Royal MS 8 D X

'SERMONES Parisiensis' (so late title): homilies on the gospels throughout the year, printed as part ii of the sermons of Guillaume d'Auvergne, Bishop of Par's 1228-1249 (Opera, Orleans, 1674, ii, p. 159), but really, it would seem, the work of Guillaume Pdrault, Prior of the Dominicans at Lyons (d. 1275), since the author frequently refers to his Summa de Virtutibus (see 10 B. II art. 1, CC Lecoy de la Marche, Chaire Française, p. 122). The sermons are here numbered 1-225 (30 is omitted), but differ from the 134 printed homilies only in the method of division and in the addition of serm.

225 on the 25th Sund. after Trin., which consists of a reference (given also in 8 E. XI) to Midlent Sunday followed here by 'verumptamen quedam moralia hic addentur. Est puer unus hic, &c. : Moraliter per istos quinque panes', &c. Sermon i beg. 'Dicite filie Syon, &c.: In verbis istis habent predicatores'. f. 4. At the end (f. 196) is an alphabetical index of subjects (beg. 'Abscondit se Iesus lapidandus'), with colophon 'Ex. plicit tabula libri sermonum secundum egregium doctorem Parisiensem, &c. quod H.W. A.' The fly-leaves (ff. 1-3, 203-205) contain theological commonplaces, including two sermons, viz.:-(a) On 1 Cor. v. 8, beg. 'Epulemur in azimis sinceritatis et veritatis: Reuerendi mei, prout colligere possumus'. The text is translated (f. 1 b) into English, ' Make we oure plentevous feste or gystnyng / in ciere clennesse and trewe lyuyng'. f. 1;-(b) On Joh. iv. 28, 'Reliquit Mulierydriam suam et abiit in ciuitatem: Reuerendi mei, verba ista euangelistc Iohannis verba sunt narrantis'. The text is translated (f. 204) 'Thys woman hath leued her vesseil of clay / and in to þe cyte ys wend hur way'. f. 203 b. At f. 203 is a moralization on chess, probably taken from the Communiloquium of John le Walleys (cf. 12 E. XXI, art. 11). Beg. 'Nota quod mundus iste totus quoddam scaccarium est'. Vellum; ff. 206. 101/4 in. x 71/4 in. XV cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves, with catchwords. Double columns. Sec. fol. 'corporalis aliquando' or 'hospicio nostro'. On f. 205 b (cf. f. 3 b) is an erased note of ownership, 'Iste liber constat Edwardo Wreche (?) vicario de .... wath (?), cuius anime propicietur deus, et si quem hunc librum habere contingat, oret specialiter [pro animis predicti] Edwardi, parentum suorum et omnium benefactorum'. On f. 206 is noted in an early 16th cent. hand 'istum librum emi London. a Pye stacyonario, prec. xx.s.' Belonged to John Theyer, whose name with 'libr. 18s.' is on f. 1. Theyer sale-cat. no. 105 (ticket on f. 1); CMA. 6617.

includes:

• ff. 196-202b H. W. A., scribe: Wrote: 15th cent.