Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 223: Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Liber apotheosis, Hamartigenia, Psychomachia, Peristephanon, Contra symmachum, Dittochaeon, De opusculis suis

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Summary: CCCC MS 223 is an example of the type of manuscript which was being imported into late Anglo-Saxon England from the Continent. It contains a number of works by Prudentius (348-c. 410), including his famous Psychomachia, as well as the unique surviving copy of a poem by John Scotus Eriugena (c. 810-c. 877) to the Carolingian emperor, Charles the Bald. It was written at the abbey of Saint-Vaast in Arras around the third quarter of the ninth century. By the end of the ninth century it had moved to the abbey of Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer, where some annals were added to leaves at the front. In the tenth century it moved to England, and where it acquired additions and glosses, some in Old English. It has been suggested that Grimbald of Saint-Bertin, who came to England in the 890s at the request of King Alfred, may have brought this manuscript with him. This manuscript was one of the books owned by Daniel Rogers.
Contents: Notes on Kings of France and the Abbey of Saint-Bertin, medical recipes -- Cathemerinon, Hymns 1 and 2 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 3 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 4 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 5 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 6 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 7 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 8 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 9 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 10 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 11 -- Cathemerinon, Hymn 12 -- Liber apotheosis -- Liber apotheosis continued -- Liber apotheosis continued -- Liber apotheosis continued -- Liber apotheosis continued -- Liber apotheosis continued -- Liber apotheosis continued -- Hamartigenia -- Psychomachia -- Peristephanon, carmen 10 -- Peristephanon, carmen 1 -- Peristephanon, carmen 2 -- Peristephanon, carmen 3 -- Peristephanon, carmen 4 -- Peristephanon, carmen 5 -- Peristephanon, carmen 6 -- Peristephanon, carmen 7 -- Peristephanon, carmina 8-9 -- Peristephanon, carmen 11 -- Peristephanon, carmen 12 -- Peristephanon, carmen 13 -- Peristephanon, carmen 14 -- Contra Symmachum -- Dittochaeon -- De opusculis suis -- Carmina (Versus ad Karolum regem)

Description

Alternative title	Prudentius
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 2 + 168
Date created	[ca. 800 CE - 999 CE]
Language	Latin; Greek, Modern (1453- ); English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Material	Vellum
Layout	34 lines to a page
Height (mm)	245
Width (mm)	180
Collation	a(2) 1(8) (wants 1) 2(8)-5(8) 6(10) 7(10) \| 8(8)-20(8) 21(4) \| one leaf which should follow quire 20 \|.
Writing	in good Caroline minuscule: two hands at least
Foliation	pp. i-ii + 1-340 + iii-iv
Provenance	Given by Daniel Rogers, whose name is at each end and in the cover. Evidently it was once at St Bertin's Abbey (or an English dependency of that abbey).
Research	This MS. is mentioned by Traube, Nomina Sacra, p. 232, as being one of those in which the contraction nrt for noster is occasionally used. We find it, he says, from cent. ix to xi at Corbie, St Bertin, Reims, Troyes, Langres, Fleury and Tours. It is also noticed by Dümmler in Neues Archiv IV 533., The Rev. J. Mearns kindly pointed out that in the Cathemerinon the Praefatio and ll. 1-3 of the Hymnus ad galli cantum are missing.

