Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 181: William of Jumièges OSB, Gesta Normannorum ducum. Robert de Torigni OSB, Chronica. Iohannes de Plano Carpini, Historia Mongolorum. Willelmus de Rubruk OFM, Itinerarium ad partes orientales

Description

Alternative title
William of Jumièges etc. Itinera Odorici, W. de Rubruc, etc.
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 200 + 2
Date created
[ca. 1300-1349]
Language
Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material
Vellum
Layout
37 lines to a page
Height (mm)
291
Width (mm)
182
Collation
2 flyleaves, 1(12) 2(12) 3(8) 4(12)-6(12) (wants 12) 7(12)-9(12) 10(8) (wants 6-8) 11(10) (wants 6-10) 12(12) 13(12) 14(12) 14(4) 15(12)-19(12) (wants 12).
Writing
in a good large clear hand, perhaps modelled on the Italian script of the time
Foliation
ff. a-b + i-ii + pp. 1-400 + ff. c-d
Provenance
At the bottom of i is the mark: In. 3. J. This is the mark of the Abbey of St Mary at York. In C. C. C. Oxford MS. 224 is one very similar, together with the name of the monastery. Others are at Dublin1 and Dublin2 and in Lord Herries' Library at Everingham: cf. MS 309 in this collection.
Research
In M. Delisle's Mélanges de Paléographie et de Bibliographie, 1880, p. 190, a Leyden manuscript is described, the contents of which coincide in a remarkable degree with those of the volume under consideration. It is Vossianus 104 of the early xivth cent., has 191 leaves, and formerly belonged to Paul Petau. To M. Delisle's description I owe many of the references inserted above. A statement of the correspondences of the two books may be given here: It is evident that the two are sister books. The only important difference between them is that the Leyden MS. contains the History of Geoffrey of Monmouth. The Cambridge MS. may at one time have contained this also, since at the place where it would naturally come (after p. 216) a quire ends. The one thing in the Cambridge MS. which does not occur in the Leyden one is the Bull added on p. 278 by a later hand
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Abstract/Contents

Summary
CCCC MS 181, copied in the early fourteenth century, contains the Gesta Normannorum ducum compiled by William of Jumièges OSB (d. 1087?), Orderic Vitalis OSB (1075-c.1143) and Robert de Torigni OSB (d. 1186), Torigni's distinct Chronicon for the years 1137 onwards, continued by a later author to 1259, as well as a number of shorter texts of continental, particularly Norman and French, history. This codex also contains two well-known pieces of medieval travel literature about the far east, Willelmus de Rubruk OFM (fl. 1248-57) Itinerarium ad partes orientales and Iohannes de Plano Carpini (c. 1182-c. 1252) Historia mongolorum quos nos tartaros appellamus. A shelf mark indicates that this volume is one of two in Parker's collection that can be shown to have once been in the library of the Benedictine Abbey of St Mary's, York (the other being CCCC MS 309). How this manuscript came into Parker's possession is not known.
Contents
Gesta Normannorum ducum, with a continuation 1070-1135 by Robert de Torigni OSB -- Historia breuis Angliae a morte Gulielmi I. ad annum 1239 -- Vita Caroli regis Francorum et imperatoris Romanorum -- Historia Franciae ab Antenore ad annum 1137 -- La pes et lordenance fete entre excellenz princes Loys roi de France et Henri roi d'Engleterre -- Bulla Gregorii papae contra Simonem et Guidonem de Monteforti occisores cum eorum excusationibus et condemnatione -- Bulla Ioannis papae data A. D. 1326, pro pace concilianda inter reges Franciae et Angliae -- Historia mongolorum quos nos tartaros appellamus -- Itinerarium ad partes orientales

