Manuscripts

Polychronicon : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-281. [Ranulph Higden]. [Polychronicon]. Incipit: Ex senatus consultu censuit Iulius cesar. Explicit: utrimque discessum est. Rubric: De orbis dimensione. Priscianus in cosmografia. Latin. C. Babington and J. R. Lumby, eds., Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden monachi cestrensis. Rolls Series 41 in 9 volumes (London 1865-86) through 8:336 line 15. This manuscript in Ranulf Higden's hand represents his final recension of the Polychronicon, and is essentially what was printed as the E text; see V. H. Galbraith, "An Autograph Manuscript of Ranulph Higden's Polychronicon," Huntington Library Quarterly 23 (1959-60) 1-18 with plate of f. 281 and other small portions, J. Taylor, The Universal Chronicle of Ranulf Higden (Oxford 1966) esp. 92-96, and A. Gransden, Historical Writing in England (London 1982) 2:44-45 and pl. 2. The text is preceded by four prefaces; on f. 4v, there is a map of the world. On f. 281r-v, additions to the Polychronicon, 1340-48, evidently in Higden's hand with variations in ink color suggesting that they were not copied continuously, and with the final entry for 1352; ff. 282-283v, ruled, but blank; ff. 284-293v, alphabetical subject index referring to book and chapter. f. 294; ff. 294v-309v blank. Five Ages of the World. Incipit: Prima etas ab adam. Explicit: secundum verissimam [sic, but traced over the original script] vc xc vi. Latin. Note by Higden on the 5 ages of the world.

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 : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-38v. Statuta vetera. Latin; French. ff. 38v-44v. Fet asaver. Incipit: Fet asaver que au comencement de chescun play que est plede en la Court le rey. Explicit: Mes si la terre luy fust donee en franc mariage donc covendra que ele seit//. Rubric: Incipit Summa Fet asaver. French. G. E. Woodbine, ed., Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts (Yale University Press 1910) 53-96, here ending defectively. ff. 45-50. Hengham Parva. Incipit: //Et iacet solummodo in omni breve de recto ante apparenciam. Explicit: Si compertus fuit ille qui primo cassavit breve verus tenens. Explicit Summa de quinque essoniis. Latin. W. H. Dunham, ed., Radulphi de Hengham Summae (Cambridge 1932) 54-71, the "Summa Parva" here beginning defectively. ff. 50-54. Judicium essoniorum. Incipit: Primum capitulum de difficultate essoniorum circa viros et mulieres. Explicit: et sic procedere debent ad alia placita iuxta eorum discrecionem. Explicit Summa Iudicium essoniorum. Rubric: Incipit Summa Iudicium essoniorum. Latin. Woodbine, 116-42. ff. 54-59; f. 59v blank. Cadit assisa. Incipit: Rex vicecomiti salutem. Si Adam Bonde fecerit te securum de clamore suo prosequendo. . ., Cadit assisa si petatur tenementum per assisam. Explicit: si petens ius petendi remanebit possessio suo loco ut predictum est. Rubric: Incipit Summa Cadit assisa. Latin. See Woodbine, p. 1 and n. 4 giving references to Bracton; the text is preceded by an assize of mort d'ancestor by Adam Bonde in the time of Edward I. ff. 60-83v. Latin. Beginning with a writ of right to the sheriffs of London (no names given) and ending defectively in a note concerning disseisin of husband and wife.

mssHM 946

Pharsalia : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

f. 1. [Epitath of Lucan]. Incipit: Corduba me genuit rapiunt nero prelia dixi. Explicit: Que tractim serpant plus michi coma placent. Latin. Epitaph of Lucan; Walther, Initia 3329. ff. 2-72v. [Lucan] Pharsalia. Incipit: Bella per hemathios plusquam civilia campos. Explicit: Deformem pallore d[ucem voltusque prementem]//. Latin. C. Hosius, ed., M. Annaei Lucani Belli Civilis Libri decem (Leipzig 1913) 1-229, through Book 8.56.

