Royal MS 8 D IV

MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS on theological and canon law subjects, in Latin, viz. - 1. Tract on the arrangement of the epistles, gospels, and lessons throughout the year. Beg. 'Omnia tempus habent, &c. [Eccl. iii. i]: Igitur cum officium diuinum ecclesie diuersificetur per annum'; ends 'cognoscentes dominum in eternum'. f. 1.

2. Table of the Commandments, Plagues of Egypt, and Virtues, followed by an explanatory tract, which beg. 'Iste inordinatus est ordo peccandi contra amorem'. f. 7 b.

3. 'Incipit hic quidam tractatus euangeliorum sancti Iohannis euangeliste prout sequitur' (in the colophon 'Moralitates S. Ioh. euang.'): a commentary on the gospels taken from S. John. Part at least appears to

be derived from the (lost ?) work of Anselm of Laon. Beg. 'In principio erat uerbum, &c.: In hiis verbis primo ponitur anime rationalis profectus interior'. The original colophon, 'Explicit hic totum pro Christo da mihi potum', is struck through by the rubricator. f. 8 b.

4. 'Incipit hic quidem (sic) tractatus ex patrum nostrorum doctrinis qui vocatur Quinque Verba': a short anonymous summa in five parts explaining 'Que sunt (i) credenda, (ii) diligenda, (iii) observanda, (iv) vitanda, (v) a sacerdotibus exercenda'. For other copies see 10 C. I, art. 3, and Harley MSS. 52, f. 83, 3120, f. 118, Burney MS. 356, f. 36 b, Add. MS. 15237, f. 5 b. Beg. 'In nomine domini, &c. Volentes simplicium sacerdotum ignoranciis subueniri'; ends 'post baptismum tollit peccatum'. f. 38.

5. 'De fine Adam et qualiter crux domini facta fuit': the legend of the Oil of Mercy and Wood of the Cross in the fully developed form as printed by Wilhelm Meyer (Bavarian Academy, Abhandl., Phit. Classe, Bd. xvi, Pt. ii, p. 131), and from this and other MSS. in Hermann Suchier's Denkmäler Provenzalischer Literatur, Bd. i (Halle, 1883), p. 166. Other copies are in 6 E. VI, f. 45, 8 E. XVII, art. 31, and Cotton MS. Vesp. D. XIII, f. 141, Harley MSS. 495, f. 51, 2851, f. 45, Arundel MS.

326, f. 36b, Sloane MS. 289, f. 70. Beg. 'Post peccatum Ade de paradiso expulsi'. f. 41.

6. Metrical abbreviation of the two summae (De Paenitentia, cf. 8 A. II, and De Matrimonio) of the canonist S. Raymund de Pennaforti (d. 1275, General of the Dominicans 1238-1240) in about 1,300 hexameters, by Adam, a Cistercian monk of Allersbach in Bavaria. Without author's name, title, or commentary. The text generally resembles that of the earliest printed edition (s. l. 1485?), except towards the end, where the scribe has blundered and only partly corrected his errors. Preface (13 lines) beg. 'Summula de summis Reumundi prodiit ista'; text, 'Quando paras calicem, tunc vinum purius illi'. f. 43.

7. Three sets of mnemonic verses on the casus reservati, &c., viz.:-(a) Twelve lines beg. 'Hiis casibus magno iuris gladio feriuntur'. f. 50 b;-(b) Three lines beg. 'Per. cle. con. fran. de. co. falsans communicans. que'. f. 51;-(c) Seven lines beg. 'Percutiens clerum cadit in sen., excipiuntur'. f. 51.

8. Canon law notes in prose, viz.:-(a) List of casus reservati, beg. 'Nota quod quedam adherent pape'. f. 51;-(b) 'De potestate episcopi', beg. 'Potest permutare prebendas'. f. 51 b.

9. Legenda Sanctorum apparently selected from the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (i292-i298), comprising the greater part of the following chapters (ed. Graesse, 1846), viz. 1-5, 8-11, 32, 72, 70, 35, 6, 13, 14, 58. Some are abridged, chiefly by omission of whole paragraphs. The etymologiae are included, but not the prefaces to the four divisions of the year. In ch. 6 is introduced a story of S. Francis. Without title. Beg. 'Aduentus domini per quatuor septimanas agitur'. f. 52.

At the end (f. 75) is added in a later hand a legend of S. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, headed 'Contra superbiam', beg. 'Euenit semel quod quidam seruus'.

