Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 217: Peter the Chanter, Libellus de contrarietatibus Sacrae Scripturae. William de Montibus, Speculum poenitentis. Pictor in carmine. Miscellaneous Exegetical Tracts

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Summary: CCCC MS 217 is a thirteenth-century miscellany containing sermons, exegetical texts, a partial copy of the Pictor in carmine, and works by Peter the Chanter (d. 1197), Bede, William de Montibus (d. 1213), Geoffrey de Vinsauf (d. after 1200), Tria sunt (Documentum de arte uersificandi), Petrus Riga (d. 1209), Aurora, and Alexander Nequam OSA (1157-1217), Corrogationes Promethei. Of particular note, the copy of William de Montibus, Speculum poenitentis, is an early and reliable one in terms of that work's textual history. There is a much better version of the text of Pictor in carmine in CCCC MS 300. The unusual binding of this manuscript, being of velvet, is characteristic of the Old Royal library of Henry VIII. As a result of the fragility of this binding it has only been possible to image the exterior and interior of the covers and part of the text pages, ff. 1r-21r, 25r, 209r.
Contents: Libellus de contrarietatibus Sacrae Scripturae -- De schematibus et tropis -- Expositions on parts of the Old and New Testament -- Sermons and lectures -- Exposition on the Psalms -- Sermons and expositions on the Old and New Testament -- Speculum poenitentis -- Sermons -- Tropi -- Numerale -- Tria sunt (Documentum de arte versificandi) -- Pictor in carmine -- AuroraIn Tobiam paraphrasis metrica -- Tract on the Holy Scripture -- Corrogationes Promethei

Description

Alternative title	Petrus Cantor. W. de Montibus. Pictor in Carmine
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 374
Date created	[ca. 1200 - 1299]
Language	Latin; French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material	Vellum
Layout	double and single columns
Height (mm)	253
Width (mm)	180
Collation	1(8) (1 stuck to cover) 2(4) 3(8) 4(4) 5(8) 6(6) 7(10) 8(8)-10(8) (+ slip) 11(8)-13(8) 14(10) 15(8) 16(4) 17(12)-19(12) 20(8) 21(8) (wants 7, 8) 22(10) 23(14) 24(12) 25(14) 26(8) 27(12)-29(12) 30(8) (wants 8) 31(12)-38(12) (11 stuck to cover, wants 12).
Writing	in many hands of cent. xiii, mostly small and pointed
Foliation	ff. 1-31 + 32a + 32-37 + 37a + 38-64 + 65a + 65-364. Partially imaged: front cover exterior and interior + ff. 1r-21r + 25r + 209r + back cover exterior and interior
Provenance	From Worcester; inside the cover is written (f. 1v): Liber monasterii Wygornie.
Additions	Old binding, velvet (brown-green) over boards: two clasps. Label under horn on front cover: Tractatus de contrarietatibus Scripture cum aliis opusculis plurimis (xvi). This binding is uniform with that of MS 87 and of Trin. Coll. B. 4. 24.

