Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 469: Basil of Caesarea, Admonitio ad filium spiritualem. Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae (extract). Chronicles (Parker Manuscripts)
CCCC MS 469 is a late thirteenth-century manuscript containing miscellaneous texts with later additions and notes down to the fifteenth century, containing what was probably a monastic commonplace book compiled as an introduction or guide to matters spiritual and temporal. Thus it includes the pseudonymous work attributed to Basil of Caesarea (c. 330-379), Admonitio ad filium spiritualem, excerpts from book 12 (De animalibus) of Isidore of Seville (d. 636), Etymologiae, a collection of proverbs, a French prose Brut from Egbert to Edgar, extracts from the writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154), and a list of English kings from William I to Henry V. Doubtless it was the historical material which primarily interested Parker, though how and from where he acquired this manuscript is unknown.
Admonitio ad filium spiritualem -- Etymologiae (excerpt from book 12, chapters 4-7) -- Proverbs and other edifying words -- Tract on the Roman Emperors -- Brut (to King Edgar) -- Chronicle of English kings from Egbert to Edgar
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