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xiv (first half)
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:gd588jk0469/MS_181.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:hd087yr5152/181.pdf
Contains
  • William of Jumièges OSB, Gesta Normannorum ducum, with a continuation 1070-1135 by Robert de Torigni OSB. 1-206
    Nasmith
    Gulielmi Gemiticensis de ducibus Normannorum cum continuatione incerti autoris ad annum 1271, lib. ix. 1-206
    Author
    William of Jumièges OSB
    Robert de Torigni OSB
    Rubric
    (1) De castitate Rollonis et quomodo reduxit corpus beati audoeni etc.
    Incipit
    (1) Quante humilitatis Rollo fuit
    Rubric
    (2) Quoddam miraculum in tempore Rollonis
    Incipit
    (2) Quidam uero aliud dicitur eidem comiti accidisse
    Note
    (Knight rides on the Seine. Prophecy)
    Incipit
    (3) Similiter rex francie facit fidelitatem<br />(3) De Ricardo filio primi ricardi dicitur quod fuerit pater patrie
    Explicit
    (5) manerium quod ipse illis pro anima sua dabat
    Note
    These anecdotes are in the edition of William of Jumièges by Duchesne, under the title of Additamenta ad Hist. Normannorum p. 315
    Rubric
    (5) Incipit Epistola Willelmi Gemeticensis ad Willelmi ortodoxorum Anglorum regem in Norman. ducum gestis
    Incipit
    (5) Pio uictorioso atque ortodoxo
    Explicit
    (6) uictoriose acque orthodoxe
    Rubric
    (6) Explicit epistola etc.<br />(6) Capitula libri primi
    Incipit
    (6) Ex quo francorum resumptis uiribus
    Note
    (13) Liber II<br />(30) Liber III<br />(37) Liber IV<br />(51) Liber V<br />(62) Liber VI<br />(76) Liber VII<br />(112) Liber VIII (gesta Henrici by Robert de Torigni)<br />The capitula of liber VIII are 43, but they do not agree with the divisions of the text. Thus no. 34 of the Capitula corresponds to ch. xxx of the text<br />C. xv ends imperfectly p. 126
    Explicit
    (126) Occiso autem illo almalrico Rodulfus de toneio
    Note
    pp. 127-130 are blank<br />(131) The text is resumed in c. xxi
    Incipit
    (131) cateruis more pugnantium necnon et equitibus
    Note
    This gap occurs in all known copies, which are derived from the Leyden MS. 20, formerly at Bec<br />(139) C. xxx ends
    Explicit
    (139) gaudia misericorditer tribuat qui cum patre etc. - secula seculorum. Amen
    Rubric
    (140) Explicit liber gestorum ducum normannie continens res gestas primi henrici regis anglorum et ducis normannorum epyth. (i.e. epythaphium)
    Note
    (140) Quod modicum prestent quod opes magnum nichil extent<br />(140) Henricus pridem. tunc terror. nunc cinis idem<br />Without title, continuation
    Incipit
    (140) De filiabus primi Willelmi regis anglorum sororibus incliti regis henrici etc.
    Note
    (= 35 of capitula to lib. VIII)<br />The capitula take us down to p. 147 of text
    Explicit
    (147) Thebaldus electus beccensis ecclesie benedictus est abbas apud Rothomagum anno domino hugone archiepiscopo
    Note
    (Delisle, Rob. de Torigni I 208)<br />Text continues
    Rubric
    (147) mcxxxix
    Incipit
    (147) Stephanus rex anglorum in natali obsedit bedefort
    Note
    Down to the year 1169 (et multi in ea perierunt): this forms part of the chronicle of Robert de Torigni<br />Change of ink occurs on p. 188 and on pp. 189-190 change of hand, though the character of the script is the same<br />Ends (1272)
    Explicit
    (206) a ciuitatibus et castellis normannie receptus est
    Note
    Edited by Duchesne (pp. 1003-1014) from MS. Bib. Nat. 14663 latin, also in the Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France XII 788, XVIII 345, XXIII 213. It begins in 1169: Fundata est abbatia de Wallomonte.
  • Historia breuis Angliae a morte Gulielmi I. ad annum 1239. 207-216
    Nasmith
    Historia brevis Angliae a morte Gulielmi I. ad annum 1239. 207-216
    Note
    (207) No title
    Rubric
    (207) Mo. lxxxo. vijo.
    Incipit
    (207) Obiit Guillelmus rex anglorum et dux normannie qui angliam
    Note
    Ends (1239)
    Explicit
    (215) Eodem anno natus fuit edoardus filius h. regis anglie
    Note
    (216) blank<br />Hardy III 74. Edited, from 1210, in the Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France XVIII 343 from the Paris MS. 14663
  • Einhard, Vita Caroli regis Francorum et imperatoris Romanorum. 217-236
    Nasmith
    Vita et conversatio excellentissimi principis D. Karoli magni quondam imperatoris et regis Franciae. 217-236
    Author
    Einhard
    Rubric
    (217) Hic incipit uita et conuersatio etc.
    Note
    The Life by Eginhard without Walafrid's Prologue
    Incipit
    (217) Uitam et conuersationem et ex parte non modica res gesta(s) domini et nutritoris mei Karoli
    Note
    Ends after the will
    Explicit
    (236) Hec omnia filius eius hludouicus ... summa deuotione adimplere curauit
  • Historia Franciae ab Antenore ad annum 1137. 236-261
    Nasmith
    Historia Franciae ab Antenore ad annum 1137. 236-261
    Note
    No title: known as the Abrege des gestes des Rois de France
    Incipit
    (236) Antenor et alii profugi ab excidio troie
    Explicit
    (261) successit ei ludouicus iunior rex francorum et dux acquitanorum anno ab incarnacione domini mo. co. xxxo. vijo
