Explanationes notabiles super lectiones beati Iob : [manuscript]

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  Psalter ; English Psalter Commentary ; Holy Boke Gracia Dei ; and other works : [manuscript]

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  Contents Part 1. ff. 1-22v. Holy Boke Gratia Dei. Incipit: Off gods grace sterand and helpande and þat withouten grace no gode may be done. Explicit: hit is on þe night to pray for it is tyme of rest for þeuer is noght þat lettes als is ouer þe day In day man is with trauell. Rubric: Here begynnes þe holy boke gracia dei. English. Other creator(s): Richard Rolle, sometime attributed to. Jolliffe I. 29 (a). M. L. Arntz, S.N.D., "þe Holy Boke Gratia Dei: an Edition with Commentary," unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Fordham University 1961, from Lincoln Cathedral Library, MS 91 (the so-called Thornton manuscript), London, Brit. Lib., Arundel 507 and HM 148, treating as one text and as anonymous, what had been attributed to Richard Rolle and printed as multiple short texts in different order by C. Horstman, ed., Yorkshire Writers: Richard Rolle of Hampole and his Followers (London 1895-96) 1:305-21, 300-05, 145-49, 112-21, 149-51; the divisions are not signaled in HM 148, in which this material constitutes a unit. See also H. E. Allen, Writings ascribed to Richard Rolle (New York 1927) 286-87 and G. R. Keiser, "þe Holy Boke Gratia Dei," Viator 12 (1981) 289-317. Of the text of Gratia Dei, HM 148 retains the introduction, the first part and all but the conclusion of the second part. Part 2. ff. 23-192. [Richard Rolle] Psalter in Latin with English commentary. Incipit: Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum et in via peccatorum non stetit et in cathedra pestilencie non sedit. In þis psalme frist he spekes of crist. Explicit: þan with erees of body forþi ilke a spirite loue þe lorde. Amen. Latin. Stegmüller 7303. H. E. Allen, ed., English Writings of Richard Rolle, Hermit of Hampole (Oxford 1931) 4-7 for the English prologue; for the Latin prologue, not printed, see Stegmüller 7298; for the psalter, H. R. Bramley, ed., The Psalter or Psalms of David and certain Canticles with a Translation and Exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole (Oxford 1884) 5-493; this manuscript in the original version without Wycliffite interpolations; at the head of Pss. 52-150 (excepting a few of these psalms) Latin interpretations or resumés of the subject matter; notes in the margins by a later hand give readings for matins and evensong according to the Book of Common Prayer; quire 5 (ff. 71-82) and 6 (ff. 83-94) reversed in the binding. See A. C. Paues, A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version Cambridge 1902) xxxiv, and D. Everett, "The Middle English Prose Psalter of Richard Rolle of Hampole," Modern Language Review 17 (1922) 217-27, especially p. 222. Part 2. f. 192-203v. [Richard Rolle] Canticles. Incipit: Confitebor tibi domine quoniam iratus es michi, conversus est furor tuus et consolatus es me. I sal schrife til þe lorde for þou arte wrathede til me. Explicit: he bringes vs oute of al wrechidnes of synne and sorowe & settis vs in þe ioye of heuyn. Amen. English. Stegmüller 7304. Bramley, 494-526; here with the 7 canticles Confitebor, Ego dixi, Exultavit, Cantemus domino, Domine audivi, Audite celi, Magnificat. Part 2. ff. 204-206. [Richard Rolle] Commandment Of God. Incipit: þe commawnde of god is þat we luf oure lorde in all oure hert in all oure saule in all oure thoght, in all oure hert þat is in all oure vndyrstandyng withouten heryng. Explicit: and qwen þai dy þai er taken vp to þe ordyr of aungels to see hym in endlys ioy þat þai haue lufd. Amen. English. Horstman, 1:61-71. H. E. Allen, English Writings of Richard Rolle, Hermit of Hampole (Oxford 1931) 73-81. Part 2. ff. 206-208v. Commentary on Two Commandments of the New Law. Incipit: Diliges dominum deum tuum et cetera. þou sall luf god with all þi hert with all þi saule & with all þi thoght. To luf god with all thi hert is noght els bot þat þi nere be noght lufand. Explicit: bodely gudes is man noght halden bot in case of nede Amen. English. Jolliffe G. 27. Horstman 2:454-55, here in a different and longer version. See also Allen, Writings ascribed to Richard Rolle, 366-68. Part 2. f. 208v-210. Vitas patrum. Incipit: In þe fyrst begynnyng if a man begyn to knaw hymself what he is & why he was made. Explicit: he may not parfytly kepe & fulfyll þe speciall beddyngs of þe haligast. Jesus amen. Rubric: Her begynnes a pistille of saynt machari hermet sende to his breþer in vitas patrum. English. Jolliffe H. 12 (b) and O. 22 (b). For the Latin, see PL 67:1163-1166. Part 2. ff. 210-211v. Epistle of St. John the Hermit. Incipit: Greuouse is þe vice of bostyng & pride & full perilouse hit is for it kests doune saules fro þe heghnes of parfeccioune. Explicit: I fleande lenkethede me & duellyde in only stede & alude hym þat sauede me fro storme of þe spyryt. English. Jolliffe F. 10 and O. 16. Horstman, 1:122-24. Part 2. ff. 211v-221v. Sayings of Fathers. Incipit: A Broþire asket sant antonyus what schall I do to plese gode Ande he ansuerde þus kepe what I say whidyre so þou gose. Explicit: bot if þu haue synne þou may not do ryghtwysnes as it is wrytyn//. English. Horstman, 1:125-28, here in a different version, ending defectively. For the Latin "Verba Seniorum," Book 5 of the Vitae Patrum from which this derives, see PL 73:855-940.

