Royal MS 9 A XIV

TRACTS on theological and canon law subjects, and lives of saints, &c., in Latin; with a few medical recipes in French. A contemporary table of contents is on f. iv, and a later one (15th cent.) on ff. ib and ii. Contents:-

1. 'Casuanus', or table of the brief summaries called 'casus'. which are commonly prefixed to glosses on the Decretals (compilation of Gregory IX). Beg. De Francia: Quidam de Francia credens'. f. 1.

2. Table of rubrics to the Decretals (Gregory IX). f. 12 b.

3. Brief account of the origin and character of the canon law collections of Gratian (Decretum) and Gregory IX. Beg. 'Ad intelligentiam summe'. f. 13 b.

4. Table of rubrics to Gratian's Decretum. f. 13 b.

5. 'Summa magistri Ricardi de Weresete, de his que pertinent ad eos qui bene presunt': the Summa Qui bene praesunt of Richard de Wethershed (cf. 5 F. I, &c.). The text contains numerous interpolations, mostly marked in the margin as 'addicio', especially in the section on the Lord's Prayer. Apart from these it has some of the passages characteristic of 13 A. XIV and Harley MS. 3244. Beg. 'Qui bene presunt presbyteri'. f. 18.

6. Treatise, with preface beg. 'Ad instructionem iuniorum', on the twelve articles, seven petitions, ten commandments, seven sacraments, virtues and gifts, eight beatitudes, and seven sins. Printed, without the preface, as Compendium Theologiae, among works wrongly attributed to Jean Charlier de Gerson (Gersonii Opera, 1706, i, p. 233), but the arrangement of the printed text differs in placing the petitions after the sacraments and most of the section on sins is different. As the section on penance refers to the ' Summa Reymundi [de Pennaforti] que passim habetur apud fratres', its origin is probably mendicant and certainly not earlier than the 13th cent. Other copies are in Harley MS. 586 and Add, MS. 30508; and it seems to occur in an Oxford MS. (Balliol ccxix) as by Hugo. This might be Hugh of Manchester, Prior of the English Dominicans Circ. I272-1282, to whom Quetif? Echard attribute a Compendium Theologiae (Scriptt. Ord. Praed., i, p. 498). Cf. also F. Wiegand, Vorträge der Theol. Konf. zu Giessen, 21 Folge, p. 34. Text beg. 'Slmbolum est omnium credendorum ad salutem'; ends (incompletely?) 'tunc foret mortale'. f. 113.

7. Vita et sententiae Secundi philosophi. For the Greek and Latin texts of this tale (first printed by Holstenius, Lugd. Bat. 1639) see Orelli's Opuscula Graecorum vel. sent. et mor., i, p. 208. The Latin is also given in Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum Historiale, xi. 70, 71, and in one MS. of Hoveden (Rolls Series ed., iv, P. 173). For oriental versions see P. J. Bachmann, Leben und Sentenzen des Philosophen Secundus, Halle, 1887. The text here agrees nearly with 12 C. VI, art. 2, and Egerton MS. 1117, f. 192, and (as regards the Sententiae) with the first half of the 'Altercatio Hadriani et Epicteti', printed by Orelli, op. cit. p. 230. See also Fabricius, Bibl Graeca, lib. ii, cap. 13. Beg. 'Secundus philosophus fuit hic philosophicus in omni tempore'; ends 'inseri et intitulari'. f. 139 b.

8. Etymological glossary to the several books of the Bible, in about 1,500 hexameter verses. Beg. 'Excipit a byssus et ab hiis generatur abyssus'. f. 14'.

9. 'Agnicio duodecim lapidum preciosorum': the hymn (14 x 6 lines, but two lines of the second verse are wanting) 'Ciues celestis patrie, / regi regum concinite', by M arbodus, Bishop of Rennes (Chevalier, Rep. Hymn., no. 3271, cf. 8 A. VI, art. 5). f. 156.

10. 'Compendium theologiae veritatis' (15th cent. title): really the Breviloquium of S. Bonaventura, Cardinal-bishop of Albano (d. 1274). Without original title or author's name. See 8 D. III, art. 2, 10 C. XII, art. 1. Beg. 'Flecto genua mea, &c. [Eph. iii. 14-19]: Magnus doctor gentium'. f. 157.

11. 'De erroribus': ten heretical propositions from the Sententiae of Petrus Lombardus condemned by Willelmus [Arvernus], Bishop of Paris, and 'magister O[do of Chateau-Roux]', Chancellor, in 1243 (sic, for 1241). Printed in Denifie and Chatelain, Chartularium Univ. Paris., i, p. 170 (cf. 9 B. VI, f. 26 b). Beg. 'Primus error est quod diuina essencia'. f. 191 b.

