Royal MS 12 D VII

TREATISES of S. Thomas Aquinas, Albertanus Brixiensis, and others, in Latin. A 15th cent. table of contents is written within a colossal flourished letter O on f. 2. Contents: 1. 'Liber erudicionis principum': the seven books by S. Thomas Aquinas (Opera, Parma, 1865, xvi, p. 390). Beg. 'Dum (sc. Cum) pars illustris ecclesie sit cetus principum'. Colophon, 'Liber erudicionis principum explicit. Benedictus deus, qui incepit et compleuit. Amen'. f. 3.

2. 'Liber de regimine principum ad regem Cipri': the first part of the same author's treatise, printed ed. cit. xvi, p. 225. Beg. 'Cogitanti mihi quid offerrem'. Ends in lib. ii, cap. iv, 'pro condimento habere ut animi hominum recreantur'. Colophon, 'Explicit liber erudicionis (sic) principum. Deo gracias. Amen. Christus laudetur, qui totus liber habetur. Qui scripsit, scribat, semper cum domino uiuat'. f. 87 b.

3. 'Oculus Moralis': the treatise variously assigned to Robert Grosseteste, John Peckham, and others (cf. 6 E. v, art. 14). Beg. 'Si diligenter uoluerimus in lege domini meditari'. f. 103.

4. 'De doctrina dicendi et tacendi', to which the colophon adds 'ab Albertario (sic, for Albertano) causidico Brixiensi de capitula (sic, for ora or contrada) S. Agathe compositus et compilatus sub m cc xlv. de mense decembris'. In the edition printed at Coni, 1507, this and art. 5 appear as libb. i and ii of the same treatise. Printed also separately in several 15th cent. editions and by T. Sundby in the appendix to his Brunetto Latinos Levnet, Copenhagen, 1869. Beg. 'In inicio et medio ac fine mei tractatus adsit gracia S. Spiritus. Quoniam in dicendo multi errant'. f. 136.

5. 'Liber consolacionis et concilii', to which the colophon adds 'quem Albertanus causidicus Brixiensis hora S. Agathe compilauit atque conposuit sub anno m^o.cc.xlvi^o. in mensibus Aprilis et Madii': the treatise from which is derived Chaucer's tale of Melibee. Printed in the Coni ed. fol. 6 b, and edited by T. Sundby for the Chaucer Society, 1873. Beg. 'Quoniam multi sunt qui in aduersitatibus'. f. 141 b.

6. 'Liber de amore et dilectione dei et proximi et aliarum rerum et de forma uite', to which the colophon adds 'quem Albe[r]tanus causid. Brix. de orta S. Agathe compilauit ac scripsit cum esset in carcere domini imperatoris Frederici in ciuitate Cremone in quo positus fuit cum esset capitaneus gauardi ad defendendum locum illum ad utilitatem communitatis Brixie anno dom. m^o ducentesimo tregessimo octauo de mense Aug. in die S. Alexandri quo obsidebatur ciuitas Brixie per eundem imperatorem, indictione xi.': the treatise in the Coni ed., fol. 25. The division into three books is marked by larger initials, but not noted in the rubrics. Beg. 'Inicium mei tractatus sit in nomine, &c. Quanto amore quantaque dilectione'. f. 162.

7. Five sermons by the same author:-(a) ' De confirmatione uite' delivered 'inter causidicos . . . tempore dom. Manuelis de Madio potestatis Ianue currente mccxliii in domo uiridiarii dom. Petri Nigro (sic, Petri being corrected from Petro) causidici in die S. Nicholay' [6 Dec. 1243]. Beg. 'Congregatio nostra sit in nomine, &c. Licet a Sapiente dictum sit, Inter sapientes'. f. 205; -(b) 'Super illuminatione', &c. Beg. 'Orate deum, fratres, ut ministerio'. f. 207b;-(c) 'Sermo secundus (sic), delivered 'inter fratres minores et causidicos Brixienses in congregatione more solito'. Beg. 'In nomine domini, Amen. Fratres karissimi, ad honorem dei et refectionem pauperum'. f. 210 b;-(d) Without title. Beg. 'Domine, labia mea aperies, &c.: Congregatio nostra sit in nomine domini, qui ait Vbicunque duo'. f. 214;-(e) Title mostly illegible, delivered 'in congregatione solita sub . . . quinquagesimo'. Beg. 'Rogate deum, fratres, ut ministerio'. f. 218.

8. ' Ritmi domini Petri Damiani heremite et episcopi' de omnibus ordinibus' (so colophon): the sermon in verse (in 43 x 4 lines) of Petrus Damiani, Cardinal-bishop of Ostia (1058-1072 ?), cf. 7 D. VII, art. 3. Beg. 'Episcopi attendite, Dei uerba discernite uobis precipit dominus pro uestris mori ouibus'. f. 219b. The fly-leaf (f. 1) is from a late 14th cent. MS. containing part of the encyclical of Urban IV for the establishment of the feast of Corpus Christi, 'Transiturus de mundo' (Potthast, no. 18998, cf. 8 E. XIII, art. 2 g).

Vellum; ff. 220. 10 in. x 6¹/₂ in. XIV cent. Gatherings (beg. f. 3) of 12 leaves (ix⁴, xiv¹⁰), with catchwords. Probably written in S. France, under Italian influence. Sec. fol. 'xii. annis'. Small illuminated initials, some with figures or heads. On f. 167 is the name (15th-16th cent.) Bloduell. Cat. of 1666, f. 13b; CMA. 8287.