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiii
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:bf747ds4678/MS_217.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:th934kw4444/217.pdf
Contains	Title Peter the Chanter, Libellus de contrarietatibus Sacrae Scripturae. 2r-10v Nasmith Tractatus [Petri Cantoris] de contrarietatibus scripturae. 2r-10v Author Peter the Chanter Note (2r) Double columns of 60 lines Incipit (2r) Uidemus nunc per speculum et in enigmate Explicit (10v) capilli omnes numerati sunt Note (Hist. Litt. XV 298) Title Bede the Venerable, De schematibus et tropis. 10v-12v Nasmith Liber Cassiodori de figuris vel modis locutionum, quae a grammaticis scemata et tropi dicuntur, missus ad Gubertum diaconum. 10v-12v Author Bede the Venerable Note Opus spurium, Bedae ut vult Cavesius potius attribuendum Rubric (10v) Incipit liber cassiodorii etc. Note (Beda de schematibus: Keil, Gramm. Lat. VII 200) Incipit (10v) Solet aliquotiens in scripturis ordo uerborum Explicit (11v) memores uxoris Loth Incipit (11v) Quoniam series que in arte gramatica corrigende sunt Note (Extracts) f. 12v blank Title Expositions on parts of the Old and New Testament. 13r-20v Nasmith Expositiones in diversos locos veteris et novi testamenti. 13r-20v Note (13r) Single lines, 60-61 to a page Incipit (13r) In principio creauit ... ergo in principio creatum fuit celum Note A series of expository paragraphs: no order is observable f. 20v blank Title Sermons and lectures. 21r-24v Nasmith Sermones seu lectiones habitae ad scholares quosdam theologicos. 21r-24v Note (21r) Double columns of 52 lines Incipit (21r) Egredimini filie syon et uidete ... Ad uos scolares maxime theologos sermo iste dirigitur (22v) Quicumque ad sacre scripture paginam erudiendus (22v) Facies mihi tentorium Explicit (24r) non ad mensuram Note f. 24v blank Title Exposition on the Psalms. 25r-96v Nasmith Expositio in psalmos. 25r-96v Note (25r) Double columns of 52 lines: to some extent in tabular form Incipit (25r) Beatus uir Note (25r) (handsome initial) Incipit (25r) In hac serie potest distingui septiformis gratia spiritus Note Ends Explicit (96v) carnis curam in desideriis ne feceritis Rubric (96v) Explicit. Salua sit reuerentia Thome Title Sermons and expositions on the Old and New Testament. 97r-147v Nasmith Plurimi sermones seu expositiones in vetus et novum testamentum. 97r-147v Note (97r) Begins with 42 lines to a page: at f. 115rthe hand changes (after a gap) and there are 60 (and more) lines to a page Incipit (97r) Post regulas fidei euangelico dogmate promulgatas Note The second hand seems to begin imperfectly at f. 115r. The first beginning of a sermon, on f. 115r, is Incipit (115r) Ecce ego sternam per ordinem lapides tuos Note Up to f. 118v the writing is rather irregular (119r) A late title Sermo de trinitate bonus Incipit (119r) Uerbo domini celi firmati sunt Note Only the last three sermons have titles Rubric (143r) Ascension (144v) Pentecost (146r) Sermo ad monachos Cistercienses Incipit (146r) Omnia tempus habent Note (147v) Ending Title William de Montibus, Speculum poenitentis. 148r-151r Nasmith Speculum penitentis editum a magistro Willelmo de Montibus cancellario Lincoln. 148r-151r Author William de Montibus Incipit (148r) De peccatorum agnitione tractatum teximus perutilem Explicit (151r) deinceps totum ex ordine dicat Rubric (151r) Explicit speculum penitentis Note (Will. de Montibus) Title Sermons. 151v-168v Nasmith Alii sermones. 151v-168v Incipit (151v) Transi hospes orna mensam Note Three Sermons in this hand Change of hand: at f. 155r begin double columns of 56 lines Incipit (155r) In tribus commendabilis est beata maria Note At f. 163r single lines again, 64 to a page Incipit (163r) Secundo Machab. liij. Machabeus suos armauit non clipei et haste munitione Note These are notes for use in sermons (166r) A tract of explanation of Greek words Incipit (166r) Episcopus dicitur ab epy quod est supra et scopes quod est intendens uel solitudo uel casa uel inspectio Explicit (167v) elisei campi apud inferos ubi anime piorum requiescunt Note f. 168r - f. 168v blank Title William de Montibus, Tropi. 169r-187r Nasmith Tropi magistri Willelmi [de Montibus] cancellarii Lincoln. ad theologicam facultatem collecti. 