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• Résumé : CCCC MS 217 is a thirteenth-century miscellany containing sermons, exegetical texts, a partial copy of the Pictor in carmine, and works by Peter the Chanter (d. 1197), Bede, William de Montibus (d. 1213), Geoffrey de Vinsauf (d. after 1200), Tria sunt (Documentum de arte uersificandi), Petrus Riga (d. 1209), Aurora, and Alexander Nequam OSA (1157-1217), Corrogationes Promethei. Of particular note, the copy of William de Montibus, Speculum poenitentis, is an early and reliable one in terms of that work's textual history. There is a much better version of the text of Pictor in carmine in CCCC MS 300. The unusual binding of this manuscript, being of velvet, is characteristic of the ‘Old Royal’ library of Henry VIII. As a result of the fragility of this binding it has only been possible to image the exterior and interior of the covers and part of the text pages, ff. 1r-21r, 25r, 209r.

  
  

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  Langue(s) des textes : latin, français

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Peter the Chanter - author

  2r-10v - Peter the Chanter, Libellus de contrarietatibus Sacrae Scripturae || Tractatus [Petri Cantoris] de contrarietatibus scripturae

  Note : (2r) Double columns of 60 lines

  incipit : (2r) Uidemus nunc per speculum et in enigmate

  explicit : (10v) capilli omnes numerati sunt

  Note : (Hist. Litt. XV 298)

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Bede the Venerable - author

  10v-12v - Bede the Venerable, De schematibus et tropis || Liber Cassiodori de figuris vel modis locutionum, quae a grammaticis scemata et tropi dicuntur, missus ad Gubertum diaconum

  Note : Opus spurium, Bedae ut vult Cavesius potius attribuendum

  rubric : (10v) Incipit liber cassiodorii etc.

  Note : (Beda de schematibus: Keil, Gramm. Lat. VII 200)

  incipit : (10v) Solet aliquotiens in scripturis ordo uerborum

  explicit : (11v) memores uxoris Loth

  incipit : (11v) Quoniam series que in arte gramatica corrigende sunt

  Note : (Extracts)

  Note : f. 12v blank

  
  

  13r-20v - Expositions on parts of the Old and New Testament || Expositiones in diversos locos veteris et novi testamenti

  Note : (13r) Single lines, 60-61 to a page

  incipit : (13r) In principio creauit ... ergo in principio creatum fuit celum

  Note : A series of expository paragraphs: no order is observable

  Note : f. 20v blank

  
  

  21r-24v - Sermons and lectures || Sermones seu lectiones habitae ad scholares quosdam theologicos

  Note : (21r) Double columns of 52 lines

  incipit : (21r) Egredimini filie syon et uidete ... Ad uos scolares maxime theologos sermo iste dirigitur

  incipit : (22v) Quicumque ad sacre scripture paginam erudiendus

  incipit : (22v) Facies mihi tentorium

  explicit : (24r) non ad mensuram

  Note : f. 24v blank

  
  

  25r-96v - Exposition on the Psalms || Expositio in psalmos

  Note : (25r) Double columns of 52 lines: to some extent in tabular form

  incipit : (25r) Beatus uir

  Note : (25r) (handsome initial)

  incipit : (25r) In hac serie potest distingui septiformis gratia spiritus

  Note : Ends

  explicit : (96v) carnis curam in desideriis ne feceritis

  rubric : (96v) Explicit. Salua sit reuerentia Thome

  
  

  97r-147v - Sermons and expositions on the Old and New Testament || Plurimi sermones seu expositiones in vetus et novum testamentum

  Note : (97r) Begins with 42 lines to a page: at f. 115rthe hand changes (after a gap) and there are 60 (and more) lines to a page

  incipit : (97r) Post regulas fidei euangelico dogmate promulgatas

  Note : The second hand seems to begin imperfectly at f. 115r. The first beginning of a sermon, on f. 115r, is

  incipit : (115r) Ecce ego sternam per ordinem lapides tuos

  Note : Up to f. 118v the writing is rather irregular

  Note : (119r) A late title Sermo de trinitate bonus

  incipit : (119r) Uerbo domini celi firmati sunt

  Note : Only the last three sermons have titles

  rubric : (143r) Ascension

  rubric : (144v) Pentecost

  rubric : (146r) Sermo ad monachos Cistercienses

  incipit : (146r) Omnia tempus habent

  Note : (147v) Ending

  
  

  Intervenants :

  William de Montibus - author

  148r-151r - William de Montibus, Speculum poenitentis || Speculum penitentis editum a magistro Willelmo de Montibus cancellario Lincoln.

  incipit : (148r) De peccatorum agnitione tractatum teximus perutilem

  explicit : (151r) deinceps totum ex ordine dicat

  rubric : (151r) Explicit speculum penitentis

  Note : (Will. de Montibus)

  
  

  151v-168v - Sermons || Alii sermones

  incipit : (151v) Transi hospes orna mensam

  Note : Three Sermons in this hand

  Note : Change of hand: at f. 155r begin double columns of 56 lines

  incipit : (155r) In tribus commendabilis est beata maria

  Note : At f. 163r single lines again, 64 to a page

  incipit : (163r) Secundo Machab. liij. Machabeus suos armauit non clipei et haste munitione

