Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 037: Astronomical Tracts. Statutes etc

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Title:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 037: Astronomical Tracts. Statutes etc
Alternate Title:
Astronomica
Language:
Latin and French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Extent:
ff. 99 + 1
Dimensions:
335 Height (mm) and 225 Width (mm)
Approximate Date:
[ca. 1300 - 1325]
Provenance:
From Boxley Priory, Kent. On the flyleaf (f. 1v) is an erased inscription which revived reads: liber S. Marie de Boxele emptus per dompnum Jo. heriettsham ab executoribus m. Jo. Renham nuper rectoris de holyngbourne in quem qui maliciose alienauerit anathema sit maranatha Amen.
Table of contents:
  • Theorica planetarum
  • Notes on Astronomical Conjunctions, 1306-1315
  • Calendar of Exchequer Term Days
  • Kalendarium cum tribus cyclis decennoualibus
  • Massa compoti
  • Algorismus
  • Astronomical Tables
  • De complexione signorum
  • Zodiac predictions
  • Astrologia medicorum
  • Gazetteer of England (Castles, abbeys, priories)
  • Gazetteer of England (Suffolk)
  • Gazetteer of England (Hertfordshire)
  • Gazetteer of England (Berkshire)
  • Statutes, Writs
  • Proceedings of the London Eyre, 1321 (Itinerary, proclamation, returns, pleas)
  • Proceedings of the London Eyre, 1321 (Quo warranto)
  • Proceedings of the London Eyre, 1321 (Ordinances of the City of London)
  • Proceedings of the London Eyre, 1321 (Writ, pleas)
  • List of values of English wool (per sack, by county)
  • A petition against extortion from Lincoln, Derby, Leicester, etc.
  • Writ 'non molestando'
  • Lex marisci
  • Names of the Sheriffs of Scotland
  • Ordinance for the King's household
  • Terms of the surrender of Berwick
  • Prophecy of the conquest of Ireland
  • Material relating to Ireland (fees, services, exchequer)
  • La copie dune lettre que vient de la onqe de la desconfiture que Mons. Roberd Dartois fist sur Fraunczois
  • La fforme del Trewe prise entre Sire Edward Roy dengleterre et Sire Philippe Roy de France (1343)
  • Verses in Latin and French
  • Treatise on weights and measures
  • Treatise on the method of measuring land
  • Cest le arrai et lassemble des gentz Descoce que vindrent a la bataille de Berewik. Cest assauoir
Description:
CCCC MS 37 is an interesting portmanteau manuscript of texts copied by various hands in the first half of the fourteenth century. The overwhelming sense of the these texts is of a collection put together by or for a secular figure with connections to London and Westminster. They include a gazetteer of England, astrological and medical tracts, statutes and calendars of the term days of the Exchequer and illustrated guides to the movement of the moon and tides. The London connection is further evinced by the presence in the manuscript of unique accounts of some of the cases that came before the eyre of 1321 that examined the liberties of the City. It may have been the property of the Londoner John Reynham and passed from him, via a relative, to the Cistercian abbey at Boxley, Kent.
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