12. Medical recipes, in French. Beg. 'Cest lentrete au cheualers'. f. 192.

13. Constitutions of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln (1235-1253), with summary at the end (cf. another copy with slight variations in 10 B. X). Printed, from Cotton MS. Nero D. ii, in Edward Brown's sequel to Gratius' Fasciculus Rerum Expetendarum (London, 1690), ii, p. 410, and in Pegge's Life of Grosseteste (1793), p. 315. Beg. 'Debentes de uobis rationem bonam'. f. 193.

14. 'Sermo secundum magistrum Robertum Lincolniensem episcopum': a tract on confession (also called sermon xvii) by Robert Grosseteste (cf. 6 E. V, f. 97, 7 A. IX, f. 115, Cotton MS. Vitell. C. XIV, f. 31). Beg. 'Quoniam cogitacio hominis, &c. [Ps. lxxv. ii]: Confitendum est quia'. f. 196 b.

15. Theological commonplaces, extracts from Bede and S. Augustine, &c. Beg. 'Contraria contrariis curantur'. f. 202b.

16. Summa in three books, without title or author's name. The first book relates chiefly to the clergy, the second to the laity, the third to confession. There are two spaces of about 3/4 of a page each left vacant in the middle of this article. Prologue beg. 'Compendium operis subsequentis principaliter ad hoc tendit ut questiones difficiles que. . . in penitenciali iudicio accidunt explicet et dissoluat'; text, 'Qualis et quam subtilis debeat esse perscrutator'. Ends 'quam ceteris suffragiis. amen'. f. 203 b.

17. Tract on the seven deadly sins. Beg. 'Fratres dilectissimi, plenius nouerit vestra dilectio quod vii. sunt vicia'; ends 'uel leuitati quippiam'. f. 232b.

18. Abridgement of Aristotle's zoological works. In eighteen books; i-viii correspond to the Hist. Ani. malium (omitting the eighth and ninth books), ix-xii to the De Partibus, xiii-xviii to the five books (differently divided) of the De Generatione Animalium. For another arrangement see the translation [by Michael Scot?] in 12 C. XV, art. 7. Beg. 'Quedam partes animalium sunt simplices, diuisibiles in partes similes'. f. 237.

19. 'Liber de purgatorio': the Purgatory of S. Patrick by Henry of Saltrey, a text closely resembling that of 8 C. XIV. For full description see Ward, Cat. of Romances, ii, p. 460. Beg. 'Patri suo in Christo pre. optato'. f. 247 b.

20. Lives of saints and apocryphal legends, chiefly from the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine, viz.:-(a) S. Mary of Egypt, an abridged version (cf. Bolland, Acta SS. x, p. 67). Beg. 'Gloriosum exemplum uere penitencie'; ends 'quod et factum est'. f. 252 b;-(b) S. George of Cappadocia, coinciding with a part of the lection in the Legenda Aurea. Beg. 'Georgius tribunus genere Capadox'; ends 'cum ministris suis consumpsit'. f. 253;-(c) Pontius Pilate, corresponding with part of the Iection in the Leg. Aur. for the Passion, as in 8 E. XVII, art. 34, 20 A. XI, f. 145b. Beg. 'Fuit quidam rex nomine Cyrus (sic)'; ends 'ebullire uidentur. Hucusque in predicta hystoria apocrifa legitur'. f. 254;-(d) Judas Iscariot, corresponding with part of the lection for S. Matthias in Leg. Aur. (cf. also 8 E. XVII, art. 35, where the extract is a few lines longer). Beg. 'Legitur in quadam hystoria licet apocrifa quod fuit quidam in Ierusalem nomine Ruben'; ends 'pertulit proditorem'. f. 255;-

(e) S. Martha, coinciding with part of the lection in Leg. Aur. Beg. 'Erat aliquo tempore super Rodanum'; ends 'in pace quieuit. Amen'. f. 255 b.

21. 'Willelmus de Conchis': the Philosophia of William of Conches (in Normandy, who taught at Chartres and at Paris 1153-4), a work which he after, wards revised under the title Dragmaticon, i. e. Dramaticon (see 4 A. XIII, 12 F. X). Printed under the names of William of Hirschau (Basel, 1531), Bede (Migne, Patr. Lat. xc. 1127), and Honorius of Autun (ib. clxxii. 42), the last alone being a complete text of the four books and including the promise of a grammatical treatise, with which book iv closes. Other MS. copies are in 13 A. XIV, art. 12, Add. MSS. 11676, f. 1 26770, f. 46 b, and Egerton MS. 1984, f. 1. For dissertations on the work see K. Werner in Sitzungsberichle of the Vienna Academy, 1873 (Philos.-hist. Classe, lxxv, p. 309), and R. L. Poole, Illustrations of the history of Mediaeval Thought, 1884, PP. 339, 346. Preface beg. 'Quoniam, ut ait Tullius'; text, 'Philosophia est corum que sunt et non uidentur'. Ends 'longitudinem terminemus'. Small spaces are left for diagrams. f. 257. At the end are inserted in a 14th cent. hand (f. 275 b) seven hexameter verses on the species of falsehood (cf. S. Augustine, De mendacio), beg. 'Doctrinam fidei maculant mendacia prima 9 B. V, f. 1), and in another 14th cent. hand (f. 276) a letter containing medical and other advice respecting the plague, beg. 'Dilectissime frater, intellexi, multum times'.

