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Résumé : MS 150 is a thirteenth-century manuscript written in several hands, possibly from the abbey at Swineshead, Lincolnshire. It contains a number of tracts including Nouale by William Pore OCist (fl. mid-thirteenth century), Verbum abbreuiatum by Peter the Chanter (d. 1197), De mysteriis ecclesiae by John of Garland (c. 1195-1258 or after), Templum Domini by Robert Grosseteste (c.1170-1253) and De missarum mysteriis by Pope Innocent III (1160/1-1216) as well as a series of biblical extracts and medical recipes.
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Langue(s) des textes : latin, anglais, français
Intervenants :
William Pore OCist - author
iiir-viiv - William Pore OCist, Nouale || Carmen versibus resonantibus scriptum ad Henricum abbatem de Swineshead
Note : Incipit, Noscere debetis pictoribus atque poetis.
Note : In nota marginali liber sic describitur; Nota quod causa materialis hujus libri in parte est donum Henrici abbatis de Swynesheued: in quadam est gramatica et in quadam est moralis: in qua tanguntur quedam proverbia communia: in majori parte casus viales quos auctor hujus operis cum discipulis suis percepit in redeundo de Swynesheued ad scolas post natalia festa ibidem celebrata; et in parte tangit proprietates avium et brutorum ad Latine eloquentie opulentiam et ad puerorum instructionem. Causa autem efficiens est intellectus autoris motus est ad predicta describenda metrice: formalis autem est modus agendi qui metricus est; finalis est dicti abbatis commendatio cum ceteris que tanguntur in causa materiali. Titulus hic incipit novale dictum a quodam novo metro soli dicto abbati appropriate.
Note : Ex primis versibus acrosticis apparet nomen autoris fuisse Willelmum Pore.
Note : col. 1 has text, col. 2 notes
Note : (iiir) Noscere debetis pictoribus atque poetisQuelibet audere datur equum posse tenereCur mea figmenta non praues hoc docume(n)taQue fere quingenta numero sunt per metra lentaAbbas care uale tuus est liber iste noualeNam metrum tale tibi continet hic specialeTangit penale. tangit quandoque iocaleNunc est morale, proprium nunc nunc generaleNunc cronographale. nunc sistit gramaticaleNunc topographale. per causam sic uariale
Note : The acrostic begins: It reads Willelmus Pore Vult mens factorum quedam metrare tuorumInclita nostrorum casus simul et puerorum
Note : On f. iiiv is a more elaborate acrostic on the name Henricus Abbas de Swineshevid. It is in five columns, each line usually of five words, each column forming the same acrostic:
Note : The text then resumes in two columns
incipit : (iiiv) O flos abbatum decus ordinis intitulatum
Note : The poem is chiefly occupied with an account of the difficulties of the journey from Swineshead owing to ice and cold, and with an invective against a garcio named William Gybard
explicit : (vir) Qui mihi solamen tribuitque metrando iuuamenHuic iteres amen, amen iteretur et Amen
Note : In col. 2 are more verses in a larger hand, some to Abbot Henry
Note : Also
Note : (vir) Post dolor ad beramdun vice uersa corruet enseInnumerum wlgus Innumerique ducesMorte repentina mors altera morteque bina
Note : Margin: Isti tres uersus fuerunt reuelati cuidam mulieri dormienti per tres dies et totidem noctes
Note : There is also an English line
Note : þan (or ƿan) creu kattes an ƿan wasit dey. rybaudye
Note : (viv) blank
Note : (viir) table to item no. 2
Note : (viiv) blank
Peter the Chanter - author
1r-98r - Peter the Chanter, Verbum abbreuiatum || Petri Cantoris Parisiensis verbum abbreviatum
Note : Hic liber multas notulas habet quae sunt in textu scriptae in multis aliis libris.
rubric : (1r) Quod breuitati sit studendum
incipit : (1r) Uerbum abbreuiatum faciet dominus etc. Si enim uerbum
Note : (CCV 23)
Note : (43r) The hand changes, and in this quire (5) are many additions both marginal and on inserted leaves. They concern chapters 45 de officio prelatorum to 67 contra mollientes arcum sacre scripture
Note : (59r) Another change of hand
explicit : (98r) inmensum et inexplicable
rubric : (98r) Explicit Pater noster pro anima Notarii
98r-114r - Biblical extracts || De vita et doctrina sacerdotis
Note : (98r) Table of chapters to no. 3
Note : I. De uita et doctrina sacerdotis
Note : 107. De uita eterna
incipit : (99r) Ecclesiasticus. Aurum et argentum confla et facito uerbis tuis stateram. In exodo Saga dupplicabantur, etc.
Note : Each section is a collection of short extracts
Note : Ends
explicit : (114r) Incorruptio autem proximum facit ei deo .i. similem
John of Garland - author
114v-117v - John of Garland, De mysteriis ecclesiae || Carmen ad Fulconem episcopum Londoniensem de ritibus ecclesiasticis
Note : Another hand, double columns of 51 etc. lines
Note : (By Joh. de Garlandia)
incipit : (114v) Anglia quo fulget quo gaudet presule claro
Note : (CL 1591)
Note : (114v) Lundonie quo parisius scrutante sophiam
explicit : (177v) Qui fuit ecclesie directa columpna, fenestraLucida, Turribulum redolens, campana sonoraAd finem libri sit laus et gloria christi
Robert Grosseteste - author
118r-122r - Robert Grosseteste, Templum Domini || Exhortatio ad sacerdotes [sive tractatus Roberti Grosteste episcopi Lincoln, de sacramentis ecclesiae et articulis fidei.]
Note : (118r) Roberti Grosseteste Templum domini (no title)
incipit : (118r) Templum domini sanctum est quod estis uos
Note : (122r) Ends unfinished
Note : Some notes in other hands follow
122v-124v - Medical receipts || Remedia ad guttam fistulam, etc.
Note : (122v) In a very rough large hand (xiii)
Note : (122v) Receipts, one in French
Note : (122v) La reste(?) bof garit les bos et les vaches de moreine etc.
Note : (124v) blank
Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis) - author
125r-146v - Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis), De missarum mysteriis || Innocentius papa III. de officio missae
rubric : (125r) Incipit prephacio Innocentii pape tertii de officio misse
incipit : (125r) Tria sunt precipue in quibus lex diuina consistit
Note : (CCXVII 773)
explicit : (146v) et continue totum censui subscribendum
rubric : (146v) Explicit liber Innocencentii pape tercii De officio misse Hic debet subsequi canon
Note : Among scribbles at the end I note
Note : (146v) Inconstans animus oculus uagus instabilis pes Sunt signa hominis de quo michi nulla bona spes
Note : Some accounts (xv, relating to taking a degree)
Note : (147r) Sol. pro gycgys Pro cirofis sophtis iid Pro obne (?) i d ... Pro prandio viijs vijd Pro bedellis vs iiijd Pro senescallo xiid (twice) Pro ordinario ...s Pro scolis x...d
Note : (147r) Also: Mem. de 2o libris viz de Aug. de ciuitate dei et de sermonibus dominicalibus
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