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  • Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 150: William Pore OCist, Nouale. Peter the Chanter et al

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 150: William Pore OCist, Nouale. Peter the Chanter et al

Description

Alternative title
Willelmi Pore Novale. Petrus Cantor
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 147 + 7
Date created
[ca. 1200-1299]
Language
Latin, English, Middle (1100-1500), French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material
Vellum
Layout
several volumes in double columns: varying number of lines
Height (mm)
297
Width (mm)
196
Collation
a(?8) (1, 2 stuck together, 6 canc.) 1(12) 2(12) 3(10) 4(8) | 5(12) (3 canc., five leaves inserted at different places) 6(10)-9(10) | 10(12) 11(8) (5 canc.) | 12(8) (5 canc.) | 13(8)-15(8) (wants 8).
Writing
in several hands
Foliation
ff. i-vii + 1-147 + a
Additions
On the flyleaf iiv Note on the corporal assumption of the Virgin and some scribbles.

Abstract/Contents

Summary
MS 150 is a thirteenth-century manuscript written in several hands, possibly from the abbey at Swineshead, Lincolnshire. It contains a number of tracts including Nouale by William Pore OCist (fl. mid-thirteenth century), Verbum abbreuiatum by Peter the Chanter (d. 1197), De mysteriis ecclesiae by John of Garland (c. 1195-1258 or after), Templum Domini by Robert Grosseteste (c.1170-1253) and De missarum mysteriis by Pope Innocent III (1160/1-1216) as well as a series of biblical extracts and medical recipes.
Contents
Nouale -- Verbum abbreuiatum -- Biblical extracts -- De mysteriis ecclesiae -- Templum Domini -- Medical receipts -- De missarum mysteriis