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	ix-x
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:ts898yx9387/MS_223.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:jv342rz4953/223.pdf
Contains	Title Notes on Kings of France and the Abbey of Saint-Bertin, medical recipes. 3-Jan Note (1) in a different hand from the rest List of French Kings (1) Primus rex francorum faramundus regnauit annum unum ... Karolus imperator ann. xlvii. Hludouuicus imp. ann. xxvii. Karolus (Charles the Bald) anni (blank) So far the original hand Opposite are the following notes relating to the Abbey of St Bertin etc. (1) Hlodouius (I) rex: Hic christianus efficitur. Remigius et sanctus uedastus florent (1) Dagobertus (I): S. Audomarus episcopus ordinatur II Hlodouius: Adroaldus res suas bertino tradit I Hlotharius: S. Audomarus priuil. fecit sancto bertino I Theodericus: Amalfridus tradidit hunulfcurt item imm. II II Hilpericus: Fecit inm(unitatem ?) Erkenbodo epo et abb. III Hlotharius: Pippinus et karolus sub his regibus ducatum exercent ll Theodoricus III Hildricus: In monast. sithiu trusus est After Karolus is written in a coarse hand Carl rex heanric rex Then in a better hand Hludouuicus rex Hlotharius rex Hlodouuicus rex ... ludericus rex (2) three receipts Rubric (2) Confectio timiamatis Incipit (2) gotzumber uncias iii etc. Rubric (2) Potio in apostema Note Glossed in Anglo-Saxon Rubric (2) Item decoctio ad apostoma Note After this a line of Anglo-Saxon aeþelferðing ƿyrt. hind hele þe. garclife. gearƿe. med ƿyrt. henep On iir a nonsense couplet twice written (3) Esse sitas olli sedes illo satis oroOro sitas olli sedes illo satis esse and scribbles: bit of a Greek alphabet: words (3) Willelmus mo(nachus) de (3) Zona kalo pinc Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymns 1 and 2. 11-Apr Nasmith Opera Aurelii Prudentii Clementis V. C. 11-Apr Ymnus matutinus. 11-Apr Author Prudentius Note (4) Quorum rubricae sequuntur, In fronte codicis habetur haec inscriptio, literis capitalibus, lineis alternatim rubris et nigris. TESTIMONIUM DE HISTORIA INLUSTRIU VIRORUM CXL ET VIII PRUDENTIUS VIR SECULARIS LITTERATURAE ERUDITUS COMPOSUIT DIROCHEUM DE TOTO VETERI ET NOVO TESTAMENTO PERSONIS EXCEPTIS COMENTATUS EST ET IN MOREM GRC EXAMERON DE MUNDI FABRIC. USQ. AD CONDI \| TIONEM PRIMI HOMINIS ET IN PREUARICATIONE EI9 Desideratur pars primi libri qui vocatur KATHMHRINON On iiv in lines widely separated, in capitals, black and red in alternate lines, the inscription given by Nasmith The Preface of the Cathemerinon is wanting Hymn 1 begins with line 4 Incipit (5) Iam Christus ad uitam uocat Note Occasional variants are noted in the margin from the edition of Giselinus There are glosses (not many) in a very fine minute English hand of cent. ix? Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 3. 17-Nov Nasmith Ymnus ante cibum. 17-Nov Author Prudentius Note Neumes occur on pp. 11-13 Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 4. 17-20 Nasmith Ymnus post cibum. 17-20 Author Prudentius Note Neumes occur on p. 17 Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 5. 20-25 Nasmith Ymnus ad incensum lucernae. 20-25 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 6. 25-29 Nasmith Ymnus ante somnum. 25-29 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 7. 29-36 Nasmith Ymnus jejunantium. 29-36 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 8. 36-38 Nasmith Ymnus post jejunium. 36-38 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 9. 38-41 Nasmith Ymnus omnis horae. 38-41 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 10. 41-46 Nasmith Ymnus circa exequias defuncti. 41-46 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 11. 47-50 Nasmith Ymnus viii kal. Januarias. 47-50 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Cathemerinon, Hymn 12. 50-56 Nasmith Ymnus Epiphaniae. 50-56 Author Prudentius Note (56) finit katηmerinon Prudentii Clementis Ends p. 56 Rubric (56) FINIT KATHMHRINON PRudENTII CLEMenTIS Title Prudentius, Liber apotheosis. 56-58 Nasmith LIBER I. APOTHEOSIM. 56-58 Hymnus de trinitate. 56-58 Author Prudentius Rubric (56) LIBer ΑΠωθΗΟCIC incipit Title Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued. 58-63 Nasmith Contra heresim quae patrem passum dicit. 58-63 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued. 63-68 Nasmith Contra Unionitas. 63-68 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued. 68-74 Nasmith Contra Judaeos. 68-74 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued. 74-81 Nasmith Contra Homuncionitas. 74-81 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued. 81-86 Nasmith De natura animae. 