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Rosarium sermonum
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Manuscripts
ff. 1-151v: [Rosarium, first leaf missing]: Incipit: //unde augustinus super Iohannem omelia finali Petrus apostolus ... Explicit: et Iacobus 3o ubi enim est zelus et contencio ibi inconstancia et omne opus pravum et cetera. [rubric erased]. ff. 152-154: [Liturgical and theological texts; includes]: Gloriam propriam querit ... [brief gloss on John 7, 18]; a series of biblical passages supporting the articles of the Creed; [musical notation:] Sex sunt note in quibus totus cantus disponitur, scilicet ut re mi fa sol la. Ut prima petri 2o, Ut abstineatis vos a carnali et spirituali desiderio illicito; Re Iacobi 4o, Re sistite diabolo et fugiet a vobis ... Et si quis has notas transgreditur deo discordat; Genesis ex le nu deu Iosue iudicumque ... [Walther, Initia 7140; mnemonic verses in syllables for the order of the books of the Bible, the numbers of the chapters written above the name of each book]; a short outline of biblical passages to be read throughout the periods of the liturgical year with a note on their relationship to the year; Confortat stimulat arcet ... [12 verbs, each with a biblical reference suprascript]; [G]allus habet 7 proprietates. Prima est antequam cantat verberat se alis suis ... [paragraph with moralization on the "gallus" to mankind]; Marchus romanis sed iohannis asianis/ Lucas achaiis matheus scribit ebreis [Walther, Initia 10679, in a second hand]; Sectus ysaias lapidatus et ieremias ...[Walther, Initia 17447, in the second hand]; Barnardus, multiplica prebendas, labora ad archidiaconatum aspr[...damaged] ad episcopatum gradatim ascendes sed in puncto ad inferna descend[...damaged] [in the first hand]; Cur homo torquetur: ut ei meritum cummuletur ... ne fastus ei dominetur ... [Walther, Initia 3927, in a third hand, written in distinctio form, each line followed by the revelant biblical source]; Iob probat inclinat paulum sese manifestat/ In ceco purgat maria punit herodem [Walther, Initia 9864, in the third hand]; under the heading De hereditate sacerdocium, a list of biblical sources in a fourth hand. f. 154: [Historical verses, includes]: Mens caro conardus cui lex improperabit/ princeps edwardus caroli sedem vacavit; Christi millenis ter c decies quarter annis/ ffrancorum venus rubet equorum luce Iohannis/ De quo gaudere potest anglia Francia flere; Ter c M decies sex unus et ille/ luce tua maure vehemens fuit impetus aure; Schrevesbery, Anno domini millesimo ccccmo tercio fuit bellum apud Schrevesbery.
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