mssHM 1032

Vox clamantis and other Latin poems : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 4-183v. [John Gower] Vox clamantis. Incipit: Scripture veteris capiunt exempla futuri. Explicit: Que meruit fata sunt sibi fine data. Explicit libellus qui intitulatur Vox clamantis. Rubric: Incipit Cronica que Vox clamantis dicitur, In huius opusculi principio intendit compositor describere. English. G. C. Macaulay, ed., The Complete Works of John Gower (Oxford 1902)"Latin Works" 4:3-313; this manuscript described on pp. lxv-lxvi where it is said to be related to London, Brit. Lib., Cotton Tiberius A.iv in text and spelling; see also J. H. Fisher, John Gower, Moral Philosopher and Friend of Chaucer (New York 1964) 101-02, where HM 150 is placed in the C Version, and dated on the basis of textual evidence between ca. 1392 and 1399. The first leaves, ff. 1-3v, blank except for modern title and verses, s. XV, on f. 1:" Si decies quinque cum quinque velis numerare/ ysak adde caput caput et ter nominum [?] illud" (a political prophecy? See Ward, Cat. of Romances, 1:311). On ff. 4-13v are the chapter list, the quatrain ("Ad mundum mitto mea iacula dumque sagitto. . ."), and the picture of Gower shooting at the world; the text itself begins on f. 14. The bifolium, ff. 119-120, is bound in reverse order. ff. 184-188v. [John Gower] Carmen super multiplici Viciorum Pestilencia. Incipit: Quod patet ad limen instanti tempore crimen. Explicit: Pax manet absque dolo longaque vita datur. Explicit. Rubric: Contra demonis astuciam in causa lollardie. Latin. Macaulay, here skipping some verses with respect to the printed text: 346-48; 348-50; 352-54; 350-52. ff. 188v-190v. [John Gower] De lucis scrutinio. Incipit: Heu quia per crebras humus est viciata tenebras. Explicit: Lucis solamen det sibi christus Amen. Explicit tractatus de lucis scrutineo. Rubric: Incipit tractatus de lucis scrutinio quam a diu viciorum tenebre prothdolor suffocarunt. Latin. Macaulay, 355-57. ff. 190v-192v; ff. 193-194v blank. [John Gower] O deus immense. Incipit: Cultor in ecclesia qui deficiente sophia. Explicit: Aufert hoc nemo quod dabis ipse deo. Explicit. Rubric: Incipit carmen quod Iohannes Gower tempore regis Ricardi secundi dum vixit ultimo composuit, O Deus inmense sub quo dominantur in ense. Latin. Macaulay, here skipping some verses with respect to the printed text: 362-64; 368; 367; 368.

