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Alternative title

Senecae Tragoediae Quaedam. Fr. de Maronis. Miscellanea

Type of resource

mixed material

Extent

ff. 1 + 157 + 2

Date created

[ca. 1475-1525]

Language

Latin

Material

Paper and vellum

Layout

mostly 37 lines to a page

Height (mm)

292

Width (mm)

217

Collation

1 flyleaf vellum, 1(4) 2(12) 3(12) 4(10) 5(14) 6(12) 7(12) (wants 7-12) 8(12) 9(12) 10 (seven last) 11(12)-14(12) | 15(8) (+ slip vellum) 16(2).

Writing

Another hand

Foliation

ff. a-b + i + 1-71 (72-76 missing) + 77-100 (101-112 missing) + 113-167 (168 missing) + 169-177 + ii-iii + c-d

Additions

On the flyleaf (f. ir) a mark consisting of the letters G and R surmounted by a cross.

Summary

CCCC MS 107 is a miscellany written c. 1500, but containing one thirteenth-century quire (ff. 169-76) bound in at the end. The texts contained in the volume are diverse with no apparent thematic unity. Among them are Seneca's tragedies, Hercules furens, Thyestes and Octavia, François de Meyronnes OFM (d. after 1328), De indulgentiis and other works, an extract from Walter Map (c. 1140-1210), De nugis curialium, extracts from Petrus Riga (d. 1209), Aurora (this is in the thirteenth-century section) and John Duns Scotus OFM (d. 1308), De perfectione statuum. The reason why the commissioner of the manuscript wanted such an unusual collection of texts is a mystery. The annotations by Matthew Parker in various parts of the book suggest that the thirteenth-century part was bound together with the c. 1500 part when the manuscripts came into his collection.

Contents

Epistola Valerii ad Rufinum ne ducat uxorem (De nugis curialium, dist. 4, 3-5) -- Hercules furens -- Thyestes -- Octavia praetexta -- De indulgentiis -- De conceptu uirginali -- De dominio apostolorum -- De perfectione statuum -- Epistola ad Colonienses -- Epistola 131 -- Bull, Et si animarum affectantes -- De XII abusiuis saeculi (De duodecim abusionum gradibus) -- De diuersis quaestionibus LXXXIII, book 1 -- De doctrina christiana -- Epitaph of Seneca -- Epistulae morales (1-20) -- Verses on Biblical subjects -- Excerpta patrum -- Tractatus de vanitate mundi -- Verses -- Sermons -- Notes from Register and Statute Book of Cambridge University 1488-1544

M.R. James Date

xv late (or xvi early)

Downloadable James Catalogue Record

https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:sf976dj8060/MS_107.pdf

Superseded Interim Catalogue Record

https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:dc012dm8584/107.pdf

Contains

• Walter Map, Epistola Valerii ad Rufinum ne ducat uxorem (De nugis curialium, dist. 4, 3-5). 1r-4v

  Nasmith

  Valerius ad Rufinum de nuptiis non habendis. 1r-4v

  James

  W. Mapes, De Nugis Curialium Dist. IV. 1r-4v

  Author

  Walter Map

  Incipit

  (1r) Loqui prohebeor et tacere non possum

  Explicit

  (3v) ne horestem scripsisse videar vale

  Rubric

  (3v) Explicit sententia valerii ad Rufinum de nupciis non habendis

  Note

  f. 4r+4v blank

• Seneca, Hercules furens. 5r-22r

  Nasmith

  Hercules furens, tragoedia Senecae. 5r-22r

  Author

  Seneca

  Incipit

  (5r) Soror tonantis

  Note

  Marginal glosses, beginning

  Incipit

  (5r) nota prius quod ista tragedia diuiditur in 5 actus

  Note

  Ends

  Explicit

  (22r) que superos solet

• Seneca, Thyestes. 22r-39v

  Nasmith

  Thyestes, tragoedia Senecae. 22r-39v

  Author

  Seneca

  Note

  (deest actus quintus et pars quarti)

  Incipit

  (22r) Quis me furor nunc

  Note

  Ends unfinished l. 708

  Explicit

  (32v) Inter iuuencos tigris errauit duos

  Note

  Most of f. 32v and all ff. 33r-40v are blank

• Seneca, Octavia praetexta. 40r-52v

  Nasmith

  Ocatria, tragoedia Senecae. 40r-52v

  Author

  Seneca

  Note

  (40r) (Octavia)

  Incipit

  (40r) Jam vaga celo

  Note

  Ends

  Explicit

  (52v) ciuis gaudet Roma cruore

  Rubric

  (52v) Finit tragedia

• François de Meyronnes OFM, De indulgentiis. 53r-59r

  Nasmith

  Franciscus de Moronis de indulgentiis. 53r-59r

  Author

  François de Meyronnes OFM

  Note

  (53r) Another hand

  Rubric

  (53r) Franciscus de Maronis

  Incipit

  (53r) Quodcunque ligaueris super terram etc.

