Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 177: Jacobus de Cessolis OP, Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium ac popularium super ludo scaccorum. Miscellany of Moral, Devotional, Theological, Historical and Medical Tracts

Description

Alternative title
Iac. de Cessolis. Miscellanea
Type of resource
mixed material
Extent
ff. 1 + 191
Date created
[ca. 1400 - 1499]
Language
Latin
Material
Vellum and paper
Layout
double columns of 46 lines
Height (mm)
292
Width (mm)
203
Collation
1 flyleaf, 1(12)-5(12) 6 (1-6 remain) 7 (two last remain) 8(12) 9(12) (wants 12) 10(12)-17(12) 18(4), outer and middle sheets vellum, except 18 which is all vellum: the rest paper.
Writing
in a clear rather current hand
Foliation
ff. i-iii + 1-191 + iv-v
2 fo.
possumus

Abstract/Contents

Summary
CCCC MS 177 is a miscellany of over fifty moral and other tracts copied in the second half of the fifteenth century. The material ranges from the pseudo-Senecan Formula uitae honestae, now commonly attributed to Martin of Braga (c. 515-80), a group of Aesop's Fables, poems once attributed to Walter Map (c. 1140-1210 such as Disputatio inter cor et oculum, and a Latin translation of Abu al-Malik ibn Ali al-Ala Ibn Zuhr's De regimine sanitatis. Walter Map's Epistola Valerii ad Rufinum ne uxorem ducat is accompanied in this manuscript by a Commentary on the Epistola by John Ridewall OFM (d. after 1340). It has been conjectured that this manuscript was once in the possession of the historian John Bale (1495-1563), from whom it may have passed to Parker, but this is not certainly established.
Contents
Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium ac popularium super ludo scaccorum -- Index of Liber de moribus hominum -- Modus et scientia ludi scaccorum -- Communiloquium sive Summa collationum ad omne genus hominum (extract) -- Epistola 256 -- De dispensatione domus -- Narrationes devotae (some from Gregory the Great, Dialogi) -- Formula uitae honestae -- De morum institutione -- Historia Griseldis -- Epistola de moribus et honesta uita -- Meditatio unde uiuit anima et unde uiuit caro (medit. 5) -- Meditationes -- Aduersus Iouinianum (excerpt) -- Epistola Valerii ad Rufinum ne ducat uxorem (De nugis curialium, dist. 4, 3-5) -- De ebrietate -- Epistulae morales (83, 16) -- Sermo de honestate mulierum -- De XII abusiuis saeculi (De duodecim abusionum gradibus) -- De claustro animae (excerpt) -- Vita Sancti Thomae Cantuariensis -- Miracle of St Augustine of Canterbury -- Breuiloquium de uirtutibus antiquorum principum et philosophorum -- Epistula de transitu sancti Hieronymi (ep. 18) -- Epistula ad Augustinum de transitu sancti Hieronymi -- Compendium in Iob -- De officio militari -- De transfiguratione Domini -- De conuersione Sancti Pauli -- Commentary on Epistola Valerii ad Rufinum -- De schismatibus -- Dialogus inter uinum et aquam -- Verses on biblical names (Historia biblica) -- Defensio fratrum mendicantium -- Crux est denarii potens in saeculo -- Conflictus corporis et animae -- Fabulae -- Historia regum Britanniae (extract) -- Chronica bona et compendiosa de regibus Angliae -- Catalogus pontificum Romanorum -- Catalogue of royal saints of England -- List of persons who assisted William the Conqueror in the invasion of England -- Thomus (extract) -- De sacramentis legis naturalis et scriptae dialogus -- De corpore et sanguine Domini -- Elucidarius -- De nominibus apostolorum -- Cur mundus militat sub vana gloria -- Disputatio inter cor et oculum -- Verses on Death -- Speculum miseriarum senectutis -- De aetatibus hominis -- Speculum peccatoris -- De regimine sanitatis -- Medical note on gradus -- Liber de conseruatione corporis humani (transl. by Arnold of Villanova) -- Commentum super regimen Salernitanum

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date
xv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:qf251tt6041/MS_177.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:nc675jz0886/177.pdf
Contains
  • Jacobus de Cessolis OP, Liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium ac popularium super ludo scaccorum. 1r-24v
    Nasmith
    Liber de moribus hominum et officiis virorum nobilium super ludo schacorum quem composuit frater Iacobus de Cesell [de Casulis] de ordine predicatorum. 1r-24v
    Author
    Jacobus de Cessolis OP
    Note
    Prologue
    Incipit
    (1r) Ego frater Jacobus
    Note
    Text
    Incipit
