Royal MS 11 A XVII

'ARS DICTAMINVM magistri Thome de Capua' (Cardinal-priest of S. Sabina, d. 1243): an abridgement of the original collection, but not the same as in 10 B. X. The brief introductory tract, or 'ars' proper, is followed by the collection of letters in ten parts, including many not given in 10 B. X, and omitting many there found. The scribe, however, seems to have afterwards collated it with a text resembling 10 B. X and added most of the missing letters at the end; see note on f. 105, 'Sequentes epistole descripte in isto ultimo quaterno et hiis tribus cartis ultimis deficiunt infra corpus huius summe in locis ac etiam in istis eisdem epistolis per litteras alpha. beti singnate'. Beg. 'Iuste iudicate, filii hominum'. On. f. 107 b is a form of private prayer in Latin in a 14th cent. hand. Vellum; ff. i + 107. 83/4 in. x 61/4 in. XIV cent Gatherings of 8 leaves (ii⁷, xii⁷, xiv⁵), with catchwords. Sec.fol. 'quia sub certum'. Initials flourished in red and blue. Belonged to Reading Abbey, 'Iste liber est sancte Marie Radyng. quem qui celauerit vel fraudem de eo fecerit anathema sit. amen'. Cat. of 1666, f. 13 b; CMA.' 8283.