22. 'Sermo beati Bernardi abbatis in conuersione S. Pauli'; by S. Bernard of Clairvaux (Migne, clxxxiii.

359). Beg. 'Merito quidem, dilectissimi, conuersio doctoris'. f. 277.

23. Lives of saints in prose, viz.:-(a) 'Passio sancti Vincentii martyris' (Bibliolh. Hagiogr. Lat. no. 8630, Acta SS., Jan. iii, p. 7). Prol. beg. 'Probabile satis est ad gloriam'; text, 'Cum igitur apud Cesaraugustam'. Ends'reponitur ubi meritis ipsius . . . secula seculorum. amen'. f. 278 b;-(b)'Miraculum eiusdem qualiter locus Sithiensis ecclesie (S. Bertin's Abbey) ereptus sit ab incendii discrimine' (Bibl. Hag. no. 8650, Migne, cxlvii. 1124-1127). Beg. 'Veridicorum uirorum qui inter. fuerunt'. f. 282 b;-(c) 'Vita sancte Eufrosine uirginis' (Bibl. Hag. no. 2723, Acta SS., Feb. ii, p. 537). Beg. 'Fuit uir in Alexandria nomine Paphnucius honorabilis omnibus'. f. 283 b.

24. 'Vita S. Affre', in about 700 hexameters. The author's name is given in Cotton MSS. Titus D. XVI, f. 113, and Titus D. xx, f. 130 (the latter an abridged version) as 'magister Rufus'. Beg. 'Felicis ueneranda sequor uestigia Claudi'; ends 'fine quiescit'. f. 287.

25. Two more legends in prose, viz.:-(a) 'In uitas patrum legitur de Thayde uilissima muliere': life of S. Thais or Thaisis, an abridged version of the life in 8 C. VI, art. 3 (Cf. Migne, lxxiii. 661). For another version see 11 B. III, art. 23. Beg. 'Thais enim meretrix fuit'; ends 'olim uilis meretricis'. f. 292;-(b) 'De eo quod Tytus et Vespasianus uindicauerunt dominum Iesum Christum de Iudeis' (so colophon): the same legend as in 8 E. XVII, art. 33. Beg. 'In diebus imperii Tyberii Cesaris tetrarcha Iudee'; ends 'ne propter iniquitatem Pylati mergantur in profundum cauentes usque in hodiernum diem'. f. 292.

26. 'Penitenciarius libellus' (so table of contents): the common metrical penitentiary (two elegiac couplets followed by 102 hexameters-some copies, e.g. 15 A. VII, art. 7, and editions add a few -more at the end) called 'Paeniteas cito', with a commentary mainly consisting of biblical quotations, e.g. 'Spes: Sperate in eo omnis congregacio', &c. The poem is often assigned to Johannes de Garlandia, but its authorship is very doubtful (see Hauréau in Not. el Extr. xxvii, pt. ii, p. 10, and E. Habel in Mitteitungen der Gesellsch. fur deutsche Erziehungs- und Schulgeschichle, xix. 1909). Schulte (Gesch. der Quellen des can. Rechts, ii, p. 528) is mistaken in supposing that it is mainly found in German MSS. and that it can be as late as the 14th cent. ; and the ascription in a Munich MS. to 'mag. Thomas' is uncorroborated. Printed (with a different commentary) repeatedly (Hain, Repertorium, no. 13156 sqq.), and without commentary in the works of Peter of Blois (Migne, ccvii. 1153). The last line in this copy is 'affectus causa uicium persona notatur'. Imperfect copies having the same commentary are in 8 A. VI, f. 10 b, 10 B. II, f. 172, 12 F. XV, f. 180 b. Beg. 'Peniteas cito, peccator, cum sit miserator'. f. 296.

Vellum ; ff. 304. 7 in. x 51/4 in. Late XIII cent. Gatherings, i¹⁷, ii-vi¹⁶, vii¹⁵, viii¹⁴, ix¹⁵, x¹⁶, xi-xv¹², xvi, xvii¹⁰, xviii¹², xix⁸ (last 4 cut out), xx⁴, xxi¹², xxii¹² (4 cut out), xxiii¹², xxiv⁸, xxv⁴. Double columns, except artt. 8, 9, and 18-20. Sec. fol. 'in captiuitatem'. Initials flourished in red and blue. On f. 299 is the name Adam de Lime (?), and on f. 300 b is scribbled the date 1410. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 993'; cat. of 1666, f. 10; CMA. 8293, 8371, and 8527.