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Satires by Persius and Juvenal : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-14v; ff. 15-17v, blank. [Persius] Satires. Incipit: O curas hominum o quantum est in rebus inane. Explicit: Inventus chrysippe tui finitor acervi. Finis. Latin. Prologue begins: Nec fonte labra prolui caballino. W. V. Clausen, ed., A. Persi Flacci et D. Iuni Iuvenalis Saturae (Oxford 1959), the satires of Persius on pp. 1-28. Listed as n. 445 in P. Scarcia-Piacentini, "Saggio di un censimento dei manoscritti contenenti il testo di Persio e gli scoli e i commenti al testo," Studi su Persio e la scoliastica persiana 3.1. Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature straniere, Università di Pisa (Rome 1973). ff. 18-98v. [Juvenal] Satires. Incipit: Semper ego auditor tantum. Explicit: Tanquam homine et ventri indulsit non omne legumen. Rubric: Liber primus Iuvenalis Satyra prima. Latin. Clausen, the satires of Juvenal on pp. 35-175; the 5-book structure indicated by running headlines for Books 1 (Sat. 1-5) and 5 (Sat. 13-16) and by the 3-line space reserved for the initial on f. 38v for the beginning of Book 2 (Sat. 6); Sat. 15 and 16 reversed; on f. 64, Sat. 9.37, the Greek has been entered in a different colored ink; on ff. 67v-68, Sat. 10.48-71 copied twice, and the text on f. 67v marked "vacat.". f. 99; f. 100r-v, blank. [Pseudo Cicero] De proprietate sermonum. Incipit: Inter polliceri et promittere hoc interest quod. Explicit: nemo ad hominem nemo id est qui nec homo. Latin. M. L. Uhlfelder, ed., De proprietate sermonum (Rome 1954) 47, sent. 1 and 2, attributed to Pseudo Cicero and to Pseudo Isidore.
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Date: [15th century]
Call number: mssEL 34 B 6
Provenance: Belonged to John Gunthorpe, dean of Wells, who was in Italy in the early 1460s (d. 1498); later owned by "Heron," when it was possibly bound with a Horace. The ownership of Gunthorpe and "Heron" is attested to by a note on f. 100v: "iuvenalis olim gunthorpi vuelli quondam decani, nunc autem heroni." Three Bridgewater pressmarks in the upper margin of f. 1:"__?___3" and "X3," both in the hand of John Egerton (1579-1649), 1st Earl of Bridgewater, both now cancelled, and "S:8./1." in the hand of the third Earl (1646-1701).
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Dimensions: 155 x 211 mm
Associated people: Gunthorpe, John, (-1498,); Gunthorpe, John, (-1498,); Bridgewater, John Egerton, (-1649,); Juvenal.; Persius.; Pseudo-Cicero.
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Satires of Juvenal and Persius : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-69v. [Juvenal]. [Satires]. Incipit: Semper ego auditor tantum nunquam ne reponam. Explicit: Ut Leti phaleris omnes et torquibus omnes. Finis Laus Deo. Bernardinus excribi fecit amicis ęque ac sibi. Latin. W. V. Clausen, ed., A. Persi Flacci et D. Iuni Iuvenalis Saturae (Oxford 1959), the satires of Juvenal on pp. 35-175; Greek omitted after"Sollicitent," Book 9.37. Each satire, except the third, proceded by the argumentum of Guarinus Veronensis; S. Endlicher, ed., Catalogus codicum philologicorum latinorum Bibliothecae Palatinae Vindobonensis (Vienna 1836) 116. f.70 blank; ff. 70v-83; ff. 83v-84 blank. [Persius]. [Satires]. Incipit: Nec fonte Labra prolui caballino...De perversis exercitationibus poetarum, O curas hominum o quantum in rebus inane. Explicit: Inventus Crisippe tui finitor acervi. Angelus scripsit. Latin. Clausen, the satires of Persius on pp. 1-28. Listed as n. 444 in P. Scarcia-Piacentini,"Saggio di un censimento dei manoscritti contenenti il testo di Persio e gli scoli e i commenti al testo," Studi su Persio e la scoliastica persiana 3.1. Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature straniere, Università di Pisa (Rome 1973).