mssHM 150

Statutes : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-214v; ff. 215-217v blank. [Statuta vetera]. Latin; French. See below for 17 other texts that occupy sections of this codex. On ff. 209-210v, list of contents of the volume (for ff. 1-140v), followed by chapter lists of the Magna Carta, of the provisions of Merton, of the statutes of Marlborough, Westminster I, Gloucester and Westminster II. f. 8r-v. Sententia lata super cartas. Incipit: En le noun del pere e del fiz e seynt espirit. Cum nostre seignur le Roi al honur de dieu e del seynt eglise e a commun profit de tut le Reaume est grante pur luy. . .Nous Roberd Ercevesqe de Caunterbury e Primat de tut Engleterre amovescoms un foiz deus foiz e trois foiz puisse qe le brefte du tems plus longe delaie. Explicit: e de touz les sacrementz de seynt Eglise desceveroms. Fiat fiat amen. Rubric: Incipit sentencia super cartas lata. French. ff. 51v-52, 144v-145, 149-200v, 208v, 211v-212. [Materials relating to Scarborough]. Latin. For the register of writs on ff. 149-200v, please see entry for that text. ff. 73-84. Fet asaver. Incipit: Fet asaver a comencement de chesqun ple q est plede en la court le Roy. . .[f. 83v:] s'il n'ad renable enchesoun pur quay il n'y ad fet venir. Rex vicecomiti salutem. Precipimus tibi sicut alias tibi Precepimus quod corpus Rogeri Glere de Linne. Explicit: oportebit de corpore suo vel de predicto debito respondere. Et habeas ibi hoc breve. Explicit summa Fet asaver. French. G. E. Woodbine, ed., Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts (Yale University Press 1910) 53-115, followed straight on by a writ to arrest Roger Glere de Linne in execution of a recognizance made at Shrewsbury before Thomas Callou and Robert de Bockesers, clerk of the recognizances, to pay a debt to Richard, son of Richard de Bergh on 24 August 1299. ff. 84-104. Hengham Magna. Incipit: Licet ordo placitandi in curia domini Regis per leges et consuetudines Regni. Explicit: si docatur quod is de cuius seisina petit actor non fuisse in seysina rei petite tempore Ricardi Regis Avunculi Regis Henrici patris regis Edwardi sic peremptorie deciditur actio actoris. Explicit Summa Magnum Heyngham. Rubric: Incipit Magnum Heyngham. Latin. W. H. Dunham, ed., Radulphi de Hengham Summae (Cambridge 1932) 1-50. ff. 104-109v. Summa bastardie. Incipit: Nota quod si Bastardus se clamando legitimum heredem. Explicit: quamvis uxor infantis obierit dum fuerit in custodia. Nota si un home cleyme par meme le descent en bref de possession e l'autre met encountre Ly q'il est bastard qe unkes son pere esposa sa mere deit estre deit estre [sic] pris en la Curt le Roy. Explicit summa Bastardye. Rubric: Incipit summa Bastardye. Latin; French. Woodbine, Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts, p. 1 and n. 3. ff. 109v-118v. Hengham Parva. Incipit: Quinque sunt essonia primum de ultra mare secundum de terra sancta. . .si compertus fuisset tenens. Homagium est iuris vinculum quo quis astringitur ad warantizandum. Explicit: et si uterque consenserit potest homagium dissolvi quia nichil tam naturaliter et cetera. Explicit Summa Parvum Heyngham. Rubric: Incipit Parvum Heyngham. Latin. Dunham, Radulphi de Hengham Summae, 51-71; for the passage "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. 118v-123v. Modus componendi brevia. Incipit: Cum sit necessarium conquerentibus in Curia domini Regis ut in suis casibus congruum exhibeatur remedium. Explicit: licet antecessor conquerentibus de pastura illa fuerit disseisitus. Explicit summa cum sit Necessarium. Rubric: Incipit Summa Cum Sit Necessarium. Latin. Woodbine, Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts, under the title "Modus componendi brevia," pp. 143-59, ending incomplete with respect to the printed text. ff. 123v-126. De corona. Incipit: Eodem modo quo quis feloniam facere potest interficiendo alium idem feloniam facere potest interficiendo se ipsum. Rubric: Incipit tractatus de Corona. Latin. nec sunt per plegios dimittendi nisi sit ex speciali precepto domini Regis et tunc fiat de hiis quod ser__?