Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 450

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  • Walter de Bibbesworth | Poème
    Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : Amours m'ount si enchaunte / Qe jeo ay tutdys deschaunté
    Folio 132v - 133v
  • Walter de Bibbesworth | Tretiz
    Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : Femme ke aproche sun teins / de enfaunter moustre seins...
    Folio 122r - 127r
  • Anonyme | Liste de folies
    Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : Ke nul bien ne set et nul veut aprendre / ke mut acreit e n'ad dunt tendre / ke taunt donne et rien ne reteint / ke taunt promette et ne donne nient...
    Folio 127v - 127v
  • Anonyme | Proverbes
    Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : A bon demandour sage escondisour
    Folio 127v - 131v
  • Anonyme | De Notre Dame
    Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : Nul ne doit mounter en pris / S'il n'eyt d'amur empris / Que c'est trop bel enpris
    Folio 131v - 132v
  • Anonyme | Poème pieux
    Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : En chauntant concordar ay / un chant que a concorder ay / en acordant concordaunce
    Folio 132v - 132v
  • Anonyme | Poème
    Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : Malade sui de joie espris tant suspire qe ne repos / Jeo ai mon quor en pense mys et si enpens de mile chose
    Folio 133v - 134r
  • Anonyme | Poème
    Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : Jeo men voys dame, a Deu vous comaund'
    Folio 134r - 134r
  • Anonyme | Poème
    Incipit référence de l'oeuvre : En la sesoune qe l'erbe poynt / e reverdist la matinee
    Folio 134r - 134v

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  • Résumé : CCCC MS 450 contains a miscellany of more than 100 distinct items copied in a number of hands of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The single largest volume is a copy of the Summa dictaminis or Summa notariae of John of Bologna (fl. late thirteenth century). The remainder of the manuscript is taken up with a wide range of material, from the satirical Golias poems to extracts from the Secreta secretorum, verses on the fall of Troy, the spurious correspondence of Alexander the Great, and proverbs in Latin and French. In addition, the codex contains a number of ecclesiastical documents and texts relating to relations between the papacy and the thrones of England and France. Some of the material relates to Durham, and it is commonly assumed that this establishes the provenance of the manuscript before it came into Parker's possession.


    Contenu :


    Langue(s) des textes : latin, anglais, français


    Intervenants :

    John of Bologna - author

    1r-26v - John of Bologna, Summa notariae || Summa magistri Ioannis de Bononia Ioanni archiepiscopo Cantuar. dedicata de arte tabellionatus in curia Romana

    Note : Double columns, a rather pointed hand of cent. xiii late

    rubric : (1r) Incipit summa magistri iohannis de bononia

    incipit : (1r) Reuerendo in Christo ... J. dei gratia cantuariensi archiep. ... iohannes bononensis notarius

    explicit : (1r) caritatiuo animo emendare

    rubric : (1r) De operis dispositione

    incipit : (1r) Licet tractatus instrumentorum in ytalie partibus

    Note : (25r) Ends with a list of the chapters

    explicit : (26v) prebendam ut ad eam admittantur

    rubric : (26v) Explicit summa magistri iohannis de bononia

    Note : (26v) In the legal hand, verses on cases reserved for Bishops and on the Pastoral staff


    27r-29v - Apocalypsis Goliae || Apocalypsis Goliae episcopi de ordinibus cleri

    Note : (27r) The legal hand begins herein double columns

    incipit : (27r) A tauro torrida

    Note : Wright, Poems of W. Mapes, p. 1

    explicit : (29v) Mentis uestigia fecissent lubrica

    Note : Hauréau Not. et Extr. XXIX p. 278


    29v-31r - De coniuge non ducenda || Versus de conjugio

    incipit : (29v) Sit deo gloria laus benedictio

    Note : Wright, Poems of W. Mapes, p. 77

    explicit : (31r) uobis consencio

    rubric : (31r) Explicit

    Note : (31r) Verses

    Note : a.

    Note : (31r) Si dederis vestes quis possum pellere pestesdum mihi sunt testes erimus pilade(s) et horestes, etc.

    Note : Wright, p. 86

    Note : b.

    Note : (31r) Extiterant similes fratres io Wlfus et AlfiClaudus erat Wlfi combussit rusticus AlfiSic presul Sarum (? num) pro thoma torquet awarum (? num)

    Note : c.

