Royal MS 11 B II

TRACTS on legal and theological subjects, in Latin, viz.:-

1. Summa Decreti by Paucapalea. Without title. Printed by J. F. von Schulte, Summa des Paucapalea über das Decretum Graiiani (Giessen, 1890), from several MSS., but without notice of this MS. or of one at Grenoble (catal. no. 627). Preface beg. 'Quoniam in omnibus rebus animaduertitur'; commentary, 'Humanum genus: Ordinaturus decreta ipsa'. f. 1.

2. Extracts from a collection of theological sententiae, representing the theological system of the 12th cent. Paris schools, for which see 11 A. V, art. 2. Beg. (in the art. on Permissa) 'Sicut supra dictum est in lege ucteri erant quedam propter causas suas', after which follows the art. Timor, then (after 'transeat a me calix iste') the art. Coniugium, which beg. 'Cum omnia sacramenta post peccatum'. The beginning of this last agrees almost verbally with part xi of the second book De sacramentis of Hugo de S. Victore (Migne, Patr. Lat. clxxvi. 479), but the latter portion seems quite distinct. The tract proper appears to end at the words 'ad alias nuptias' (f. 49 b), two following paragraphs dealing with other subjects, viz. the use of the pax and prayer. f. 46 b.

3. Tract de sacramento coniugii from the Summa Sententiarum of Hugo de S. Victore; in full, as in Migne, clxxvi. 153. Beg. 'Coniugium quod et matrimonium'; ends 'frequenter iterandos'. f. 50.

4. Extracts from S. Ambrose and others. f. 56.

5. Commentary on certain portions (pars ii, causae xxvii-xxxv and causa xvi) of Gratian's Decretum. Causa xxvii beg. 'Pertractatis hiis que spectant'; causa xvi, 'Quidam abbas: Hic primum queritur an liceat'. f. 57.

6. 'Quibus casibus cuiuslibet honoris clericus honore spolietur, beneficio priueturet cammunionesuspendatur': a tractwith references to the Decretum. Beg. 'A communione itaque ecclesie'. f. 92.

7. Decretals of Alexander III : a small collection of ten in all. Between the eighth and the last two, which are subsequent additions, are interposed several canons about tithes, taken from various sources. Beg. 'Alexander episcopus . . . Sicut dignum est' (Jaffé-Watten, bach, no. 12180). f. 97.

8. Quadripartitus: the earliest compilation of English law after the Conquest, made circ. 1114 by an unknown author (see Liebermann, Quadripartitus, Halle, 1892, and Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 1903, i, p. xxxviii). two books; the third and fourth mentioned in the rubric seem never to have been written. This MS. (Liebermann's R) is without title, dedication, or argument, and includes only parts of lib. i, beginning with Cnut's laws and ending with the second decree of William I. Written circ. 1175. Beg. Hec sunt instituta Cnudi'. f. 103.

9. 'De septem miraculis mundi'; the list here is (i) Romae 'saluatio', bell-carrying statues representing subject peoples, (ii) Pharos, (iii) Colossus ('Colosei in insula brodi imago erea'), (iv) 'simulacrum Bellorofontis' at Smyrna, (v) 'theatrum in Eraclea', (vi) bath heated by 'Appollo Tuaneus', (vii) temple of Diana. Other copies, more or less corrupt, are in Cotton MSS. Calig. A. VIII, f. 43b, Titus D. III, f. 126, Arund. MS. 270, f. 39 b, and in 14 B. VI, below. Beg. 'Primum miraculum est Rome saluatio'; ends 'mirabilis edificii'. f. 166 b.

10. Anecdote of Scipio. Beg. 'Scipio cum in senatu contenderetur'. f. 167 b.

11. Fragment (the preceding leaves being lost) of the prosa or prayer to the Trinity by Hildebert, Bishop of Le Mans (1097) and Archbishop of Tours (1125-1134), which begins 'Alpha et w, magne deus' (Migne, Patr. Lat. clxxi. 1411, cf. Chevalier, Rep. Hymn. no. 925, and 8 A. XIX, art. 3). The last twenty lines only remain. f. 168.

12. Poem (316 elegiac couplets) on the ceremonial of the Mass by the same author (Migne, ib. 1177, cf. 8 B. IV, art. 3, 8 D. VIII, art. 8, 10 A. X, art. 9). The text con. tains nearly the same number of lines as 8 B. IV, but omits the last four couplets of the epilogue. Beg. 'Scribere proposui quo (interl. uel que) mistica sacra priorum'; ends 'mentio pro reliquis causam agit alterius (interl. uel proficit ecclesie)'. f. 168.

13. Tract on the canon of the Mass by Odo, Bishop of Cambrai 1105-1113 (Migne, clx. 1053, cf. 8 A. XXI, art. 19). The preface is addressed to 'Wlbode', a monk under the control of 'Fulgentius abbas Haflingeniensis' [of Afflighem in Brabant]. Preface beg. 'Odo Camera. censis ecclesie . . . Presumptionis argui'; text, 'Quia dignum et iustum'. f. 181 b.

14. 'Item 0. episc. Cam. super canones euuangeliorum': a tract by the same author on the Eusebian canons (ib. 1117). The present MS. has no diagram, Beg. 'Sanctorum euuangeliorum lectio'. f. 195b. These four articles (11-14) are in the same hand (circ. 1200).

15. Commentary on Psalms i-viii. Beg. 'Beatus uir, &c. : Beatus cui omnia optata succedunt'. f. 199.

16. Satirical poem in nine rhyming quatrains. Beg. 'Ad uos uerba dirigo, fratres Christiani'; ends 'post actam nequiciam reprobi patebunt'. f. 207 b. On the margins are rude figure-drawings in pencil and drafts of two 13th cent. letters, viz.:-(a) A-, monk of Worcester, to 'mag. R- de tafi loco, senescallus dom. abbatis de Abbendona, recommending a brother to receive alms given to poor scholars at Oxford. f. 55b,-(b) R-, monk of Worcester, to the [alien] Priory of S. Barbara [at Beckford, co. Glouc.] about the benefice of Beccheford [Beckford]. f. 128 b. Vellum; ff. 207. 101/4 in. x 7 in. XII-early XIII centt. Gatherings, artt. 1-4, i-vii⁸; art. 5, i-iii⁸, iv¹¹; artt. 6, 7, i⁸, ii³; artt. i-vii⁸, viii⁹; artt. 11-14, i¹⁰, ii, iii⁸, iv⁵; artt. 15, 16, i⁶, ii³. Sec. fol. 'iam quod ratione'. For a page of the Quadripartitus (f. 123) see pl. 68. Art. 8 has an initial in blue and gold, others are in red or blue. Belonged to Worcester Cathedral Priory, 'Liber monasterii Wygornie'. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 1005'; cat. of 1666, f. 10; CMA. 8375, 8431, 8288-8290.

includes:

• f. 55b Abingdon Abbey; Berkshire Abbots: Letter to the abbot's steward from a Worcester monk: 13th cent,: Lat.: Draft.