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• Résumé : CCCC MS 223 is an example of the type of manuscript which was being imported into late Anglo-Saxon England from the Continent. It contains a number of works by Prudentius (348-c. 410), including his famous Psychomachia, as well as the unique surviving copy of a poem by John Scotus Eriugena (c. 810-c. 877) to the Carolingian emperor, Charles the Bald. It was written at the abbey of Saint-Vaast in Arras around the third quarter of the ninth century. By the end of the ninth century it had moved to the abbey of Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer, where some annals were added to leaves at the front. In the tenth century it moved to England, and where it acquired additions and glosses, some in Old English. It has been suggested that Grimbald of Saint-Bertin, who came to England in the 890s at the request of King Alfred, may have brought this manuscript with him. This manuscript was one of the books owned by Daniel Rogers.

  
  

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

  
  

  3-Jan - Notes on Kings of France and the Abbey of Saint-Bertin, medical recipes

  Note : (1) in a different hand from the rest

  Note : List of French Kings

  Note : (1) Primus rex francorum faramundus regnauit annum unum ... Karolus imperator ann. xlvii. Hludouuicus imp. ann. xxvii. Karolus (Charles the Bald) anni (blank)

  Note : So far the original hand

  Note : Opposite are the following notes relating to the Abbey of St Bertin etc.

  Note : (1) Hlodouius (I) rex: Hic christianus efficitur. Remigius et sanctus uedastus florent

  Note : (1) Dagobertus (I): S. Audomarus episcopus ordinatur

  Note : II Hlodouius: Adroaldus res suas bertino tradit

  Note : I Hlotharius: S. Audomarus priuil. fecit sancto bertino

  Note : I Theodericus: Amalfridus tradidit hunulfcurt item imm. II

  Note : II Hilpericus: Fecit inm(unitatem ?) Erkenbodo epo et abb.

  Note : III Hlotharius: Pippinus et karolus sub his regibus ducatum exercent

  Note : ll Theodoricus

  Note : III Hildricus: In monast. sithiu trusus est

  Note : After Karolus is written in a coarse hand

  Note : Carl rex heanric rex

  Note : Then in a better hand

  Note : Hludouuicus rex Hlotharius rex Hlodouuicus rex ... ludericus rex

  Note : (2) three receipts

  rubric : (2) Confectio timiamatis

  incipit : (2) gotzumber uncias iii etc.

  rubric : (2) Potio in apostema

  Note : Glossed in Anglo-Saxon

  rubric : (2) Item decoctio ad apostoma

  Note : After this a line of Anglo-Saxon

  Note : aeþelferðing ƿyrt. hind hele þe. garclife. gearƿe. med ƿyrt. henep

  Note : On iir a nonsense couplet twice written

  Note : (3) Esse sitas olli sedes illo satis oroOro sitas olli sedes illo satis esse

  Note : and scribbles: bit of a Greek alphabet: words

  Note : (3) Willelmus mo(nachus) de

  Note : (3) Zona kalo pinc

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Prudentius - author

  11-Apr - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymns 1 and 2 || Opera Aurelii Prudentii Clementis V. C. || Ymnus matutinus

  Note : (4) Quorum rubricae sequuntur, In fronte codicis habetur haec inscriptio, literis capitalibus, lineis alternatim rubris et nigris. TESTIMONIUM DE HISTORIA INLUSTRIU VIRORUM CXL ET VIII PRUDENTIUS VIR SECULARIS LITTERATURAE ERUDITUS COMPOSUIT DIROCHEUM DE TOTO VETERI ET NOVO TESTAMENTO PERSONIS EXCEPTIS COMENTATUS EST ET IN MOREM GRC EXAMERON DE MUNDI FABRIC. USQ. AD CONDI | TIONEM PRIMI HOMINIS ET IN PREUARICATIONE EI9 Desideratur pars primi libri qui vocatur KATHMHRINON

  Note : On iiv in lines widely separated, in capitals, black and red in alternate lines, the inscription given by Nasmith

  Note : The Preface of the Cathemerinon is wanting

  Note : Hymn 1 begins with line 4

  incipit : (5) Iam Christus ad uitam uocat

  Note : Occasional variants are noted in the margin from the edition of Giselinus

  Note : There are glosses (not many) in a very fine minute English hand of cent. ix?

  
  

  17-Nov - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 3 || Ymnus ante cibum

  Note : Neumes occur on pp. 11-13

  
  

  17-20 - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 4 || Ymnus post cibum

  Note : Neumes occur on p. 17

  
  

  20-25 - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 5 || Ymnus ad incensum lucernae

  
  

  25-29 - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 6 || Ymnus ante somnum

  
  

  29-36 - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 7 || Ymnus jejunantium

  
  

  36-38 - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 8 || Ymnus post jejunium

  
  

  38-41 - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 9 || Ymnus omnis horae

  
  

  41-46 - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 10 || Ymnus circa exequias defuncti

  
  

  47-50 - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 11 || Ymnus viii kal. Januarias

  
  

  50-56 - Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 12 || Ymnus Epiphaniae