mssHM 50

Works by and attributed to Ovid : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-43; ff. 43v-44 blank. [Ovid] Ars amatoria. Incipit: Si quis in hoc artem populo non novit amandi. Explicit: Inscribant foliis [sic] Naso magister erat. Finis. Latin. E. J. Kenney, ed., P. Ovidii Nasonis Amores, Medicamina Faciei Femineae, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris (Oxford 1961) 113-200. ff. 45-59v; f. 60r-v blank. [Ovid] De remedio amoris. Incipit: Legerat huius amor titulum nomenque libelli. Explicit: Carmine sanati foemina virque meo. Finis. Latin. Kenney (1961) 205-37. ff. 61-133. [Ovid] Heroides. Incipit: Hanc tua Penelope lento tibi mittit Ulyxes. Explicit: Ut mihi Leucadie fata petantur aquae. Latin. H. Dorrie, ed., Epistulae Heroidum (Berlin 1971) 47-286, 314-29; the letter of Sappho to Phaonis is at the end, and the letters of Oenone and Canace are preceded by the introductory couplets: f. 71v,"Nympha suo Paridi quamvis suus esse recusat/ Mittit ab Idaeis verba legenda iugis," and f. 89"[A]eolis Aeolide quam non habet ipsa salutem/ Mittit et armata verba notata manu.". f. 133r-v. Incipit: Sapho Simonis ut alii putant Eumeni, ut alii Erigii ut alii ecripti. Explicit: ex leucade se deiecit. Latin. From Suidas, Lexicon (Basle [1564]), col. 873, lines 1-23, with some variation. The note is followed by 4 couplets relating to Sappho from Antipater Sydonius, Ausonius, Papinius and Horace. ff. 133v-140; f. 140v blank. [Aulus Sabinus] Responses to the Heroides. Incipit: Pertulit ad miserum tandem tua casus Ulyxem. Explicit: Sive tuos vigiles pellere sine meos. Latin. Responses to 3 letters of the Heroides attributed to Sabinus (Ulysses to Penelope; Demophoon to Phyllis; Paris to Oenone); see Publii Ovidii Nasonis quae extant Opera Omnia, ed. N. E. Lemaire (Paris 1820) 1:17-25, 43-49, 115-21. On f. 133v, biographical note on Aulus Sabinus (A[ulus] Sabi[n]us eques Romanus celeberrimus vatesque Nasonis temporibus floruit . . . ) and 2 quotations from Ovid (Amores, 2, 18, vv. 27-34, Quam cito de toto tediit celer orbe sabinus . . . Dat votum phoebo Lesbis amica Lyrae; and Ex Ponto, 4, 16, vv. 13-16, Et qui penelope rescribere iussit Ulyxem . . . Deseruit celeri morte sabinus opus). ff. 141-186v. [Ovid] Amores. Incipit: Qui modo nasonis fueramus quinque libelli. Explicit: Post mea mansurum fata superstes opus. Latin. Kenney (1961) 5-100. f. 187r-v. [Pseudo Ovid] Pulex. Incipit: Parve pulex et amara Lues inimica puellis. Explicit: Et iam nil mallet quam sibi me socium. Latin. F. W. Lenz,"De Pulice Libellus," Maia 14 (1962) 299-333. ff. 187v-189. [Pseudo Ovid] Philomena. Incipit: Dulcis amica veni noctis solatia prestans. Explicit: Seu semper sileant sive sonare queant. Latin. For a critical edition of the text and a list of manuscripts, including HM 1038, see P. Klopsch,"Carmen de philomela," Literatur und Sprache im Europäischen Mittelalter: Festschrift für Karl Langosch zum 70 Geburtstag, ed. A. önnerfors, J. Rathofer, F. Wagner (Darmstadt 1973) 173-94. ff. 189-191. [Ovid] Medicamina faciei. Incipit: Discite que faciem commendat [sic] cura puellae. Explicit: Contereret teneris illineretque genis. Latin. Kenney (1961) 103-07. ff. 191-194. [Pseudo Ovid] Nux. Incipit: Nux ego iuncta viae cum sim sine crimine vitae. Explicit: Parcite sic coeptum perficiatis iter. Latin. F. W. Lenz, ed., P. Ovidii Nasonis Halieutica Fragmenta, Nux, Incerti Consolatio ad Liviam. Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum Paravianum (Turin 1956) 127-56. ff. 194-203; f. 203v blank. [Pseudo Ovid] Ad Liviam Augustam Consolatio. Incipit: Visa diu felix mater modo dicta neronum. Explicit: Livia funestam dedecet esse domum. Finis. Latin. Lenz (1956) 177-210.