    (1r) Inter cetera mala signa
    Note
    Ends (last lines re-written)
    Explicit
    (24v) omne donum perfectum ipsi igitur sit honor et gloria in secula seculorum. Amen
    Rubric
    (24v) Explicit liber de moribus hominum et officiis nobilium transformatus in figuram scaccorum seu exemplum
  • Index of Liber de moribus hominum. 25r-26r
    Nasmith
    Tabula [sive index] in tractatum precedentem. 25r-26r
    Note
    Prologue
    Incipit
    (25r) Tabula infrascripta per alphabetum
    Note
    (25r) Abstinencia - Zelus
  • Modus et scientia ludi scaccorum. 26v-26v
    Nasmith
    Modus et scientia ludi scaccorum. 26v-26v
    Note
    versibus rithmicis
    Incipit
    (26v) Egregium ludum scaccorum scire volentes
    Note
    (38 lines)
    Explicit
    (26v) Cetera turba iacet nec habet quo rege regantur
  • John Waleys OFM, Communiloquium sive Summa collationum ad omne genus hominum (extract). 26v-27r
    Nasmith
    Quaedam moralitas de scaccario per dominum Innocentium papam. 26v-27r
    Author
    John Waleys OFM
    Incipit
    (26v) Mundus iste totus est quasi quoddam scaccarium
    Explicit
    (27r) vel vite superbia
  • pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux OCist, Epistola 256. 27r-28r
    Nasmith
    Epistola beati Bernardi super re familiari gubernanda ad Raymundum gratiosum et felicem militem. 27r-28r
    Author
    pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux OCist
    Incipit
    (27r) Gracioso et felici Raymundo domno castri Ambrosii
    Explicit
    (28r) dampnabilis senectutis
    Note
    Cf. MS 171, f. 364
  • De dispensatione domus. 28v-29v
    Nasmith
    De dispensatione domus. 28v-29v
    Rubric
    (28v) Incipit prohemium de dispensatione domus
    Incipit
    (28v) Terrena felicitas non saluat hominem
  • Narrationes devotae (some from Gregory the Great, Dialogi). 29v-36v
    Nasmith
    Quaedam narrationes devotae. 29v-36v
    Author
    Gregory the Great
    Note
    (29v) (1)
    Incipit
    (29v) Rem vobis refero fratres quam fideli ac probabili ratione audiui de duobus ducibus
    Note
    (Eusebius of Sardinia, Ostrogius of Sicily)
    (2)
    (31r) Gregory and twelve pilgrims: a thirteenth appears
    (3)
    (31r) Hermit and cat
    (4)
    (31v) Martirius a monk
    (5)
    Incipit
    (31v) Beate memorie paulus simplex
    Note
    The source of many of these is Gregory's Dialogues. The 26th and last is
    (26)
    Incipit
    (36v) Hospitalitatem fratres karissimi diligite
    Note
    A man washes the feet of Christ appearing as a pilgrim
    Ending f. 60v
    ff. 61-73 lost
  • Martin of Braga, Formula uitae honestae. 37r-38v
    Nasmith
    Martinus [Braccarensis] de quatuor virtutibus. 37r-38v
    Author
    Martin of Braga
    Incipit
    (37r) Quatuor uirtutum species
    Note
    (Liverani Spicilegium Liberianum 564 and often elsewhere)
    Explicit
    (38v) vel puniat ignauiam
  • pseudo-Seneca, De morum institutione. 38v-39v
    Nasmith
    Seneca de institutione morum. 38v-39v
    Author
    pseudo-Seneca
    Incipit
    (38v) Omne peccatum accio voluntaria est
    Note
    (cf. P. L. LXXII 29)
    Explicit
    (39v) socios tue beatitudinis. Amen
  • Francesco Petrarca, Historia Griseldis. 39v-43v
    Nasmith
    Historia sive fabula de nobili marchione Walterio domino terrae Saluciarum, quomodo duxit in uxorem Grisildem pauperculam, et ejus constantiam et patientiam mirabiliter et acriter comprobavit; quam de vulgari sermone Saluciarum in Latinum transtulit D. Franciscus Petrarcha. 39v-43v
    Author
    Francesco Petrarca
    Rubric
    (39v) Dominus franciscus petrarcha transtulit de vulgari sermone saluciarum in latinum sequentem historiam siue fabulam de nobili marchione etc. ... comprobauit
    Incipit
    (39v) Librum tuum quem nostro materno eloquio
    Explicit
    (43v) quod pro suo mortali coniuge rustica hec muliercula passa est
    Rubric
    (43v) Explicit Franciscus Petrarcha super historiam Valterii marchionis et Griseldis uxoris eius
    Note
    Petrarch, Opera 1554, p. 601 etc. Other copies in MS 275. 14, MS 458. 3
  • pseudo-Ambrose, Epistola de moribus et honesta uita. 43v-43v
    Nasmith
    Tractatus Beati Ambrosii archiepiscopi de honestis et justis moribus. 43v-43v
    Author
    pseudo-Ambrose
    Incipit
    (43v) Dilecte fili dilige lacrimas
    Note
    (P. L. XVII 749)
    Explicit
    (43v) uidendo contempnas
  • pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Meditatio unde uiuit anima et unde uiuit caro (medit. 5). 44r-44v
    Nasmith
    Meditatio Anselmi, unde vivat anima, et unde vivat caro, et de gloria bonae animae et de infelicitate malae animae quando exeunt a corpore. 44r-44v
    Author
    pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB
    Incipit
    (44r) Cum anima manet in corpore
    Note
    See also MS 179, f. 89v
  • pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB, Meditationes. 44v-46v
    Nasmith
    Meditationes Beati Anselmi. 44v-46v
    Author
    pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury OSB
    Incipit
    (44v) In nocturnis uigiliis quantum potes
  • Jerome, Aduersus Iouinianum (excerpt). 46v-47r
    Nasmith
    Excerptum Beati Hieronimi de libro Aurelii Theophrasti. 46v-47r
    Author
    Jerome
    Note
    Title
    Rubric
    (46v) Incipit liber Aurelii Theofrasti de nupciis
    Note
    (P. L. XXIII 276)
    Altered to
    Rubric
    (46v) Incipit illud quod excerpsit beatus Ieronimus de libro Aurelii Theofrasti de nupciis et posuit in libro 2o quem fecit contra Jouinianum
    Incipit
    (46v) Festus Aurelius Theofrasti de nupciis in quo querit
    Note
    (P. L. CLXXVI 1203)
    Explicit
    (47r) usus relinquere. Hec theoffrastus secundum ieronimum ubi supra
  • Walter Map, Epistola Valerii ad Rufinum ne ducat uxorem (De nugis curialium, dist. 4, 3-5). 46v-48v
    Author
    Walter Map
    Note
    In the lower margins of 83v to 85v
    Rubric
    (46v) Incipit liber Valerii ad Rufinum ne ducat uxorem
    Incipit
    (46v) Loqui prohibeor - ne horrestem scripsisse videar
    Rubric
    (48v) Exposicionem istius epistole infra fo. 188
    Note
    (Mapes, de nugis Curialium, Dist. IV)
  • Caesarius of Arles, De ebrietate. 47v-48r
    Nasmith
    Augustinus de ebrietate. 47v-48r
    Author
    Caesarius of Arles
    Incipit
    (47v) Licet propicio Christo fratres karissimi
    Note
    (P. L. XXXIX 2303)
  • Seneca, Epistulae morales (83, 16). 48r-48v
    Nasmith
    Seneca de ebrietate. 48r-48v
    Author
    Seneca
    Incipit
    (48r) Non est animus in sua potestate ebrietate deuictus
    Explicit
    (48v) si uis tibi uiuere
  • pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de honestate mulierum. 48v-49r
    Nasmith
    Augustinus de honestate mulierum. 48v-49r
    Author
    pseudo-Augustine
    Incipit
    (48v) Nemo dicat quod martirium temporibus
    Note
    (P. L. XXXIX 2301)
  • pseudo-Augustine, De XII abusiuis saeculi (De duodecim abusionum gradibus). 49r-53r
    Nasmith
    Augustinus de XII abusionibus. 49r-53r
    Author
    pseudo-Augustine
    Note
    Lower margin
    Incipit
    (49r) Hec sunt duodecim abusiua
    Note
    (P. L. XL 1079)
    Text
    Incipit
    (49r) Primo si sine operibus bonis
    Explicit
    (53r) sine uobis Christus incipiat esse in futuro
  • Hugh of Fouilloy OSA, De claustro animae (excerpt). 53r-66r
    Nasmith
    Hugo de Filiotto prior. canonicorum S. Laurentii in pago Ambianensi de Xll abusionibus claustri. 53r-66r
    Author
    Hugh of Fouilloy OSA
    Rubric
    (53r) Incipit prologus Hugonis de xii abusionibus claustralium et est liber secundus de claustro anime
    Note
    (P. L. CLXXVI 1051)
    Incipit
    (53r) Locuturus karissime de hiis
    Note
    Text
    Incipit
    (53v) Sunt quid(am) qui sciunt et possunt
    Explicit
    (66r) summa tocius religionis
  • John Grandisson, Vita Sancti Thomae Cantuariensis. 66v-67r
    Nasmith
    Vita Beati Thomae archiepiscopi et martiris a Iohanne Grandesono episcopo Exoniensi. 66v-67r
    Author
    John Grandisson
    Note
    penitus excisa prima et ultima pagina exceptis
    Title partly erased
    Rubric
    (66v) Prologus Archipresulis nec non et archimartiris
    Note
    (66v) Ends imperfectly in capitula (12th)
    Other copies in MS 275. 17, MS 464, MS 467
    ff. 104-119 gone
    (67r) Resumes in Pars IV, cap. 5. Cap. 6 and last remains
    (67r) Colophon lined through
    Rubric
    (67r) Explicit vita gloriosissimi martiris Sancti Thome Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi
  • Miracle of St Augustine of Canterbury. 67v-68v
    Nasmith
    Quoddam miraculum S. Augustini Anglorum apostoli. 67v-68v
    Incipit
    (67v) Est vicus in pago Oxoniensi vi miliaribus distans a loco qui dicitur Wodestoke
    Explicit
    (68v) sine fine victurus intrauit. quod nobis prestare dignetur etc.
