Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 316: Works by Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA, Augustine, Alexander of Canterbury OSB, and others
Description
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- The ex libris inscription of this thirteenth-century manuscript gives it a provenance at the Dominican convent, London. However, on f. ivr is a fragment of a deed, dated to 1515, in the name of the public notary of Norwich diocese, suggesting that the manuscript may have been in Norwich in the early sixteenth century. The manuscript contains Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA (c. 1096-1141) on the Celestial Hierarchy by pseudo-Dionysius, as well as numerous texts by Augustine, pseudo-Augustine, Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636), Jerome, Drogo of Laon (fl. c. 1100) and others. The final section of the manuscript is the only extant copy of the first recension of Alexander of Canterbury (fl. 1100-1110), Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi.
- Contents
- Commentary on pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis -- De sacramentis legis naturalis et scriptae dialogus -- De moribus ecclesiae catholicae -- De moribus manicheorum -- Contra epistulam manichaei -- De opere monachorum -- De fide ad Petrum -- De quatuor uirtutibus caritatis (sermo 106) -- De doctrina christiana -- Sermo ad iuuenes -- Epistola 127 -- Sermo de X chordis (sermo 9) -- Sermo de decem praeceptis et decem plagis Aegypti (sermo 100a) -- De spiritu et anima -- Sermones de poenitentia (sermones 351 and 393) -- De differentiis rerum -- De morum institutione -- De clementia -- De natura et origine animae, book 1 -- De natura et origine animae, book 2 -- De natura et origine animae, book 3 -- De diuersis quaestionibus LXXXIII -- Liber de diuinis officiis -- Formulae spiritualis intelligentiae (excerpt) -- Etymologiae (excerpt on paradise and its rivers from book 14) -- Epistula ad Euangelum presbyterum de Melchisedech (epistola 73) -- Notes from Scripture on the Wisdom of Solomon -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension) -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued -- Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued (De miraculis)
Bibliographic information
- M.R. James Date
- xiii (early)
- Downloadable James Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:xb346mg5177/MS_316.pdf
- Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
- https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:jc963dd5188/316.pdf
- Contains
-
- Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA, Commentary on pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis. 1r-63v
- Nasmith
- Dyonisius Areopagita de angelica hierarchia cum commentario [Hugonis de Sancto Victore?]. 1r-63v
- James
- Hugo on the Hierarchy of Dionysius. 1r-63v
- Author
- Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA
- Incipit
- (1r) Iudei signa querunt
- Note
- (P. L. CLXXV 923)
- Rubric
- (3v) Liber expositionis primus
- Incipit
- (3v) Primus liber dionisii
- Explicit
- (63v) sanctitas condescendit
- Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA, De sacramentis legis naturalis et scriptae dialogus. 63v-71r
- Nasmith
- Hugonis de Sancto Victore didascalion. 63v-71r
- Author
- Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA
- Rubric
- (63v) Anima
- Incipit
- (63v) Quid fuit priusquam mundus fieret
- Note
- (P. L. CLXXVI 17)
- Explicit
- (71r) si bene grates
- Augustine, De moribus ecclesiae catholicae. 71v-81r
- Nasmith
- Aurelii Augustini, oratoris eximii, Hipponensis episcopi de moribus catholicae ecclesiae. 71v-81r
- James
- Extract from Retractations. 71v-81r
- Author
- Augustine
- Note
- Text
- Incipit
- (72r) In aliis libris satis opinor
- Note
