Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 297: Statuta. Palladius, De agricultura. Thorney Documents, etc

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Summary: CCCC MS 297 is an interesting manuscript because of its very ordinariness. It contains a number of disparate texts copied at Thorney Abbey in Cambridgeshire between the early thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, including copies of legal material such as the Statuta abbreviata and an account of a dispute involving the abbot of Thorney, together with tracts on diplomatic practice, husbandry, medicine (both human and veterinary) and accounting. The suggestion must be that this volume was one of very many created as a commonplace book either for a monastic administrator or as a more general source of information useful to a monastic community.
Contents: English Statutes -- De agricultura -- Register of ancient writs -- The art of writing letters, or a formulary (1) -- The art of writing letters, or a formulary (2) -- The art of writing letters, or a formulary (3) -- Experimenta -- A book of names -- Poems on the death of Radulphus Abbot of Thorney -- Liber Almansoris (transl. by Gerard of Cremona) -- Anglo-Saxon law terms with a French gloss -- Form of accounts for an abbey or convent -- Process of the pleas between the Abbot of Thorney, plaintiff, and the Abbot of St Peters, deforciant, 1304 -- Veterinary receipts for horses

Description

Alternative title	Statuta. Palladius. Thorney Documents, etc.
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 1 + 22 + 182
Date created	[ca. 1200 - 1325]
Language	Latin; French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material	Vellum
Layout	double columns of 36 and 33 lines
Height (mm)	265
Width (mm)	175
Collation	1 flyleaf, 1(6) 2(8) 3(8) \| i(8)-xv(8) (+ slip) xvi(8) xvii(10) \| xviii(8) xix(8) (wants 8) \| xx(8)-xxiii(8) (wants 3, 4, 5).
Writing	in one very clear hand, writing in different sizes
Foliation	ff. a-b + i + 1-205 + c-d
Provenance	From Thorney, written by the precentor Johannes Brito. On the lower margin of f. 29r is: Istum librum scripsit frater iohannes brito. On lower margin of 105r is a notice of receipt: Omnibus chr. fidelibus, etc. fr. J. Brito precentor Thorn'. Has received from Roger de Drayton Rector of All SS. Huntingdon 5s de annua pensione precentorie Thorn'. debita de termino S. Michel. a. d. mo cc xcii.

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiii-xiv early
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:ns303jn3871/MS_297.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:rc558sp6876/297.pdf
Contains	Title English Statutes. 1r-22v Nasmith Statuta regni abbreviata, id est, -provisiones de Merton, -statuta de Marleburge, -statuta Westmonasterii prima, -statuta Gloucestriae, -statuta Westmonasterii secunda, -statuta de venditionibus et emptionibus terrarum, -statutum de viris religiosis. 1r-22v Note (1r) Tituli of the Statutes (2v) Merton (4r) Marlebergie (6r) Westmonasterii I (11r) Gloucester (12v) Westmonasterii II (19v) Quia emptores (20r) de viris religiosis 41-44 blank Title Palladius, De agricultura. 23r-91v Nasmith Paladii Rutili Tauri Aemiliani viri illustris opus agriculturae lib. ii. 23r-91v Author Palladius Rubric (23r) Palladii Rutuli Tauri Aemiliani viri illustris opus agriculture. Incipiunt tituli libri primi Incipit (23r) Pars es et prima prudencie Note Many passages from the Georgics are written in the lower margins Explicit (91v) hora undecima pedes xxix Rubric (91v) Palladii Rutili Tauri Emiliani viri illustris opus agriculture explicit Title Register of ancient writs. 91v-115v Nasmith Regalia brevia sicut mos est in regno, sive registrum brevium antiquum. 91v-115v Rubric (91v) Incipiunt regalia breuia sicut mos est in regno Et primo incipit breue de recto Incipit (91v) Rex balliuis suis Note (115v) The last is about a claim of S. Katherine's priory Lincoln to tithes at Newark, claimed by William precentor of Lincoln Title The art of writing letters, or a formulary (1). 