    Note
    Acta Sanctorum Maii VI 396
    ff. 122-145 gone
  • John Waleys OFM, Breuiloquium de uirtutibus antiquorum principum et philosophorum. 69r-80v
    Nasmith
    Johannes Gallensis de ordine fratrum minorum, de virtutibus antiquorum. 69r-80v
    Author
    John Waleys OFM
    Note
    (fragmentum)
    Begins imperfectly (De iusticia)
    (69r) enim (?) quomodo (?) neutrum daret. In denario Regem
    Explicit
    (80v) qui dicit Ego sum via veritas et vita. Amen
    Rubric
    (80v) Explicit tractatus de virtutibus antiquorum editus a fratro Johanne Gallensi de ordine fratrum minorum deo gracias
  • pseudo-Augustine, Epistula de transitu sancti Hieronymi (ep. 18). 81r-84r
    Nasmith
    Epistola Beati Augustini ad Cirillum de apparitione Beati Ieronimi. 81r-84r
    Author
    pseudo-Augustine
    Incipit
    (81r) Gloriosissime Christiane fidei athlete
    Note
    (P. L. XXXIII 1120)
    Explicit
    (84r) ora pro me
  • pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem, Epistula ad Augustinum de transitu sancti Hieronymi. 84r-91v
    Nasmith
    Epistola Cirilli Ierosolomitani episcopi ad Augustinum Hipponensem episcopum de miraculis Beati Ieronimi. 84r-91v
    Author
    pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem
    Incipit
    (84r) Venerabili viro Episcoporum Eximio
    Note
    (P. L. XXXIII 1120)
    Explicit
    (91v) precipua uiua manet
  • Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath, Compendium in Iob. 92r-101v
    Nasmith
    Compendium Magistri Petri Blessensis super librum Job. 92r-101v
    Author
    Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath
    Note
    Prologue
    Incipit
    (92r) Henrico dei gratia illustrissimo
    Explicit
    (92r) me recolo vel legisse
    Note
    Text
    Incipit
    (92r) Vir erat in terra hus etc. Adhuc tria hic ponuntur
    Explicit
    (101v) altissimus altissimi filius Ihesus Christus qui cum patre et spiritu sancto triumphat et regnat in secula seculorum. Amen
    Note
    Ed. J. A. Giles, Opera Petri Blessensis III 19. P. L. CCVII
  • Richard Ullerston, De officio militari. 101v-106r
    Nasmith
    Ricardus Ullerston, sacrae paginae professor, de officio militari ad regem Henricum V. tunc principem Walliae. 101v-106r
    Author
    Richard Ullerston
    Incipit
    (101v) Serenissimo et illustrissimo principi henrico
    Explicit
    (106r) potentes esse cum humilitate et pietate ipse dominus noster Ihesus Christus omnipotens vos esse concedat qui sine fine viuit et regnat. Amen
    Note
    (Another copy in Trinity College B. 15. 23)
  • Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath, De transfiguratione Domini. 106r-108v
    Nasmith
    Petrus Blessensis de transfiguratione Domini. 106r-108v
    Author
    Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath
    Incipit
    (106r) Reuerendo domino et fratri karissimo fremaldo
    Explicit
    (108v) requies et gloria sine fine. quam nobis misericorditer preparare et prestare dignetur qui etc.