- (P. L. XXXII 1309)
- Augustine, De moribus manicheorum. 81r-90v
- Nasmith
- Liber ejusdem de moribus Manichaeorum. 81r-90v
- James
- De moribus manicheorum (ibid.). 81r-90v
- Author
- Augustine
- Incipit
- (81r) Nulli esse arbitror dubium
- Augustine, Contra epistulam manichaei. 90v-100r
- Nasmith
- Liber ejusdem contra epistolam Manichaei quem vocant fundamentum fidei. 90v-100r
- James
- Extract from Retractations. 90v-100r
- Author
- Augustine
- Note
- Text
- Incipit
- (90v) Unum uerum deum
- Note
- (P. L. XLII 173)
- Augustine, De opere monachorum. 100r-108v
- Nasmith
- Liber ejusdem de opere monachorum. 100r-108v
- Author
- Augustine
- Note
- (100r) Prologue
- Incipit
- (100r) Ut de opere monachorum
- Note
- (P. L. XL 547)
- Incipit
- (100r) Iussioni tue sancte frater aureli
- Fulgentius of Ruspe (pseudo-Augustine), De fide ad Petrum. 108v-116v
- Nasmith
- Liber ejusdem de fide ad Petrum. 108v-116v
- Author
- Fulgentius of Ruspe (pseudo-Augustine)
- Incipit
- (108v) Epistolam fili petri
- Note
- (P. L. XL 573)
- pseudo-Augustine (perhaps Quoduultdeus), De quatuor uirtutibus caritatis (sermo 106). 116v-118v
- Nasmith
- Sermo ejusdem de quatuor virtutibus caritatis. 116v-118v
- Author
- pseudo-Augustine (perhaps Quoduultdeus)
- Incipit
- (116v) Desiderium caritatis
- Note
- (P. L. XLVII 1127)
- Augustine, De doctrina christiana. 118v-120v
- Nasmith
- Sermo ejusdem de doctrina christianorum. 118v-120v
- Author
- Augustine
- Incipit
- (118v) Locutus est ad nos
- Note
- (P. L. XXXIV 15)
- Augustine, Sermo ad iuuenes. 120v-121v
- Nasmith
- Sermo ejusdem ad juvenes. 120v-121v
- Author
- Augustine
- Incipit
- (120v) Ad uos mihi sermo est
- Note
- (P. L. XXXIX 1706)
- Augustine, Epistola 127. 121v-123r
- Nasmith
- Exortarius Augustini de reddendo voto. 121v-123r
- Author
- Augustine
- Incipit
- (122r) Dominis eximiis meritoque
- Note
- (P. L. XXXIII 483)
- Augustine, Sermo de X chordis (sermo 9). 123r-127v
- Nasmith
- Sermo ejusdem de decem cordis. 123r-127v
- Author
- Augustine
- Incipit
- (123r) Dominus et deus noster
- Note
- (P. L. XXXVIII 75)
- Caesarius of Arles, Sermo de decem praeceptis et decem plagis Aegypti (sermo 100a). 127v-128v
- Nasmith
- De decem plagis. 127v-128v
- Author
- Caesarius of Arles
- Incipit
- (127v) Non sine causa est
- Note
- (P. L. XXXIX 1783)
- pseudo-Augustine, De spiritu et anima. 128v-129r
- Nasmith
- Sermo Augustini qualiter homo factus est ad imaginem et similitudinem Dei. 128v-129r
- Author
- pseudo-Augustine
- Incipit
- (128v) Tanta dingnitas humane
- Note
- (P. L. XL 1213s)
- Augustine, Sermones de poenitentia (sermones 351 and 393). 129r-133r
- Nasmith
- Sermo ejusdem de penitentia. 129r-133r
- Author
- Augustine
- Incipit
- (129r) Quam sit utilis et necessaria
- Note
- (P. L. XXXIX 1535)
- Isidore of Seville, De differentiis rerum. 133r-139v
- Nasmith
- Liber Isiodori junioris de differenciis. 133r-139v
- Author
- Isidore of Seville
- Note
- Prologue
- Incipit
- (133r) Nonnulli norunt quod iste
- Note
- (P. L. LXXXIII 69)
- Incipit
- (133r) Inter deum et dominum
- pseudo-Seneca, De morum institutione. 139v-140v
- Nasmith
- Liber Senecae de institutione morum. 139v-140v
- Author
- pseudo-Seneca
- Incipit
- (139v) Omne peccatum actio est
- Note
- (Hase III 462)
- Explicit
- (140v) socios tue beatitudinis
- Seneca, De clementia. 140v-143v
- Nasmith
- Liber ejusdem de clementia ad Neronem. 140v-143v
- Author
- Seneca
- Incipit
- (140v) Scribere de clementia nero cesar
- Explicit
- (142r) inter feras similitudo morum
- Rubric
-
(142r) Explicit liber secundus lucii annei senece de clementia ad neronem
(142v) Incipit eiusdem ad eundem de eadem re - Incipit
- (142v) Ut de clementia scriberem nero cesar una me uox tua
- Note
- Ends imperfectly
- Explicit
- (142v) Quam si quis a sapiente exigit prope est
- Note
- f. 143r-143v blank