mssHM 1038

Statutes and other legal writings : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 6-15v, 16-89v. Statuta vetera. Latin; French. On ff. 1-5v, preliminary matter. ff. 15v-16. Sententia lata super cartas. Incipit: En le noun del pier del fyz e del seynt espiryt amen. Cum nostre seignur le Roi al honur de deu e de seynt eglise e al comun profist de sun Reaum a touz lours les choses desus escrytes, Nous Roberd Erceveske de Canterbyry et primas de tut Engletere amovescoms un foyz deus foyz e troys foyz puys que la brefte del temps plus loynge demure. Explicit: e de touz les sacramentes de seynt eglise enseveroms fiat fiat amen. Rubric: Incipit sentencia lata super cartas. French. ff. 89v-100. Judicium essoniorum. Incipit: Primum capitulum de difficultate essoniorum circa viros et mulieres sive circa plures tenentes pro indiviso. Explicit: et sic procedere debent alia placita iuxta eorum discrecionem. Explicit Iudicium Essoniorum. Rubric: Summa Iudicium essoniorum. Latin. G. E. Woodbine, ed., Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts (Yale University Press 1910) 116-42. ff. 100-107. Modus componendi brevia. Incipit: Cum sit necessarium conquerentibus in Curia domini Regis ut sibi in suis casibus congruum exibeatur remedium. Explicit: Licet antecessor conquerentis de pastura illa fuerit disseysitus. Explicit modus componendi Brevia. Rubric: Modus componendi Brevia. Latin. Woodbine, Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts, 143-59, here ending incomplete with respect to the printed text. ff. 107-113v. Summa de bastardia. Incipit: Nota quod si bastardus se clamando legitimum heredem. Explicit: quamvis uxor infantis obierit dum fuerit in custodia. Nota si un hom claym par meyme la descent par bref de possessioun l'autre mette encuntre ly q'il est bastard qe unkes sun pier esposa sa mere l'enqueste deyt estre prys en la curt le Roi. Explicit Bastardia. Rubric: Sequitur Summa de Bastardia. Latin. See Woodbine, Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts, 1 and n. 3. ff. 113v-125v; ff. 125v-127v blank. Hengham Parva. Incipit: Notandum quod quinque sunt essonia. Prima de ultra mare, Secundum de terra sancta. Explicit: Quia nichil tam naturale est quam unumquisque dissolvi eo genere quo est ligatum. Explicit parvum hyngham. Rubric: Sequitur parvum hyngham. Latin. On ff. 125v-126, added material. W. H. Dunham, ed., Radulphi de Hengham Summae (Cambridge 1932) 51-71; for the passage that begins"Homagium est iuris vinculum" see G. E. Woodbine, ed., Bracton on the Laws and Customs of England, trans. and with notes by S. E. Thorne (Harvard University Press and the Selden Society 1968-77) 2:228. ff. 128-195v. [Register of writs]. Latin. Beginning with a writ of right, dated 20 Edward [I], 1291/92, with names of persons by initial only.

