Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 206: Philosophical Works by Martianus Capella, Aristotle, Boethius and others

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Summary
CCCC MS 206 is a volume of philosophical works of the type which were studied at a high level in late Anglo-Saxon England. It contains texts by Boethius, Martianus Capella, Alcuin, and Aristotle. Although there has been much debate about its origins, it was probably written in England in the first half of the tenth century. The script is a form of Caroline minuscule with many Insular abbreviations, and both North East France and Wales have also been suggested as possible places of origin. It was never owned by Parker, and probably came to Corpus from the collection of Daniel Rogers, d. 1581, eldest son of one of Foxe's martyrs.
Contents
De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 4 -- Categoriae decem -- Liber peri hermeneias -- Isagoge in Categorias Aristotelis, transl. by Boethius -- De trinitate -- Utrum pater et filius et spiritus sanctus de diuinitate substantialiter praedicentur -- Quomodo substantiae in eo quod sint bonae sint -- Liber contra Eutychen et Nestorium -- De dialectica -- Dialectica

Description

Alternative title Martianus Capella. Aristoteles, Boethius etc.
Type of resource mixed material
Extent ff. 131
Date created [ca. 900 CE - 999 CE]
Language Latin
Material Vellum
Layout 26, 24 and 23 lines to a page
Height (mm) 305
Width (mm) 225
Collation 1(10) 2(8) 3(6) (wants 6) | 4(8)-9(8) || 10(8)-16(8) 17 (four).
Writing in a good Carolingian minuscule: three or four hands
Foliation ff. i-ii + 1-131 + iii-iv
Provenance I have not detected any vernacular glosses in the book. Very probably it was given by Daniel Rogers.
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Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date x
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:wc961rg1816/MS_206.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:cf324wd3385/206.pdf
Contains
Title
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 4. 1r-23v
Nasmith
Martiani Minei Felicis Capellae Afri Cartaginensis de arte dialectica. 1r-23v
Author
Martianus Capella
Note
(1r) Title in red and green capitals
Rubric
(1r) Martiani . Minei . Felicis . Capelle . Affri. / Cartaginensis. de arte dialectica
Note
(Liber IV De Nuptiis Philologiae)
Incipit
(1r) Hec quoque contortis
Note
(1r) Fine initial in white, red, purple, green, with dragon, and some plaited ornament
(1r) This page is in an upright round hand, unlike what follows
Explicit
(2r) promere cepit facultate
Rubric
(2v) De dialectica felicis capelle Incipit liber
Incipit
(2v) Ac mox dialectica quamquam
Note
Ends 23r
(The whole of the text from Perita fandi (f. 22v) written as verse)
Explicit
(23r) Compluresque eam diuirum (diuorum) qui inter initia diris: Serant (deriserant) horruerunt. martioni dialectica. explicit.
Note
23v blank
Glosses cease after f. 2v
Title
pseudo-Augustine, Categoriae decem. 24r-39v
Nasmith
Aristotelis chategoriae ab Augustino translate. 24r-39v
Author
pseudo-Augustine
Note
(24r) Verses of Alcuin (10). Dümmler, MGH. Poetae aevi Carolini I 295
Incipit
(24r) Continet rite (iste) decem nature uerba libellus
Explicit
(24r) Munere qui (tali) gaudes modo mitto legendum
Rubric
(24r) Incipiunt aristotelis chategoriae ab agustino translatae
Note
(P. L. XXXII 1419)
Incipit
(24r) Cum omnis scientia disciplinaque artium diuersarum
Note
Copious marginal notes beginning
(24r) Franci ut ferunt a francone quodam principe ... Alcuinus magister partibus scithiae nostras deueniens partes
Diagrams are in the margin: one of the earth on f. 38r
Ends imperfectly in Cap. IX
Explicit
(39v) Eodem modo accipienda sunt
Title
pseudo-Apuleius, Liber peri hermeneias. 40r-48v
James
Apuleii periermeniae. 40r-48v
Author
pseudo-Apuleius
Note
beginning imperfectly (Hildebrand, ed. min., p. 229)
Incipit
(40r) obnoxia. quem uocat sergius effatum
Note
Ends
Explicit
(48v) Quousque ueritas ipsa passa est propter quod earum non potest numerus augeri
