Posted:
07 Feb 2018
Vellum, 93/4 x 63/4, ff. 192, double columns of 49, 6o and 40 lines.
Several volumes, all of cent. xiii, in excellent hands.
On f. 1 is : Roberti Hare 1562.
Most probably from Christ Church Canterbury, but not hitherto identified in the catalogue.
Collation:
I. 110-410 58 (8 canc.?) 68-88 (7, 8 canc.). II. 98 106-136 148 (7, 8 canc.) 158 (6-8 canc.). III. 168-258 (23 paper leaves).
Contents :
2 fo. ficientia rostra.
I. 1. Stephanus Langton super xii Prophetas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f. 1
Inc. introitus ad moralem expositionem mag. Stephani Cant. Archiep. in xii prophetas.
Ossa duodecim prophetarum pullulant de loco suo.
Ends f. 47 b : sed sedebit ierusalem secura explicit.
2. In another hand,
Langton super Esaiam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Visio ysaye etc. Ideo invocat velum et terram.
Ends f. 69 a : et nunquam submergitur.
f. 69 b blank.
II. 3 2 fo. radicata.
Alphabetical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Similitudinarium Willelmi de Monte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 b
Ad declarandum in sermone quocunque propositum similitudines
undecunque deo donante collegimus etc.
Amor terrenus inuiscat animam.
Ends f. 85 b : diaboli est et non Christi.
Quire 10 (ff. 78-83) is palimpsest. The earlier writing a Benedictional in a fine
large hand of cent. viii—ix (?). Two lines are immediately legible, and a little
more might be made out. They are on f. 81 b lower margin, reversed.
Inc. incipiunt aliae benedic|tiones. benedictio domus noue.|
4. Table of chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Prol. Ad edificacionem animarum intus uirtutibus.
—studium et operam impendentes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 b
Inc. liber prouerbiorum excerptus a mag. Willelmo de Monte.
De amore et amicicia uera uel falsa.
Beda super tobiam. Sunt amici carne.
Ends (unfinished ?) on f. 101 a :
lam cras istud habet priami uel.
f. 101 b blank.
5. Table of chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Numerale Willelmi de Monte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 b
Vnus dens.
Deus unus est. Contra apostolus ait Sunt multi domini etc.
Ends unfinished in the chapter de tribus deo gratis:
gloriosior apparebo, p. 107. Verso blank.
6. Speculum penitentis W. de Monte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Capitula.
De agnitione peccatorum tractatum teximus penitenti perutilem cui nomen
imponimus speculum penitentis.
Ends f. 112. Ante sumpcionem eucharistie simbolum fidei reddat. Verso blank.
III. In an earlier type of hand. 2 fo. humilitatem.
7. Inc. Prologus in actus et exilium Sancti (rubbed) Thome archiep.
et martyris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Honor et gloria beati martyris Thome per se satis elucescit.
Prologue ends: iter aperietur ad cetera que secuntur.
Incipiunt quedam ad explanationem subsequentium que
minus expresse in epistolis continentur.
Gloriosus dei martir Thomas.
Ends f. 118 b : et statutas in regno anglorum per(!)mulgaret.
Thome Cant. Archiep. Johannes Pictauiensis Ep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 c
There are 167 epistles ending imperfectly, f. 192 b in one from John of Salisbury to Gerard la Pucelle.
The MS. was examined by Dr J. A. Giles in 1844 but apparently not by Dr J. C. Robertson. It is a fragment of the collection in five books made by Alan of Tewkesbury. See Robertson,Memorials for the History of Abp Becket (vols. II and V).
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