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  Homilies on Ecclesiastes : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-120: [Hugh of St. Victor, Homilies on Ecclesiastes]: Prologue: Incipit prologus in omelias Magistri hugonis super ecclesiasten, Que de libro salomonis qui eccelesiastes dicitur nuper vobis coram disserui ... sed a vobis intellectu gaudeatis. Explicit prologus. Rubric: Incipit omelia prima. Verba eccelesiastes filii david regis iherusalem. Incipit: Titulus est libri iste in quo breviter et qualitas exprimitur ... Explicit: et utrum hec ipsam aliis post se profutura sint ignorant. Expliciunt omelie Magistri hugonis super ecclesiasten fideles utique et omni acceptione dignissime. In profesto beati Andree apostoli anno domini Mo cccco xliiio. [ff. 119v-120v blank].

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  Peter of Poitiers' Distinctiones super psalterium and anonymous distinctions : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-65v: [Peter of Poitiers, Distinctiones super psalterium. Here arranged in schematic form, i.e., the scriptural word that is being interpreted is placed to the left of the text, with lines radiating to the different senses; ends defectively]: Rubric: Incipiunt distinctiones super psalterium. Incipit: Facies michi tentorium in introitu thabernaculi quatuor pretiosis coloribus contextum. Thabernaculum quo in nobis deus habitat ... Explicit: velut in Beatitudine recipiamur; unde, Petite a me et accipietis, pul. [catchword:] et apud vobis//. ff. 66-89v: [Anonymous distinctiones in simple form, primarily of figurative meanings, in alphabetical order with space left for additional distinctiones at the end of each alphabetical section]: Incipit: Angeli, potestas superna. In psalmo, Qui facis angelos suos [sic] spiritus ... Explicit: Secretum consilii, unde, De cuius utero egressa est glacies.