    Note : (31r) Qui iacet hic plenus fuit ingenio sed egenus...Nomen gulie tenuit vas philosophie (l. 4)


    Intervenants :

    Walter of Wimborne OFM - author

    32v-33r - Walter of Wimborne OFM, De palpone || Rithmi satirici in aulicos

    incipit : (32v) In aula veritas est pestilencia

    explicit : (33r) Oris turribulum dat omni vicioVe tali scelerum turribulario. Amen

    Note : Part of the poem de palpone. See Wright, p. 117, l. 345


    Intervenants :

    pseudo-Aristotle - author

    34r-35r - pseudo-Aristotle, Secreta secretorum (extracts) || Liber [ut videtur] qui dicitur Secreta secretorum

    incipit : (34r) Cum sit corpus humanum corruptibile

    explicit : (35r) hec omnia corpus desiccant et debilitant. Vale

    Note : 8, 9 seem to be extracts from the Ps.-Aristotle de Secretis


    35r-37r - pseudo-Aristotle, Secreta secretorum (extracts - 'De signis') || Tractatus de signis

    rubric : (35r) Incipit tractatus de signis

    incipit : (35r) Inter ceteras res est res quam te non oportet ignorare

    explicit : (37r) ad meliorem et probabiliorem partem

    rubric : (37r) Explicit tractatus de signis et moribus naturalibus hominum ad regem magnificum Alexandrum qui dominatus fuit toti orbi dictus monarcha in septenterione

    Note : 8, 9 seem to be extracts from the Ps.-Aristotle de Secretis


    Intervenants :

    Willelmus medicus (transl.) - author

    37r-38v - Willelmus medicus (transl.), Vita Secundi philosophi || De Secundo philosopho

    incipit : (37r) Secundus philosophus fuit. hic philosophatur in omni tempore

    explicit : (38v) quid est nix. aqua sicca

    Note : Translated from Greek by William of Gap, monk and subsequently Abbot of St Denis, in cent. xii. See MS 275. 16


    Intervenants :

    John Chrysostom - author

    48r-49r - Proverbs and extracts from John Chrysostom and others || De Salamone

    incipit : (48r) Timor dei principium sapiencie. Sapienciam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt

    Note : Proverbs, followed by extracts from Chrysostom and Petrus Aud. (? Petrus Alphonsus)


    Intervenants :

    St Anselm - author

    Bernard of Clairvaux - author

    49r-50v - Extracts on moral themes from St Anselm, Bernard of Clairvaux, and others || Quaedam ex Anselmo

    incipit : (49r) Ad frequentem usum stillantis pluuie duri solent cauari lapides

    Note : Moral extracts. Anselm. Bernard. Petrus Aud. Story of Alexander


    Intervenants :

    Innocent III - author

    50v-51v - Innocent III, Cum super negocio (epistola 219) || Bulla Innocentii III. Ioanni regi Angliae missa de contumacia ejus in negotio archiepiscopi Cantuar.

    incipit : (50v) Cum super negocio Cant. eccl.


    51v-52r - Innocent III, Bull to the suffragan bishops of Canterbury concerning the consecration of archbishops in England || Alia bulla ejusdem papae suffraganeis ecclesiae Cantuar. directa de consecratione archiepiscopi et ejus in Angliam abitu

    Note : (51v) Post diutinum fletum


    52r-52r - Papal bull (extract) || Excerptum, ut videtur, ex alia quadam bulla

    Note : (52r) Ineffabilis sapiencia


    52r-53v - Innocent III, Illius testimonium inuocamus (epistola 103) || Bulla Innocentii papae III. episcopis Angliae missa ut Iohannis regis Angliae favorem Stephano archiepiscopo Cantuar. conciliarent, cui si resisteret rex, regno minatur interdictum

    incipit : (52r) Illius testimonium


    53v-53v - Innocent III, Bull || Bulla ejusdem papae episcopis Londin. Eliens. et Wigorn. directa, ut sententiam interdicti per totum regnum observari faciant, donec rex satisfactionem idoneam curaverit exhibere ob bona ecclesiastica direpta

    incipit : (53v) Inter ceteraque super negocio


    53v-54v - Innocent III, Bull || Bulla ejusdem papae tam ecclesiasticis quam secularibus principibus directa, ut sedi apostolicae. de dirimenda lite et discordia inter Germanos orta de electione imperatoris attentae se patronos et adjutores ostendant, anno pontificatus 6to

    incipit : (53v) Tam ecclesiasticis quam secularibus


    54v-54v - Tract on ecclesiastical harmony || Sententiae de concordia

    rubric : (54v) Salustius

    incipit : (54v) Principium discordie


    55r-55r - Taxatio of the episcopacy of England || Taxatio episcopatuum Angliae

    Note : (55r) Bona Archiepiscopi Cant. taxantur ad m. dcccclxv. li. iiijs iijd. Exon., Cicestr., Karliol., left blank