115v-136v Nasmith Ars faciendi literas vel epistolas, sive formula: cartularum regiarum et epistolarum episcoporum, etc. 115v-136v Rubric (115v) Incipit ars faciendi literas uel epistolas rurales (curiales?) per compendium Incipit (115v) In omnibus literis cuicumque et a quocunque transmittantur Note In the first formulae the pope is Gregorius, the King of England H, the Abp of Canterbury R. Barnwell is often mentioned The last is Rubric (136v) De aliquo qui wlt suscipere habitum monachilem Title The art of writing letters, or a formulary (2). 136v-146v Nasmith Ars faciendi literas vel epistolas, sive formula: cartularum regiarum et epistolarum episcoporum, etc. 136v-146v James Regale (another registrum brevium). 136v-146v Rubric (136v) De terra emenda uel limitanda Note (142v) One de atachiandis xii per xxiiiior is on a slip after f. 120 (146r) Ends with one super tenente tenementum cuius predecessor decessit ante aduentum iusticiariorum nostrorum Explicit (146v) apud oxoniam iiii die febr. anno regni nostri xxo Rubric (146v) Explicit Regale Title The art of writing letters, or a formulary (3). 146v-150r Nasmith Ars faciendi literas vel epistolas, sive formula: cartularum regiarum et epistolarum episcoporum, etc. 146v-150r Rubric (150r) Hec est forma cartarum Incipit (146v) Notum sit omnibus tam presentibus Note (146v) followed by Carta de Baronia (150r) The last is Concordia inter aliquos homines Explicit (150r) Hec transaccio facta fuit iiiio die febr. anno regni H. reg. tercii xxo. ciclo lunari iio. Anno ab incarnacione domini mo cco xxxo vo Title William de Sumere, Experimenta. 150v-158v Nasmith Experimenta medicinalia magistri Willelmi de Sumereye. 150v-158v Author William de Sumere Rubric (150v) Incipiunt experimenta magistri Willelmi de Sumereye Incipit (150v) Huius opusculi series circa quedam membrorum remedia tam consimilium quam officialium seu omnium uersatur. quibus magister Willelmus de Sumereye probatissima experiencia usuque plurimum esse fidem asserit adhibendam Note The last is Rubric (158v) Ad tollendum super os equinum Explicit (158v) delent acredinem Rubric (158v) Explicit paruus uiaticus magistri Willelmi de Sumereie Note (158v) An added paragraph Title A book of names. 158v-161v James A book of names. 158v-161v Rubric (158v) De personis ecclesiasticis et secularibus que preponantur et que postponantur et de creditoribus Note Then follow Incipit (158v) Personarum quedam sunt ecclesiastice quedam seculares differencia vini, nomina pannorum, piscium, carnium que sunt in macello, auium et quomodo capiantur, de hiis que pertinent ad artem pistoriam, ad cibum, nomina rerum que aurifaber operatur, et instrumentorum eius, de cultellario et eius rebus, de varietate zonarum, cirotecarum, calciamentorum, que pertinent ad corvesarium, de sotularibus, de varietate sellarum, lorenarum, pellium Explicit (161r) Item habeat alias de sabelino siue simbilino. ex heremino. ex matrice, ex fibro, siue ex beuere. ex wlpecula uel roserella Note (161r) Three receipts in French for making colours Title Poems on the death of Radulphus Abbot of Thorney. 162r-176v Nasmith Poema versibus rithmicis scriptum in mortem Rodulphi abbatis Thorneiae; cum forma qua condolent caetera monasteria cum Thorniensi. 162r-176v Note (162r) Single lines written as prose Incipit (162r) Que merces hominis tot desudare caminisCuius habet finis tempora membra cinisSi uitam uolumus que transit et est quasi fumusNon homines sed humus sed magis umbra sumus Note Ends Explicit (162v) Cum sit cognomen Radulfi simplicis omenEx re contractum nomen transiuit in actum Rubric (162v) Titulus ecclesie S. gudlaci croylandie Incipit (162v) Nobis specialiter incumbit speciale aliquid ad commendacionem commendabilis uiri Dompni Radulfi Abbatis Thorneye Explicit (164r) quam uersus heroicos uel elegos modulari Note Part of the original obituary roll of Abbot Ralph exists in the British Museum Royal 15. A. x*. See W. St J. Hope (Obituary Roll of Abbot Islip, Vetusta Monumenta, 1906, Postscript) Incipit (164r) Uniuersis sancte matris ecclesie fidelibus ... pusillus grex monachorum Thorneye Note (for Abbot Radulfus) Explicit (166r) bonorum mercedem recipietis Incipit (166r) Uniuersis ... pusillus grex monachorum Thorneye Note (for Abbot Salomon.) Incipit (167r) Inmaculate sponse ... Ricardus ... Thornensis abbas Note (for Abbot Robert, 1237) A note by the scribe in lower margin Incipit (167r) Require