81-86 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Liber apotheosis continued. 86-90 Nasmith Adversus fantasmaticos qui Christum negant verum corpus hominis habuisse. 86-90 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Hamartigenia. 90-122 Nasmith LIBER II. AMARTIGENIA. 90-122 Author Prudentius Note Ends p. 131 (121) Lines widely spaced in red and black capitals Rubric (121) Explicit Amartigeniade origine peccatorumAurelii Prudentiiuiri eloquentissimiliber secundusDeo gratias. Amen. Amen. Amen Note (122) On p. 132 two paragraphs in a small hand concerning calendar Incipit (122) In primo anno embolismo hoc est in ogdoade tertio etc. Title Prudentius, Psychomachia. 123-154 Nasmith LIBER III. PSYCHOMACHIA. 123-154 Author Prudentius Note With p. 133 begins a new volume Rubric (123) Lib. III Psychomachia Note On pp. 143 sqq. are some pencilled Anglo-Saxon glosses in a rather large round hand Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 10. 155-188 Nasmith Romanus sive passio S. Romani. 155-188 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 1. 189-192 Nasmith Passio Emetrii et Chelidonii. 189-192 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 2. 192-209 Nasmith Passio S. Laurentii. 192-209 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 3. 209-216 Nasmith Hymnus in honorem passionis Eulaliae beatissimae martyris. 209-216 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 4. 216-222 Nasmith Hymnus in honorem sanctorum X et VII martyrum. 216-222 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 5. 222-239 Nasmith Passio S. Vincentii martyris. 222-239 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 6. 239-244 Nasmith Hymnus in honore beatissimorum martyrum Fructuosi episcopi Tarraconensis et Augorii et Eulogii diaconi. 239-244 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 7. 244-245 Nasmith Hymnus in honore Quirini beatissimi martyris episcopi ecclesiae Suscianae. 244-245 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmina 8-9. 246-249 Nasmith De loco in quo martyres passi sunt, nunc baptisterium est Calagorra. 246-249 Author Prudentius Note (246) Passio Cassiani Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 11. 249-257 Nasmith Ad Valerianum episcopum de passione Ypoliti beatissimi martyris. 249-257 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 12. 257-259 Nasmith Passio apostolorum. 257-259 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 13. 259-262 Nasmith Passio Cypriani. 259-262 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Peristephanon, carmen 14. 262-266 Nasmith Passio Agnetis. 262-266 Author Prudentius Title Prudentius, Contra Symmachum. 266-325 Nasmith Contra Symmachum lib. ii. 266-325 Author Prudentius Note (288) Lib. II (325) Ends Title Prudentius, Dittochaeon. 325-331 Nasmith Fragmentum, Dittochei, de quo fit mentio in inscriptione ad frontem codicis. 325-331 Author Prudentius Note (325) Dittocheum Rubric (325) De Adam et Æua Incipit (325) Aeua columba fuit Note The end is misplaced and is now the last leaf (339-340) The poem is complete Title Prudentius, De opusculis suis. 331-331 Author Prudentius Note It is followed by Rubric (340) Prudentius de opusculis suis Incipit (340) Pius fidelis innocens pudicus.Dona conscientiae Note Which ends Explicit (331) luuabit ore personasse Christum.Quo regente uiuimus Title Iohannes Scotus Eriugena, Carmina (Versus ad Karolum regem). 332-344 Nasmith Versus Iohannis Scotti ad Karolum regem. 332-344 Author Iohannes Scotus Eriugena Rubric (332) Uersus Iohannis Scotti ad Karolum Regem (101) Incipit (332) Aule sidereae paralelos undique circos Note (334) Ending 344 Explicit (334) Heros magnanimus longaeuus uiuat in annos Note Printed by Floss in part (vv. 78-101) from a transcript of the copy made by Th. Oehler (Neues Archiv IV, p. 533) and from thence in P. L. CXXII 1958 Printed in full by Traube in Poetae aevi Carolini III p. 550: see also p. 526 (335) blank (336) On p. 346 in other hands Rubric (336) Oratio super confirmatos Incipit (336) Deus qui apostolis tuis sanctum dedisti spiritum Rubric (336) Benedictio in pentecosten Note Paragraph Incipit (336) In actione uobis commissa gloriose pastor prius ilium habere studeas placatum Note An admonition to preachers etc. (337) An Anglo-Saxon alphabet On 349 many scribbles Anno incarn. dom. dcccxlvi Anno incarn. dom. dccclxvii vi kal. decemb. Fer. II viii id. Mart. matricula sci pe
TJames	vac.
Stanley	Lib. ab Al. 16
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/th953kw1763
Location	MS 223
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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