Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 150: William Pore OCist, Nouale. Peter the Chanter et al

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Abstract/Contents

Summary: 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.
Contents: Nouale -- Verbum abbreuiatum -- Biblical extracts -- De mysteriis ecclesiae -- Templum Domini -- Medical receipts -- De missarum mysteriis

Description

Alternative title	Willelmi Pore Novale. Petrus Cantor
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 147 + 7
Date created	[ca. 1200 - 1299]
Language	Latin; English, Middle (1100-1500); French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material	Vellum
Layout	several volumes in double columns: varying number of lines
Height (mm)	297
Width (mm)	196
Collation	a(?8) (1, 2 stuck together, 6 canc.) 1(12) 2(12) 3(10) 4(8) \| 5(12) (3 canc., five leaves inserted at different places) 6(10)-9(10) \| 10(12) 11(8) (5 canc.) \| 12(8) (5 canc.) \| 13(8)-15(8) (wants 8).
Writing	in several hands
Foliation	ff. i-vii + 1-147 + a
Additions	On the flyleaf iiv Note on the corporal assumption of the Virgin and some scribbles.

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:bw552sr8347/MS_150.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:js956mm4000/150.pdf
Contains	Title William Pore OCist, Nouale. iiir-viiv Nasmith Carmen versibus resonantibus scriptum ad Henricum abbatem de Swineshead. iiir-viiv Author William Pore OCist Note Incipit, Noscere debetis pictoribus atque poetis. 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. Ex primis versibus acrosticis apparet nomen autoris fuisse Willelmum Pore. col. 1 has text, col. 2 notes (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 The acrostic begins: It reads Willelmus Pore Vult mens factorum quedam metrare tuorumInclita nostrorum casus simul et puerorum 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: 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 Also (vir) Post dolor ad beramdun vice uersa corruet enseInnumerum wlgus Innumerique ducesMorte repentina mors altera morteque bina Margin: Isti tres uersus fuerunt reuelati cuidam mulieri dormienti per tres dies et totidem noctes There is also an English line þan (or ƿan) creu kattes an ƿan wasit dey. rybaudye (viv) blank (viir) table to item no. 2 (viiv) blank Title Peter the Chanter, Verbum abbreuiatum. 1r-98r Nasmith Petri Cantoris Parisiensis verbum abbreviatum. 1r-98r Author Peter the Chanter 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) (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 (59r) Another change of hand Explicit (98r) inmensum et inexplicable Rubric (98r) Explicit Pater noster pro anima Notarii Title Biblical extracts. 98r-114r Nasmith De vita et doctrina sacerdotis. 98r-114r Note (98r) Table of chapters to no. 3 I. De uita et doctrina sacerdotis 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 Ends Explicit (114r) Incorruptio autem proximum facit ei deo .i. similem Title John of Garland, De mysteriis ecclesiae. 114v-117v Nasmith Carmen ad Fulconem episcopum Londoniensem de ritibus ecclesiasticis. 114v-117v Author John of Garland Note Another hand, double columns of 51 etc. lines (By Joh. de Garlandia) Incipit (114v) Anglia quo fulget quo gaudet presule claro Note (CL 1591) (114v) Lundonie quo parisius scrutante sophiam Ends Explicit (177v) Qui fuit ecclesie directa columpna, fenestraLucida, Turribulum redolens, campana sonoraAd finem libri sit laus et gloria christi Title Robert Grosseteste, Templum Domini. 118r-122r Nasmith Exhortatio ad sacerdotes [sive tractatus Roberti Grosteste episcopi Lincoln, de sacramentis ecclesiae et articulis fidei.]. 118r-122r Author Robert Grosseteste Note (118r) Roberti Grosseteste Templum domini (no title) Incipit (118r) Templum domini sanctum est quod estis uos Note (122r) Ends unfinished Some notes in other hands follow Title Medical receipts. 122v-124v Nasmith Remedia ad guttam fistulam, etc. 122v-124v Note (122v) In a very rough large hand (xiii) (122v) Receipts, one in French (122v) La reste(?) bof garit les bos et les vaches de moreine etc. (124v) blank Title Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis), De missarum mysteriis. 125r-146v Nasmith Innocentius papa III. de officio missae. 125r-146v Author Innocent III (Lotharius de Segnis) 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 (146v) Inconstans animus oculus uagus instabilis pes Sunt signa hominis de quo michi nulla bona spes Some accounts (xv, relating to taking a degree) (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 (147r) Also: Mem. de 2o libris viz de Aug. de ciuitate dei et de sermonibus dominicalibus
TJames	223
Stanley	O. 17
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/cg362wn0438
Location	MS 150
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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