MISCELLANY OF PROSE AND VERSE

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MISCELLANY OF PROSE AND VERSE

Early 13th century-14th century

A miscellany of religious and theological prose and verse, written in England, probably at Dover. A. 13th-14th century. 1. ff. 3-14. Short pieces of verse from two to fourteen lines in length, each with a heading in red which is usually difficult to read. f. 3r 1. Nonne uides quanti michi sis homo. sim tibi tanti ... (4 lines). 2. Nos uexant, triplici ... (4 lines: H. Walther, 'Lateinische Sprichwörter und Sentenzen des Mittelalters', Carmina Medii Aevi Posterioris Latina, ii, 5 vols. (Göttingen, 1963-7), nos. 18807, lines 1, 2, + 32825). 3. Hic matheus ... (10 lines: H. Walther, 'Initia carminum ac versuum medii aevi posterioris Latinorum', Carmina Medii Aevi Posterioris Latina, i (Göttingen, 1959), no. 8036). 4. Morbus mira. cibus ... (2 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 15057). Heading: Quare turba sequebatur dominum. f. 3v 5. Corporis integritas ... (4 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 3357). 6. Auget. debilitat. communicat. inpuit (sic) aque ... (5 lines). Heading: De effectibus baptismi. 7. Inferni mortem tellus tenebrosa figurat ... (8 lines). f. 4r 8. Tres infelices in mundo ... (4 lines Walther, Initia, no. 19393). 9. Tres infelices dicit sacra pagina qui scit ... (4 lines: 3, 4 are Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 11880). 10. In speculo prope stat procul astans prope distat ... (5lines). 11. Exhibet aud dampnet. et ut piet. aut mereatur ... (2 lines). 12. Mens mala ... (2 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 14699). 13. Ordinat et iungit ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 13432). f. 4v 14. Tunc (sic) locus est flendi ... (11 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 12453). 15. Disce deum ... (5 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 4527). 16. Visito polo cibo ... (1line: Walther, Initia, no. 20647). f. 5r 17. Mistica sunt uas. thus, ignis. ... (14 lines: 1, 2 are Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 15823). 18. Felle caret, rostro non ledit. nidificatque ... (6 lines). f. 5v 19. Qui uoluit de desponsata uirgine nasci ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 3957 Cur voluit ...). 20. Fletque rigatque pedes ... (5 lines: Medium Aevum, xi. 43). 21 (no break). Nupserat anna uiris ... (9 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 12497). f. 6r 22. Filia prima ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 6510). 23. Te dolor emendat deuocio maior habundat ... (5 lines). 24. Quod das da subito munus est datus ille perito ... (3 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 25762b). 25. Exemplum. mens. signa. manus subtraccio. victus (1 line: cf. Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 8429). 26. Qui pater es noster ... (5 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 15590). f. 6v 27. Felix paupertas dat ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 6339). 28. Candida pax ... (8 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 2344). 29. Ira modum ... (8 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 9576). f. 7r 30. Tres a morte deum legimus reuocasse sepultos ... (4 lines). 31. Est caro nostra ... (2 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 5623). 32. Die homo mortalis die ... (8 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 4358). 33. Fictus adest dicens nil sacramenta ualere ... (6 lines). f. 7v 34. Angele qui meus es ... (2 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 973). 35. Eterne cum principio die fine carere ... (4 lines). 36. Si uis stare chore si digne psallere cristo ... (6 lines). 37. Baptizat sanguis. contricio limpha. fidesque (1 line). 38. Inspice mentem ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 9397). f. 8r 39. O diues diues ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 12601). 40. Sepe deus multis differt dare dona salutis ... (6 lines). 41. Prudens discretus mitis pius atque benignus ... (3 lines). f. 8v 42. Quater millenis. ter centum, quatuor annis ... (2 lines: Adam's stay in hell). 43. Cum te formaui ac te non sede locaui ... (2 lines: cf. Walther, Initia, no. 4973, Dum te plasmaui ...). Heading: Dominus dixit ad Adam. 44. Anna tribus ioachim cleophe salomeque maria ... (4 lines: cf. Walther, Initia, no. 1062). 45. Conceptum semen ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, 3083). 46. Votum condicio ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 20845). f. 9r 47. Ecclesiam pro naue rego. michi climata mundi ... (5 lines) 48. Quatuor hec cognata datis sunt causa uoluntas ... (4 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, nos. 23684 + 3850) 49. Vita anima deus est. hec corporis. hac fugiente ... (4 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 33828a). 50. Fercula. festa. canes. et equi numerusque dierum ... (3 lines). f. 9v 51. Que cum mortali ... (5 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 14975b). 