Royal MS 8 F XI

THEOLOGICAL TRACTS of a controversial nature, in Latin, viz.

1. 'Epistola Samuelis Israelite ad Rabi Ysaac de aduentu Messie': Latin translation by the Spanish Dominican Alfonsus Bonihominis [Buenhombrel from the Arabic of a letter of Samuel, a Jew of Fezlconverted 10871 to Isaac, master of the synagogue at 'Subiulmeta' in Morocco. Dedicatory letter, dated at Paris, to Hugo [de Vaucemain], Master of the Dominican order (1333- 1341). Printed Cologne, 1475, &c. For another disputation by the same author and translator see 6 E. iii, art. 40. Preface beg. 'Reuerendissimo, &c. Cum ergo propter paruitatem'; text, 'Conseruet te deus, o frater'. Ends 'super thronum meum, sed nos dei sumus, &c.' f. 5.

2. 'Tractatus testimonialium': two tracts on Christian apologetics, viz. :-(a) 'Testimonia gentilium de Christo', wherein the author adduces Ovid, Virgil, Aristotle, Avicenna, and others. Beg. (wanting a preface?) 'Circa primum sciendum quod Ouidius'. f. 18b;-(b) Without title: directed against the Jews. Beg. 'In isto secundo tractatu intendo principaliter inuestigare vtrum ex scripturis'. Colophon, 'Expliciunt tractatus testimonialium', f. 27.

3. 'Pharetra fidei contra Iudeos': a dialogue between Ecclesia and Synagoge, attributed in many German MSS. to Theobald, a Dominican, styled sometimes (Vienna MS. 4396) Subprior of Paris. The work printed in several early editions (Hain, Repert 6678, cf J. C. Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. iv, p. 556) as Errores Iudeorum extracti ex Talmud is for the most part only another recension of this tract. Beg. 'Acuite sagittas, implete pharetras ad prosternendas wlpeculas'; ends 'locutus sum ut facerem ei', &c. f. 43. Art. 4 is in a later hand.

4. 'Woderord reddit rationem condempnacionis articulorum sequencium': tract by William Woodford, al. Wydford (cf. 7 B. III), on the eighteen articles from John Wycliffe's writings condemned in 1396. Addressed to Thomas [Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury. Dated at Framlingham Castle, co. Suff., Easter eve, s. a. Printed in Edward Brown's edition of Fasciculus Rerum Expetendarum (London, 1690), i, p. 191. Other copies are in Harley MSS. 31, f. 95, 42, f. 125. Beg. 'Venerabili in Christo patri . . . Reuerendissime pater, man. datis vestris subtemperando causas condempnacionis' ends 'per tempora longiora. Amen'. f. 61. The vellum fly-leaves are:-(a) From a late 13th cent. MS. of the Compilatio Tertia or collection of decretals by Petrus Beneventanus, part of lib. ii, viz. tituli xv, cap. ii-xvi, cap. 2, xix, capp. 3-8. ff. 1, 4;-(b) From an carly i4th cent. MS. of Aristotle's Physics, the same Latin version as in 12 G. II, art. 1, containing lib. v, capp. 7-58. ff. 92, 93, 2, 3, 94, 95 in that order. On f. 94b is a note

'S. Nectanus martyr apud abathiam de Herlond, [Hartland] in comitatu Deuon. festum eius in festo s. Botulphi [17 June, ace Oliver's Monasticon Exoniense, p. 2041. Paper, except the outer and inner sheets of the quires in art. 4, and the fly-leaves, which are vellum ; ff. 95. 111/4 in. x 8 in. Artt. 1-3 in a German hand of the end of XIV cent. with initials in red; art. 4 in an English XV cent. hand. Sec. fol. in art. 1 'prophetas, &c.'. On f. 5 is the note 'Istud opus emi in Colonia in ecciesia assumpcionis beate virginis anno dom. 1401 a quodam magistro arclum'. A 15th cent. table of contents on the fly-leaf (f. 92) enumerates several articles not now in the volume, viz. after artt. 1-3 (old folia-

tion 1-55), 'S. Thomas de preceptis decalogi, fol.] 73 b vsque ad -; Tractatus Will. de S. Amore Angeli pacis amare flebunt, 59 b ; Defensoriufn rnendicantium fratrum, 72 a, b; Defensorium consuetudinumfrandrum predicatorum, 73 a; Defensorium Wodehare contra impugnantes fratrum admissorum confessiones, 76b, 86 b, 87, 88 b, 90 b, 93 a, b; Regule mercatorum, 94 a; Wodeford contra errores Wiclif, 104 a [art. 4: the Old foliation corresponds]; Vtrum sit possibile de lege ordinum quod viator sine gratia fruatur deo, 98 a'. Belonged (f. 1) to [Henry Fitzalan, Earl of] Arundel, and rTohn, Lord] Lumley. Lumley cat. f. i2i; cat. of 1666, f. 6., tMA. 8o86, 8087.