    Intervenants :

    Lawrence of Aquileia - author

    55v-64r - Lawrence of Aquileia, Vsus dictaminis || Practica sive usus dictaminis Mag. Laurentii de Aquilegia edita Bononiae ad utilitatem rudium

    incipit : (55v) Uniuersis tabellionibus ciuitatis Bonon.

    explicit : (64r) Quot sunt virtutes tot vobis mitto salutes

    Note : In tabular form


    Intervenants :

    Leonardo Patrasso, bishop of Albano - author

    64r-64v - Letter of Leonardo Patrasso, bishop of Albano, to Edward I concerning the restoration of Richard de Hotoun as prior of Durham || Epistola Leonardi episcopi Albanensis ad Edwardum [primum] regem Angliae ut Ricardum [de Hotoun] priorem Dunelmensem a papa in integrum restitutum suo favore concilio et autoritate adjuvaret, data Roma: 20 Nov.


    Intervenants :

    Edward I - author

    65r-65r - Letter of Edward I to the archbishop of Canterbury concerning the archibishop's authority over the clergy || Epistola regis Edwardi [primi] ad archiepiscopum Cantuar. pro clericis suis ne compellantur ad ordines vel residentiam

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    65r-65r - Letter of Edward I 'ad patronum' concerning the authority of primates over the clergy || Epistola regis ad patronum pro eodem

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    65r-65v - Letter of Edward I to the archbishop of York concerning the archbishop's authority over the clergy || Epistola ejusdem ad archiepiscopum Ebor. de eodem

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    65v-65v - Letter of an episcopal official concerning the authority of the episcopacy over the clergy || Literae episcopi officiario suo super eodem

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    65v-65v - Concerning the authority of a bishop to grant a benefice for five years || Facultas episcopalis ad beneficium ad firmam tradendum per quinquennium

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    65v-65v - Letter patent of Edward I || Literae patentes Edwardi I. pro nominatione unius ex clericis suis

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    65v-66r - Bull 'post iter arreptum' || Bulla quae vocatur post iter arreptum

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    66r-66r - Letter of an unidentified prior and convent || Literae prioris et conventus quod fecerunt A. B. missarum et orationum, etc. domus suae participem

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    66r-66r - Letter patent of Edward I, safe conduct || Literae Edwardi I. de salvo conducto

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    66r-66r - Letter dimissory to the orders || Literae demissoriae super ordinibus

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    66v-66v - Letter of the French clergy to Boniface VIII, 1296 || Literae cleri Galliae ad papam, in quibus petunt licentiam ejus ut sibi liceat juvare regem, datae Parisiis kal. Feb. 1296

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    66v-67v - Letter of Boniface VIII to the French clergy, 1296 || Responsio papae ad petitionem praedictam

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    67v-68r - Extracts from various letters || Excerpta ex variis epistolis

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    68r-68v - Letter of a bishop to a prior concerning the holding of an inquisition || Literae episcopi ad priorem de inquisitione in domo sua facienda

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    Intervenants :

    Bernard, bishop of Tripoli - author

    68v-69r - Letter of Bernard, bishop of Tripoli, to the office of the archdeacon of Durham concerning procurations || Literae Bernardi episcopi Tripol. ad officialem archid. Dunelm. ut summam xv marcarum sterling, quas ab episcopo Dunelm. acceperat pro procuratione viz. duarum marcarum per diem, ipse a clero Dunelm. solvi faciat

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    69r-69r - Grant of a pension of £100 by the bishop of Durham || Concessio pensionis c libr. sterling per episcopum Dunelm. facta promotori causarum suarum apud sedem apostolicam

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    69r-69r - Letter to the chapter of Durham concerning the death of the bishop || Literae ad capitulum Dunelm. ut concessionem defuncti episcopi confirmare velint