    Note
    Edited by Waitz in MGH. Scriptores IX 395-406
  • La pes et lordenance fete entre excellenz princes Loys roi de France et Henri roi d'Engleterre. 262-265
    Nasmith
    La pes et lordenance fete entre excellenz princes Loys roi de France et Henri roi d'Engleterre. 262-265
    Incipit
    (262) Henris par la grace de dieu
    Explicit
    (264) lan de lincarnacion nostre seignor m. cc. cinquante nouieme et mois de septembre
  • Bulla Gregorii papae contra Simonem et Guidonem de Monteforti occisores cum eorum excusationibus et condemnatione. 264-277
    Nasmith
    Bulla Gregorii papae de morte Henrici de Alemannia filii Ricardi imperatoris electi contra Simonem et Guidonem de Monteforti occisores cum eorum excusationibus et condemnatione. 264-277
    Note
    The title of 6 follows item 5, but half a page is blank, and the text of 6 begins on p. 265<br />Title
    Rubric
    (264) Citatio contra (guid)onemerased de monteforti facta a gregorio papa X
    Incipit
    (265) Gregorius etc. ad certitudinem presencium et memoriam futurorum. quondam henrici de alemannia etc.
    Explicit
    (266) Kalends marcii anno primo
    Note
    (1273). Potthast no. 20682
    Rubric
    (266) Excusationes (erasure) de monteforti directe ad gregiam papam X
    Incipit
    (266) Querela patris de se
    Explicit
    (268) ad iustum iudicium subeundum
    Rubric
    (268) Responsiones ad excusationes guidonis de monteforti et condempnatio ipsius
    Incipit
    (268) Ad perpetuam rei memoriam nephandum scelus
    Note
    (275) (Orvieto, kalends Aprilis anno secundo) Potthast no. 20712<br />(276) Paragraphs (on which see Delisle Melanges, pp. 193, 4)
    Incipit
    (276) Clodoneus (so) primus rex francorum xxx annis regnauit
    Explicit
    (276) ludouicus filius eiusdem ludouici xlvii annis
    Note
    (Partly in French)<br />On the Electors
    Incipit
    (276) Tres otones per successionem generis
    Explicit
    (276) Hii statuunt dominum cunctis per secula summum. Germanica continet alemannicos...ad hungariae sunt limites imperii et usque clauoniae
    Incipit
    (276) Conueniunt autem dicti electores
    Note
    Story of Charlemagne and a fairy (Gaston Paris, Hist. poetique de Charlemagne, p. 384)<br />(277) Poem, in twelve quatrains, by a Welshman<br />(277) Trucidate(-re) saxones soliti cambrensesAd cognates britones et cornubiensesRequiraunt ut veniant per accutos ensesAd debellandos inimicos saxonienses... Hoc arthuri patruus uelit impetrareSanctus dauiWright reads [qui]dam: but clearly his MS. must have agreed with ours maximus anglum ultra mareScimus festum marti(i)s kalendis instareAd natale solum britones studeat reuocare...Istis suis finibus contigit regnareIllis duces presides reges triumphareQuibus nullo merito se possint equareEst quam regnare longe plus induperare<br />This is the last stanza written<br />Ed. from a Leyden MS. (see post) by T. Wright, Political Songs of England, p. 56
  • Bulla Ioannis papae data A. D. 1326, pro pace concilianda inter reges Franciae et Angliae. 278-278
    Nasmith
    Bulla Ioannis papae data A. D. 1326, pro pace concilianda inter reges Franciae et Angliae. 278-278
    Note
    (278) In another hand
  • Iohannes de Plano Carpini, Historia mongolorum quos nos tartaros appellamus. 279-321
    Nasmith
    Iohannis de Plano-carpini ordinis fratrum minorum A. S. in partibus orient, nuncii historia Mongalorum quos nos Tartaros appellamus. 279-321
    Author
    Iohannes de Plano Carpini
    Rubric
    (279) Incipit ystoria mongalorum quos nos tartaros appellamus
    Incipit
    (279) Omnibus fidelibus ad quos presens scriptura peruenerit fr. Johannes de plano carpini
    Rubric
    (279) Explicit salutatio. incipit prologus
    Incipit
    (279) Cum ex mandate sedis apostolice
    Explicit
    (279) ab aliis infametur
    Incipit
    (279) Uolentes igitur facta scribere
    Explicit
    (321) siue perfectius illa que nondum erant completa
    Rubric
    (321) Explicit historia mongalorum quos nos tartaros appellamus
    Note
    Edited by D'Avezac, 1839
  • Willelmus de Rubruk OFM, Itinerarium ad partes orientales. 321-400
    Nasmith
    Itinerarium Willelmi de Rubruc ad partes orientales. 321-400
    Author
    Willelmus de Rubruk OFM
    Note
    Modern (xvi) title
    Incipit
    (321) Excellentissimo domino ... ludovico dei gracia regi francorum illustri frater Willelmus de rubruc
    Explicit
    (398) Immo plures interpretes et copiosas expensas
    Note
    Ed. by D'Avezac, 1839. Also in MS 66. 10, MS 407. 2<br />Extract from Ethicus' Cosmography
    Incipit
    (398) Ut ait ethicus ph'icus gens stultissima est inter alias gentes
    Explicit
    (399) alexander caspias portas muniuit
    Note
    Lower part of leaf (probably blank) cut off
    Incipit
    (400) Martinus (IV: to the Friars minor) Dilectis filiis ad fructus uberes quos in agro dominico
    Explicit
    4. Ides Januarii anno primo
    Note
    (1282. Potthast no. 21837)
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Stanley
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Repository
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
Location
MS 181

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