Rubric
(48v) Expliciunt periermeniae apulei In quibus continentur omnes cathegorici sillogismis
Note
Few glosses after the first leaves
Title
Porphyry, Isagoge in Categorias Aristotelis, transl. by Boethius. 49r-71v
Nasmith
Liber Isagogarum Porphirii. 49r-71v
Author
Porphyry
Boethius
Rubric
(49r) Incipit liber Isagogarum porphirii
Incipit
(49r) Cum sit necessarium crisa///ori i.e. Chrysaori, the person addressed by Porphyry: in the later MSS. the form is nearly always Grisarori. et ad eam que est apud aristotilem
Note
Hardly any glosses occur
Explicit
(60r) communitatisque traditionem
Rubric
(60r) Explicit ysagogarum porphyrii liber equivoca dicunt
(60r) Glossae de isagogis
Incipit
(60r) Fidi interpretis quod fidus solet interpres excedere
Rubric
(64v) Liber tertius incipit
Incipit
(64v) Putande sunt secundum aristotelem ad inferiora
Rubric
(66r) Incipit IIII
Incipit
(66r) Secundum genus discrepant homo et arbor
Rubric
(67r) Liber V. incipit
Incipit
(67r) De indiuiduis differunt
Rubric
(68r) De speciebus
Incipit
(68r) Hec est proprietas per se generis
Explicit
(69v) uiuit sentit intelligit
Rubric
(69v) De uisibilibus rebus
Incipit
(69v) Dicit tibi quispiam quem non recognoscis Nosti me
Note
Ends
Explicit
(71r) Commune quod deus omnipotens spiritus sanctus non potest pater aut filius sed proprie spiritus
Rubric
(71r) Finit
Incipit
(71v) Neque enim est commune unum genus ominum(!) omnia que dicuntur aut ut genus
Note
Ends imperfectly
Explicit
(71v) nec ulla falsitate diffinitio maculatur. Rursus
Title
Boethius, De trinitate. 72r-78v
Nasmith
Anitii Manilii Severini Boetii liber, quomodo trinitas [sit] unus Deus et non III Dei ad Quintum Aurelium Memnium Simachum socerum. 72r-78v
Author
Boethius
Note
(72r) Title in capitals occupying a page
Rubric
(72r) Anitii Manilii Severini V. C. et IVL exconsulis Boetii ordinarii / patricii. Incipit liber / quomodo trinitas / unus deus ac non iii dii / ad Quintum AVRI Memmium Simachum ETILIV C ex cons. ordinat. AD DATR(!) socerum
Note
(P. L. LXIV 1247)
Marginal notes beginning
(72r) Trinitas appellata quod fiat totum unum
Text
Incipit
(72v) Inuestigatam diutissime
Title
Boethius, Utrum pater et filius et spiritus sanctus de diuinitate substantialiter praedicentur. 78v-79v
Nasmith
Idem ad Iohannem Diaconum utrum pater et filius et spiritus sanctus de divinitate substantialiter dicantur. 78v-79v
Author
Boethius
Incipit
(78v) Quaero an pater
Title
Boethius, Quomodo substantiae in eo quod sint bonae sint. 80r-87r
Nasmith
Idem ad eundem quomodo substantiae in eo quod sint bonae sint et non sint substantialiter bona. 80r-87r
Author
Boethius
Incipit
(80r) Postulas ut ex ebdomadibus
Title
Boethius, Liber contra Eutychen et Nestorium. 87v-101r
Nasmith
Ejusdem liber adversus Nestorium et Eutichen pro persona ac natura [Christi] domino sancto ac venerabili patri Diacono. 87v-101r
Author
Boethius
Incipit
(87v) Anxie te quidem
Explicit
(101r) omnium bonorum causa perscribi
Rubric
(101r) Explicit liber Boetii contra eutichen et nestorium
Title
Alcuin, De dialectica. 101r-119v
Nasmith
Dialectica magni Karoli regis ad Albinum magistrum suum. 101r-119v
Author
Alcuin
Incipit
(101r) Quia mentionem philosophiae in priore disputationis nostrae sermone
Note
(P. L. CI 951)
Explicit
(119v) oppositio ut socrates disputat socrates non disputat
Rubric
(119v) Finit dicendo ludit quicunque scriptor scribit. leti ut scribunt scribae
Title
pseudo-Augustine, Dialectica. 120r-131v
Nasmith
Dialectica Augustini quam fecit ad instituendum filium ad Theodatium suum. 120r-131v
Author
pseudo-Augustine
Note
In hoc codice plurimae occurrunt glossae interlineares et notae ejusdem aevi
Rubric
(120r) Incipit Dialectica Agustini quam fecit ad instituendum filium Adtheodatum suum
Note
(P. L. XXXII 1409)
Incipit
(120r) Dialectica est bene disputandi scientia
Note
Ends
Explicit
(131v) Si ab eo quod est lepos non ab eo quod est lepus deflexum est
Rubric
(131v) Explicit aurilii augustini epistola de dialectica
TJames vac.
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