Royal MS 8 F IV

SERMONS and other theological collections, in Latin, viz.:-

1. Sermones dominicales [by Nicolaus de Aquaevilla. al. Lugdunensis], chiefly homilies on the gospels. Nearly the same collection as in 5 F. xvii, where it is wrongly ascribed to Bede, and 8 A. x, art. I4, where only the first half occurs. There are, however, a good manyomissions compared with those MSS. andseveral additions of sermons for festivals other than Sundays. Five of these occur also in the printed text, Paris, 1519. Fifty sermons in all, the MS. being imperfect and breaking off in the 25th Sunday after Trinity. Beg. 'Dicile filie Syon Ecce rex tuus [Matth. xxi. 5]: Verba ista assumpta sunt a Zacharia'. f. 2.

2. Liber scintillarum, by Defensor (cf 6 D. V, art. 2, 7 C. iv, art. i). Ascribed in Theyer's hand to Cassiodorus ; for other attributions see 8 B. XVIII, &c. Without title or preface. The chapter De doctoribus, omitted in Migne's text, is present. Beg. 'Dominus dicit in euuangelio Maiorem caritatem'. f. 73.

3. Thework, of unknown authorship, variously called Meditationes S. Bernardi or Hugo de S. Victore de Anima(cf. 6 B. XI, art.9). Without title. Beg.'Multi multa sciunt et semetipsos nesciunt'. f. 99. At the end (f. 108 b) is appended the passage from Paulinus Forojuliensis beg. 'Perfectissima atque plenissima iusticia' (cf. 8 C. VIII, art. 23).

4. 'Incipit epistola Alquini ad Wydonem comitem de vtilitate anime' : the Liber de Virtutibus et Vitiis of Alcuin (cf. 6 A. XI, art. 2, Migne, Patr. Lat. ci. 613). With prefatory letter to Count Wydo. Preface beg. Dileetissimo filio, &c. Memor peticionis tue'; text, 'Primo omnium querendum est homini que sit vera sapiencia'. f. 110.

5. 'Incipit liber beati Leonis pape de conflictu viciorum atque virtutum': the treatise attributed to Pope Leo IX (S. Bruno of Egisheim, Bishop of Toul 1026. Pope 1049-1054), printed in Migne, cxliii. 559 (cf. 7 D. XXVI, art. 11, 8 A. VI, art. 1). Beg. 'Apostolica uox clamat per orhem'. f. 119 b.

6. 'Exposicio super Aue maris stella': the commentary [of Stephen Langton] on the hymn [by Venan. tius Fortunatus] 'Ave maris stella, / Dei Mater alma' (cf. 8 A. X, art. 11, 8 C. VII, art. 5). Beg. 'Aue maris stella, &c. : In hoc versu continetur laus virginis quadripartita'. Imperfect, breaking off in the third stanza. f. 125 b. On the fly-leaves are notes in a late isth cent. hand, viz.:-(a) Mem. quod Joh. Vivian pro reparacione aule mee debet habere xx.s. et xl.d. cum grosso pactiuo tali condicione quod ipse reparabit aulam duobus lateribus cum duobus fenestris vt diuiditur inter nos, item faciet unum solarium', &c., with notes of various payments at Newbrig, Bylynghyrst [Billingshurst, co. Suss.], and Merynden. f.1 b;-(b) 'Anno dom. mo (sic, for mcccc) nonagesimo primo per pactum scilicet inter vicarium de Rugwyk [Rudgewick, co. Suss.] et vicarium de Bylynghyrst tali condicione quod predictus vicarius de Rugwyk emit unum portiforium tali precio sicut inde exprimitur per dies solucionis, viz. primo ad festum Trinitatis a data presentium xl.d. (and three similar payments), teste signo manuali predicti vicarii hic posito'. f. 131 b. Vellum ; ff. 132. 11 in. x 8 in. XV cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves (v7), with catchwords. Double columns. Sec. fol. 'Syon ecce'. Initials in red and blue. On f. 1 b is the obliterated note Nomen scriptoris Ricardus H . . . . . .'. Belonged (f. 109) to

Rich. Elyot, rector of Byfleet [co. Surrey, 1527-1539]; afterwards to John Theyer, sen., in whose hand is the title to art. 2. Theyer sale-cat. no. 89 (see f. 1); CMA. 6647.