Royal MS 8 F XIV

THEOLOGICAL WORKS, in Latin, by Hugo de S. Vic. tore and others, with the Philobiblon of Richard de Bury, a fragment of Virgil, &c., viz.:-

1. 'Dialogorum beati Gregorii pape' libri iv; the colophon adds 'De miraculis sanctorum patrum' (cf. 6 B. ii, Migne, Patr. Lat. lxxvii. 149). In a 14th cent, hand. Initials in red and blue. Beg. 'Quadam die dum nimiis quorumdam secularium tumultibus'. f. 7.

2. 'Liber Hugonis de sancto Victore de arca Noe pro arca sapiencie cum arca ecclesie et arca matris gracie' (the title and the first two sentences of the preface, to 'esse cognoui', omitted in the original hand, are written in a 14th cent. hand on an inserted leaf): the four books De Arca Noe Morali, as in Migne, clxxvi. 617, with the addition of two supplementary sen. tences at the end ('Breuiter dicturus eram', &c.), which are noticed by Hauréau, Hugues de S. Victor (Paris, 1886), p. 90. Preface beg. 'Cum sederem aliquando in conuentu'; text, 'Inter amorem huius mundi et amorem dei. f. 54 b. The scribe has written art. 3 continuous with art. 2, appending at the end the colophon 'Explicit de arcis', but the mistake is noticed in some notes appended in hands of circ. 1400 at the foot of the page, viz.:-(a) 'Hic debet continuari quintus liber (the book printed as De Arca Noe Mystica) secundum quosdam';-(b) 'Istud capitulum Postquam scribitur in primo libro Hugonis de Sacramentis parte viii' (Migne, clxxvi. 312, but this applies only to a sentence or two);-(c) ' Item in aliis codicibus istud capitulum Postquam est primum capitulum quarti libri Hugonis de Vanitate Rerum Mundanarum' (not the case in the printed text).

3. Extracts apparently from the works of Hugo de S. Victore, viz.:-(a) Two excerpts from the dialogue De sacramentis legis naturalis et scriptae (Migne, ib.

32, 35). Beg. 'Postquam primus parens' and 'Tria, id est fides et sacramenta fidei et opera'. ff. 70 b, 71;-

(b) A discourse on the text [Ps. lxxxiii. 5] Beati qui habitant in domo tua, Domine. Beg. 'Per prophetam ostendit hic spiritus'. f. 71.

4. 'De quinque septenis': a tract commonly assigned to Hugo de S. Victore. The exact character of it, however, whether an incomplete work of Hugo or a supposititious compilation from his works, is difficult to ascertain (see Hauréau, Hugues de S. Victor, p. 22). In the form in which it appears in this MS. and in 10 A. IX, art. 5 (d), and other MSS. the tract deals only with two of the five 'sevens', viz. the mortal sins and the petitions in the Lord's Prayer, and of these the treatment may be only an extract from the commentary of Hugo on Obadiah (see Migne, clxxv. 400, 405). There is no prologue prefixed, but two forms of prologue exist, one printed from a Paris MS. by Hauréau, loc. Cit., the other given below in this MS., art. 8. The sentence 'Ecce, frater, petitionem tuam, &c., at the end is not here in the original hand, but inserted in a hand of circ. 1400 at the foot of the page. Beg. 'Quinque septena, frater'; ends 'filii dei uocabuntur'. f. 71 b.

5. 'De dupplici dilectione': the brief tract by Hugo de S. Victore printed in Migne, clxxvi. is, as cap. iv of the 'Institutiones in Decalogum', also among S. Augustine's works, ib. xl. 843, as capp. i-v of the book called De substantia dilectionis, a title also given to it separately in MSS. (cf 5 C. VI, art. 3). Beg. 'Cotidianum de dileccione sermonem serimus'; ends 'inordinata cupiditas'. f. 73.

6. 'De tribus operibus': an extract from the Didas. calicon of the same author, lib. i, cap. x (Migne, clxxvi.

747, cf. art. 10 below). Beg. 'Sunt etenim tria opera'; ends 'miremur artificem'. f. 73 b.

7. 'Diffinitiones uirtutum et uitiorum a sanctis et a sapientibus date': a compilation from various authors, Aristotle to S. Bernard. Beg. 'Diffinitio uirtutis, Phi. losophi, Virtus est habitus'. f. 74.

8. 'De sex apposicionibus': an introduction to the 'quinque septena' (see art. 4 above). Beg. 'Sex tibi consideranda propono, id est morbum, medicum, antidotum'; ends 'inuidia aufert ei proximum et cetera, sicut suprascriptum est' (cf. art. 4). f. 74 b. Artt. 2-8 are in a hand of the '3th cent.