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    69r-69r - Letter from one priory to another concerning the carrying off of goods || Literae prioris de [blank] ad priorem de [blank], ut libros ab sua ecclesia asportatos, si forte a quodam cetus ejus eos reperiri contigerit, remitteret

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    69r-70r - Anonymous letters || Quatuor epistolae incerti autoris

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    70r-71r - Three letters in praise of monks by Oxford University students || Tres epistolae in laudem monachorum Oxoniae studentium

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    71r-71r - Anonymous letter || Epistola incerti autoris

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    Intervenants :

    Boniface VIII - author

    71r-71v - Letter of Boniface VIII to Edward I concerning peace between England and France, 1295 || Literae Bonifacii papae VIII. ad Edwardum I. regem Angliae ut fiat pax inter eum et regem Franciae, datae Lateran. 11 kal. Mart. pontificatus I

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    71v-71v - Indulgence of Boniface VIII to those who convey their goods for the upkeep of the altar of the Holy Cross at an un-named cathedral || Indulgentia concessa eis qui de bonis suis contulerint ad edificandum altare sanctae crucis in ecclesia cathedrali de [blank]

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    72r-72r - Constitution of Boniface VIII, ne mendicantes assentiant electioni de se factae in discordia || Constitutio Bonifacii papae VIII. ne mendicantes assentiant electioni de se factae in discordia

    Note : 24-47 may be regarded as a collection of formulae


    72r-74r - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, Revocatio concessionum antecessoris ejus Celestini V. de pluralitatibus, etc. || Constitutiones Bonifacii papae VIII: Revocatio concessionum antecessoris ejus Celestini V. de pluralitatibus, etc.

    Note : 48-58 chiefly papal constitutions


    74r-75r - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, Revocatio concessionum Nicholai IV. de collectionibus, pensionibus, etc. || Constitutiones Bonifacii papae VIII: Revocatio concessionum Nicholai IV. de collectionibus, pensionibus, etc.

    Note : 48-58 chiefly papal constitutions


    75r-75r - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, Revocatio concessionum Celestini V || Constitutiones Bonifacii papae VIII: Similis revocatio concessionum Celestini V

    Note : 48-58 chiefly papal constitutions


    75r-76r - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, De conservatoribus || Constitutiones Bonifacii papae VIII: De conservatoribus

    Note : 48-58 chiefly papal constitutions


    76r-76r - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, Ne mulieres religiosae extra claustrum ad judicium vel testimonium dandum evocentur || Constitutiones Bonifacii papae VIII: Ne mulieres religiosae extra claustrum ad judicium vel testimonium dandum evocentur

    Note : 48-58 chiefly papal constitutions


    76r-76v - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, Declaratio sententiae excommunicationis contra eos qui infregerint pacem inter regem Siciliae et Iacobum et Fredericum Petri quondam regis Arragoniae filios sancitam || Constitutiones Bonifacii papae VIII: Declaratio sententiae excommunicationis contra eos qui infregerint pacem inter regem Siciliae et Iacobum et Fredericum Petri quondam regis Arragoniae filios sancitam

    Note : 48-58 chiefly papal constitutions


    76v-77v - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, De non solvendis collectis principibus secularibus || Constitutiones Bonifacii papae VIII: De non solvendis collectis principibus secularibus

    Note : 48-58 chiefly papal constitutions


    77v-78r - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, De residentia || Constitutiones Bonifacii papae VIII: De residentia

    Note : 48-58 chiefly papal constitutions


    78r-80r - Arbitration of Boniface VIII between the kings of England and France || Arbitrium ejusdem papae inter reges Franciae et Angliae


    80r-81r - Response of the clergy to royal taxation demands temp. Edward I || Responsio cleri ad regem Edwardum quod subsidium concedere non possunt, propter gravem papae prohibitionem ne ulla talis concessio laicis fiat

    Note : tempore ut videtur Roberti Winchelsey archiepiscopi Cantuar.


    81r-82r - Bull of Boniface VIII restoring Richard de Hotoun as prior of Durham || Bulla Bonifacii papae VIII. de restitutione Ricardi [de Hotoun] prioris Dunelm.