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  Abbreviated version of Adam of Eynsham's Magni vita sancti Hugonis : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-95v: [abbreviated version of Adam of Eynsham's Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis]: Incipit: Capitulum primum, Hugo genitricis solacio tum necdum etatis metas excessisset orbatus est. Explicit: propter accessum confluentis populi magis congruere ab oriali [sic] ipsius edis regione ad gloriam dei qui vivit et gloriatur super omnia, deus benedictus in secula. Amen. ff. 95-96v: [Honorius III, Bull relating to the canonization of Hugh of Lincoln]: Rubric: Bulla specialis domini pape honorii tertii de canonizacione beatissimi et gloriosissimi Hugonis Lincolniensis episcopi. Incipit: Honorius episcopus servorum dei venerabili fratri episcopo ... Non repulit Dominus plebem suam ... Explicit: Datum viterbii xiii kal. martii Pontificatus nostri anno quarto. ff. 95-96v. [Honorius III, Bull relating to the canonization of Hugh of Lincoln]: Rubric: Bulla generalis domini pape honorii de canonizacione et translacione beati hugonis Lincolniensis Episcopi. Incipit: Honorius episcopus et cetera Universis christi fidelibus ... Divine dignacio pietatis. Explicit: Datum viterbii xiii kal. marcii Pontificatus nostri Anno quarto. ff. 95-96v. [Honorius III, Bull relating to the canonization of Hugh of Lincoln]: Rubric: Item alia bulla de translacione eiusdem. Incipit: Honorius et cetera venerabili fratri episcopo Lincolniensi ... Cum venerabile corpus beati Hugonis. Explicit: Datum viterbii Pontificatus nostri Anno 4to.

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  Meditationes Vitae Christi : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-98v. [Pseudo Bonaventure] Meditationes Vitae Christi. Incipit: Inter alia virtutum et laudum preconia de sanctissima virgine cecilia legitur. Explicit: de quo loquimur dominus noster iesus christus qui est super omnia deus benedictus et laudabilis in secula. Amen. Latin. f. 99r-v. [Isidore of Seville] Synonyma. Incipit: Transeunt omnia seculi huius nec permanent omne quod venit stare stare non potest nichil est diu nichil tam longum. Explicit: ex anima te loquatur cor tuum. Considera meritum tuum. Iuste flagellaris iusto dei iudicio iudicaris. Rubric: [E]x synonomis beati ysidori hyspalensis episcopi. Latin. Excerpts from Isidore of Seville, Synonyma, beginning with a quotation from Bk. I:26; PL 83:833B. The selection ends with two rhyming lines: "Non est hoc verum si verax dicere vellem. / Te de pacifico facerem michi forte rebellem.".

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  Works by Ephraem and othe church fathers : [manuscript]

