Royal MS 9 E III

'DISTINCTIONES Fratris Mauricii': a dictionary of diverse senses attached to words in the Scriptures, Abiectio-Zona. The order and nationality of the author are variously given (see Quetif-Echard, Scriptt. Ord. Praed. i, p. 484), but most probably he is to be identified with the proctor of the English nation at Paris in 1275. In the only printed edition of the work (Venice, 1603, includes only a part, A-E) he is absurdly identified with Maurice O'Fihely (de Portu), Bishop of Tuam in 1506. Beg. 'Circa abiectionem nota qualiter'. At the end is the note 'et sunt pecie in ista sommula lxxx. et iiii.' (cf. the Paris taxation of 1286 in Denifie's Char. tularium Univ. Paris. i, p. 648), referring to the amount of writing, not to the number of articles. An imperfect list of headings precedes and a complete list follows the text. The fly-leaf (f. 1 recto) is a single page in a 13th cent. hand from the beginning of lib. i of the Summa of Alexander de Hales. In later hands (ff. 1 b-6 b and 223) are miscellaneous theological commonplaces. Vellum; ff. 225. 12 in. x 83/4 in. Circ. A.D. 1300. Gatherings, i¹⁰, ii-viii¹², ix¹⁰, x¹¹, xi, xii¹², xiii¹¹, xiv-xix¹², xx⁵. Sec. fol. 'Ysa. i. Israel' or (in text) 'cum oraueris'. Initials flourished in red and blue. Cat. of 1666, f. 3 b; CMA. 8031, 8032.