Selections of works against heresy : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 5-52v: [Augustine, Contra duas epistolas Pelagianorum]: Rubric: Aurelii augustini liber primus incipit contra epistolas iuliani et aliorum de heresi pelagiorum. Incipit: Noveram te quidem fama celeberrima predicante ... Explicit: et ut petant providenter instruit et petentes clementer exaudit. Explicit liber aurelii augustini contra epistolas iuliani et aliorum de heresi paelagianorum. ff. 53-55v: [Sermo arrianorum]: Rubric: Incipit sermo arrianorum. Incipit: Dominus noster ihesus christus deus unigenitus primogenitus totius creationis ... Explicit: per unigenitum eius filium deum et salvatorem nostrum in spiritu sancto nunc et per omnia secula seculorum amen. Explicit sermo arrianorum. ff. 55v-70: [Augustine, Contra arrianorum perfidiam]: Rubric: Aurelii Augustini doctoris contra istam arrianorum perfidiam liber incipit. Incipit: Eorum precedenti disputationi hac disputatione respondeo. Explicit: ne nimis longum faceremus hoc opus nostrum. Quod tandem isto fine concludimus ... Explicit liber Augustini doctoris respondentis contra Arrianorum perfidiam. ff. 70-108: [Augustine, Contra adversarium legis et prophetarum]: Rubric: Incipit eiusdem contra adversarium legis et prophetarum liber unus. Incipit: Librum quem misistis fratres dilectissimi nescio cuius hęretici inventum ... Explicit: Que si dominus voluerit quantotius explicare curabo. ff. 108-138v: [Augustine, Contra Manicheos]: Rubric: Incipit beati augustini de genesi contra manicheos liber primus. Incipit: Si eligerent manichei quos deciperent eligeremus et nos ... Explicit: et sine aliquo preiudicio diligentioris tractationis que michi videbantur exposui. [ff. 136v-138v blank]. ff. 139-162: [Pseudo Augustine, Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Coelestianos]: Rubric: Aurelii Augustini Doctoris Contra Pelagianos et Celestianos Hereticos Hypponosticon Liber Incipit. Incipit: Adversarii catholicę fidei dum contra regulam veritatis ... Explicit: gratiam predestinationis indebitam prorogare. Amen. ff. 162-172v: [Vigilius Thapsensis, Contra Felicianum arrianum]: Rubric: Contra Felicianum arrianum. Incipit: Extorsisti michi dilectissime fili optate ut de unitate trinitatis ... Explicit: Tunc separatus est a zizaniis segetem cum iustis cęperit adhibere mercedem.