    Note : This Prior was reinstated in 1300


    Intervenants :

    Nicholas, bishop of Teano - author

    82r-83r - Letter of Nicholas, bishop of Teano, to the bishop and chapter of Durham on the restoration of Richard de Hotoun || Executio super restitutione predicta, sive literae Nicholai episcopi Theanens. ad episcopum et capitulum Dunelm. de executione sententiae restitutionis


    83r-83v - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, de veneratione sanctorum || Constitutio Bonifacii VIII. de veneratione sanctorum


    84r-85r - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, de regulis juris || Idem de regulis juris


    85r-85r - Constitution of Clement V, quod regnum Franciae non sit amplius subjectum Romanae ecclesiae || Constitutio Clementis papae V. quod regnum Franciae non sit amplius subjectum Romanae ecclesiae quam fuit ante declarationem Bonifacii VIII


    85r-85v - Constitutions of Clement V, Revocatio constitutionis Bonifacii VIII. quae incipit, Clericis laicos || Revocatio constitutionis Bonifacii VIII. quae incipit, Clericis laicos per eundem


    85v-85v - Constitutions of Clement V, de citationibus || Constitutio ejusdem de citationibus


    85v-86r - Indulgence of Boniface VIII for pilgrims to SS Peter and Paul, 1300 || Indulgentia concessa a Bonifacio VIII. eis qui centesimo quovis anno basilicas S. S. Petri et Pauli visitaverint A. D. 1300


    86r-88r - Lament for the Knights Templars || Lamentatio pro templariis

    rubric : (86r) Lamentacio quedam pro templariis

    incipit : (86r) Honorabilibus doctoribus et scolaribus uniuersis Paris. commorantibus salutem. miranda non modicum forciusque stupenda humani generis inimica crudelitas in Gasconie finibus instigante

    Note : A strong appeal against the injustice of the Processus

    Note : Ending

    explicit : (88r) Quod a domino premium et ab hominibus laudes assequi mereatur. Amen


    88r-88v - Constitutions of Clement V, Revocatio concessionum de administrationibus || Revocatio concessionum de administrationibus per Clementem papam


    88v-89r - Constitutions of Boniface VIII, de visitatione episc. Dunelm. || Constitutio Bonifacii papae de visitatione episc. Dunelm.


    Intervenants :

    Peter 'filius Cassiodori' - author

    89r-90v - Letter of Peter 'filius Cassiodori' to the English church on casting off the tyranny of the Roman pontiff || Epistola Petri filii Cassiodori ad ecclesiam Anglicanam de excutienda tyrranide Romani pontificis

    incipit : (89r) Ecclesie nobili Anglicane in luto et latere ancillate Petrus fil. Cassi(o)dori miles catholicus pugil christi deuotus salutem Et captiuitatis iugum abicere brauium libertatis. Comparabo te cui vel cui assimilabo te

    explicit : (90v) quid si perterritus ex hiis dictis non destiterit ab inceptis et restitucionem non fecerit de perceptis psallent pro eo ex tunc nequiter indurato psalmum centesimum octauum illi cui omnia sunt aperta singuli diebus singulis clara voce in christo deuotissime Deus laudem


    90v-91v - Form of the creation and investiture in office of a new clerk || Forma creandi et investiendi aliquos in officium tabellionatus sive mandatum Rogeri Mathei de Monte-flor. comitis Palatini ad priorem Dunelm. ut Ioannem de D. adhibita prius examinatione de sufficientia ejus in predictum officium admittat


    91v-94v - Summons of Clement V to the English clergy to attend the Council of Vienne || Citatio prelatorum Angliae ad concilium Viennen. per Clementem papam


    95r-96r - Constitutions of Clement V, de militibus quondam ordinis templariorum || Constitutio Clementis papae de militibus quondam ordinis templariorum


    Intervenants :

    Clement V - author

    96r-96v - Clement V, Suspension of the sentence against those bishops who refused to attend the Council of Vienne || Sententia suspensionis lata contra episcopos qui ad concilium Viennen. non venerunt per Clementem papam


    97r-97r - Excommunicatio Goliae || Excommunicatio Goliae

    incipit : (97r) Raptor mei pillei morte moriatur

    explicit : (97r) Anathema fuerit fiat fiat amen

    Note : Wright, loc. cit., p. 75

    Note : Hauréau Not. et Extr. XXIX p. 272


    97v-102r - Verses on the Trojan War || Versus resonantes de bello Trojano

    Note : a.