  Note : These are notes for use in sermons

  Note : (166r) A tract of explanation of Greek words

  incipit : (166r) Episcopus dicitur ab epy quod est supra et scopes quod est intendens uel solitudo uel casa uel inspectio

  explicit : (167v) elisei campi apud inferos ubi anime piorum requiescunt

  Note : f. 168r - f. 168v blank

  
  

  169r-187r - William de Montibus, Tropi || Tropi magistri Willelmi [de Montibus] cancellarii Lincoln. ad theologicam facultatem collecti

  Note : About 54 lines to a page

  incipit : (169r) Dei dona dispensamus pulsantibus claues hostiorum porrigimus

  explicit : (187r) figura conuersionis et transpositionis

  
  

  187v-209r - William de Montibus, Numerale || Summa theologiae || NumeraleGul. de Montibus

  Note : In the same hand

  incipit : (187v) Introducendis in facultatem theologicam quedam compendiose prelibantur

  explicit : (209r) in aliis opusculis nostris copiosius sunt exarata

  rubric : (209r) Explicit

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Geoffrey de Vinsauf - author

  209r-218v - Geoffrey de Vinsauf, Tria sunt (Documentum de arte versificandi) || Documenta Galfridi Vinest-sauf de modo et arte dictandi et versificandi

  Note : Double columns of 58 lines

  incipit : (209r) Tria sunt circa que cuiuslibet operis uersatur artificium

  explicit : (218r) Rideat et pulset lasciua decentius etas

  rubric : (218r) Explicit documenta magistri Galfridi le Vin est sauf

  Note : f. 218v blank

  
  

  219r-226v - Pictor in carmine || Versus picturis in ecclesiis locandis adaptati

  Note : In prologo autor graviter invehit in presumtionem nefandam pictorum, qui ecclesias monstris et chimeris impleverunt, et dicit se hos versus scripsisse ad moderandam eorum licentiam et informandam ignorantiam

  Note : Double columns of 62 lines

  Note : The tract called Pictor in Carmine, of which perhaps the best copy is MS 300 in this library

  Note : The present copy has the prologue

  incipit : (219r) Dolens in sanctuario dei

  explicit : (219r) copia temperare

  Note : Printed by Delisle, Mélanges de paléographie, p. 206, from a Phillipps MS. Then follows the list of subjects with marginal references

  Note : Then the text

  rubric : (222v) Colloquium Gabrielis etc.

  rubric : (222v) Dixit Deus serpenti

  incipit : (222v) Femina tritura capud anguis et hunc domitura

  Note : With marginal notes: the text ends abruptly (on the Baptism)

  explicit : (225v) Sic aqua baptiste dedit obsequium tibi christe

  Note : f. 226r - f. 226v blank

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Petrus Riga - author

  Matthew of Vendôme - author

  227r-269v - Petrus Riga, Aurora. Matthew of Vendôme, In Tobiam paraphrasis metrica || Petri de Riga Aurora

  Note : Desunt libri Hester, Judith, Job, Cantica Canticorum, historia evangelica et Actus apostolorum

  Note : (227r) Double columns of 60 lines

  rubric : (227r) Incipit prefatio in librum subsequentem

  incipit : (227r) Sodalium meorum petitio

  explicit : (227r) patenter illuxit

  rubric : (227r) Explicit prologus

  rubric : (227r) Incipit liber magistri Petri cuius titulus est aurora

  incipit : (227r) Prima facta die duo celum terra leguntur

  Note : The contents are: Genesis - 4 Regum, lib. Machabeorum, lib. Josephi

  Note : (Symone quod debet morti soluente, Johannes)

  Note : This ends

  explicit : (260r) Septem predictis consona queque uides

  incipit : (260r) Ecce petis liber, recipis pater alme timorem

  explicit : (260r) Pacificum reddit. es filius ec(c)e uocandus

  rubric : (260r) Explicit liber magistri Petri qui dicitur aurora

  Note : The Thobias of Math. Vindocinensis follows

  rubric : (260r) Incipit prefatio in librum Thobie

  incipit : (260r) Ecclesie turonensis apex ouium speculator

  rubric : (260r) Incipit liber

  incipit : (260r) Ex agro ueteri uirtutum semina. morum

  Note : CCV 933

  Note : Ends

  explicit : (269r) Tobiam merito relligione sequi

  rubric : (269r) Explicit liber Tobie

  Note : f. 269v blank

  
  

  270r-317v - Tract on the Holy Scripture || Tractatus theologicus de difficultatibus S. Scripturae

  Note : 63 lines to a page

  incipit : (270r) Difficile quod durum quod graue quod asperum

  Note : Treats of the books from Genesis to 2 Chron. ending with a notice of Daniel

  explicit : (317v) in mediam ducens secum danielem prophetam remeauit

  Note : (317v) and a list of the kings

  Note : Cf. MS 30. 1. Andreas Victorinus

  
  

  Intervenants :

  Alexander Nequam OSA - author

  318r-362v - Alexander Nequam OSA, Corrogationes Promethei || Tractatus de arte theologica, in quo primum traduntur regulae interpretationis, et postea applicantur ad diversos locos singulorum librorum S. Scripturae || Alexandri Neckam. Corrogationes Promethei

  incipit : (318r) Ferrum situ rubiginem ducit

  Note : The hand changes after a few leaves

  Note : Ends

  explicit : (362v) excellentiorem esse angelica

  rubric : (362v) Explicit

  Note : See P. Meyer, Notices et Extraits XXXV 2 (1897)