mssHM 31151

Johannes Hispanus Flos decretorum ; Martin of Troppau Margarita Decreti ; and other titles : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-18. [Johannes Hispanus] Flos decretorum. Incipit: Humanum genus duobus modis regitur. Tractaturus magister Gracianus de iure canonico incipiens a capite. Explicit: quia nolebat ad novum proferre de hac materia in qua non solum verborum sed eciam novitas sentenciarum est prophana. Explicit summa numcupata flos decretorum. Rubric: Incipit flos decretorum. Latin. Schulte, 2:107-08. f. 18v; ff. 19-21v blank. Scribal colophon. Incipit: Ad honorem dei et gloriose virginis Marie et beati Petri apostolorum principis et omnium sanctorum Simon de Wederore de Trenge frater domus de Assherugge ordinis sancti Augustini Lincolniensis diocesis hunc librum scripsit. . . tertio kalendas Iulii littera dominicali .a. Anno domini Millesimo CCCmo lxviiimo. Explicit: atque in extremo examine districte subiacet ulcioni. Fiat fiat. Amen. Latin. A note below the colophon in the hand of the scribe, perhaps referring to Ps. 126, 1: nisi et cetera. H. C. Schulz, "The Monastic Library and Scriptorium at Ashridge," HLQ 1 (1938) 305-11, with the colophon printed in full. ff. 22-23. [Gregory IX] [Chapter list of Book I of the Decretals]. Incipit: De summa trinitate et fide catholica 1, De constitucionibus 2. Explicit: De verborum significacionibus 40, De regulis iuris 41. Expliciunt rubrice sive tituli decretalium. Rubric: Incipiunt tituli libri primi decretalium a domino Gregorio papa IXno compilatarum. Latin. ff. 32-277v; ff. 278v-296v blank. [Martin of Troppau] Margarita Decreti. Incipit: Aaron. Quod aaron sacerdocium approbatur dis. xxii. Sacro sancta. Item suo sacerdotio. Explicit: Quod sinenda sunt utraque crescere usque ad messem iudicii extremi et tunc angeli colligent zizaniam in fasciculos ad comburendum xxiii questio 1 paragrapho 1 ante fi. Quod zizaniam inimicus homo superseminare dicitur quando diabolus inter cardinales discordiam facit. Extravagantes 1 titulus vi de electione Licet. Amen Amen. Explicit alphabetum decreti et decretalium quod martiniana numccupatur. Deo gracias. Rubric: Incipit tabula martiniana decreti et decretalium secundum ordinem alphabeti compilata. Latin. On ff. 23v-31v, alphabetical chapter list; on ff. 227v-278, the same colophon as in Text 2. Schulte, 2:137-38. Kaeppeli, SOPMA 2973.

mssEL 7 H 8

Tenures : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-10v. [Old Tenures]. Incipit: //Tenir en pure villenage est a faire tout. Explicit: a sa partie que a luy fuist aliene et si//. French. Old Tenures, beginning defectively, continuing beyond the 1521 Pynson edition with a section on Rent annuell and a series of short definitions, Suyt service through Tenauntz en comen, which ends defectively. On ff. ii, notes, s. XVII, in Latin referring to another legal text by page number; once a separate sheet, evidently tipped in after the volume entered the Bridgewater collection: a note on the verso, "Loose leaf in T 3 8," misreading the early Bridgewater pressmark, "I.3/8.". f. 11. [Carol]. Incipit: hey noyney I wyll loue our ser Iohn & I loue eny/ o lord so swett ser Iohn dothe kys/ at euery tyme when he wolde pley. Explicit: with praty plesure For to assay/ Furres of the Fynest with other thynges. English. IMEV 2494. R. H. Robbins, ed., Secular Lyrics of the XIVth and XVth Centuries (Oxford 1955) 20-21 from this manuscript, and R. L. Greene, ed., The Early English Carols (Oxford 1977) 278 from this manuscript. The burden is repeated in the margin of f. 73v in a different form, "hey troly loly hey troly loly I must loue our sur Iohn & I loue eny o lord.". f. 11v; f. 12r-v blank but for indenture. [Sir Thomas Wyatt] [Poem]. Incipit: I must go walke þe woed so wyld/ & wander here & there/ in dred & dedly fere. Explicit: but when your bewty I do thynk/ & all For lowe off on. English. IMEV 1333. Robbins, ed., Secular Lyrics, pp. 14-15 with the 4 stanzas from this manuscript; stanzas 1-2, 4-5 of the 15 stanzas in K. Muir and P. Thomson, eds., Collected Poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt (Liverpool 1969) 150-52. Stanza 1 repeated on f. 108v, stanzas 2 and 4 repeated on f. 107v, and the first 4 lines of stanza 2 also on f. 109. ff. 13-132; f. 132v blank except for pentrials. [Sir Thomas Littleton] Tenures. Incipit: Tenant en Fee simple est celuy qi ad terres ou tenementz a tener a luy et a sez heures a toutz iours. Explicit: plus tost aviendra a la certeynte et a la conusaunce de la ley. Lex plus laudatur quando racione probatur. Expliciunt nove tenure secundum Lyteltoun. French. T. E. Tomlins, ed., Lyttleton, his treatise of tenures in French and in English (London 1841).

mssEL 34 B 60 (EL 1160)

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