9. 'Incipit prologus in Philobiblon Ricardi Dunnelmensis episcopi, quem librum composuit Robertus Holcote de ordine predicatorum sub nomine dicti episcopi': the Philobiblon of Richard d'Aungervile of Bury, Bishop of Durham (1333-1345). Holcot's share in the authorship is doubtful. The colophon is 'Explicit Philobiblon domini Ricardi de Aungeruile cognominati de Bury quondam episcopi Dunolmensis; completus est autem tractatus iste in manerio nostro de Aukeland xxiiii die Ian. anno dni. mcccxliiii etatis nostre quinquagesimo octauo precise completo, pontificatus vero nostri anno xi finiente ad laudem dei feliciter'. The MS. was fully collated for the edition of E. C. Thomas (1889). Preface beg. 'Uniuersis Christi fidelibus'; text 'Thesaurus desiderabilis sapientie'. f. 76.

10. 'Incipit prefacio Hugonis de Sancto Victore in libro qui dicitur Didascalicon': the Didascalicon or Eruditio Didascalica of Hugo, six books only (the printed lib. vii is another work), ending with lib. vi, cap. 13 of the printed text, Migne, clxxvi. 741. The preface, printed as lib. iii, cap. 8, beg. 'Multi sunt quos ipsa a deo natura'; text, 'Due precipue sunt res'. f. 90. Artt. 9, 10 are in the same (14th cent.) hand.

11. 'Tractatus qui uocatur speculum ecclesie': another work generally attributed, as in the table of contents of this MS. and in 7 C. III, f. 201 b, to Hugo de S. Victore (cf. 2 D. VI, art. 8). Printed in Migne, clxxvii. 335. Beg. 'De sacramentis ecclesiasticis ut tractarem'; ends, as in Migne, 'amans quam disputans', with addition 'Ista de horis canonicis et officiis ecclesiasticis ad presens sufficiant'. In Egerton MS. 272, f. 99 b and Add. MS. 18550, f. 24 b an additional paragraph follows. f. 113. Art. 11 is in a 14th cent. hand.

12. 'Tractatus de contemplacione editus a magistro [on an erasure, R.] de Sancto Victore' (so the scribe, the rubricator calls it 'Compendium libri Ricardi', &c.): an abridgement of the Benjamin Major or De gratia con. templationis of Richard, Prior of S. Victor (1162-1173 ?), which is printed in Migne, cxcvi. 63. Beg. 'Misticam illam Moysi arcam'. f. 132. Art. 12 is in a late 13th cent. hand ; art. 13 is a later addition on the same quire.

13. The short tract De septem gradibus contemplationis, probably by Robert Grosseteste (see 6 E. V, f. 124 b, 7 E. II, f. 377, 7 F. II, f. 106 b), but sometimes attributed to S. Bonaventura and printed in hisworks (ed. Peltier, 1868, xii, p. 183). Without title or author's name. Beg. 'Contemplatiuorum aquilinoe obtutus'. f. 138 b.

The quire containing artt. 12, 13 has the following note (f. 132): Iste liber est perfectus et integre scriptus apud Hulmum [the abbey of S. Bennet at Hulme near Horning, co. Norf.?] et apud Babewell[Babwell in Fornham, co. Suff.] cum raby Moyse'. Babwell contained lands of the Abbot of Bury and also a convent of Franciscans, but the connexion of either with Hulme does not appear.

14. 'Liber de formula viuendi': the Formula Honestae Vitae of Martinus, Bishop of Braga in Portugal (cf. 8 A. XXI, art. 26, Migne, lxxii. 23). The prefatory letter is absent. Beg. 'Quatuor virtutum species multorum sapiencium sentenciis'. f. 140.

15. 'Liber beati Bernardi Clareuallensis abbatis de dispensacione et precepto': the work of S. Bernard (cf. 6 B. XI, art. 1, 8 F. XV, art. 8, 9), printed in Migne, clxxxii. 859. Prefatory letter beg. 'Domino abbati Columbensi ... Rescriptum meum ad epistolas'; text, 'Qua mente iam tacebo'. f. 141.

16. 'Liber Hugonis de Sancto Victore de institucione nouiciorum ' : the work, of uncertain authorship, printed ib. clxxvi. 925 (cf. 8 E. XVII, art. 4). Beg. 'Quia fratres largiente domino de vana conuersacione'. f. 149.

17. 'Regula beati Basilii ad monachos' (the colophon reads, on an erasure, 'Explicit doctrina beati', &c.): the Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem falsely ascribed to S. Basil (cf. 7 C. I, art. 27), printed ib. ciii. 683. Beg. 'Audi, fili, admonicionem [Prov. i. 8]: Cupio te instruere'. f. 157.

18. 'Regula et vita fratrum minorum': the Rule of S. Francis in the shape established by him in 1223', printed in Wadding's Annales ii, p.64. Beg. 'Regula et vita fratrum minorum hec est, scilicet domini nostri sanctum euangelium obseruare'; ends 'obseruemus', after which follows a table of the chapters. f. 161.

19. 'Capitula regule beati Augustini': a brief table of rubrics to the Regula ad Servos Dei of S. Augustine (see Migne, xxxii. 1377). The rule itself is not transcribed. Beg. 'Quid precipue sit obseruandum'. f. 162.