epitapium cuiusdam in libro scentenciarum Gilberti prioris in folio primo ante versus de duodecim lapidibus preciosis et aliud epitaphium cuiusdam religiosi in eodem libro fo. iiij ante versus (169v) Uniuersis ... Willelmus ... ecclesie S. Marie et S. Botulfi Thorneye humilis abbas Note (for Abbot Thomas) (172r) Titulus of Peterborough for Abbot Thomas (172r) Titulus of CroylandforAbbot David (172v) Titulus ofPeterboroughfor Abbot David (173r) Titulus ofRamseyfor Abbot David (173r) Titulus ofCroylandforAbbot William (174r) Titulus ofElyforAbbot David (174r) Titulus ofBattleforAbbot Thomas (175r) Titulus ofWalthamforAbbot Thomas pp. 152v-153 blank Evidently a selection from the Obit Rolls preserved in the Abbey: made by the precentor as a storehouse of patterns for future use This document was not known to Mr W. St J. Hope, whose magnificent publication of the Roll of Abbot Islip (Vetusta Monumenta, 1906) contains most valuable notes on English Obituary Rolls. See also Delisle, Rouleau mortuaire du B. Vital ... de Savigny, 1909 Title Razes (Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi), Liber Almansoris (transl. by Gerard of Cremona). 177r-191r Nasmith Liber qui vocatur Rasin de medicina et anatomia. 177r-191r Author Razes (Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi) Gerard of Cremona Rubric (177r) Iste liber uocatur Rasin Incipit (177r) Albubem arazi filii zakarie liber incipit qui ab eo uocatus et almansor eo quod regis mansoris precepto editus sit (177r) In hoc libro aggregabo regi cui benedicat deus Note Single lines Ends Rubric (191r) De forma matricis Explicit (191r) alligatus erat et consequitur partus Title Anglo-Saxon law terms with a French gloss. 191v-192v Nasmith Some old Saxon terms of law explained in French. 191v-192v Note Larger script, same hand. See further on f. 172r Incipit (191v) Soke. bote de nos humes en nostre curt Explicit (192r) Utlawe Estre fors de ley e forbani Note (192v) blank Title Form of accounts for an abbey or convent. 193r-200r Nasmith Forma compoti abbatiae vel conventus. 193r-200r Rubric (193r) Inquirendum super subscriptis capitulis ad compotum audiendum per singula maneria Note (193r) De redditibus assisisDe firmis molendini ... (195r) De carneDe caseoDe butiroDe seriantia (195r) After this the list of Anglo-Saxon law terms is continued (195r) Mundbriche. Trespas ver seignur... (195v) Theam. Progenie de nos hummes Rubric (195v) Incipit compoti ordinarius Incipit (195v) Frumentum extra grangia. De remanenti precedentis compoti Explicit (198r) Summa. Et sic remanet in supplusagio uel in arreragio Rubric (198v) De uenacione Note Extracts from lives of S. Giles, S. Wihtburga, S. Eustace, S. Dunstan, all connected with hunting A paragraph Incipit (199r) Canes uenaticos debemus respicere Note (From Vitae patrum lib. ult. lxii cap. de perseuerancia f.) 176v-177r blank Title Process of the pleas between the Abbot of Thorney, plaintiff, and the Abbot of St Peters, deforciant, 1304. 200v-202v Nasmith Processus placiti inter abbatem Thorneye querentem et abbatem de Burgo Sancti Petri deforciantem de quodam chimino inter ripam de Nene et villam de Eye, anno Domini M. CCC quarto. 200v-202v Note (200v) Consists of Billa, Irrotulacio, Veredictum, Composicio pacis (202r) On this page a paragraph Incipit (202r) Anno gr. mo c̊c̊c̊ vii circa fest. S. Aug. anglorum apostoli Iohannes de islepe tunc senexcallus thorneye ... tenuit hundredum de normonhiscros Note Riot of men of Huntingdon who were summoned therefore (202v) blank Title Veterinary receipts for horses. 203r-205v Nasmith Les medicines e la chirurgerie a chivaux. 203r-205v Rubric (203r) Ces sunt les mediciniz e la cirurgerie a chiuaus Incipit (203r) A chiual qui morue Explicit (204v) si lui donez net set. si est gariz Note (204v) Some old pencilled names Incipit (205v) Ad deponendum wartis (uerucas). (original hand) Note Also Incipit (205v) Magister W. de fodringea habet librum de regimine principum Note Later Incipit (205v) W. bis Wyttylsey loca Christe dato requiei
TJames	12
Stanley	A. 12
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vk535sj2249
Location	MS 297
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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