___itis fit de aliis et cetera. Explicit tractatus Corone. ff. 126v-128. Articuli corone. Incipit: Dictum est ut supra quod nemo potest habere Curiam suam de probatore et latrone cognoscente videamus ergo que placita pertinent ad Curiam et que ad Comitatum. Explicit: quod femine imponunt viro alicui de quo se dicit violenter oppressam et contra pacem domini Regis. Explicit Officium Corone. Rubric: Incipiunt articuli corone. Latin. ff. 129-130. De antiquo dominico corone. Incipit: Licet in antiquo dominico Corone non currat aliquod breve nisi parvum breve de Recto clausum. Explicit: propter quod si ego fuissem assignatus Iusticiarius ego secure procedere ad assisam sicut conueti [sic for "consuevi"] quid alii faciunt ignoro et cetera. Rubric: Incipiunt statuta de antiquo dominico Corone. Latin. A. J. Horwood, ed., Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the first, years XX and XXI. RS 39 pt. 16 (London 1866) xviii-xix , here ending incomplete with respect to the printed text. ff. 133-140v; f. 141r-v blank. Cadit assisa. Incipit: Edwardus dei gratia Rex Anglie Dominus Hibernie et dux Aquitanie vicecomitibus London. salutem. Si Willelmus de Kyrkeby. . ., Cadit assisa si petatur tenementum vel servicium per assisam. Explicit: sic inde [cancelled] probatur __?___ recte ut de Itinere W[illelmi] de R[alegha] in Comitatu [catchword:] Cantie//. Rubric: Incipit quedam summa cadit assisa. Latin. See Woodbine, Four Thirteenth Century Law Tracts, p. 1 and n. 4 giving references to Bracton; the text is preceded by an assize of mort d'ancestor by William of Kyrkby in the time of Edward I. ff. 143v-144. [Medical astrology]. Incipit: Mens Ianuarius vinum ieiunus bibe. Latin. Other texts in this section include: Magister philosophorum computavit omnes malos dies tocius anni periculosos et sunt xxxta duos dies. . .[list of the dies nefasti or aegyptiaci in each month for beginning a new project, bloodletting or taking medicine]; Si quis in septimo die mensis marcii de dextro brachio sanguine minuerit. . .[bloodletting on special days to avoid loss of eyesight and fevers; special days in which to be born so as to never fall ill]. f. 145. [Claim to liberties]. Incipit: Iste libertates clamant habere ab antiquo. Burgenses clamant rendere dare et legare terras suas in lecto mortali. Explicit: Item habent placita que pertinent ad portum maris. Latin. ff. 145v-146. [Against abuses]. Incipit: De Articulis qui domini Regis scutagium contingunt. De magnatibus et aliis venientibus hospitaturis ad domos Religiosorum per gubernatorem earundem. Explicit: secundum quod in eisdem statutis continetur. Latin. Index of articles, largely against abuses by royal and franchisal officers. ff. 146v-148. Incipiunt Cronice Anglie [i.e. Chronology of England]. Incipit: Scire cupiens quis subscriptas interrogaciones de cronicis ponat prius annum dominicum in presenciarum ultimum. . .; Sepes trina canes et equus hominesque subaddas/ Cervos et corvos aquilas in maria cete. . .; Anni ab origine mundi __?___ septuaginta interpretes sunt. Anni ab incarnacione domini xxvus die marcii. Explicit: Qui vus die februarii in Angliam rediens xx die mensis eiusdem apud Westmonasterium est coronatus. Rubric: Incipiunt Cronice Anglie. Latin. Computistic material, 5 verses to determine the number of years between Adam and Christ, and a brief chronology from the birth of Christ to the coronation of Edward II in 1308; material on ff. 201-202 possibly intended as a continuation of this text. On f. 148, medical recipe added by a different hand. On ff. 148-149, writ in French to the sheriff of Yorkshire. ff. 149-200v. [Register of writs]. Latin. Register of writs, beginning with a writ of right brought by William of Scarborough against H. de Rostoun; text ends defectively in a writ to the justices of the forest beyond the Trent concerning the lawing of dogs. ff. 201-202. [Chronology of England]. Incipit: Anno domini Mo CCCo xi quinto kalendas Octobris ordinaciones cum exilio petri de gaveston cui Rex Edwardus filius Regis Edwardi contulit comitatum cornubie. Explicit: interfecti sunt scotti xxx Milia per Regem Edwardum tercium post conquestum. Latin. Chronology of the years 1311-33, apparently intended as a continuation of the material on ff. 146v-148. Flyleaf, f. iii: f. 1r-v. [Gradual]. Latin. For the mass of the third Sunday in Lent and the following Monday. Layout: 10 lines of text and music. Music: English square notation on 4-line red staves. Constitutes flyleaf, f. iii, in the parent volume. Assigned Date: s. XIII.

Chronicles : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

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.

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