    incipit : (97v) Pergama flere volo fato danays data solo

    Note : (P. L. CXLII 1205. Du Méril, Poésies pop. Lat. 1843, p. 309)

    explicit : (98v) Femina fatalis femina digna malis

    Note : b.

    incipit : (98v) Uiribus arte minis data troia ruinis (sic)Annis bis quinis fit rogus atque cinis

    Note : (Du Méril, loc. cit., p. 400)

    explicit : (100v) Sic gens romulea surgit ab hectorea

    Note : c.

    rubric : (100v) Alii uersus de eodem bello

    incipit : (100v) Urbs ruit illustris quam belli clade bilustris

    explicit : (100v) Quin tenere plorem cum de te troia perorem

    Note : d.

    rubric : (100v) Alii uersus de eodem

    incipit : (100v) Ardet amore paris troianis immolat aris

    explicit : (101v) Regnis optatis utitur arte ratis

    Note : e.

    incipit : (101v) Nil valet ille locus ubi nil patet utilitatis

    explicit : (101v) Nil valet ut iubeas ubi wlt tibi nemo fauere

    Note : f.

    Note : (101v) Scribbled verses (xv-xvi)


    102r-117v - Constitutions of the Fourth Lateran Council || Constitutiones Lateran. concilii

    Note : 69-81 form a group


    117v-118r - Clement V, Privileges of the Dominicans || Privilegium concessum fratribus predicantibus per Clementem papam

    Note : 69-81 form a group


    Intervenants :

    Martin IV - author

    118r-118r - Martin IV, Papal bull Ad fructus uberes (1281) || Aliud per Martinum papam

    Note : 69-81 form a group


    118r-118v - Papal constitution barring those under 25 years of age from serving as parish priests || Constitutio quod nullus admittatur ad ecclesiam parochialem antequam attigerit vigesimum quintum annum

    Note : 69-81 form a group


    118v-119r - King John's surrender of England and Ireland in vassalage to Innocent III || Concessio totius regni Angliae et Hiberniae sanctae ecclesiae et papae Innocentio III. per Ioannem regem

    Note : 69-81 form a group


    Intervenants :

    Soldanus - author

    119r-119v - Letter of 'Soldanus' to Het'um II King of Armenia concerning the sacking of Acre || Epistola Soldani ad Haytonum regem Armeniae quod civitatem Accon ceperat et eam spoliaverat

    Note : 69-81 form a group

    incipit : (119r) Nos soldanus Mellecaffaraph


    Intervenants :

    Het'um II, King of Armenia - author

    119v-120v - Letter of Het'um II, King of Armenia, to Edward I concerning the sacking of Acre || Epistola Haytoni regis Armeniae, ad regem Angliae super desolatione Accon, data 15 Junii, 1299

    Note : 69-81 form a group


    Intervenants :

    Kanatocus - author

    120v-120v - Letter of 'Kanatocus', King of the Tartars, to Louis VII of France || Epistola Kanatoci regis Tartariae ad Ludovicum VII. regem Franciae jactatoria

    Note : 69-81 form a group


    Intervenants :

    Louis VII of France - author

    120v-121r - Letter of Louis VII of France to 'Kanatocus', King of the Tartars || Responsio regis Franciae

    Note : 69-81 form a group


    121r-121r - Declaration of war between Germany and France, 1294 || Epistola Radulphi imperatoris Alemaniae ad Philippum regem Franciae declarans ei bellum 1294

    Note : 69-81 form a group

    Note : Böhmer 4818


    Intervenants :

    Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor - author

    121r-121r - Letter of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, in which is commemorated the funeral of his son Henry VII || Epistola Frederici imperatoris ut celebrentur exequiae Henrici primogeniti sui

    Note : 69-81 form a group

    Note : Neues Archiv, IV 393


    121r-121v - Letter of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, to his nobility, in which is commemorated the funeral of his son Henry VII || Epistola cujusdam se Fredericum Romanorum imperatorem similantis ad comites

    Note : 69-81 form a group

    Note : Printed in MGH. SS. XXIV, p. 462. Neues Archiv, IV 393


    121v-121v - Letter of the Holy Roman imperial nobility to Emperor Frederick II, concerning the death of the Emperor's son || Responsio comitum

    Note : 69-81 form a group

    Note : Printed in MGH. SS. XXIV, p. 462. Neues Archiv, IV 393


    Intervenants :