52. Unde superbit homo ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 19639). 53. In cruce uos emi. proprioque cruore redemi ... (8 lines). f. 10r 54. De[. .]at liuor in[de] cruciatus origo ... (12 lines). 55. Felle columba caret, tales ut simus oportet ... (12 lines). f. 10v 56. Villa, bouis ... (2 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 6354). 57. Quid tumulum cernis. cur non ... (4 lines: cf. Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, nos. 24880 + 25516). 58. Vestibus ille sacris tegitur uerbum caro texit ... (2 lines). 59. Si mala facta fleo cessans cessareque spondens ... (2 lines). 60. Virginitas oleum lampas dant celica castra ... (2 lines). f. 11r 61. Porta salutis aue ... (2 lines: cf. Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, nos. 21943 + 32990). 62. Sanguis. rana. culex ... (2 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 27492c). 63. Vngor in extremis ut fiat gracia maior ... (2 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 32183). 64. Sol luna lusa. betel, ierosolima rebus elyos ... (2 lines). Heading: Tot modis dicitur ierusalem. 65. Dat dici natura fides et adepcio fratres ... (2 lines). Heading: Tot modis fratres possunt dici. 66. Vindicta(m) defer donec pertranseat ira ... (3 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 33453). 67. Quis. quid. ubi. per quem. quociens. cur. quomodo. quando ... (5 lines: cf. Walther, Initia, nos. 16100-2). f. 11v 68. Cum timor et (sic) sine spe ... (2 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 3849). 69. Visus et alloquium ... (2 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 20651). 70. Est locus indign[us] ... (3 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 5724). 71. Crede homo uel crede deum plus crede ualere ... (2 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 3638) 72. Emundat reficit alget. fluit impetuose ... (2 lines). 73. Cum furto raptus ... (2 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 3625). f. 12r 74. Occidit pueros ... (3 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 13110). 75. Vt fur nocturnus. fulgur. cathaclismus et ignis ... (2 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 32406c). 76. Pix nix. nox. uermis. post uincula post pudor horror ... (2). Also in MS. Bodley 64, f. 144. 77. Petrus et andreas ex uno ... (5 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 14052). 78. Hereat os terre. mens celo. lingua loquatur ... (8 lines: 7, 8 are Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 29869). 79. Quid genus, aut forma, quid gloria diuiciarum ... (4: lines cf. Walther, Initia, no. 15811). f. 12v 80. Vicit adam ueterem ... (2 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 20296). 81. Sex sunt que mentes hominum purgare tenentur ... (6 lines). 82. Si tibi promittat confessor, si tibi forte ... (3 lines). f. 13r 83. Hec species mores sapiencia uis. et honores ... (11 lines). 84. Cornu rinoscerus pugnat animalia uincit ... (7 lines). f. 13v 85. Alta uirens uictrix tri (?) radix aspera palma ... (4 lines). Heading: De palma [...]. 86. Spernit uana. petit. gaudet. presumat. honorat ... (3 lines). 87. A timet et pauper regnat ... (9 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 96). 88. Vt folium stipula specularis ymago uel umbra ... (6 lines). f. 14r 89. Est simplex uolucris ... (4 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 210593). 90. In matutino cantantur tempore psalm i. ... (8 lines). 91. In mundo septem faciunt peccata remitti ... (6 lines). f. 14v 92. Diuiditur diues moriens tribus. accipit eius ... (4 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 60993). 93. Exiit de ierico cristus. cecisque duobus ... (4 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 6085). 94. Denotat ecclesiam ... (6 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 4250: J.P. Migne, Patrologia Latina clxxi. 1263). 2. ff. 1v-2v, 17r-33v. Pieces of verse in various hands. 14th century. f. 1v 1. Aue uiuens hostia ... (59 lines). By John Pecham (d. 1292), Archbishop of Canterbury: Walther, Initia, no. 2023; U. Chevalier, 'Repertorium Hymnologicum', 6 vols. (1892-1921), no. 2278. f. 2v 2. De decem plagis egypti. Prima rubens unda ... (5 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 14595). 3. Sputa flagella ... (2 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 18565). f. 17r 4. Est homo res mira nunc mitis mine ferus ira ... (24 lines: cf. Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 7487). f. 17v 5. Versus de superbia. Sepe superbit homo genitus de sanguine claro ... (16 lines). 6. Gustus et olfactus ... (1 line: Walther, Initia, no. 7391). 7. Nos aper auditu ... (2 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 187723). 8. Quatuor ex puris ... (3 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 15306). f. 18r 9. Cetera cum supero ... (49 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 2666). f. 19v 10. Si sis discretus formosus ... (8 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 17972). 