Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 397: Peter the Chanter, Distinctiones Abel. Petrus Riga, Aurora. Miscellaneous Theological Texts

Show Content

<a href="https://embed.stanford.edu/iframe/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurl.stanford.edu%2Fmq337vq8802" class="su-underline">Show Content</a>

Abstract/Contents

Summary: This manuscript consists of four volumes, the first of which is a sixteenth-century printed tract, De beatae uirginis conceptione by Petrus de Vincentia. The remainder of the manuscript, dating from the thirteenth century, includes: the Distinctiones Abel of Peter the Chanter (d. 1197), a biblical commentary in which words are explained in alphabetical order; the versified biblical paraphrase, the Aurora of Petrus Riga (d. 1209); and the Tropi of William de Montibus (d. 1213), a work on technical terms of grammar, logic and rhetoric in regard to biblical exegesis.
Contents: De beatae uirginis conceptione ducentorum et sexdecim sanctae matris ecclesiae doctorum -- Distinctiones Abel -- Differentiarum siue de proprietate sermonum (excerpts) -- Aurora -- Tropi

Description

Alternative title	P. Cantor. P. de Riga Aurora, etc.
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 16 + 66 + 63 + 33, 16 leaves
Date created	[ca. 1500 - 1599]; [ca. 1200 - 1299]
Language	Latin
Material	Paper and vellum
Layout	several volumes
Height (mm)	212
Width (mm)	159
Collation	Volume I: 1(10) (7, 8 canc.) 2(10) 3(10) 4(8) 5(8) 6(10) 7(12). Volume II: 1(8) 2(8) (3 canc.) 3(8)-8(8). Volume III: 1(8) 2(10) 3(8) 4(8) (wants 8).
Writing	a small hand
Foliation	ff. 1-178

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xvi and xiii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:pq897jx8525/MS_397.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:ff400mw9251/397.pdf
Contains	Title Petrus de Vincentia, De beatae uirginis conceptione ducentorum et sexdecim sanctae matris ecclesiae doctorum. 1r-16v Nasmith De beatae virginis conceptione ducentorum et sexdecim sanctae matris ecclesiae doctorum vera tuta et tenenda sententia [quod contraxit peccatum originale] per Petrum de Vincentia ordinis predicatorum. 1r-16v Author Petrus de Vincentia Title Peter the Chanter, Distinctiones Abel. 17r-81v Nasmith Petri cantoris Parisiensis tractatus de distinctionibus. 17r-81v Author Peter the Chanter Note At top of f. 1r is the title (xv late) Parisiensis in distinccionibus and also an old press-mark 12˙20, of cent. xv, which I do not recognise Incipit (17r) Abel dicitur principium ecclesie propter innocenciam Note Ends Rubric (81v) Christus Explicit (81v) Est leo surgendo iouis ales summa petendo Rubric (81v) Explicit distinccionum tractus cantoris parisiensis Note (81v) Note on precious stones See no. 47 Title pseudo-Isidore of Seville, Differentiarum siue de proprietate sermonum (excerpts). 82r-82v Note In double columns Rubric (82r) Incipit liber qui inscribitur ars rationis de proprietate seruicii diuersarum rerum Incipit (82r) Inter polliceri et promittere hoc interest quod promittimus roganti pollicemur ultro Note (P. L. LXXXIII 1319 Isidore) Last lines cut off, ends Explicit (82r) Spiritus quo spiramus. Mens qualitas que bona Note (82v) blank Title Petrus Riga, Aurora. 83r-145v Nasmith Petri de Riga aurora. 83r-145v Author Petrus Riga Note Deesse videntur, liber Hester, Judith, Job, Cantica Canticorum, et magna pars actuum apostolorum Rubric (83r) Petrus de RigaAurora Incipit (83r) Omnis scriptura diuinitus inspirata (83v) Frequens sodalium meorum peticio (83v) Principum mundi quales ab origine prima Explicit (84r) Hec tibi preponi turba scolaris ama Rubric (84r) Incipit liber genesis. de operibus sex dierum Incipit (84r) Primo facta die duo celum terre leguntur Note (92r) Exodus (98r) Leviticus (102r) Numeri (105r) Deuteronomium (106v) Josue (107v) Iudicum (109v) Ruth (109v) I Regum (117v) Tobias (119v) Daniel (123r) Iudith (124r) Esther (125r) Macchabeorum Explicit (127r) De patre facturi cesar in aure tua Rubric (127v) Incipit prologus noui testamenti Incipit (127v) Post legem ueterem respira petre refulget Explicit (141v) Dat finem petrus finit et ipse suum Rubric (141v) Explicit liber iiiior euangelistarum (141v) Recapitulatio totius libri sententia (or summa) Incipit (141v) Principio rerum post quinque dies homo primus Explicit (143v) Barnabas et tytus hii docuere fidem Rubric (143v) Explicit (143v) Incipit actus apostolorum Incipit (143v) Tyberii nono decimo regnantis in anno Note Ends imperfect Explicit (145v) Quod tres herodes fuerint iosephus manifestat Note Other copies are MS 83. MS 217. 13 Title William de Montibus, Tropi. 146r-178v Nasmith Tropi [Mag. Gulielmi de Montibus]. 146r-178v Author William de Montibus Rubric (146r) Tropi et phrases scripture (xvi) Incipit (146r) Dei dona dispensamus pulsantibus claues ostiorum porrigimus Explicit (146r) postremo de regulis et quibusdam aliis Rubric (146r) De dictionibus Incipit (146r) In primis itaque dicimus quod dictio semel posita Note Ends Rubric (178r) Transposicio Explicit (178v) In leccione uero tum ueteris tum noue legis occurrit figura conuersionis et transpositionis Note Cf. MS 217. 9
TJames	395
Stanley	Misc. N
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/mq337vq8802
Location	MS 397
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

Access conditions

Use and reproduction: Images courtesy of The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. For higher resolution images suitable for scholarly or commercial publication, either in print or in an electronic format, please contact the Parker Library directly at parker-library@corpus.cam.ac.uk
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC).

Collection

Parker Manuscripts

Loading usage metrics...