- Augustine, De natura et origine animae, book 1. 144r-149v
- Nasmith
- Liber Augustini de natura et origine animae ad Renatum. 144r-149v
- Author
- Augustine
- Incipit
- (144r) Sinceritatem tuam
- Note
- (P. L. XLIV 475)
- Augustine, De natura et origine animae, book 2. 149v-154r
- Nasmith
- Liber ejusdem ad Petrum presbiterum de eadem re. 149v-154r
- Author
- Augustine
- Incipit
- (149v) Domino dilectissimo fratri
- Augustine, De natura et origine animae, book 3. 154r-165v
- Nasmith
- Liber ejusdem ad Vincentium Victorem de eadem re. 154r-165v
- Author
- Augustine
- Incipit
- (154r) Quod mihi ad te scribendum
- Note
-
(P. L. XLIV 509)
(158r) Liber II - Explicit
- (165v) remotis plausibus alienis
- Augustine, De diuersis quaestionibus LXXXIII. 166r-187v
- Nasmith
- Retractatio de diversis questionibus LXXXIII. 166r-187v
- Author
- Augustine
- Rubric
- (166r) Retractatio
- Note
- Text
- Incipit
- (167r) Utrum anima a se ipsa
- Note
- (P. L. XL 11)
- Drogo of Laon, Liber de diuinis officiis. 188r-189v
- Nasmith
- De nocturnis vigiliis et horis diei. 188r-189v
- Author
- Drogo of Laon
- Incipit
- (188r) Dominus filios israel de dura seruitute
- Note
- (Ivo Carnotensis P. L. CLXVI 1557)
- Explicit
- (189r) ubi obdormiscere eum collocauerat
- Note
- (189r) Extracts on the penitence of Solomon
- Rubric
-
(189r) Augustinus
(189r) Jeronimus in xo viiio super Ezechielem
(189r) Ambrosius
(189v) Item Ambrosius in apologia David - Note
- last
- Rubric
- (189v) Aiunt libri Hebrei
- Incipit
- (189v) Salomonem quinquies tractum
- Eucherius, bishop of Lyon, Formulae spiritualis intelligentiae (excerpt). 189v-191r
- Nasmith
- Sermo beati Hieronimi presbiteri de essentia et invisibilitate et immensitate Dei. 189v-191r
- Author
- Eucherius, bishop of Lyon
- Incipit
- (189v) Omnipotens deus pater et filius et spiritus sanctus unus atque trinus
- Note
- (XI 138 actually P. L. L 729, Vallarsi)
- Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (excerpt on paradise and its rivers from book 14). 191r-191v
- Nasmith
- Isidorus de paradiso et ejus fluviis ex libro XIV etimologiarum. 191r-191v
- Author
- Isidore of Seville
- Incipit
- (191r) Paradisus est locus in orientis partibus
- Jerome, Epistula ad Euangelum presbyterum de Melchisedech (epistola 73). 191v-192v
- Nasmith
- Sententia beati Hieronimi presbiteri de Melchisedech. 191v-192v
- Author
- Jerome
- Incipit
- (191v) Misisti mihi uolumen
- Note
- (P. L. XXII 676)
- Notes from Scripture on the Wisdom of Solomon. 192v-194v
- Nasmith
- Expositio quarundam authoritatum sanctorum. 192v-194v
- Note
- (192v) Notes on Wisdom, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes etc. including mulier fortis (193r)
- Incipit
- (192v) Benignus est spiritus sapientie
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension). 194v-196v
- Nasmith
- Sermo Anselmi archiepiscopi de dedicatione ecclesiae. 194v-196v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (194v) Quia sancta sollemnia dedicationis
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 196v-198v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Note
- James Item 28a
- Incipit
- (196v) Nichil requirit deus a nobis nisi bonitatem
- Rubric
- (197r) Qualiter subditi debent uiuere ut cum proximis prelatis et deo pacem et concordiam habeant
- Incipit
- (197r) Licet noueritis domini et fratres qualiter uiuere debeatis
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 198v-198v
- Nasmith
- Quomodo bonus homo de omnibus hominibus bonis et malis lucratur. 198v-198v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (198v) Bonus homo de omnibus bonis et malis
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 198v-200v
- Nasmith
