Royal MS 10 C V

BIBLICAL COMMENTARIES in Latin by Petrus Cantor, precentor of Notre-Dame at Paris (1184), afterwards Dean of Reims (d., in Longpont Abbey, 1197). None of these appear to have been printed. Sermons and commonplaces have been added somewhat later, and marginal annotations occur throughout in hands of about the end of the 13th cent. Contents :-

1. 'Liber psalmorum': commentary on the Psalms. Many MSS. of this work in French libraries are men. tioned by Oudin, Scriptt. Eccl. ii, col. 1660. Preface beg. 'Flebat Iohannes quia non crat qui aperiret'; com. mentary, 'Beatus: Hesdras propheta reparator bibliothece'. f. 4. Art. 2 is a later insertion on a blank leaf. 2. Verses (30 elegiac couplets) on the Evangelists, being a slightly altered form of the introduction to the Gospel section of Petrus Riga's Aurora, (cf. 2 D. XXIII), taken from the Floridus Aspectus of the same author, a selectionof his own verses compiled by him for Archbishop Samson of Reims (see Haurdau in Not. et Extr. xxix, pt. ii, p. 242). Printed in Beaugendre's edition of Hildebert (Migne, Patr. Lat. clxxi. 1389). Beg. 'Tange, Camena, stilum, pallentes (sic, al. phaleratos) exue cultus'. f. 171.

3. 'Incipiunt glose super unum euuangelium ex quatuor secundum mag. Petrum Parisiensem cantorem': commentary on the Diatessaron or harmony of the Gospels which was incorporated by Victor, Bishop of Capua (541-554), in his edition (codex Fuldensis) of the Bible, andwas mainly derived from Tatian (see Theodor Zahn, Forschungen, 1881, J. Rendel Harris, The Diatessaron of Tatian, 1890). Victor's text is printed in Migne, lxviii. 255. For another copy of the gloss, with the text accompanying it, See 2 C. IX. A table of tituli is on ff. 171b, 294. Preface beg. 'Quatuor facies uni erant: Sicut trinitas personarum'; commentary, 'In principio: Dominus Iesus Christus cum esset eternaliter'.

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4. 'Incipiunt epistole b. Pauli apostoli': commentaries on the Epistles, viz. :-(a) Romans, beg. 'Paulus: Paulus Ebraicc, quietus Grece'; preceded by a preface 'Ab increpatione tua, &c.: Tonitruum et eloquium'. f. 296;-(b) Corinthians I, 'Paulus apostolus hanc epistolam scripsit'. f. 312 b;-(c) Corinthians II, 'Paulus: Quia quidam Corinthiorum per primam ep.' f. 328 b;-(d) Galatians, 'Paulus: Hanc epistolam scribit apostolus Galathis'. f. 337 b;-(e) Ephesians. f. 344;-

(f) Philippians. f. 349b;-(g) Colossians. f. 353;-(h) Thessalonians I and 11. ff. 356, 358 b. The initia of all these are like that of Galatians;-(i) Timothy I, 'Paulus: Prima epistola quam scripsit Timotheo'. f. 360;-(k) Timothy II, 'Paulus: Apostolus a munto (sic) transiturus'. f. 365 b;-(1) Titus, 'Paulus: Tito relicto Crete episcopo'. f. 368;-(m) Philemon, 'Paulus: Hanc ep. scribit ap. Philemoni'. f. 369 b (n) Hebrews, 'Multifarie: Apost. cum esset doctor gentium'. f. 370. These are mentioned by Oudin as in Flemish libraries' 5. 'Actus Apostolorum': commentary on the Acts. Preface beg. 'Liquefacia est terra, &c.: Columpne ecclesie'; commentary, 'Primum: Christus resurgens a mortuis'. Mentioned in a Lyons library (Oudin, l.c.). On f. 389 is the note 'magister Will. de Weleburne habet quaternum qui hic deest de notulis super Actus', the borrowed quire having doubtless been afterwards returned. f. 381. At the end of this article is the colophon 'Explicit series noui t[estamenti] nisi quod Iohannes Apocalypsin addidit'. Between artt. 6 and 7 are several sermons (see below).