    Note
    Giles III 1
  • Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath, De conuersione Sancti Pauli. 108v-110r
    Nasmith
    Petrus Blessensis de conversione Sancti Pauli. 108v-110r
    Author
    Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath
    Incipit
    (108v) Recolenda est cum exultacione
    Explicit
    (110r) ad reuelacionem glorie domini nostri Ihesu Christi cui est honor et gloria in secula seculorum. Amen
    Note
    Giles III 13
  • John Ridewall OFM, Commentary on Epistola Valerii ad Rufinum. 110r-116r
    Nasmith
    Expositio epistolae Valerii ad Ruffinum de uxore non ducenda. 110r-116r
    Author
    John Ridewall OFM
    Incipit
    (110r) Loqui prohibeor etc. Hec epistola principaliter continet tria
    Explicit
    (116r) tristis offendit corruptos
    Note
    By John Rideval
  • Andreas Didacus de Escobar, De schismatibus. 116r-118r
    Nasmith
    Andreas episcopus de schismatibus quae fuerunt a fundatione ecclesiae ad annum Domini 1415. 116r-118r
    Author
    Andreas Didacus de Escobar
    Note
    versibus rithmicis
    Rubric
    (116r) Incipit tractatus Andree Ciuitatensis episcopi etc.
    Incipit
    (116r) Sacrosanctum consilium Constantiense a. d. millo ccccmo xvo xvio et xvijo
    Explicit
    (118r) durauit hoc scisma xli annis et sic est finis
    Note
    By Andreas de Escobar Bishop of Civitate and subsequently of Ajaccio. Cf. MS 151. 8
  • Dialogus inter uinum et aquam. 118r-119r
    Nasmith
    Disputatio inter vinum et aquam. 118r-119r
    Incipit
    (118r) Dum tenerent omnia medium (corr. to med. omn.) tumultum
    Explicit
    (119r) Terminans in gloriam dei patris amen
    Note
    Wright, Poems of W. Mapes, p. 87
  • Verses on biblical names (Historia biblica). 119r-120v
    Nasmith
    Ludus fortuitorum sive fatorum. 119r-120v
    Rubric
    (119r) Incipit ludus fortuitorum et debet scribi in rotulo etc.
    Incipit
    (119r) Uos qui concupiscitis statum vestrum scireHec signa tractabitis que dant inuenireOmnia que poscitis de vobis audire Quid estis vel eritis hic est reperire
    Note
    Quatrains follow on Adam, Cain, Abel, Lamech, Noah, Canaan, Abraham, Ishmael, Lot, Lot's wife, Rebekah, Esau, Jacob, Leah, Rachel, Dinah, Joseph, Judah, Benjamin, Pharaoh's butler, Moses, Pharaoh, Jethro, Balaam, Joshua, Nachor (= Achan), Judah, Eglon, Gideon, Jephthah, Manoah, Samson, Ruth, Eli, Samuel, Saul, Jonathan, Goliath, David, Nabal, Uriah, Amnon, Hushai, Absalom, Barzillai, Joab, Solomon, Rehoboam, Elijah, Jezebel, Elisha, Gehazi, Josiah, Holofernes, Tobit, Vashti, Esther, Haman, Job, Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar, one of the wicked Elders, Mattathias, Tryphon, John Baptist, Mary, Herod, Magdalene, Zaccheus, Judas, the good thief, Paul, Ananias (and Sapphira)
    These are all pairs of good and bad or successes and failures. One quatrain seems to be missing after the good thief: and in the cases of Job, Daniel etc., John Baptist and the Virgin etc., the two good and two bad are coupled instead of being alternated
    Ends
    Explicit
    (120v) Derelicta repetit erit maledictus.Explicit ludus fortuitorum siue fatorum
    Note
    Not printed
  • John Pecham OFM (attrib.), Defensio fratrum mendicantium. 120v-123v
    Nasmith
    Disputatio inter mundum et religionem. 120v-123v
    Author
    John Pecham OFM (attrib.)
    Incipit
    (120v) O christi vicarie monarcha terrarumVir matris ecclesie sella scripturarumMinister iusticie metaque causarummee querimonie aurem prebe parum
    Note
    Ends with sentencia pape
    Explicit
    (123v) Hanc qui contra uenerint declaracionemIncursuros nouerint se dampnacionemNec habere poterunt relaxacionemdonec plene fecerint satisfaccionem
    Note
    Not printed
  • Crux est denarii potens in saeculo. 123v-124r
    Nasmith
    Virtutes et effectus crucis denarii. 123v-124r
    Incipit
    (123v) Crux est denarii potens in seculo
    Explicit
    (123v) Summe mutabile fit necessarium
    Note
    Wright, Poems of W. Mapes, p. 223
    Various distichs in other metres follow
    Incipit
    (124r) Manus ferens munera pium facit impium etc.
