Royal MS 13 C IV

HISTORIA ROMANA, by Paulus Diaconus, with theo. logical works, &c., in Latin, viz.:

1. 'Inicium hystorie Romane quam composuit Paulus diaconus [al. P. Warnefridi]', &c.: the epitome of Roman history by Eutropius, in ten books, with introductory chapter (f. i) and six additional books (ff. 24-37, carrying on the history from Valens to Justinian) by Paulus, and ninety-five additional sentences and paragraphs to be inserted at places marked for them in the work of Eutropius (ff. 37-43). Beg. 'Primus in Italia, ut quibusdam placet'. The shorter form of the history, not that printed as the Historia Miscella (Migne, Patr. Lat. xcv. 743). At the end (f. 44) is a table of Roman emperors from Augustus to Justin. f. 1.

2. Historical excerpts from Josephus, Jerome, and Justin. Beg. 'Principatum Israelitice gentis post mortem Moysi'. Without title or indication of sources; but the latter are noted in the margin in the hand of Patrick Young. f. 46.

3. 'Incipit hystoria de ueteri testamento'. Beg. 'Postquam preuaricatus est Adam'. Corrections of the text have been freely inserted in the margins in a 14th cent. hand. f. 70.

4. 'Cronica a principio mundi', preceded by a short prologue, beg. 'Quoniam desiderare te noui, Petre'. The chronicle beg. 'Igitur vniversitatis conditor Deus'. The author in his prologue announces his intention of bringing the chronicle down to his own time, but it actually breaks off at the captivity of Jehoiakin. f. 83.

5. 'Libellus de remediis anime', preceded by a table of 18 chapters. Beg. 'Antiquitus fuisse duorum philosophorum genera'. f. 138.

6. Commentary on jeremiah. Beg. 'Verba Ieremie, &c.: Frequens et sollempne est apud Hebreos'. The commentary ends at the end of ch. xxxii. f. 161.

7. Glossary, with explanations of words and proper names. Beg. 'Phi[lo]logia interpretatur amor uel studium rationis'. The words are at first taken from Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, but this is not the case throughout. From f. 215 b they are arranged in alphabetical order. f. 199.

8. 'Exposicio beati Ieronimi in Marchum': [Pseudo-] Jerome, Commentary on S. Mark. Prologue beg. 'Omnis scriba doctus in regno celorum', commentary, 'Inicium euangelii, &c.: Cata Marchum euangelium' Printed in Migne, Patr. Lat. xxx. 589. Marginal notes. f. 226.

9. 'Ex libro soliloquiorum sancti Augustini de ueritate' : a short extract from Solil. ii. 2, 'Si manebit semper . . . occidet ueritas'. With two other short extracts from Anselm and Augustine. f. 250 b.

Vellum; ff. i + 251. 12¹/₄ in. x 9 in. XIV cent. Gatherings, i-iii¹², iv⁹, v-xi^l2, xii⁶, xiii¹², xiv¹¹, xv-xviii¹², xix¹⁰, xx⁷, xxi, xxii¹⁰, xxiii⁶, numbered and lettered for the first half of each gathering. A fresh numeration is begun with each article. 40 lines to a page in artt. 1-7 ; 28 in artt. 8 and 9. Sec. fol. '-lio iussos'. Illuminated initials on ff. 1, 24, 161; large floriated initials, of good execution, on ff. 70, i38, 226, and smaller ones passim. Belonged in the 15th cent to the Carmelites of Lincoln, 'Liber fratrum carmelitarum Lincoln.', with press-mark ' 2^m v' (f. i b). Old Royal press-mark 'no. 1139'; cat of 1666, f. 19 b; CMA.. 8312, 8313, 7846.