169r-187r Author William de Montibus Note About 54 lines to a page Incipit (169r) Dei dona dispensamus pulsantibus claues hostiorum porrigimus Explicit (187r) figura conuersionis et transpositionis Title William de Montibus, Numerale. 187v-209r Nasmith Summa theologiae. 187v-209r James NumeraleGul. de Montibus. 187v-209r Author William de Montibus Note In the same hand Incipit (187v) Introducendis in facultatem theologicam quedam compendiose prelibantur Explicit (209r) in aliis opusculis nostris copiosius sunt exarata Rubric (209r) Explicit Title Geoffrey de Vinsauf, Tria sunt (Documentum de arte versificandi). 209r-218v Nasmith Documenta Galfridi Vinest-sauf de modo et arte dictandi et versificandi. 209r-218v Author Geoffrey de Vinsauf Note Double columns of 58 lines Incipit (209r) Tria sunt circa que cuiuslibet operis uersatur artificium Explicit (218r) Rideat et pulset lasciua decentius etas Rubric (218r) Explicit documenta magistri Galfridi le Vin est sauf Note f. 218v blank Title Pictor in carmine. 219r-226v Nasmith Versus picturis in ecclesiis locandis adaptati. 219r-226v Note In prologo autor graviter invehit in presumtionem nefandam pictorum, qui ecclesias monstris et chimeris impleverunt, et dicit se hos versus scripsisse ad moderandam eorum licentiam et informandam ignorantiam Double columns of 62 lines The tract called Pictor in Carmine, of which perhaps the best copy is MS 300 in this library The present copy has the prologue Incipit (219r) Dolens in sanctuario dei Explicit (219r) copia temperare Note Printed by Delisle, Mélanges de paléographie, p. 206, from a Phillipps MS. Then follows the list of subjects with marginal references Then the text Rubric (222v) Colloquium Gabrielis etc. (222v) Dixit Deus serpenti Incipit (222v) Femina tritura capud anguis et hunc domitura Note With marginal notes: the text ends abruptly (on the Baptism) Explicit (225v) Sic aqua baptiste dedit obsequium tibi christe Note f. 226r - f. 226v blank Title Petrus Riga, Aurora. Matthew of Vendôme, In Tobiam paraphrasis metrica. 227r-269v Nasmith Petri de Riga Aurora. 227r-269v Author Petrus Riga Matthew of Vendôme Note Desunt libri Hester, Judith, Job, Cantica Canticorum, historia evangelica et Actus apostolorum (227r) Double columns of 60 lines Rubric (227r) Incipit prefatio in librum subsequentem Incipit (227r) Sodalium meorum petitio Explicit (227r) patenter illuxit Rubric (227r) Explicit prologus (227r) Incipit liber magistri Petri cuius titulus est aurora Incipit (227r) Prima facta die duo celum terra leguntur Note The contents are: Genesis - 4 Regum, lib. Machabeorum, lib. Josephi (Symone quod debet morti soluente, Johannes) This ends Explicit (260r) Septem predictis consona queque uides Incipit (260r) Ecce petis liber, recipis pater alme timorem Explicit (260r) Pacificum reddit. es filius ec(c)e uocandus Rubric (260r) Explicit liber magistri Petri qui dicitur aurora Note The Thobias of Math. Vindocinensis follows Rubric (260r) Incipit prefatio in librum Thobie Incipit (260r) Ecclesie turonensis apex ouium speculator Rubric (260r) Incipit liber Incipit (260r) Ex agro ueteri uirtutum semina. morum Note CCV 933 Ends Explicit (269r) Tobiam merito relligione sequi Rubric (269r) Explicit liber Tobie Note f. 269v blank Title Tract on the Holy Scripture. 270r-317v Nasmith Tractatus theologicus de difficultatibus S. Scripturae. 270r-317v Note 63 lines to a page Incipit (270r) Difficile quod durum quod graue quod asperum Note Treats of the books from Genesis to 2 Chron. ending with a notice of Daniel Explicit (317v) in mediam ducens secum danielem prophetam remeauit Note (317v) and a list of the kings Cf. MS 30. 1. Andreas Victorinus Title Alexander Nequam OSA, Corrogationes Promethei. 318r-362v Nasmith Tractatus de arte theologica, in quo primum traduntur regulae interpretationis, et postea applicantur ad diversos locos singulorum librorum S. Scripturae. 318r-362v James Alexandri Neckam. Corrogationes Promethei. 318r-362v Author Alexander Nequam OSA Incipit (318r) Ferrum situ rubiginem ducit Note The hand changes after a few leaves Ends Explicit (362v) excellentiorem esse angelica Rubric (362v) Explicit Note See P. Meyer, Notices et Extraits XXXV 2 (1897)
TJames	371
Stanley	Lib. ab Al. 1
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/zy840sm5863
Location	MS 217
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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