11. Nescio qua natale solum ... (2 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 16524). f. 20r 12. Gaudeat hic mundus ... (16 lines: Walther, Initia, no. 7091). f. 20v 13. Tu peruerteris peruersum si socieris ... (2 lines: Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 31698). f. 21v 14. Iam nunc in proximo mors stat ad hostium ... (28 lines). f. 22r 15. [A] phebo phebe ... domate fame. Alain de Lille, also known as Alan of Lille or Alanus de Insulis, Liber parabolarum, ch. 1, 2. J.P. Migne, Patrologia Latina ccx. 581-5. f. 26v 16. [N]on teneas aurum ... inter eos. Alain de Lille, also known as Alan of Lille or Alanus de Insulis, Liber parabolarum, ch. 3, lines 1-46. J.P. Migne, Patrologia Latina ccx. 585-6. f. 33v 17. Fama repleta ... (1 line: Walther, Initia, no. 6260). 18. Stulticie tres sunt tibi toto posse cauendo ... (3: cf. Walther, Lateinische Sprichwörter, no. 31565a). 19. Si velis in ecclesiam ingressum rectum facere ... (14: Walther, Initia, no. 18056). 3. Prose pieces before, after, and among item. 2, including: (f. 1r) Missa autem dicitur vel quia missa est hostia ... peccasse confiteor; (f. 34) Cum vadis dormitum; cogita ... eius teneas. Hec bernardus de modo orandi et confitendi. ff. 21r, 27v-33, 35-43v are blank. B. Early 13th century. 1. ff. 44r-56r. Hec augustini sacris epigrammata dictis ... Innocentia uera ... Sententiae from the works of St. Augustine of Hippo collected by St. Prosper of Aquitaine and furnished with metrical Epigrammata: nos. 1-58, 61-65, 67, 68, 70-74, 76, 75, 77-86, 88-95, 97-99 of the series in J.P. Migne, Patrologia Latina li. 499-529. The Epigrammata are in smaller and more cursive script. 2. f. 56v. (a) Age iam precor mearum comes. ... fuit uoluptas; (b) Tucius est duros mundi tolerare labores ... (a) is lines 1-16 of Pseudo-Prosper, Poema coniugis ad uxorem. (b) is 18 lines of verse written smaller than (a). 3. ff. 56v-61r. Thirty-seven brief theological extracts. Some of the sources are noted in red in the margins, e.g. (f. 56v) 'in enche' against 'Sacrificia altaris uel quarumcumque elemosinarum ... dampnatio', from St. Augustine of Hippo, Encheiridion (J.P. Migne, Patrologia Latina xl. 283-4). 4. Extracts from St. Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job: (a) ff. 62-71, book by book, beginning imperfectly with bk. 20; (b) ff. 72-112v, 149v-70v, 187v-8, 191-2v, under subject headings, the first 'Quod breuis sit gloria iniquorum ...'; (c) f. 113rv In proemio Moralium Gregorii. Plerumque nauem incaute religatam ...; (d) ff. 114-49v Incipiunt flores Moralium beati Gregorii pape. Omnis homo eo ipso quod homo est suum intelligere debet autorem ... (extracts book by book from bks. 1-16); (e) ff. 193-6v, from bks. 12-14. 5. ff. 129v-132v, 134r-v, 192. Extracts from works ascribed to Hugh of St. Victor interspersed in item. 4. 6. ff. 171-3v, 188v-91. Extracts from Cicero, De Officiis, interspersed in item. 4. 7. ff. 175-185. St. Isidore of Seville (c.560-636), 'De figuris', from his Etymologiae, i. 36-37; ii. 21; i. 34. 8. ff. 185v-186v. Extract from Pseudo-Seneca, 'De remediis fortuitorum'. 'Exceptio de libro senece de conflictu timoris et securitatis. Timor. Morieris. Securitas. Ista est hominis natura ... deus non abstulit'. See Pseudo-Seneca, De remediis fortuitorum, in L. Annaei Senecae opera quae supersunt, ed. Friedrich Haase (Leipzig, 1895), vol.3, pp.446-5. For the text excerpted in this manuscript see pp. 447/1-455/5.

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Medieval binding of wooden boards covered with pink-stained leather, 112 x 85 mm. Four bands. Remains of central metal clasp. Once with a chemise of soft white leather over all: a remaining fragment of the chemise bears writing of the 15th century: (a) Script' in ciuitate dorobernie apud fratrum minorum. Prona porta poli pietate polita parentis / Pande pr[...], (b) [...] scriptura circa sigillum (?) [.....] cantuar'. [...] que te peperi ne cesses thom[...] ('Me que te peperi ne cesses Thoma tueri' is the inscription round the medieval seal of the City of London: cf. 'Proc. Soc. Antiq.', 2nd series xv (1893-5), p. 443, and T. Borenius, 'St. Thomas Becket in Art', 1932, p. 24 ). Parchment leaves, 110 x 80 mm. Written space c. 85 x 60 mm. 22-31 long lines. Collation: 1(16) + 1 leaf after 16; 2-3(8); 4(4); 5(6) (ff. 38-43); 6(10); 7(8) (ff. 54-61); 8-9(10); 10(8); 11(14); 12(8) + 1 leaf after 8 (f. 112); 13 sixteen (ff. 113-28); 14(12) + 1 leaf after 4 (f. 133); 15(8); 16-17(12); 18(14); 19 four (ff. 188-91); 20 four (ff. 192-5). (B) in a small hand of the first quarter of 13th century, semi-current, except in the larger writing in item 1 and using long-tailed r from f. 62. (A): item 1 in textura, 13th-14th century; items 2, 3 in cursive anglicana, 14th century. Initials: in (B) 1-line red or green; none in (A). In (B) capital letters in the ink of the text are touched with red. Secundo folio (f. 2) 'Tres partes'.