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[Piers Plowman; Mandeville; Troilus; etc., middle of the 15th century]
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Collection of Middle English texts, comprised of Langland's Piers Plowman in the B-text with substantial readings from A and C; a defective version, subgroup B, of Mandeville's Travels; the Middle English poem Susannah; "The legend of the Three Kings" an excerpt from John of Hildesheim's Historia Trium Regum; Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde; and a translation of Peter Ceffons' Epistola Luciferi ad Cleros.
mssHM 114
Fragment from Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica : [manuscript]
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ff. 1-10v. [Peter Comestor, Historia scholastica; sections of 2 and 3 Kings, Daniel, Judith and Ester]: Incipit: //veniet tibi fames in regno tuo, aut tribus mensibus fugies adversarios tuos ... Explicit: respondit, sed paulo post tempore usque ad//.
mssHM 25780
Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica and Peter of Poitiers' Historia actuum apostolorum : [manuscript]
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f. i: [Old Testament genealogies schematically displayed in an English hand of the end of the thirteenth or early fourteenth century; f. i verso, blank, except for ownership mark] ff. 1-246: [Peter Comestor, Historia scholastica]: Prologue: Reverendo patri et domino Willelmo dei gratia senonensi archiepiscopo ... Causa suscepti laboris fuit instans petitio sociorum ... Incipit: Imperatorie maiestatis est in palatio tres habere mansiones ... Explicit: et nota differentiam, translatus enoch subvectus est helyas, ascendit ihesus propria sui virtute. Explicit hystoria evangelium. ff. 246-278v: [Peter of Poitiers, Historia actuum apostolorum]: Rubric: Incipiunt capitula hystorie actuum apostolorum. Incipit: Anno nonodecimo imperii tyberii cesaris adhuc procuratore iudee pilato ... Explicit: et in loco honorabili scilicet in cathacumbis. Explicit hystoria Actum apostolorum Radulph[i?].
mssHM 34807
Historical miscellany : [manuscript]
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Part 1. ff. 1-25v. [Geoffrey of Monmouth] Historia regum Britanniae. Incipit: //deinde hortabatur Britones ad insequendum festinatum triumphum promittens. Explicit: cum non habeant illum librum Britannici sermonis quem Walterus Oxonfordensis archidiaconus ex Britannia advexit quem de historia eorum veraciter editum in honore predictorum principum hoc modo in latinum sermonem transferre curavi. Latin. A. Griscom, ed., The Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth (London 1929) 321-536, Bk. 4, 13-Bk. 11; present manuscript noted on pp. 571, 584. Part 1. f. 25v. Hec sunt nomina Regum Anglie et tempora regni illorum Kings of Britain. Incipit: Primus rex Anglie hyne vocabatur, hic regnavit xxxviii annis. Explicit: henricus vitus filius eius. Rubric: Hec sunt nomina Regum Anglie et tempora regni illorum. Latin. List of the kings of Britain from Ine to Henry VI (1421-71) with the lengths of their reigns; the last seven, Edward I-Henry VI, added to the original list in a different colored ink. Part 1. f. 26r-v. D[e Re]gibus Anglie post conquestum Kings of Britain. Incipit: Sanctus Edwardus confessor Rex