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  f. i verso. [Eusebius Cremonensis] [De morte Hieronymi ad Damasum]. Incipit: Lex dei semper sit in corde tuo. Noli timere opprobrium hominum. Explicit: odit hanc vitam qui se bene agere cernit. Rubric: Eusebius in epistulis ad damasum portuensem episcopum Et theodomum [sic] senatorem Romanum capitulo xxiii ubi consolatur et hortatur eusebium ad bonum. Latin. PL 22:266. f. ii; f. ii verso blank. [Innocent III] [De Miseria Humane Conditionis]. Incipit: Semper enim mundane letitie tristicia Repentina succedit. Explicit: quia quanto plus vita procedit tanto magis ad finem accedit. Rubric: Innocencius papa In libro de miseria condicionis humane capitulo xxiii de Inopinato [sic] dolore. Latin. Excerpt. M. Maccarrone, ed., Lotharii Cardinalis (Innocentii III) De Miseria Humane Conditionis. Thesaurus Mundi (Lugano 1955) 29-30; see also R. E. Lewis, ed., Lotario dei Segni (Pope Innocent III), De Miseria Condicionis Humane (Athens, Georgia, 1978) with list of manuscripts, including HM 1068. ff. 1-61. [Ephraem] [De compunctione cordis]. Incipit: Dolor me compellit dicere sed iniquitas mea comminatur mihi ut sileam. Explicit: ut omnis anima que hoc meditatur trahatur ad vitam eternam. Ipsi gloria et Imperium in secula seculorum. Rubric: Incipit liber primus sancti effrem dyaconi de Compunctione cordis. Latin. Libri Sancti Effrem de Compunctione cordis (Freiburg im Breisgau or Basle, not after 1491); Hain 6598. The 6 chapters of the manuscript generally correspond to the 6 treatises of the printed book, except for the end of the first (f. 22 of the manuscript), where the manuscript presents a shorter version, and ends with a prayer: [f. 27] Oracio devota, Obsecro te salvator mundi Ihesu christe respice et miserere mei et libera me a multitudine iniquitatum mearum . . . f. 61. [Jerome] [De viribus illustribus]. Incipit: Effrem adossene [sic] ecclesie dyaconus multa syro sermone composuit. Explicit: decessit autem sub valente principi [sic]. Rubric: Ieronimus autem loquens de sancto effrem in libro Illustrium virorum sic ait. Latin. PL 23:746-747, for the passage speaking about Ephraem. f. 61r-v. [Verba seniorum]. Incipit: Puer erat adhuc sancte memorie effrem. Explicit: et quia sancti spiritus operacio est que egrediebatur de labiis effrem. Rubric: Item in libro qui appellatur seronticum [sic] prefatus Ieronimus sic ait. Latin. A condensation of the first and third paragraphs of the Vitae Patrum, PL 73:321. ff. 62-104. [Ailred of Rievaulx] [De Institutis Inclusarum]. Incipit: //manuum suarum opere sustentantes. Illi vero qui nec hoc sibi securum propter solitudinis libertatem. Explicit: ut apud remuneratorem meum quem expecto apud iudicem meum quem timeo pro peccatis meis intercedat. Explicit formula vite seu regula sancti anselmi cantuariensis archiepiscopi ad sororem suam reclusam. Latin. C. H. Talbot, ed.,"The De Institutis Inclusarum of Ailred of Rievaulx," Analecta Sacri Ordinis Cisterciensis 7 (1951) 167-217, here beginning defectively. ff. 104v-107. [Hours of the Conception] Rubric: Sequuntur hore concepcionis beate marie virginis a prefato beato anselmo composite, Ad matutinas. Incipit: Eya mea labia nunc anunciate. Latin. Hours of the Conception, in short form. ff. 107v-163. [Pseudo Augustine] Liber soliloquiorum. Incipit: Agnoscam te domine cognitor meus. Explicit: sed Iubilare facis omnia ossa mea et reiuviscere [sic] facis ut aquile canos meos. Explicit liber soliloquiorum beati augustini. Rubric: Incipit liber soliloquiorum sancti augustini episcopi, primum capitulum. Latin. Ps. Augustine. PL 40:863-898. ff. 163-167; ff. 167v-168v blank. [Excerpts from the church fathers]. Rubric: Sequuntur aliqua dicta egregia sanctorum et doctorum fidei catholice et primo beati bernardi. Incipit: Ut igitur ab interiori Incipiens ad exteriorem hominem sermo procedat. Explicit: Qui habet laudem dei in corde suo in postremo apud deum gaudebit et animam suam in celo mirificabit. Hec augustinus. Rubric: Sequuntur aliqua dicta egregia sanctorum et doctorum fidei catholice et primo beati bernardi. Latin. Excerpts from the church fathers. Cited are Jerome, Bernard, Maximus, Augustine and Cyril. f. i; f. i verso blank. [Alphonsus de Spina] [Fortalitium fidei]. Incipit: //demones effugasse, mortuos suscitasse, ventis Imperasse pedibusque siccis super undas maris ambulasse et alia multa miracula fecisse. Explicit: Et sic satis claret ex predictis iiii testimoniis tempus adventus messie fuisse ante destructionem secundi templi. Ex fortalicio fidei libro primo testimonio quarto. Latin. Alphonsus de Spina, Fortalitium fidei, Book 1, Consideration 3, Article 6, Point 4, Thesaurus 1, at the end, on signature e5 v of the edition printed by Johann Mentelin in Strasbourg [not after 1471]; GW 1574. Added on the back flyleaf, in the same hand as that on the front flyleaves.

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