen. yi wille be ydon. al so in heuene and in herye. wyf hus to

day hycheday bred. for wyf hus houre mnytedyn al so we for wyuen hem yat hus hauen mys don aghen hus. lethe hus nouur vnder fondinge. buthe les hus hut of senne.' Amen. so mot yit ben. Y leue in god fader al weldinde maker of heuene and of herye. And yi leue in iesu crist ys hone lepy sone. hure louerd. yat was kened your ye holi gost. y boren of Ye uirgine marie. ypyned under ponce pylate. ynaled on ye rode. ded and yburied. he lyte in to helle. Ye yridday aros from deye to lyue. Ye stey into heuene. ye syt on is fader ryit hond god al weldinde. for ... (sic) he sal comen to demen ye quike and Ye dede. Hy leue in Ye holi gost. hy leue al holi chereche. hy leue . . . (sic) of haluen. hy leue sennes forwynesse. hy leue fleys up rist. hi leue ... (sic) lif yat heuere scal lasten. Amen. yat ys soyt wit huten falie.

10. Note on the progeny of Noah. Beg. 'Tres fuerunt filii Noe'; ends 'In Europa sunt patrie xiiii. (sic) scilicet Ytalia, Calabria, Yspanya, Almannya, Macedonya, Tra. cedonya, Dalmacia, Pannonya, Colonia, Gallia, Britannya, Ybernia et Austaulia'. f. 184 b.

11. 'Septem sunt articuli fidei', &c. : a tract continued in French on the sacraments and commandments. Beg. 'Sacremenz de seinteglise sunt vii'. f. 185. On f. 1 is a note by John Theyer of ten books which, Mr Iacks.n hath of mine', 20 July, 1647, i.e. probably Henry Jackson, of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, rector of Meysey-Hampton 1630- 1662. Vellum; ff. 187. 73/4 in. x 51/4 in. First half of XIII cent. 'Gatherings, i-x¹², xi⁸, xii⁸, xiii¹², xiv¹², xv⁸, xvi¹², xvii⁸. Sec. fol. 'penitenciam non'. Initials in red and blue. Theyer sale-cat. no. 221; CMA. 6482.