- De XIIII partibus eternae beatudinis sive commoditatis quarum VII sunt quae corpori aptantur et VII quae animae ascribuntur quas si acquirit quisquis bonus efficitur. 198v-200v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (198v) Superius enunciatum esse meminimus que sunt habenda in edificatione bonitatis
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 200v-201r
- Nasmith
- Quomodo dicitur bonus homo quadratus lapis. 200v-201r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Incipit
- (200v) Quadrato lapidi operatur uir iustus
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 201r-201r
- Nasmith
- Quot modis sentitur Deus. 201r-201r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 201r-201v
- Nasmith
- De trina divisione studiorum omnium hominum. 201r-201v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 201v-202r
- Nasmith
- Quot genera virtutum sunt. 201v-202r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 202r-202r
- Nasmith
- Quot causis vivant homines. 202r-202r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 202r-203r
- Nasmith
- Qualiter quis ad perfectionem tendat et in pace vivat. 202r-203r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 203r-203r
- Nasmith
- Quatuor sunt modi precipiendi et quatuor obediendi. 203r-203r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 203r-203v
- Nasmith
- De pace facienda. 203r-203v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 203v-205r
- Nasmith
- De septem gradibus montis humilitatis. 203v-205r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 205r-205v
- Nasmith
- Quid sit detractio. 205r-205v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 205v-206r
- Nasmith
- Quae sunt habenda ut bonus efficiatur. 205v-206r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 206r-207r
- Nasmith
- Quod bonitas cujusque fidelis omnibus hominibus sit utilis et insensibili - angelis atque Deo et mala malis. 206r-207r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Note
-
Items 28a (28.1) - 42 are surely one treatise
Perhaps ending - Explicit
- (207r) et quod deus dederit de alia in sequentibus dicatur
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 207r-207v
- Nasmith
- Dicta Anselmi archiepiscopi. 207r-207v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Rubric
- (207r) Dicta Anselmi archiepiscopi
- Incipit
- (207r) Omnis actio laudabilis siue reprehensibilis
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 207v-208r
- Nasmith
- De tribus naturis animae ac tribus delectationibus et quanta anima sit legitima vel formatrix. 207v-208r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 208r-208r
- Nasmith
- De appetitu cui ratio dominatur. 208r-208r
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued. 208r-208v
- Nasmith
- De sedibus humilitatis quas superbia non nunquam invadit. 208r-208v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB, Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi (first recension), continued (De miraculis). 208v-216v
- Nasmith
- Quare delectatur Deus potius in jejuniis vigiliis et afflictionibus hominum quam in satietate et quiete. 208v-216v
- Author
- Alexander of Canterbury OSB
- Note
-
On ff. 208v-214v are stories told by or of Anselm
(214r) AnselmusHugoni incluso
(214v) Anselm to Prior Baldric of Bec
(215v) Dicta sapientum - Incipit
- (215v) Nulle sunt occultiores insidie quam hee que latent in similitudine officii Cicero
- Note
- Ending
- Explicit
- (216v) Qualis uulgus erit talia corda gerit
- Note
- (vr) There are scribbled notes on the flyleaf (f. vr-vv)
- Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA, Commentary on pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis. 1r-63v
- TJames
- 265
- Stanley
- Q. 12
- Location
- https://purl.stanford.edu/zh479gp8621
- MS 316
- Repository
- UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
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