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  • Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 469: Basil of Caesarea, Admonitio ad filium spiritualem. Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (extract). Chronicles

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 469: Basil of Caesarea, Admonitio ad filium spiritualem. Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (extract). Chronicles

Description

Alternative title
Basilius. Bestiary. Chronica
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 4 + 191
Date created
[ca. 1275-1299]
Language
Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material
Vellum
Layout
28 lines to a page
Height (mm)
154
Width (mm)
112
Collation
a(4), 1(8) 2(8) 3(12)-16(12) (7 canc.) 17(8).
Writing
well written
Foliation
ff. a-b + i-iv + 1-191 + c-d
Additions
On f. ir (faint), a xvth cent. list of contents. On ff. iv-ivr are notes in a good hand of cent. xiii-xiv. On ff. iiv-iiir Extracts from the Testaments of Dan, Joseph, Aser, Zabulon. On f. iiiv: Dixit autem Ieremias hec dicit dominus. Ego iuraui in nomine meo magno quod omnes uiri iuda qui sunt in terra egipti gladio et fame peribunt. donec penitus consumantur. Et insurrexit populus aduersus Jeremiam et lapidauerunt eum. Hic est ieremias qui regibus egipti signum dedit quod eorum idola euerti oporteret cum uirgo pareret. Legitur enim quod saluator noster in egiptum descendit cum herodes querebat animam illius. Quo intrante omnia idola egipti collisa corruerunt in terram. Dixit itaque presentibus. Dominus ex syon recessit ad celos inde rursus in uirtute uenturus. Erit signum presencie eius quando uniuerse gentes adorauerint lignum. Extracts from Testaments of Simeon, Levi, Juda. On f. ivv in a pretty hand: Semen feniculi xi habet uirtutes. Fugat demones ... Deponit uentositatem. Lower down is an erasure. Another at top of f. 1r.
2 fo.
accipit

Abstract/Contents

Summary
CCCC MS 469 is a late thirteenth-century manuscript containing miscellaneous texts with later additions and notes down to the fifteenth century, containing what was probably a monastic commonplace book compiled as an introduction or guide to matters spiritual and temporal. Thus it includes the pseudonymous work attributed to Basil of Caesarea (c. 330-379), Admonitio ad filium spiritualem, excerpts from book 12 (De animalibus) of Isidore of Seville (d. 636), Etymologiae, a collection of proverbs, a French prose Brut from Egbert to Edgar, extracts from the writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154), and a list of English kings from William I to Henry V. Doubtless it was the historical material which primarily interested Parker, though how and from where he acquired this manuscript is unknown.
Contents
Admonitio ad filium spiritualem -- Etymologiae (excerpt from book 12, chapters 4-7) -- Proverbs and other edifying words -- Tract on the Roman Emperors -- Brut (to King Edgar) -- Chronicle of English kings from Egbert to Edgar

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xiii late
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:vd675zp1906/MS_469.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:gp897rt3949/469.pdf
Contains
  • pseudo-Basil of Caesarea, Admonitio ad filium spiritualem. 1r-16v
    Nasmith
    Liber sancti Basilii episcopi Capadociae ad filios spirituales de militia spirituali. 1r-16v
    Author
    pseudo-Basil of Caesarea
    Rubric
    (1r) Incipit liber Sancti Basilii episcopi Capadocie ad filios spiritales de milicia spirituali
    Note
    (P. L. CIII 684)
    Incipit
    (1r) Audi fili mi admonitionem
    Explicit
    (16r) que preparauit deus diligentibus se
    Incipit
    (16r) Attende tibi fili ut possis dissernere ab utilibus noxia. Nam duplex est uita nostra
    Explicit
    (16v) et remedii et emendacionis cura pensetur
  • Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (excerpt from book 12, chapters 4-7). 17r-28v
    Nasmith
    Tractatus de omnibus animantibus et eorum proprietatibus. 17r-28v
    Author
    Isidore of Seville
    Incipit
    (17r) Omnibus animantibus adam primum uocabula indidit
    Note
    (P. L. LXXXII 423)
    Last section on Perdix, followed by paragraph on eggs
    Explicit
    (28v) oua quoque admixta calce glutinare fertur uitri fragmenta
  • Proverbs and other edifying words. 29r-158r
    Nasmith
    Proverbia et alia verba edificatoria in ordine disposita. 29r-158r
    Rubric
    (29r) Incipiunt prouerbia et alia uerba edificatoria in ordine disposita
    Note
    (De anima)
    Incipit
    (29r) Anima est substancia creata inuisibilis incorporea inmortalis deo similima
    Note
    followed by De amicicia, audacia, etc. in alphabetical order
    The last De xpo and De Antixpo ending
    Explicit
    (158r) Post hec qua die iudicium fiat omnis ignorat
  • Tract on the Roman Emperors. 158v-166v
    James
    A short tract on the Emperors. 158v-166v
    Rubric
    (158v) De tyranno et principe
    Incipit
    (158v) Est autem tirannus ut cum (eum) philosophi depincxerunt. Qui uiolenta dominacione premit populum
    Rubric
    (158v) Quod tyranni sunt ministri dei
    (159r) De morte sesaris et aliorum principum et tyrannorum
    Note
    The Twelve Caesars. Nerva, Trajan, Sennacherib, Philip, Decius, Aurelian, Carus, Constantine, Julian, Valens, Theodosius, Karolus
    Explicit
    (166r) Cogitetur igitur quomodo predicti imperatores siue boni siue mali exinaniti sunt et ad nichilum deuenerunt
    Incipit
    (166r) Regnum a regibus dictum
    Explicit
    (166v) ut uix quisquam principum eorum ad exitum uite natura ducente peruenerit
  • Brut (to King Edgar). 167r-177v
    Nasmith
    Brevis chronica a Bruto ad Egbertum. 167r-177v
    James
    Chronicle of Britain (mostly from Geoffrey of Monmouth). 167r-177v
    Incipit
    (167r) Eneas uero Romani generis auctor genuit Ascanium. Ascanius genuit siluium
    Explicit
    (177v) Post mortem Brithici regis Regnauit Adelbrich super Wessexe. quem Beda uocat Ecgbrit. Anno gratie dccco octauo
    Note
    Hardy I 500
  • Chronicle of English kings from Egbert to Edgar. 178r-181r
    Nasmith
    Chronique des rois d'Angleterre d'Egbert a Edgar. 178r-181r
    James
    Chronicle in French. 178r-181r
    Incipit
    (178r) Iadis altens as engles soleyt engletere estre departi a. v. parties ea .v. reis
    Note
    After a short prologue resumes with Egbert and ends unfinished with a story of Edgar
    Explicit
    (181r) Si mist lum le cors en fertre. Iluc an eires recut un forgene sun sens. et un orb la uue
    Note
    Mentioned by Hardy I 571
    ff. 181v-183v blank
    ff. 184r-191v have notes and extracts in various hands
    In set hand:
    Incipit
    (184r) Lex dei et premium habet et penam legentibus eam
    Note
    On f. 187v in a later hand
    Rubric
    (187v) Nomina regum anglie post conquestum
    Note
    William I to Henry V
    (188v) Part of the poem Vado mori is on f. 188v
    On the following pages (ff. 189r-191v) the notes are in the hand of those at the beginning of the volume. They are largely from Augustine: two also from Josephus
TJames
77
Stanley
G. 17
Repository
UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
Location
MS 469

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