    Note
    Ends with pairs of lines on si dedero and ni dedero, ending
    Explicit
    (124r) Si dedero veneratus ero vocor et graciosusNi dedero diffamor ego vocor et viciosus
  • Conflictus corporis et animae. 124v-126r
    Nasmith
    Disputatio inter corpus et animam. 124v-126r
    Incipit
    (124v) Noctis sub silencio tempore brumali
    Explicit
    (126r) Et me christi manibus totum commendaui
    Note
    Wright, Poems of W. Mapes, p. 95
    Rubric
    (126r) Lamentacio auctoris de miseria mundi et eius instabilitate
    Incipit
    (126r) Ecce mundus moritur vicio sepultus
    Explicit
    (126r) Preda perquisicio sed lex ibi daturQue dat unicuique prout operatur. Amen
    Note
    A last stanza added in lower margin
    Incipit
    (126r) Fertur dies domini velut fur venire
    Explicit
    (126r) Vt ad celi gloriam possit peruenire
    Note
    Wright, Poems of W. Mapes, p. 149
  • Aesop, Fabulae. 126r-128v
    Nasmith
    Fabulae Ægcsopi. 126r-128v
    Author
    Aesop
    Incipit
    (126r) Attendite insule de longe veniteEt ysopi fabulas vigiles auditeQue sunt per methaforam recitate riteVos qui sermones nostros non vultis abite
    Note
    Last edited by Hervieux, Fabulistes Latins II 436, with readings from this copy. Ward, Catalogue of Romances II 342
    The Fables are
    Rubric
    (126r) de gallo et margarita
    (126v) de agno et lupo
    (126v) de mure et rana
    (126v) de cane et oue
    (126v) de cane appetente carnem
    Note
    wolf, bear and lion hunting
    Rubric
    (126v) de vacca capro et oue sociatis cum leone
    (127r) quomodo fures celebrant nuptias
    (127r) de lupo comedente ossa
    (127r) de canicula fetu plena
    (127r) de mure campestri et villana
    (127r) de leone infirmo
    (127v) de asino et catulo
    (127v) de leone et mure
    (127v) de auibus et lino
    (127v) de ranis petentibus regem
    (128r) de columbis eligentibus miluum in regem
    (128r) de fure et cane
    (128r) de synodo leporum
    (128r) de leone cum leso pede
    (128v) de lupo veniente ad bubulcum
    Note
    Ends unfinished
    Explicit
    (128v) Plaudens atque lupus ad pastorem veniebat
    Note
    As a rule each quatrain ends with a hexameter
  • Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (extract). 128v-129v
    Nasmith
    Quomodo Anglia fuit primo inhabitata. 128v-129v
    Author
    Geoffrey of Monmouth
    Incipit
    (128v) Ab origine mundi circa annos tria milia et nungentos septuaginta
    Explicit
    (129v) ex eorum nomine britanniam vocauerunt
  • Chronica bona et compendiosa de regibus Angliae. 129v-135r
    Nasmith
    Chronica bona et compendiosa de regibus Angliae a Noe usque ad hunc diem, [1377]. 129v-135r
    Incipit
    (129v) Noe fuerunt tres filii
    Note
    Ends 213v with coronation of Richard II, 1377
    See MS 21. 2
    213r blank
  • Catalogus pontificum Romanorum. 135v-135v
    Nasmith
    Catalogus pontificum Romanorum. 135v-135v
    Rubric
    (135v) Hii fuerunt pontifices Rome summi Regum predictorum tempore
    Incipit
    (135v) Tempore quo Alfridus regnauit
    Note
    down to Tempus Ricardi secundi
    On 213v is scribbled (xvi) the name Thomas Sheldone
  • Catalogue of royal saints of England. 136r-136r
    Nasmith
    Catalogus sanctorum regum in Anglia. 136r-136r
    Incipit
    (136r) Sanctus Ethelbertus saxonicus
    Note
    References to the Polychronica are given throughout. The other sainted kings are: Sebert, Edwin, Oswald, Oswin, Ethelbald, Alfwold, Ethelbrihgt, Kenelm, Fromund, Edmund, Edward, Edmund Ironside, Edward Confessor, Edward II
  • List of persons who assisted William the Conqueror in the invasion of England. 136r-136v
    Nasmith
    Nomina [eorum] quorum ope et auxilio dux Willelmus conquestor terram Angliae conquisivit A.D. 1066. 136r-136v
    Incipit
    (136r) Maundevile, Daundevile, ffrevile
    Explicit
    (136v) Straunges, Sauage. Istorum fortunata milicia fuit terra anglica conquisita
    Note
    (136v) A note on reckoning of Anni Domini
    (Hardy, Catalogue II, 1)
  • Herbert of Bosham, Thomus (extract). 136v-137v
    Nasmith
    Causa exilii et martirii Beati Thomae martiris et pontificis Cantuariensis. 136v-137v
    Author
    Herbert of Bosham
    Incipit
    (136v) De aduocacione et presentacione ecclesiarum etc.
