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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.

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

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Superseded Interim Catalogue Record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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