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xiii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:bw552sr8347/MS_150.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:js956mm4000/150.pdf
Contains
  • William Pore OCist, Nouale. iiir-viiv
    Nasmith
    Carmen versibus resonantibus scriptum ad Henricum abbatem de Swineshead. iiir-viiv
    Author
    William Pore OCist
    Note
    Incipit, Noscere debetis pictoribus atque poetis.
    In nota marginali liber sic describitur; Nota quod causa materialis hujus libri in parte est donum Henrici abbatis de Swynesheued: in quadam est gramatica et in quadam est moralis: in qua tanguntur quedam proverbia communia: in majori parte casus viales quos auctor hujus operis cum discipulis suis percepit in redeundo de Swynesheued ad scolas post natalia festa ibidem celebrata; et in parte tangit proprietates avium et brutorum ad Latine eloquentie opulentiam et ad puerorum instructionem. Causa autem efficiens est intellectus autoris motus est ad predicta describenda metrice: formalis autem est modus agendi qui metricus est; finalis est dicti abbatis commendatio cum ceteris que tanguntur in causa materiali. Titulus hic incipit novale dictum a quodam novo metro soli dicto abbati appropriate.
    Ex primis versibus acrosticis apparet nomen autoris fuisse Willelmum Pore.
    col. 1 has text, col. 2 notes
    (iiir) Noscere debetis pictoribus atque poetisQuelibet audere datur equum posse tenereCur mea figmenta non praues hoc docume(n)taQue fere quingenta numero sunt per metra lentaAbbas care uale tuus est liber iste noualeNam metrum tale tibi continet hic specialeTangit penale. tangit quandoque iocaleNunc est morale, proprium nunc nunc generaleNunc cronographale. nunc sistit gramaticaleNunc topographale. per causam sic uariale
    The acrostic begins: It reads Willelmus Pore Vult mens factorum quedam metrare tuorumInclita nostrorum casus simul et puerorum
    On f. iiiv is a more elaborate acrostic on the name Henricus Abbas de Swineshevid. It is in five columns, each line usually of five words, each column forming the same acrostic:
    The text then resumes in two columns
    Incipit
    (iiiv) O flos abbatum decus ordinis intitulatum
    Note
    The poem is chiefly occupied with an account of the difficulties of the journey from Swineshead owing to ice and cold, and with an invective against a garcio named William Gybard
    Explicit
    (vir) Qui mihi solamen tribuitque metrando iuuamenHuic iteres amen, amen iteretur et Amen
    Note
    In col. 2 are more verses in a larger hand, some to Abbot Henry
    Also
    (vir) Post dolor ad beramdun vice uersa corruet enseInnumerum wlgus Innumerique ducesMorte repentina mors altera morteque bina
    Margin: Isti tres uersus fuerunt reuelati cuidam mulieri dormienti per tres dies et totidem noctes
    There is also an English line
    þan (or ƿan) creu kattes an ƿan wasit dey. rybaudye
    (viv) blank
    (viir) table to item no. 2
    (viiv) blank
  • Peter the Chanter, Verbum abbreuiatum. 1r-98r
    Nasmith
    Petri Cantoris Parisiensis verbum abbreviatum. 1r-98r
    Author
    Peter the Chanter
    Note
    Hic liber multas notulas habet quae sunt in textu scriptae in multis aliis libris.
    Rubric
    (1r) Quod breuitati sit studendum
    Incipit
    (1r) Uerbum abbreuiatum faciet dominus etc. Si enim uerbum
    Note
    (CCV 23)
    (43r) The hand changes, and in this quire (5) are many additions both marginal and on inserted leaves. They concern chapters 45 de officio prelatorum to 67 contra mollientes arcum sacre scripture
    (59r) Another change of hand
    Explicit
    (98r) inmensum et inexplicable
    Rubric
    (98r) Explicit Pater noster pro anima Notarii
  • Biblical extracts. 98r-114r
    Nasmith
    De vita et doctrina sacerdotis. 98r-114r
    Note
    (98r) Table of chapters to no. 3
    I. De uita et doctrina sacerdotis
    107. De uita eterna
    Incipit
    (99r) Ecclesiasticus. Aurum et argentum confla et facito uerbis tuis stateram. In exodo Saga dupplicabantur, etc.
    Note
    Each section is a collection of short extracts
    Ends
    Explicit
    (114r) Incorruptio autem proximum facit ei deo .i. similem
  • John of Garland, De mysteriis ecclesiae. 114v-117v
    Nasmith
    Carmen ad Fulconem episcopum Londoniensem de ritibus ecclesiasticis. 114v-117v
    Author
    John of Garland
    Note
    Another hand, double columns of 51 etc. lines
    (By Joh. de Garlandia)
    Incipit
    (114v) Anglia quo fulget quo gaudet presule claro
    Note
    (CL 1591)
    (114v) Lundonie quo parisius scrutante sophiam
    Ends
    Explicit
    (177v) Qui fuit ecclesie directa columpna, fenestraLucida, Turribulum redolens, campana sonoraAd finem libri sit laus et gloria christi
  • Robert Grosseteste, Templum Domini. 118r-122r
    Nasmith
    Exhortatio ad sacerdotes [sive tractatus Roberti Grosteste episcopi Lincoln, de sacramentis ecclesiae et articulis fidei.]. 118r-122r
    Author
    Robert Grosseteste
    Note
    (118r) Roberti Grosseteste Templum domini (no title)
    Incipit
    (118r) Templum domini sanctum est quod estis uos
    Note
    (122r) Ends unfinished
    Some notes in other hands follow
  • Medical receipts. 122v-124v
    Nasmith
    Remedia ad guttam fistulam, etc. 122v-124v
    Note
    (122v) In a very rough large hand (xiii)
    (122v) Receipts, one in French
    (122v) La reste(?) bof garit les bos et les vaches de moreine etc.
    (124v) blank
  • Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis), De missarum mysteriis. 125r-146v
    Nasmith
    Innocentius papa III. de officio missae. 125r-146v
    Author
    Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis)
    Rubric
    (125r) Incipit prephacio Innocentii pape tertii de officio misse
    Incipit
    (125r) Tria sunt precipue in quibus lex diuina consistit
    Note
    (CCXVII 773)
    Explicit
    (146v) et continue totum censui subscribendum
    Rubric
    (146v) Explicit liber Innocencentii pape tercii De officio misse Hic debet subsequi canon
    Note
    Among scribbles at the end I note
    (146v) Inconstans animus oculus uagus instabilis pes Sunt signa hominis de quo michi nulla bona spes
    Some accounts (xv, relating to taking a degree)
    (147r) Sol. pro gycgys Pro cirofis sophtis iid Pro obne (?) i d ... Pro prandio viijs vijd Pro bedellis vs iiijd Pro senescallo xiid (twice) Pro ordinario ...s Pro scolis x...d
    (147r) Also: Mem. de 2o libris viz de Aug. de ciuitate dei et de sermonibus dominicalibus
TJames
223
Stanley
O. 17
Repository
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
Location
MS 150

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