  Explicit

  (59r) pluit super iustos et iniustos. Cui est honor et gloria in secula seculorum. Amen

  Note

  Also in MS 151. 6, MS 156. 6

• pseudo-François de Meyronnes OFM, De conceptu uirginali. 59v-64v

  Nasmith

  Idem de conceptu virginali. 59v-64v

  Author

  pseudo-François de Meyronnes OFM

  Note

  (59v) Another hand

  Incipit

  (59v) Absit istam rem facere 2o machabeorum 9o Quia virgo sanctissima ut christianorum regula

  Explicit

  (64r) ad virginis laudes que sit benedicta in eternum. Amen

  Rubric

  (64r) Explicit sententia ffrancisci de maronis de conceptu virginali

  Note

  64v blank

• François de Meyronnes OFM, De dominio apostolorum. 65r-71v

  Nasmith

  Idem de dominio civili et naturali. 65r-71v

  Author

  François de Meyronnes OFM

  Note

  Fol. 76r hic notantur desse folia 5. in quibus juxta indicem olim continebatur, tractatus ejusdem autoris de praelatura dominii spiritualis ad dominium temporale

  Incipit

  (65r) Utrum apostoli habuerint bonorum dominium in communi

  Explicit

  (71v) de discipulis ut fuit declaratum

  Rubric

  (71v) Explicit sententia ffrancisci de dominio naturali et ciuili

  Note

  (71v) There follow 14 lines of another tract, lined through. The old table of contents gives the title ffranciscusde prelatura principatus ecclesiastici ad principatum temporale
  ff. 71(72)-76 cut out. Note by Parker, desunt fol. 5

• John Duns Scotus OFM, De perfectione statuum. 77r-93r

  Nasmith

  Scotus de perfectione statuum. 77r-93r

  Author

  John Duns Scotus OFM

  Incipit

  (77r) Quod status prelatorum sanctorum pastorum ecclesie presupponit statum alium perfectiorem

  Explicit

  (93r) que toti mundo naturaliter sunt nota

  Rubric

  (93r) Explicit Scotus de perfectione statuum

• Hildegard of Bingen OSB, Epistola ad Colonienses. 93v-94v

  Nasmith

  Epistola Hildegardis virginis ad Colonienses de perturbatione clericorum, quae epistola a papa Eugenio recepta fuit in concilio Treverensi. 93v-94v

  James

  Epistola Hildegardis. 93v-94v

  Author

  Hildegard of Bingen OSB

  Note

  (cf. MS 288. 10, MS 404. 5)

  Incipit

  (93v) De eminente luce vocem audiui dicentem. O filia syon corona capitis filiorum tuorum inclinabitur

  Explicit

  (94v) deinceps in fortissima vi persisteret

  Rubric

  (94v) Explicit prophetia

• Robert Grosseteste (attrib.), Epistola 131. 94v-94v

  Nasmith

  Epistola exhortatoria episcopi Lincolniensis ad proceres Angliae, &c. ne ecclesiam ab exteris et Romanae curias ministris spoliari sinant. 94v-94v

  Author

  Robert Grosseteste (attrib.)

  Note

  Edited Luard Roberti Grosseteste Epistolae (Rolls) no. cxxxi, p. 442 from this MS

• Innocent IV, Bull, Et si animarum affectantes. 95r-100v

  Nasmith

  Bulla Innocentii IV. 95r-100v

  Author

  Innocent IV

  Note

  Hic desunt fol. 31. ubi olim, tractatus de potestate jurisdictionis ecclesiasticae

  Incipit

  (95r) Innocentius etc. uniuersis religiosis etc. Et si animarum affectantes

  Explicit

  (96r) Dat. neapoli vicesimo kalends Decemb.

  Note

  96v-100v blank. ff. 101-112 cut out
  (100v) Note by Parker. Desunt fol. 31. The old table has Tract. de potestate jurisdiccionis ecclesiastice

• pseudo-Augustine, De XII abusiuis saeculi (De duodecim abusionum gradibus). 113r-115v

  Nasmith

  Augustinus de XII. abusionibus. 113r-115v

  Author

  pseudo-Augustine

  Note

  (113r) A new hand

  Incipit

  (113r) Hee sunt .12. abusiua seculi

  Note

  (P. L. XL 1079)

  Explicit

  (115v) auxilio omnipotentis undique. Amen

• Augustine, De diuersis quaestionibus LXXXIII, book 1. 116r-119v

  Nasmith

  Dialectica quaedam. 116r-119v

  Author

  Augustine

  Note

  A list of propositions (cf. MS 378)

  Incipit

  (116r) Omne verum a veritate verum est

  Note

  117v-119v blank

• Augustine, De doctrina christiana. 120r-155r

  Nasmith

  Augustinus de doctrina Christiana. 120r-155r

  James

  Extract from Retractations. 120r-155r

  Author

  Augustine

  Note

  (120r) A better hand
  Text

  Incipit

  (120r) Sunt precepta quedam

  Note

  (P. L. XXXIV 15)