  Note : (56) finit katηmerinon Prudentii Clementis

  Note : Ends p. 56

  rubric : (56) FINIT KATHMHRINON PRudENTII CLEMenTIS

  
  

  56-58 - Prudentius, Liber apotheosis || LIBER I. APOTHEOSIM || Hymnus de trinitate

  rubric : (56) LIBer ΑΠωθΗΟCIC incipit

  
  

  58-63 - Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued || Contra heresim quae patrem passum dicit

  
  

  63-68 - Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued || Contra Unionitas

  
  

  68-74 - Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued || Contra Judaeos

  
  

  74-81 - Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued || Contra Homuncionitas

  
  

  81-86 - Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued || De natura animae

  
  

  86-90 - Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued || Adversus fantasmaticos qui Christum negant verum corpus hominis habuisse

  
  

  90-122 - Prudentius, Hamartigenia || LIBER II. AMARTIGENIA

  Note : Ends p. 131

  Note : (121) Lines widely spaced in red and black capitals

  rubric : (121) Explicit Amartigeniade origine peccatorumAurelii Prudentiiuiri eloquentissimiliber secundusDeo gratias. Amen. Amen. Amen

  Note : (122) On p. 132 two paragraphs in a small hand concerning calendar

  incipit : (122) In primo anno embolismo hoc est in ogdoade tertio etc.

  
  

  123-154 - Prudentius, Psychomachia || LIBER III. PSYCHOMACHIA

  Note : With p. 133 begins a new volume

  rubric : (123) Lib. III Psychomachia

  Note : On pp. 143 sqq. are some pencilled Anglo-Saxon glosses in a rather large round hand

  
  

  155-188 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 10 || Romanus sive passio S. Romani

  
  

  189-192 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 1 || Passio Emetrii et Chelidonii

  
  

  192-209 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 2 || Passio S. Laurentii

  
  

  209-216 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 3 || Hymnus in honorem passionis Eulaliae beatissimae martyris

  
  

  216-222 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 4 || Hymnus in honorem sanctorum X et VII martyrum

  
  

  222-239 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 5 || Passio S. Vincentii martyris

  
  

  239-244 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 6 || Hymnus in honore beatissimorum martyrum Fructuosi episcopi Tarraconensis et Augorii et Eulogii diaconi

  
  

  244-245 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 7 || Hymnus in honore Quirini beatissimi martyris episcopi ecclesiae Suscianae

  
  

  246-249 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmina 8-9 || De loco in quo martyres passi sunt, nunc baptisterium est Calagorra

  Note : (246) Passio Cassiani

  
  

  249-257 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 11 || Ad Valerianum episcopum de passione Ypoliti beatissimi martyris

  
  

  257-259 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 12 || Passio apostolorum

  
  

  259-262 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 13 || Passio Cypriani

  
  

  262-266 - Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 14 || Passio Agnetis

  
  

  266-325 - Prudentius, Contra Symmachum || Contra Symmachum lib. ii

  Note : (288) Lib. II

  Note : (325) Ends

  
  

  325-331 - Prudentius, Dittochaeon || Fragmentum, Dittochei, de quo fit mentio in inscriptione ad frontem codicis

  Note : (325) Dittocheum

  rubric : (325) De Adam et Æua

  incipit : (325) Aeua columba fuit

  Note : The end is misplaced and is now the last leaf (339-340)

  Note : The poem is complete

  
  

  331-331 - Prudentius, De opusculis suis

  Note : It is followed by

  rubric : (340) Prudentius de opusculis suis

  incipit : (340) Pius fidelis innocens pudicus.Dona conscientiae

  Note : Which ends

  explicit : (331) luuabit ore personasse Christum.Quo regente uiuimus

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Iohannes Scotus Eriugena - author

  332-344 - Iohannes Scotus Eriugena, Carmina (Versus ad Karolum regem) || Versus Iohannis Scotti ad Karolum regem

  rubric : (332) Uersus Iohannis Scotti ad Karolum Regem (101)

  incipit : (332) Aule sidereae paralelos undique circos

  Note : (334) Ending 344

  explicit : (334) Heros magnanimus longaeuus uiuat in annos

  Note : Printed by Floss in part (vv. 78-101) from a transcript of the copy made by Th. Oehler (Neues Archiv IV, p. 533) and from thence in P. L. CXXII 1958

  Note : Printed in full by Traube in Poetae aevi Carolini III p. 550: see also p. 526

  Note : (335) blank

  Note : (336) On p. 346 in other hands

  rubric : (336) Oratio super confirmatos

  incipit : (336) Deus qui apostolis tuis sanctum dedisti spiritum

  rubric : (336) Benedictio in pentecosten

  Note : Paragraph

  incipit : (336) In actione uobis commissa gloriose pastor prius ilium habere studeas placatum

  Note : An admonition to preachers etc.

  Note : (337) An Anglo-Saxon alphabet

  Note : On 349 many scribbles

  Note : Anno incarn. dom. dcccxlvi

  Note : Anno incarn. dom. dccclxvii vi kal. decemb. Fer. II viii id. Mart. matricula sci pe