    Walter of Bibbesworth - author

    122r-127r - Walter of Bibbesworth, Treatise on the French language || Versus Gallica lingua scripti

    Note : Double columns (Gautier de Bibbesworth)

    rubric : (122r) Ici comence ascun estrange paroles de fraunce

    incipit : (122r) Quant lui enfes est neeLors deit estre mailioleLenfant en berz est cocheE par sa norice est berce

    Note : The English glosses are given

    Note : (127r) It seems to be finished by another hand

    Note : The two last lines in the first hand are

    Note : (127r) Assez auera des esclauozQui de chiuals suyent les escloz

    Note : The other hand continues

    Note : (127r) Les feus ostes de puant fouseffount sale nape et table graciouseHerbe cressant a luys de stableffet blaunche nape et megre table.Ie vey cy venir mestre hugheQui rien ne parle sil ne bughe, etc.

    Note : The last line is mutilated

    Note : See Romania IV 375; XIII 500


    132v-132v - Rime estrange, 'Enchauntant concordray. vn chant que a concorder ay' || Rime estrange

    rubric : (132v) Rime estrange

    incipit : (132v) Enchauntant concordray. vn chant que a concorder ay. en acordant concordaunce

    explicit : (132v) qe nous puisseoms concorder et par ta mere acorder a tey de noz grant descordes. Amen


    132v-133v - French verse, 'Amours me unt si enchaunte' || Uncor autre ryme

    rubric : (132v) Uncor autre rime

    incipit : (132v) Amours me unt si enchaunte qe ieo ay tutdis deschaunte tut quant qe ieo chauntey

    explicit : (133v) ore vous ai de aue rome veez si ieo ai bien rime


    133v-134r - French verse, 'Malade sui de ioie espris tant suspire qe ne repos' || Autre maner de rime

    rubric : (133v) Autre maner de rime

    incipit : (133v) Malade sui de ioie espris tant suspire qe ne reposJeo ai mon quor en pense mys et si enpens de mile chose

    explicit : (134r) et gelusie et molt de gent en ount anvye

    Note : Ed. P. Meyer, Romania IV 375


    134r-134r - French verse, 'Ieo men voys dame a deu vous comaund'

    incipit : (134r) Ieo men voys dame a deu vous comaund

    explicit : (134r) quant ieo ne puis auoir nul autre eye ore doint deus qe mort men deslye

    Note : Ed. P. Meyer, Romania IV 375


    134r-134v - French verse, 'En la sesoune qe lerbe poynt e reverdist la matinee' || Rime bon

    rubric : (134r) Ryme bon

    incipit : (134r) En la sesoune qe lerbe poynt e reuerdist la matinee

    explicit : (134v) et ma repris enuoy a ceux enpris e si ie ai ren mespris bien voile qel soit mesprise

    Note : Ed. P. Meyer, Romania IV 375


    134v-135r - Payment made by Anthony Bek, bishop of Durham, to the patriarch of Jerusalem upon the sending of the pallium by Clement V || Collatio Antonii [Beak] episcopi Dunelm. ad patriarchatum Hierosol. cum missione pallii per Clementem papam


    135r-135v - Boniface VIII, Summons of Walter Langton to the papal curia || Citatio Walteri de Langton episcopi Cov. et Lich. ad curiam Romanam per Bonifacium papam


    135v-136r - Letter to a certain monastery on the mercy that ought to be shown to a monk who has fled and returned || Literae ad quoddam monasterium ut agatur misericorditer cum monacho apostata ad monasterium redeunte


    Intervenants :

    Benedict XI - author

    136r-136v - Benedict XI, Absolution of King Philip IV of France || Absolutio Philippi regis Franciae ipso non petente per Benedictum papam


    136v-138v - Constitution of Boniface VIII, inter prelatos et fratres predicantes || Constitutio inter prelatos et fratres predicantes per Bonifacium papam


    138v-140r - Constitutions of Benedict XI, Revocatio constitutionis inter prelatos et fratres predicantes per Bonifacium papam || Revocatio dictae constitutionis per Benedictum papam


    140v-140v - Constitutions of Benedict XI, Revocatio constitutionis inter prelatos et fratres predicantes per Bonifacium papam || Revocatio dictae constitutionis per Benedictum papam

    incipit : (140v) Exultet mater ecclesia renascentis noue prolis fecunditate

    explicit : (140v) dat lugdun. v kal. aug.