20. 'Liber de duo[de]cim abusiuis' (in another hand is added 'Cipriani martiris', and the same attribution is in the table of contents): the work, of uncertain authorship, printed in the appendix to S. Augustine, ib. xl, 1079 (cf. 5 C. V, art. 5 n, &c.). Beg. 'Primo si sine operibus bonis sapiens'. f. 162 b.

21. 'Moralitates super Ysayam prophetam': the same work as in 7 C. I, art. 15. Imperfect at end. Beg. 'Beatus qui custodit, &c.: Crisostomus omelia 36 [operis] imperfecti dicit'. f. 165. Artt. 14-21 are in the samc (14th cent.) hand. Initials in red or blue.

22. 'De interpretacione nominum ebreorum': an abridged form of the work variously assigned to Bede or, more probably, to Remigius of Auxerre, printed in Bedae Opera (Cologne, 1688), iii, p. 371 (cf. 8 F. IX, art. 1). The table of contents wrongly assigns it to S.Jeromo. Beg. 'Aaz. apprehendens uel apprehensio'. f. 172.

23. Concilium legati Othonis apud London. in crastino sancti Martini' : the constitutions of Otto or Otho, Cardinal-Legate, promulgated at the Council of London, 1237 (Wilkins, Concilia, i, p. 649). Matthew Paris gives the date a week later, crastino octavarum S. Martini, ig Nov. For other copies see 9 B. II, art. 1, 10 C. I, art. 5, &c. Beg. 'Quoniam domum domini decet sancti. tudo'. f. 178 b.

24. 'Innocencius de miseria hominis et de contemptu mundi' (so table of contents): the books De Contemptu Mundi of Pope Innocent III (cf. 7 D. xvii, art. 5, Migne, ccxvii. 701). The order of chapters agrees with 7 D. XVII. Imperfect, breaking ofF in lib. ii, cap. xxxvi. Preface beg.'Domino patri karissimo . . . Modicum ocii'; text, 'Quare de uulua, &c. : Si talia locutus'. f. 180 b. Artt. 22-24 are in the same (13th cent.) hand.

25. 'Ymago mundi': the work ascribed variously to Honorius of Autun, S. Anselm, Henry of Huntingdon, or Pierre d'Ailly, printed in Migne, clxxii. 119. Heuréau, in his Not. el Extr. ii, p. 25, supports the authorship of Honorius. The text is preceded by the letter of Christianus to the author and his reply, the former beg. 'Septiformi spiritu in tdna fide illustrato'. Text beg. 'Mundus dicitur quasi undique motus'; ends 'Lotharius regnauit xii annos iii menses dies xii, uir in Christo fidelissimus constans pacificus, miles inperteritus'. f. 184.

26. List of the Popes to Honorius II (1124-1130). The length of their reigns is given in all cases down to Nicholas I (858-867). f. 197. Artt. 25, 26 are in the same (early 14th cent.) hand.

27. 'Vita beati Edmundi archiepiscopi': the life of Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury (1234-1240, canonized 1246), as in 2 D. VI, art. 6. Beg. 'Beatus Eadmundus Cantuariensis archiepiscopus ex piis parentibus Abendonie'; ends 'odoris ferret holocaustum'. f. 198, 28. Office for S. Edmund the archbishop, with space left for music. Imperfect. Printed from this MS. by Wilfrid Wallace, Life of St. Edmund (1893), p. 454. The first special anthem beg. 'Aue, speculum Anglorum, / presul regis angelorum'. f. 202. Artt. 27, 28 are in a hand of circ. 1300. The fly-leaves contain:-(a) Fragments of a philosophical work in a 13th cent. band. ff. 1, 2, 5, 6 ;-(b) Part or Virgil's Aeneid (viii.

302-425) in a hand of the 11th cent. with interlinear and marginal scholia. ff. 3, 4. Vellum: ff. 204. 11 in. x 73/4 in. XIII and XIV centt. Made up of several MSS. Gatherings (beg. f. 7), art. 1, i-iii¹², iv¹¹; a single leaf (f. 54); artt. 2-8, i, ii⁸, iii⁵; artt. 9, 10, i-iii¹², iv¹; art. 11, i, ii⁸, iii⁴; artt. 12, 13, i⁸; artt. 14-21, i-iv⁸; artt. 22-26, i¹², ii⁸, iii⁶; artt.

27, 28, i⁷. Sec. fol. 'exquibus'. Initials flourished in red and blue. Belonged to Bury St. Edmunds Abbey, 'per fratrem Hrenricum] de K[irkestede]', press-mark G. 15 (see M. R. James, On the Abbey of S. Edmund, p. 58); afterwards to [John, Lord] Lumley. Lumley

cat. f. 52 ; cat. of 1666, f. 5; CMA. 7848, 7928, 7940, 8024, and 8026-8066.