    Explicit
    (137v) nati esse dinoscuntur. hoc xvi tolerauit
  • Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA, De sacramentis legis naturalis et scriptae dialogus. 137v-147r
    Nasmith
    Dialogus Magistri Hugonis Parisiensis. 137v-147r
    Author
    Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA
    Incipit
    (137v) Quid fuit priusquam mundus fieret ? R. Solus deus.
    Note
    (P. L. CLXXVI 17)
    The dialogue proper ends
    Explicit
    (145v) Hoc dei iudicio mihi relinquendum videtur
    Note
    Follows
    Incipit
    (145v) Tria sunt loca egiptus desertum et terra promissionis
    (146r) Sex sunt opera
    (146v) Tribus modis deus cor emollit
    (146v) Per caritatem seruite inuicem
    Explicit
    (147r) natura sumus filii ire
    Rubric
    (147r) Explicit dialogus magistri hugonis parisiensis
  • Gaufridus monachus (attrib.), De corpore et sanguine Domini. 147r-147v
    Nasmith
    Compendium Gaufridi [monachi] de sacra eucharista. 147r-147v
    Author
    Gaufridus monachus (attrib.)
    Note
    Hic Gaufridus ut apparet ex chronicis D. Antonini fuit primo discipulus cujusdam Petri Abelardi, quo cum D. Bernardus conflictabat, et idem postea relicto heretico ad Bernardum perfugit, cujus erat diu notarius, qui postea scriptis redarguebat preceptorem hereticum : vixit A.D. 1144
    Incipit
    (147r) Gaufridus peccator in presenti tractatu Catholicus scriptor
    Note
    Ends with verses
    Explicit
    (147v) Factus conscendit Judex venturus in orbem
    Note
    See MS 331. 2
  • Honorius Augustodunensis, Elucidarius. 147v-166v
    Nasmith
    Elucidarium. 147v-166v
    Author
    Honorius Augustodunensis
    Note
    opus Anselmo vulgo attributum
    Prologue
    Incipit
    (147v) Sepe rogatus a discipulis
    Note
    (P. L. CLXXII 1109)
    Text
    Incipit
    (147v) Gloriose magister rogo te
    Explicit
    (166v) videas bona ierusalem omnibus diebus vite tue Amen. Ihesu mercy
    Note
    See MS 308, MS 439. 4
  • De nominibus apostolorum. 167r-167v
    Nasmith
    De interpretatione nominum apostolorum. 167r-167v
    Note
    versibus rithmicis
    Incipit
    (167r) Simon interpretatur obediens petrus agnoscens
    Note
    Ends with
    Explicit
    (167r) Matthias: cui datur euuangelica predicacio in iudea etc.
    Rubric
    (167r) De IIIIor euuangelistis
    Incipit
    (167r) Solus enim Matheus ebraice scripsit in iudea Marcus grece in Italia etc.
    Note
    Verses follow
    Incipit
    (167r) Hic matheus agens hominem generaliter implet etc.