6. 'Apocalipsis': commentary on the Revelation. Beg. 'Apocalipsis: Hacc sola inter libros noui testamenti prophetia uocatur'. Mentioned by Oudin, l.c. f. 397.

7. 'Epistole Canonice': commentary (mentioned in Oudin, l. c.) on the Epistles of (a) S. James, preceded by a general preface beg. 'Os meum loquetur saptientiam, &c. : Sapientiam de diuinis'. The commentary beg. 'Iacobus: Iacobus Alfei frater domini'. f. 417;-(b) S. Peter, ep. 1; beg. 'Petrus: Materia huius epistole'. f. 420 b;-(c) S. Peter, ep. 2; beg. 'Symon: Eisdem quibus scripsit'. f. 428;-(d) S. John, ep. i; beg. 'Quod fuit: Iohannes qui euangelium scripsit'. f. 434;-(e) S. john, ep. 2; 'Senior: Eadem materia, eadem intentio'. f. 436;-(f) S. John, ep. 3; 'Senior: Gaius iste cui scribit'. f. 436 b;-(g) S. Jude ; 'Iudas: Sicut Petrus et Iohannes'. f. 436 b. At the end is the colophon 'Expliciunt notule canonicarum epistolarum'. Among the insertions are the following sermons, &c.:-(a) Sermon on Col. iii. 12, 'Induite uos, &c.: Haec sunt verba ap. . . . instruentis auditores ad opera misericordie'. f. 1;-(b) Commonplaces or notes for sermons, beg. 'Cottuert.. nos, deus, &c.: Iste uersus'. ff. 1, 2 ;-(c) Excerpts from S. Jerome on Hosea. f. 2;-(d) Fragment of a treatise on the Calendar, beg. 'Compotus est scientia rationis temporum siue progressus', imperf. at the end. f. 232b; -(e) Sermon on Is. i. i6, 'Lauamini, mundi estote, &c.: Posset uideri Christiano'. f. 295;-(f) On Ps. xxiv. 18, 'Vide, domine, humilitatem, &c. : Cotidie, fratres, in dominica oratione'. f. 295 b; -(g) 'In die purificationis', 'Quater fuit dominus portatus'. f. 393 b;-(h) 'In die ascensionis' On Ps. xxiii. 3, 4, 'Quis ascendet, &c.: Fratres, ascensionem domin!'. f. 394;-(i) 'Dilexit Andream dominus in odore suauitatis'. f. 395;-(k) 'In dic S. Andree', on Ecclus. xi, 3, 'Breuis in uolatilibus, &c.: Qui uerbum del digne audiunt'. f. 395 b;-(l) On Rom. xv. 7, 'Suscipite loos inuicem: Suscipite, id est sursum ad uos capite'. f. 396 ;-(m) 'In festiuitate omnium Sanctorum', on Ps. lxvii. 36, Mirabilis deus in sanctis suis: Naturale est hominum'. f. 415 b;-(n) On i Pet. ii. 2i Christus passus est pro nobis, &c.: In euangelio hodiemo legitur' Ego cognosco'. f. 416 b;-(o) A few verses and notes, including a recipe for a water for the eyes, beg. ' Feniculus, ueruena rose, celidonia, rutha'. f. 437 b;-(p) Quaestio on Ps. xxiv. 10, 'Uniuerse uie, &c.: Contrarium uidetur'. f. 440 b;-(q) Prayer of S. Gregory before Mass. f. 440 b;-(r) Quaestio beg. 'Queritur utrum omne peccatum sit superbia'. f. 441;-(s) Note of the obit of Louis VIII of France, octave of All Saints, 1225 (sic, for 1226), at Avignon, on the last fly-leaf, much torn. f. 442;-(t) Runic alphabet, with explanatory note bpg. Hoc est alphabetum Dacorum quod lingua corum dicitur hrune'. f. 442. Vellum; ff. 442 (including many vellum scraps on which additional notes are inserted). 131/2 in. x 9 in. Late-XIII cent. Sec. fol. in text ' celum et terra. Initials flourished in red and blue. Cat. of 1666, f. 15 b; CMA. 7771, 8195.