10 'Summa mag. Roberti Grosseteste de officio pastorali, cui nomen Templum Domini': the work (cf. 5 F. XV, art. 5, 7 A. IX, art. 20) of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln (1235-1253). Interpolated are several sets of winemonic verses. Beg. ' Templum domini sanctum est, &c., I Cor. iii [17]: Sermo iste quamuis omnes tangat'. Metrical colophon, 'Officium scriptum pastorum continet illud. / Gemma sacerdotum, donatus presbiterorum / et prelatorum speculum liber iste vocatur. / Attamen est proprium Templum Domini sibi nomen'. f. 76.

11. The constitution Quia ex contractibus of the provincial Council of London, 1238 (Wilkins, Concilia, ii.

554), with a commentary showing how it goes beyond the decretal Cum inhibitio (Decr. Greg. ix, lib. iv, tit. iii, cap. 3) and terming it 'pessimum statutum promulgatum in Cantuariensi provincia'. f. 84.

12. Part of a Paenitentiale. Beg. 'Penitencias a sanctis patribus traditas . . . huc usque collegimus. Nunc vero quomodo penitencie ille temperari valeant'; ends 'tantum facinus perpetrasse'. f. 84 b.

13. Drafts of letters (on a blank leaf, in a later hand than the body of the MS.), viz.:-(a) 'Ricardus de Stafford, dominus de Aston sub Egge' [Richard de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, younger brother of Ralph, 1st Earl of Stafford, and father of Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter] to John [Barnet,] Bishop of Worcester, presenting Robert Amyas, of Comberton Magna, co. Worc., to the rectory of Aston-sub-Edge, co. Glouc., vacant by the resignation of dom. Thomas; [1362-1364]. f. 87;-(b) The same to the same, presenting to the same church of S. Leonard, Aston-sub-Edge, dom. Johannes de Waldynne in accordance with an exchange agreed between the said John and dom. Thomas Mogge de Defford, rector of Aston; Aston, 17 Jul. 1362. f. 87;-

(c) Proxy of Thomas de Defford, rector of Aston, to dom. Joh. Copyn, rector eccl. de Hesebache [Evesbatch, co. Heref.], and dom. Robertus Amyas, rector eccl. de Ridemarleygh dabitot [Redmarley d'Abitot, co. Worc.], for his institution to the church of Aston; Aston, 18 Aug. 1362. To be sealed with the seal of the deanery of Pershore. f. 87;-(d) Grimbaldus Pauncefod, dom. de Cricchowel, to A[dam Houghton,] Bishop of St. David's, presenting the same Thomas Mogge to Lancaddok [Llangadock, co. Carmarth.]; [1361-1389]. Imperfect. f. 87 b. Artt. 14-16 are in 13th cent. hands.

14. Allegoriae in Vetus Testamentum, probably by Hugo de S. Victore (cf 8 A. VIII). Without title or author's name. Marginal notes. Preface beg. 'In precedentibus premissa'; text, 'In princtpio, &c. : Celum significat summa'. f. 88.

15. 'Hic incipiunt similitudines': the last two similes (cxciii, cxciv) in the Liber de S. Anselmi Similitudinibus (Migne, Patr. Lat. clix. 702). They occur separately, however, in the majority of MSS. (cf. 8 D. VII, art. 21). Beg. 'Sicut miles temporalis armis munitus est'. f. 112.

16. 'Similitudines': a collection of much briefer images, ascribed in Merton Coll. MS. cclvii at Oxford to William de Monte, Chancellor of Lincoln. Beg. 'Amor terrenus inuiscat animam'. Imperfect at end. f. 113 b. On the fly-leaf (f. 114) are scribbled in early 15th cent. hands, (a) A charm, in Latin, against toothache;-(b) Mythical statistic., (cf. 7 D. XXI, f. 2 b) of the number of parishes, &c., in England ;-

(c) Recipe in French for making gunpowder, viz. 'Pernietz vn quantite de sulfre vyf et quatre tant de salpere, puys pernietz ouelemenant (?) tant desz carbouns de wyzt wiþy, cum auict de sulfre auantdit et puis moliet toz ceuz trop bien ensemble et si auriet boun poudre pur voliez crakes et gonne-mez gardiet que vostre pudre [soit] bien molu et secch';-(d) Some medical recipes, &c., in Latin - Vellum; ff. 114. 101/4 in. x 7 in. XIV and (artt. 14-16) XIII centt. Gatherings, i-iii¹², iv⁸, vi-viii¹², ix⁸, x¹⁰, xi⁸. Sec. fol. 'cum diescit'. Initials in red. An owner's name on f. 114, 'Iste liber constat domino Ricardo de Haselore presbytero', with anathema and 'precium huius libri restat xx.s. ad minorem valenciam'. Belonged also (f. 1) to 'Parshare', i.e. Pershore Abbey. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 873' (Westm. invent. of 1542, Add. MS. 25469, f. 36) ; cat. of 1666, f. 16; CMA. 8189, 8183.