Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 407: Simon Simeonis OFM, Itinerarium. Willelmus de Rubruk, Itinerarium. Odoricus of Pordenone, Itinerarium. Secretum secretorum

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Summary: CCCC MS 407 contains two distinct types of material, but all copied in the second quarter of the fourteenth century. The first is a series of travelogues including Simon Simeonis OFM (d. after 1322) Itinerarium in terram sanctam, Willelmus de Rubruk OFM (c. 1215-c. 1270) Itinerarium ad partes orientales and the Itinerarium of Odoricus of Pordenone (c. 1286-1331). The second type of material, written in a different hand, includes the Arabic version of the Secretum secretorum translated by Philip of Tripoli (fl. c. 1243) and another broadly medical treatise, De complexione humana. This volume was owned by, and quite probably copied for, Simon Bozoun OSB (d. 1352), prior of Norwich Cathedral Priory, as revealed by an inscription on the first folio. The manuscript was almost certainly acquired by Parker from Norwich.
Contents: Itinerarium in terram sanctam -- Itinerarium ad partes orientales -- Itinerarium -- Liber de terrae partibus et diversis provinciis -- Secretum secretorum -- De complexione humana

Description

Alternative title	Itinera. Secretum secretorum
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 178
Date created	[ca. 1300 - 1399]
Language	Latin
Material	Vellum
Layout	28 and 33 lines to a page
Height (mm)	207
Width (mm)	117
Collation	1(12)-3(12) \| 4(8)-7(8) \| 8(12)-16(12) 17(2).
Writing	in good clear hands
Foliation	ff. i-ii + 1-178 + iii-iv
Provenance	From Norwich Cathedral Priory. At top of f. 1r is: Liber fratris Symonis Prioris Norwic. and added is the press-mark S. xxiij.
Research	The owner was Simon Bozoun, Prior of Norwich (1344-52). A list of his books is in Royal MS. 14, c. xiii, printed in Girald. Cambr. Rolls Series V xxxix note. It appears there as no. 26. Liber itinerariorum prec. xls. See also no. 264.

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiv
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:vw160zw2064/MS_407.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:fh001yk5028/407.pdf
Contains	Title Simon Simeonis OFM, Itinerarium in terram sanctam. 1r-36v Nasmith Itinerarium fratrum Symonis Semeonis et Hugonis illuminatoris, ordinis fratrum minorum professorum, ad terram sanctam A.D. 1322. 1r-36v James Itinerarium Symeonis Semeonis et Hugonis illuminatoris. 1r-36v Author Simon Simeonis OFM Note (1r) (No title) Incipit (1r) Culmine honoris spreto Note Ed. by Nasmith, Cambridge 1778, with William of Worcester It is unfinished, ending Explicit (33v) ad quam nullum christianum permittunt accedere Note See an article on this Itinerary by Mario Esposito Hermathena 1911, p. 264 ff. 34r-36v blank Title Willelmus de Rubruk OFM, Itinerarium ad partes orientales. 37r-68v Nasmith Itinerarium fratris Willelmi de Rubruk de ordine fratrum minorum anno gratiae MCCLIII ad partes orientales. 37r-68v Author Willelmus de Rubruk OFM Note Desunt multa ad finem Rubric (37r) Itinerarium fratris Willelmi de Rubruk de ordine fratrum minorum anno gratie millo cco liij ad partes orientales Incipit (37r) Excellentissimo domino ...Lodowyco ...W. de Rubruc. etc. Scriptum est in ecclesiastico de sapiente Note Ends imperfect Explicit (66r) In ista terra sunt multe prouincie quarum plures adhuc non obediunt moallis et inter Note (66r) Marginalia: hic deficit multum. vide apud Sanctum Edmundum residuum Cf. no. 66. 10, no. 181. art. 9. Ed. by d'Avezac, 1839 ff. 66v-68v blank The words apud S. Edmundum may very probably refer to the copy of Rubruc in no. 66 which is a Bury MS. On the text of this and of MS 66 see C. R. Beazley, Carpini and Rubruquis, Hakluyt Society 1903 Title Odoricus of Pordenone, Itinerarium. 69r-92v Nasmith Itinerarium fratris Odorici ordinis fratrum minorum de mirabilibus orientalium Tartarorum. 69r-92v Author Odoricus of Pordenone Rubric (69r) Incipit Itinerarium fratris Odorici ordinis fratrum minorum de mirabilibus orientalium tartarorum Incipit (69r) Licet multa et uaria de ritibus et condicionibus huius mundi Explicit (91r) sed non de omnibus quia sunt innumerabilia et michi difficilia ad scribendum Note ff. 91v-92v blank See no. 275. Printed Acta SS. 1 Jan. 986 (should be 992), 1 Apr. 52: Wadding III sub ann. 1331 Title Liber de terrae partibus et diversis provinciis. 93r-128v Nasmith Liber de terrae partibus et diversis provinciis. 93r-128v Note Regiones ordine alphabetico describuntur: desiderantur quaedam ad finem Another hand Rubric (93r) Incipit hic liber de terre partibus et diuersis prouinciis Incipit (93r) De terre autem partibus et diuersis prouinciis per quas orbis generaliter est diuisus pauca huic operi sunt adiuuante domino breuiter inserenda, etc. Rubric (93r) De orbe in generali Incipit (93r) Orbis ut dicit ysidorus li. xv tripharie est diuisus Note The places described are in alphabetical order beginning with Asya. They go down to Sicilia (the rubric says wrongly de Surtes) in which the text ends imperfectly Explicit (128v) fistulis penetrabilis uentis et sulphure plena Title Secretum secretorum. 129r-176r Nasmith Liber secreti secretorum sive de regimine principum et dominorum ad instantiam Alexandri magni ab Aristotele editus. 129r-176r Note Another hand, headed Rubric (129r) De Regimine dominorum (129r) Incipit liber secreti secretorum ad instanciam Alexandri magni ab aristotile editus Incipit (129r) Domino suo excellentissimo ... Wydoni ... Philippus Explicit (130r) feliciter peruenire Rubric (130r) Tituli maioris huius operis (131r) Prologus cuiusdam doctoris de commendacione aristotilis Incipit (131r) Deus omnipotens custodiat Explicit (131v) ob hac forma Rubric (131v) Epistola Alex. ad Aristot. Incipit (131v) Doctor egregie rector iusticie Explicit (131v) omnes alienaciones Rubric (131v) Prol. Joh. translatoris huius libri Incipit (131v) Iohannes qui transtulit Explicit (132r) sub hac forma Rubric (132r) Incipit liber primus. Epistola ad Alexandrum Incipit (132r) O fili gloriosissime Explicit (176v) ad meliorem et probabiliorem partem. Completus est tractatus de signis et moribus naturalibus hominum ad regem magnificum Alexandrum directus qui dominatus fuit toti orbi terrarum dictus monarcha in septemtrione Rubric (176v) Explicit liber Aristotilis qui intitulatur de secretis secretorum siue de regimine principum et dominorum Title De complexione humana. 176v-178v Nasmith Aliud documentum de complexione humana. 176v-178v Rubric (176v) Aliud documentum de complexione humana Incipit (176v) Caput nostrum commissuras habet v Note (177r) Hand changes Ends Explicit (178v) Colera rubea estate ab viii Idus Maii usque ad viii Idus augusti et sunt dies nonaginta
TJames	72
Stanley	G. 6
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/mj309qh4224
Location	MS 407
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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