  Explicit

  (155r) facultate disserui

  Rubric

  (155r) Explicit Augustinus de doctrina Christiana

• Epitaph of Seneca. 155r-155v

  Nasmith

  Epitaphium Senecae. 155r-155v

  Note

  (155r) Added in a later hand
  155v blank

• Seneca, Epistulae morales (1-20). 156r-167v

  Nasmith

  Lucii Eunii Senecae literarum moralium ad Lucilium epistolae numero nonaginta. 156r-167v

  Author

  Seneca

  Note

  Desunt 70 posteriores epistolae

  Rubric

  (156r) Continentur in hoc codice lucii eunii senece litterarum moralium ad lucilum epistole numero nonaginta
  (156r) Senecalucilio salutem. Prima Epistola ne perdatur tempus

  Incipit

  (156r) Ita fac mi lucili

  Note

  (167v) Ends in Epistola 20. Note by Parker. Desunt folia 19
  (167r) Here the old foliation ends: and is continued in a more recent hand, with 169r etc.

• Verses on Biblical subjects. 169r-172r

  Nasmith

  Multi versus de sacris historiis, &c. 169r-172r

  Note

  In membranis seculo xv
  (169r) This quire is of vellum, of cent. xiii early in two hands. It begins in double columns of 47 lines
  Verses on Biblical subjects, in short sections, giving the allegorical meaning of various incidents. They are not intended for inscriptions and are probably extracts from the Aurora of Petrus de Riga

  Incipit

  (169r) Aaron uirga. dei uirgo. peperisse ferunturArboris illa nuces, etheris illa deum

  Note

  This section recurs on f. 171v. The hand changes on that page

• Augustine, Excerpta patrum. 172r-172r

  Nasmith

  De servitute Deo debita et de speciebus timoris. 172r-172r

  Author

  Augustine

  Note

  Short paragraphs from Augustine etc.

• Tractatus de vanitate mundi. 172v-173r

  Nasmith

  Brevis tractatus de vanitate mundi. 172v-173r

  Incipit

  (172v) Recede hinc uade contra orientem abscondere in torrente caribd. (sic) ibi de torrente bibes. Si consideremus quam fallax

  Explicit

  (173r) exaltabit caput tuum Idem dominus noster Ihesus Christus qui cum deo patre et spiritu sancto deus per omnia secula seculorum. Amen

  Note

  Probably a sermon. In the hand of ff. 169r-171r

• Verses. 173r-173v

  Note

  (173r) Verses follow
  (1)

  Incipit

  (173r) Nobilitas sola est animum que moribus ornat

  Note

  Ends

  Explicit

  (173r) Curritur in facinus nec leges curia curat

  Note

  (2)

  Incipit

  (173r) Indigeo bobus ad rura colenda duobusPontificis munus. bos exeat. unus et unus

  Note

  (3)

  Incipit

  (173r) O felix mortale genus si semper haberetEternum pre mente bonum, finemque timeret. Qui tam nobilibus media quam plebe creatisInprouisus adest anime discrimine magno.Dum queruntur opes, dum fallax gloria rerumMortales oculos variis circumuolat alisDum petimus profugos qui nunc uenduntur honoresCurrimus equoreos fluctus uitamque perosiEt caput et merces timidis (tumidis) committimus undisCumque per alpinas hyemes turbamque latronumRomuleas arces et auare menia romeCernere solliciti, si cursu forte beatoAd natale solum patrieque reuertimur orbemEcce repentine modiceque occasio febrisDissoluit toto quecumque parauimus euo

  Note

  (173v) change of hand (to that of f. 171r)

  Explicit

  (173v) Unde superbit homo cuius conceptio culpaNasci pena, labor uita, necesse mori.Est ve nascenti, ve nato, ve morientiEst ve nam sine ve non uiuit filius eue

• Sermons. 174r-177v

  Nasmith

  Tractatus de sacerdotio. 174r-177v

  Note

  Sermon

  Incipit

  (174r) Elegit iudas sacerdotes sine macula

  Explicit

  (176r) se ipsum in premium sempiternum. Quod nobis prestare dignetur etc.

  Note

  Sermon

  Incipit

  (176r) Spiritus domini Spiritus sanctus repleuit orbem

  Explicit

  (176v) consolationes tue letificauerunt animam meam

  Note

  (177r) Slip with scribbled verses in late hand

• Notes from Register and Statute Book of Cambridge University 1488-1544. iir-iiiv

  Nasmith

  Breves notae ex registro Cantabrigie ab anno 1488, ad annum 1544. iir-iiiv

  Note

  In chartis
  Paper (xvi) paged by Parker 692

  Rubric

  (iir) Ex Registro Cantabrigie ab anno 1488 ad. annum 1544

  Incipit

  (iir) folio 8. Episcopus Lincolniensis Cancellarius Oxonie incorporatur Cantabrigie

  Note

  References to folios given throughout
  (iiiv) On the last page an extract from a statute book of the University f. 58
  (iiiv) Nota quod 12 turonenses valent xld etc.
  This is page 692 of MS 106

TJames

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Stanley

Misc. S

Repository

UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

Location

MS 107

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