    141r-141r - Letter of the Brahmans to Alexander the Great || Epistola Bragmannorum ad Alexandrum magnum

    incipit : (141r) Alexander ut legitur cum ultimum litus oceani perlustraret Bragmannorum insulam debellare parabat, etc.


    Intervenants :

    Dindimus - author

    141r-141v - Letter of Dindimus to Alexander the Great || Epistola Didimi ad Alexandrum


    142r-142r - Clement V, Prohibition on the prior and chapter of Durham preventing them from electing a new bishop || Inhibitio priori et capitulo Dunelm. ne procedant ad electionem cum episcopatus vacari contigerit, per Clementem papam


    Intervenants :

    John XXII - author

    142r-142v - John XXII, Confirmation of the prohibition of Clement V on the prior and chapter of Durham preventing them from electing a new bishop || Confirmatio ejusdem inhibitionis per Ioannem papam


    142v-143r - John XXII, Excommunication of those who presume to invade England || Sententia excommunicationis in eos qui regem Edwardum vel regnum Angliae invadere presumserint, per Ioannem papam


    143r-143v - Complaint of a prisoner, 'Tristis est anima mea' || Epistola vel tractatus qui incipit, Tristis est anima mea || Complaint of a prisoner

    incipit : (143r) Tristis est anima mea nec inuenit seu qualiter consoletur cum agnina capitis nostri mansuetudo in seuiciam leonine ferocitatis mutata, etc.


    143v-145r - Letter of Innocent III to King John and the bishops of London, Ely, and Worcester || Literae Innocentii III. ad Ioannem regem ut episcopi Londin. Eliens. et Wigorn. accipiant regalia a rege et conferant archiepiscopo


    145r-145r - Letter of Innocent III to King John and the bishops of London, Ely, and Worcester || Aliae literae, ut videtur, ad eundem ut ecclesiae se submittat


    145r-146v - Innocent III, Anathema against King John, 1209 || Bulla Innocentii III. in qua minatur anathematizationem Iohanni regi Angliae


    146v-147r - Innocent III, Bull commanding King John to make peace with the church and expel his evil counselors || Alia in qua exhortatur eum ad pacem cum ecclesia et ad fugiendum malos consiliarios


    Intervenants :

    Stephen Langton - author

    147r-148r - Letter of Stephen Langton to his suffragans on his election as archbishop || Stephanus [de Langton] archiepiscopus ad suffraganeos suos de electione sua in archiepiscopum


    148r-148v - John XXII, Provisional bull appointing cardinal Gaucelmus and vice-chancellor S.R.C. for the next vacant benefice in the diocese of York || Bulla provisionalis Iohannis papae ut Gaucelinus cardinalis et S. R. C. vicecancellarius habeat beneficium quodcunque proxime vacaturum in diocesi Ebor.


    148v-148v - John XXII, Bull appointing cardinal Gaucelmus and vice-chancellor S.R.C. for the next vacant benefice in the diocese of York || Bulla executionis de eodem


    148v-151r - John XXII, Sentence on the divisions of the church of Toulouse || Ordinatio Iohannis papae super divisione ecclesiae Tholosanae


    151r-152r - Constitutions of John XXII, de fructibus ecclesiae vacantis || Constitutio Iohannis papae de fructibus ecclesiae vacantis


    152r-154v - Constitutions of John XXII, de pluralitatibus || Constitutio ejusdem de pluralitatibus


    154v-155v - John XXII, Provisional bull appointing cardinal Gaucelmus and vice-chancellor S.R.C. for the next vacant benefice in the diocese of Canterbury || Bulla provisionalis Iohannis papae ut Gaucelinus, etc. habeat beneficium quodcunque proxime vacaturum in dioecesi Cant.


    155v-155v - Letter to the bishop of Lincoln, recommending Giles de Bellonuilla for presentation to the church of Abbots Ripton

    Note : 113 is followed by a document in another hand

    incipit : (155v) Iohannes, etc. Ven. fr. episcopo Lincoln. ... Probitatis merita dilecti filii Egidii de Bellonuilla canonici eccl. de Aukeland

    Note : Commends him for presentation to the Church of Rypton Abbatis (Abbots Ripton, Hunts.)

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  • A rather large proportion of the documents refer to Durham. The book was probably the property of a notarial personage in that diocese.

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