Anglorum quia filium nec filiam fratrem vel sororem habuit. Explicit: duxit in uxorem Isabellam filiam Regis francie//. Rubric: D[e Re]gibus Anglie post conquestum. Latin. To Edward II and Edward III; lower edge of sheet destroyed. Part 1.ff. 27-28v. Prophetia de Rege Edwardo iiio et de sequela sua Prophecy. Incipit: Tunc suscitabit dominus in Britannia aprum in foresta ventosa et erit iuvenis in tempore suo coronam saxonum portabit in vita patris sui. Explicit: usque ad tempus portabit et post illud tempus cessabunt Reges esse quasi ubique et erit novum seculum. Rubric: Prophetia de Rege Edwardo iiio et de sequela sua. Latin. Political prophecy on Edward III as the boar; other figures are "foresta ventosa" (Windsor), "in mari mortuo" (Roger Mortimer), "retrogradus cancer" (King Philip of France), "lilium" (France), "Aquila" (?), "porcellus" (the Black Prince), "flores deliciarum" (England?), "gens sine capite" (?); notes in the margins in the hand of the scribe are "Bellum de hog[? cropped]" (? Sluys, 1340), "Bellum de Cressy" (1346), "Obsidio calesie" (1348), "Pestilencia magna" (1348-50), "Captatio Regis Francorum" (1356). Part 1. ff. 29-37; f. 37v, blank. Incipit prologus fratris Nicholai Trevet de ordine predicatorum in Annales Regum Anglie qui a Comitibus Andegavensibus suam traxerunt originem secundum lineam masculinam. Incipit: Ut autem comodius iuxta nostram intencionem. Explicit: concessum est eis ut si vacantes ecclesie eos vocarent earum fierent presules. Mortuo Ricardo episcopo Londoniensi//. Rubric: Incipit prologus fratris Nicholai Trevet de ordine predicatorum in Annales Regum Anglie qui a Comitibus Andegavensibus suam traxerunt originem secundum lineam masculinam. Latin. Kaeppeli, SOPMA 3149. T. Hog, ed., Fratris Nicholai Triveti Annales. English Historical Society 9 (London 1845) 1-54, ending unfinished at the year 1163. Part 2. ff. 38-45v; f. 46 blank. Treatise on Chess. Incipit: Seignurs une poy entendez/ vous qi les gius d'eches amez/ Et ieo une partis vous dirray/ Selonc ce j'apris ay. Explicit: et plus pres de son Roc et issi la suyera d'eques ac mat. French. Treatise on the game of chess, in verse alternating with 10 prose sections, and 12 diagrams in red and black of model moves. See description by Warner and Gilson of London, Brit. Lib., Roy. 13.A.XVIII. A. Långfors, Les Incipit des poèmes français antérieurs au XVIe siècle (Paris [1917]) p. 383. Part 2. ff. 46v-54v. [Petrus Alphonsi] De disciplina clericali. Incipit: Ennok philosophus qui lingua arabica cognominatur edric filio suo dixit. Explicit: laminam vidit mar//. Latin. PL 157:671-705, here with all 32 tales complete and in the order described by Ward, Cat. of Romances 2:235-47; the lower margin of the last leaf badly deteriorated with loss of text, leaving only enough to show that this copy originally ended with the Epitaph in the Cemetery.
[Brut chronicle, middle of the 15th century]
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A legendary and historical chronicle of England named after its first hero, Brutus, a descendent of Aeneas and the epic founder of Britain. It begins with Brutus' conquest of Albion and continues through the death of Henry V and the assumption of the crown by Henry VI. Also includes an epitome of English history, a prophecy and medical recipes.
