Royal MS 15 B X

'VALERII MAXIMI factorum et dictorum memorabilium incipit liber primus (-decimus)': the nine books of Valerius Maximus, a text of the deteriores class of Kempf (Teubner Ser., 1888). The so-called lib. x (f. 141 b) is the epitome [by Julius Paris] of the Incerti auctoris liber de praenominibus, printed by Kempf, p. 587, and beg. 'Decimus huius operis liber, qui et vltimus dicitur, vel negligencia aut maliuolencia librariorum deperiit, abreuiator vero titulos eius habebat integre, fortassis tamen de vno tantum, hoc est de prenomine, epytoma representabat. Sequitur tabula.... Narro (sic, for Varro) simplicia in Ytalia', ending 'esse se dicerent. Gai Titi finit epytoma hystoriatum exemplorum Romanorum'; followed (f. 142 b) by an historical note on the government of Rome, beg. 'Primum imperium Romanum reges habuere', and ending 'prout senatus aut populus Romanus instituerant'. Colophon, 'Explicit hic magnus ille vates Valerius Maximus gesta Rome mirifica referens et peregrina eiusque vrbis et exterarum virorum illustrium casum pariter et precellenciam'. At the end (f. 144b) is a subject-index, the preface of which beg. 'Ad intellectum tabule sciendum quod Valerius', and table 'Abstinencia libro 4^to cap. 3⁰ per totum'. Colophon, 'Valerii Maximi dictorum et factorum memorabilium liber explicit et per consequens tabula supra eundem'.

On the fly-leaves are scribbled in late 16th-17th cent. hands:-

(a) Further notes on the contents. f. 150 b ;-(b) A list of fourteen [printed ?] books, arranged alphabetically A-D, with sizes, including [Johannes] Bodinus de denionomania [1581 ?]. f. 152;-(c) Beginning of a deed between Joh. Beane and Christopher Paynter. f. 153;-(d) A couplet beg. 'Qui se felicem putat, inspiciat Policratem'. f. 154.

Vellum; ff. 154. 10 in. x 6³/₄ in. Early XV cent. In an English hand. Gatherings of 8 leaves, with catchwords. Sec. fol. 'et Gaio Flamineo'. Initials in red and blue filigree-work. On f. 2 is the Theyer book-mark, with the no. 6. Theyer sale-cat. no. 138; CMA. 6635.