Royal MS 10 B X

MODELS of Dictamen or diplomatic and general letterwriting, in Latin, viz.:-

1. Correspondence of Petrus de Vineis (Piero della Vigna, a native of Capua, d. 1249), Chancellor to the Emperor Frederic II, in the emperor's name and relating to his master's struggle with the papacy. This MS. (described by A. Huillard-Bréholles, Vie et Correspondance de P. de la Vigne, Paris, 1865, p. 269), comprising only a part of lib. i, is nearly identical in contents with the rare edition (Querimonia Frederici II, &c., Haganoae, 1529) published by Secerius, but contained originally 34 letters, or one more than that edition (see the table of contents at f. 1). Imperfect, f. 2 being torn and pages being lost (though the quire-signatures are continuous) after f. 12, which ends ('hec est causa') in the middle of letter xxi. The complete work in six books was published by Schard (Basel, 1566) and Iselin (ib. 1740). f. 1.

2. 'Epistole de summula magistri Thome de Capua': a selection of the Flores Dictaminuln of Thomas of Capua (Cardinal in 1212, d. 1243). Imperfect at the beginning, which has the title as above in a hand little later than the text and the note 'non reperiuntur apud nos quedam folia predicte summule attinencia ad primam partem'. There are also four leaves missing after f. 40. A more extensive collection (itself, however, not the original) is described by Oudin, Scriptores Ecclesiastici, iii, p.86. Another abridged collection is below 11 A. XVII. Beg. '. . . aggressum spaciosum'. f. 13. Vellum; ff. 53. 113/4 in. x 8 in. XIV cent. Gatherings, i-iii¹², iv⁸, v⁹. The hand is Italian(?). Sec. fol. 'proprium et'. Initials flourished in red and blue. Belonged to Worcester Cathedral Priory, 'liber monasterii Wigornie'; afterwards to [John, Lord] Lumley. Lumley cat. f. 179; cat. of 1661, f. 28 b; cat. of 1666, f. 13 b; CMA. 8284, 8285.