mssHM 136
Chronicles : [manuscript]
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ff. 1-2. [Isidore] [Etymologies]. Incipit: Prima etas in exordio [sui] continet creacionem mundi. Explicit: Residuum sexte etatis tempus deo soli est cognitum. Rubric: Incipit liber v Rubrica de discripcione temporum ysidorus. Latin. Isidore, Etymologies, Bk. 5, ch. 39, PL 82:224-228. f. 2v. [Divisiones episcopatum yspanie tempore Regis Vambe = Dioceses in Spain]. Incipit: Theodosius fuit rex catholicus et fecit celebrare concilium in gallecia apud Lucensem urbem et divisit omnes dioceses inter omnes episcopos gallecie sicut hic scriptum est. Ad kathedram bracarensem dedit ecclesias. Explicit: postea divisit sedes narbonem et sunt ix sed non curavi hic ponere nomina eorum. Rubric: Divisiones episcopatum yspanie tempore Regis Vambe. Latin. ff. 2v-3v. [Ista sunt concilia que facta fuerunt in yspania Councils of the church of Spain]. Incipit: Concilium primum fuit yspania Elibertanum xviii episcoporum temporibus constantini gestum eodem tempore quo enicena [sic] sinodus habita est. Explicit: petrus elborensis, aloarius ubi est modo civitatem caliabriensem [sic]. Expliciunt concilia id est numerus conciliorum yspanie prout inveni in libro canonum. Rubric: Ista sunt concilia que facta fuerunt in yspania. Latin. Resumé of the headings and lists of bishops from Isidore, Concilia Hispaniae, PL 84:301-626. ff. 3v-6. [Incipit istoria gotica edita a Roderico toletane ecclesie sacerdote Chapter list of histoires of R. Jiménez de Rada]. Incipit: i, De Europa et generacione Iaphet. Explicit: ccciiii, De monarchia yuceh citra mare et ultra mare. Explicit. Rubric: Incipit istoria gotica edita a Roderico toletane ecclesie sacerdote. Latin. Chapter list to the histories of Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, archbishop of Toledo, contained in this manuscript. f. 6r-v. [Noticia sedium cathedralium hispanie = List of the dioceses of Spain]. Incipit: Tolleto metropoli, Oreto. Explicit: Dominus philippus Fater [sic] domini regis Ramundus. Hic fuit primus loco prelati in ecclesia hispalensis ex quo modo fuit capta per christianos. Explicit. Rubric: Noticia sedium cathedralium hispanie. Latin. Includes a reference to"Gundisalvus qui nunc est"; his dates are 1280-99?. ff. 6v-8v.[Hic qui secuntur fuerunt regis gothorum = Kings of Spain]. Incipit: Era ccc lxxxi, Regnavit athanaricus primus Rex gothorum xiiii annis. Explicit: et fuit primus rex in navarra. Rubric: Hic qui secuntur fuerunt regis gothorum. Latin. Includes a reference to"Alfonsus qui nunc est quem deus dirigat" (his dates are 1252-1284), to"Dionisius [1279-1325] qui nunc est" (his dates are 1279-1325) and to James"qui habet regnum maioricorum" (his dates are 1276-1311). ff. 9-75v. [Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada] Historia gothica. Incipit: Ut veritas genesis attestatur quam moyses scripsit. Explicit: et multa alia quorum esset narrare. Hoc opusculum ut scivi et potui consumavi anno incarnationis domini M cc xliii Era MCC lxxxi Anno xxvi regni fernandi regis v feria pridie kalendas aprilis anno pontificatus nostri xxxiii Sede apostolica adhuc vacante anno uno mensibus viii diebus x gregorio papa ix viam universe carnis ingresso. Rubric: Incipit hystoria Gothica edita a Roderico Tolletane ecclesie sacerdote. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Gothica in A. Schott, ed., Hispania Illustrata (Frankfurt 1603) 2:26-148. M. C. Diaz y Diaz, Index Scriptorum Latinorum Medii Aevi Hispanorum (Salamanca 1958-59) 1241. Here preceded by a dedication and a prologue. ff. 75v-78v. [Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada] Historia romanorum. Incipit: Principium autem regum lacii istud fuit. Explicit: et variorum presidium tiranide lacerata. Rubric: De regibus lacii, ccxxi. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Romanorum in Schott, 2:186-95. Diaz y Diaz 1245. ff. 78v-83. [Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada] Historia hunnorum. Incipit: Hugnorum origo ut reffert antiquitas ita cepit. Explicit: gallia gothica in hyspaniam transtulerunt. Rubric: De origine hugnorum. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Hunnorum in Schott, 2:151-59. Diaz y Diaz 1243. ff. 83-84v. [Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada] Historia ostrogothorum et visigothorum. Incipit: Mortuo athilla Walamen rex astrogothorum et albaricus rex gepidarum. Explicit: qui in hispaniis et gallia gothica regnaverunt. Rubric: De Regibus astrogothorum et actibus theodorici, ccxlix,. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Ostrogothorum et Visigothorum in Schott, 2: 148-51. Diaz y Diaz 1242. ff. 84v-97. [Rodrgo Jiménez de Rada] Historia arabum. Incipit: Anno leovigildi regis gothorum ix Era de prima. Explicit: sed quia de adventu eorum in hystoria Gothica fuimus prosecuti hic nolumus iterare. Explicit Era M CC et lxxiiii. Laus tibi sit christe quoniam liber explicit iste. Rubric: Incipit historiam [sic] arabum de origine et exordio Mahometi, cclvi. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Arabum in Schott, 2:162-86. Diaz y Diaz 1244. f. 97r-v. [Hugh of St. Cher] Speculum ecclesie. Incipit: Dicit apostolus ad ephesios vi. Induite vos armatura dei ut possitis stare adverssus insidias diaboli. Hec armatura est vestis sacerdotalis significativa septemplicis virtutis. Explicit: mentis amaritudo in speculis mulierum. Rubric: Incipit speculum ecclesie. Incipit tractatus domini Hugonis cardinalis de ordine misse et sacerdotalium indumentorum signifficatione. Latin. Hugh of St. Cher, Speculum ecclesie, short extract containing the first and part of the second chapter; cf. Hain 8977-8992. ff. 97v-145. [Martinus Oppaviensis] Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum. Incipit: Sicut dicit Orosius ad beatum augustinum scribens a mundi creacione. Explicit: Nicholaus iii Nacione Rome anno domini M cc lxxvii sedit. Amen. Hic finit ystoria romanorum pontificum usque ad tempora nostra. Rubric: Incipit Cronica fratris Martini penetenciarii domini pape et capellani . . . De quatuor regnis maioribus. Latin. Kaeppeli, SOPMA 2974. L. Weiland, ed., Martini Oppaviensis Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum (Hannover 1872) MGH Scriptores 22:397-474, here conflating the pope and emperor lists; Weiland's recension C, as it extends to Nicholas II (1277) and includes the narration on the 4 reigns after the prologue, the section on Pope Joan (f. 131) and numerous other interpolations. ff. 145-152v. Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri. Incipit: Fuit quidam rex anthiocus nomine a quo ipsa civitas. Explicit: unum in templo ephesiorum alterum blibiotece [sic] sue. Expliciunt gesta piissimi regis appolloni tyri. Rubric: Et incipit quedam ystoria satis apposito nostro remota est tamen in se admirabilis et sic proponere eam hic voluimus qualiter contigit de quodam rege antiochie qui antiochus vocabatur,. Latin. G. A. A. Kortekaas, ed., Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri (Groningen 1984); listed p. 20. ff. 152v-158v. [Dares Phrygius] De excidio Troiae historia. Incipit: Pleyas rex ypolopense [sic] fratrem habuit hesonem. Explicit: palemonem ephistrophum et Scedium. Explicit ystoria troyanorum. Rubric: Hic incipit alia ystoria grecorum et troyanorum de rege pleya et iason filio hesonis fratre eius. Latin. F. Meister, ed., Daretis Phrygii De excidio Troiae historia (Leipzig 1873), with introductory epistle and the 2 supplementary sections on the casualties of the Greeks and the Trojans. ff. 159-178v. [Saba Malaspina] Rerum sicularum historia. Incipit: Tempore autem domini innocencii vi Rex Karolus regnum posolimitanum [sic] ex concessione cuiusdam domicelle. Explicit: Sique dum ad domum tamen dicti henrici cathalani vota sua convertunt et illuc dirigunt manus armatas paucos [catchword:] gallicos//. Rubric: Hic incipit ystoria de hiis que contigerunt in sicilia tempore regis karoli. Latin. Saba Malaspina, Rerum sicularum historia, Bk. 6, ch. 5-Bk. 10, chap. 5 (breaking defectively) in G. del Re, ed., Cronistie scrittori sincroni della dominazione normanna (Naples 1845-68) 2:307-80; listed in A. Nitschke,"Untersuchungen zu Saba Malaspina," Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters 12 (1956) 160 n. 1.