    (167v) Petrus et Andreas ex uno patre fuerunt etc
  • Cur mundus militat sub vana gloria. 167v-167v
    Nasmith
    De vanitate et brevitate mundanae gloriae. 167v-167v
    Incipit
    (167v) Cur mundus militat sub uana gloria
    Explicit
    (167v) Fac bonum omnibus quamdiu poterisO quam iocundum quam dulce foret dominariSi mors non posset dominantibus insidiari. Sed quia mors semper comes est et causa dolorisNon honor est sed onus assumere nomen honoris
    Note
    Cf. Wright, Poems of W. Mapes, p. 147
  • Henry of Avranches, Disputatio inter cor et oculum. 167v-167v
    Nasmith
    Disputatio inter cor et oculum. 167v-167v
    Author
    Henry of Avranches
    Note
    Items 48-51 are in another hand
    Incipit
    (167v) Quisquis cordis et oculi non sentit in se iurgia
    Explicit
    (167v) Nam cordi causam imputat, occasionem oculo
    Note
    Wright, Poems of W. Mapes, p. 93
  • Verses on Death. 168r-168r
    Nasmith
    Lamentatio et deploratio pro morte, et concilium de vivere Deo. 168r-168r
    Note
    Items 48-51 are in another hand
    Incipit
    (168r) Dum mortem recolo crescit mihi causa doloris
    Note
    In the distichs beginning Vado mori the following are the speakers: Papa, Rex, Presul, Miles, Monachus, Legista, Jurista, Doctor, Logicus, Medicus, Cantor, Sapiens, Diues, Cultor, Burgensis, Nauta, Pincerna, Pauper, Elemosinarius
    Rubric
    (168r) Conclusio
    Note
    (168r) Nulli mors parcis concludens singula fineOmnia transibunt preter amare deum
    Ends
    Explicit
    (168r) Non potes ante deum viuere preter eum
    Note
    Cf. E. Mâle, L'Art religieux de la fin du moyen âge en France, 1908, p. 392 note. He calls attention to the poem as an early form or sketch of the Dance of Death
  • pseudo-John Pecham OFM, Speculum miseriarum senectutis. 168v-168v
    Nasmith
    De miseria et defectibus senectutis. 168v-168v
    Author
    pseudo-John Pecham OFM
    Note
    Items 48-51 are in another hand
    Incipit
    (168v) Dum iuuenis creui ludens nunquam requieui
    Explicit
    (168v) Tam ducibus quam principibus communis habetur
  • Philip Eton, De aetatibus hominis. 168v-168v
    Nasmith
    De etatibus hominis per M. Ph. Eton. 168v-168v
    Author
    Philip Eton
    Note
    Items 48-51 are in another hand
    Rubric
    (168v) Nascens
    Incipit
    (168v) Duxit natura de semine me genitali
    Note
    A quatrain on each age. Nascens, Infans, Puer, Adolescens, Iuuenis, Vir, Senex, Decrepitus, Mortuus
    Explicit
    (168v) Cuncta virencia flore nitencia more notatoDeficiencia sunt et olencia fine probato
  • pseudo-Augustine, Speculum peccatoris. 169r-175v
    Nasmith
    Speculum peccatoris sancti Augustini. 169r-175v
    Author
    pseudo-Augustine
    Incipit
    (169r) Fratres karissimi quam tremenda est dies ilia
    Note
    (P. L. XXXIX 2210)
    Explicit
    (175v) largitate redimere prestante domini nostri Ihesu Christi qui cum etc.
  • pseudo-Bartholomaeus de Ferraria, De regimine sanitatis. 176r-181r
    Nasmith
    Tractatus de regimine sanitatis. 176r-181r
    Author
    pseudo-Bartholomaeus de Ferraria
    Note
    A fresh hand
    Incipit
    (176r) In isto tractatu qui intitulatur de regimine sanitatis
    Note
    Text
    Incipit
    (176r) Oportet ipsum qui vult esse longeuus
    Explicit
    (181r) persecucionem non euadent
  • Medical note on gradus. 181r-183r
    Nasmith
    Quomodo gradus sunt distinguendi. 181r-183r
    Incipit
    (181r) Nota quod calidum in primo gradu
  • Avenzoar, Liber de conseruatione corporis humani (transl. by Arnold of Villanova). 183r-187v
    Nasmith
    Liber de conservatione corporis humani et regimine sanitatis sapientissimi senis Arabici Albenzohar translatus ab Arnaldo de Villa Nova A.D. 1368. 183r-187v
    Author
    Avenzoar
    Arnold of Villanova
    Incipit
    (183r) Capitis cutis conseruabitur
    Explicit
    (187v) debet sufficere cum dei adiutorio
  • Arnold of Villanova, Commentum super regimen Salernitanum. 187v-191v
    Nasmith
    Flos medicinae. 187v-191v
    Author
    Arnold of Villanova
    Note
    versibus rithmicis
    Rubric
    (187v) Hoc opus aptatur quod flos medicine vocatur
    Incipit
    (187v) Anglorum regi scripsit scola tota salerni
    Note
    Ends
    Explicit
    (191v) Ista super renes pecten pone sitque iuuamen
    Note
    Other verses follow
    Incipit
    (191v) Sume cibum modice modico natura fouetur etc.
    Note
    Cf. Dr Norman Moore, The Schola Salernitana (Finlayson Lecture), Glasgow, 1908
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