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Legal formulary, etc., in Latin, French and English : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 9-12v. Treatise on Courts Leet. Incipit: All maner of persons which owe sute to this court or lete come forthe and answer for yower namys as ye be callid upon. Explicit: Also of all such persons as holde eny erroneose oppynyons or use to teche or preche eny heresye. Rubric: Modus observandi curiam cum leta sive visu franciplegii sequuntur hoc modo. Latin; English. On ff. 1-8, alphabetical index to the volume with reference to folio number. ff. 13-30v; ff. 31-32v blank. Treatise on Courts Baron. Incipit: And as for the Court Baron ye shall fyrst inquyre of all such persons as owe deuty to this court. Explicit: Et sachez que en cheste court sont comprisez iii chosez ... il revyendra et pledra en barre &c. Rubric: Le charge del Court baron. Latin; English; French. ff. 33-65; ff. 65v-69v blank. Tractatus Justicia Pacis. [Abridgment of Statutes concerning Justices of the Peace]. Incipit: What persons shulde bee Justices of peas ther auctoryte & power the forme of ther charge & whereoff they maye enquyre consequently as appereth drawen oute of dyvers statutes that is to seye ffyrst what persons shulde bee Justices &c. Rubric: Tractatus Justicia Pacis. Latin. ff. 70-170v. Formulary of Legal Documents. Latin; English. Formulary for, e.g., letters, indentures of apprenticeship, the documents of the office of the clerk of the peace, presentments, conveyancing, leases, testimonial letters, bills of sale, letters of safe conduct, of presentation of a living, of supplication to the king, of manumission, of licence in mortmain, of enfeoffment in mortmain, forms of declaration of banns of marriage, form of a last will and testament, of an obligation, statement of conditions for arbitration, form of a codicil to a loan agreement, form of agreement for discharge of a loan, conditions for determining a loan agreement on death, form of quittance for payment, form of general relears from a loan, supplications in law, form of the oath of the king to maintain the traditional rights of all parties, memorandum of the powers of the Officers of Escheat, etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1500 and 1515]
Call number: mssHM 67911
Provenance: Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, January 2004. Inscribed with a variety of names and pen-trials, s. XVI to s. XVIII: "Capell" (f. 170v); "John", "William", "James Parker", and with phrases in French and English, and "Antonius Somers iii [in?] propria" (f. 172v); "margarita", "Drémare", "William" (f. 173); "John Lambe", "antonius" (f. 174); "Wildersh" (f. 174), "William", "Thomas", "Billingsley" (f. 175v), "Roger Addams" (f. 177). With the armorial bookplate, s. XVIII(?), with crest and name of "George Thornhill Esqr", engraved by Mitchell of Bond St (f. iii), perhaps the man of this name admitted to the Inner Temple in 1755. An old paper leaf (f. iv), perhaps a former flyleaf, is inscribed with a table of contents, s. XIXex or XX. Even if not written there, in East Anglia by the twentieth century, when bound at Wymondham. Lic. Milton F. Rúa: his sale at Sotheby's, New York, 13 June 1991 (which states, opposite lot 105, "almost all of Lic. Rúa's collection was formed in the 1960s"), lot 118, (mis-) described as mid to late fifteenth century, bought by Quaritch, and shown to John Baker; returned to Sotheby's and re-offered with a revised date of ca. 1520 ("copies of dated instruments go to as late as 1517"), New York, 17-18 June 1992, lot 196, bought by Fogg. Sam Fogg, Catalogue 15 (1992), no. 45; with his inventory number "6422" (erased, back pastedown). Martin Schøyen (b. 1940), businessman and manuscript-collector, with the bookplate of "THE SCHØYEN COLLECTION", Oslo and London, inscribed "MS 1641" (cf. spine label); sold back to Sam Fogg in March 2003, with his inventory number "9380" (back pastedown).
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Dimensions: 95 x 180 mm
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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 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.

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

Folio Bible, fragment : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-2v. Incipit: // et sperabo in eum. Protector meus. Explicit: quoniam quis deus //. Latin. Part of Psalm 17, the Athanasian Creed, the rubric for Saturday at prime, another part of psalm 17.

mssHM 47750

Treatises on civil and canon law, etc. : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-33. Utriusque iuris methodus. Incipit: Tria occurrunt legenda in utroque iure, textualia, glose ordinarie, et doctorum scripta. Explicit: ad iudicem iustissimum regnaturi cum eo in perpetuum. Amen. Methodus utriusque iuris finit feliciter. Latin. ff. 33-36. Digest, abbreviated. Incipit: Totius iste liber digestorum in septem partes dividitur principaliter. Explicit: de gradibus et glo. In capitulum finalem. De sacramentis iterandis vel non. Et sic finis habetur huius conpendiosi et iuvenibus utriusque iuris scolaribus utilis opusculi. Amen.". Latin. ff. 36-41v. Ignorantia facti non iuris excusat. [Ignorance of the Law]. Incipit: Scribitur de re iuris c. ignorantia li. vi [i.e. Liber sext] In quibus verbis breviter tanguntur duo articuli principales. Explicit: post decretales ille constitutiones sunt compilate. Et tamen de hoc opusculo. Amen. Rubric: Ignorantia facti non iuris excusat. Latin. ff. 42-121v. Secuntur modo tituli utriusque iuris tam canonici quam civilis. Incipit: Quoniam volentem in iure incipere opere precium est utriusque iuris titulos primum memorie commendare. Explicit: De consuetitudinibus et constitutionibus contra libertatem ecclesie introductis. Et sic est finis. Deo gratias. Rubric: Secuntur modo tituli utriusque iuris tam canonici quam civilis. Latin. List of the tituli of law books (Decretales, Institutiones, Digestum vetus, Infortiatum, Digestum novum, Codex, Novellae). ff. 122-137v. Offices of the Virgin Mary and of Sts. Gervase and Protase. Latin. Each office with 9 lessons at matins: "Diebus sabbatis officium beate marie Ad vesperas super psalmos antiphona. Sancta dei genitrix virgo semper maria . . ."; f. 132, "In natalis sanctorum martirum gervasii & prothasii ad vesperas antiphona. Edidit quoque angelus sanctis martiribus gervasio et prothasio ..."; f. 133, "Incipit revelacio sanctorum martirum geruasii et prothasii beato ambrosio ostensa. Lectio prima. Ambrosius servus christi fratribus per omnem Italiam in domino salutem. In divinis voluminibus ...".

mssHM 62595

Works : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-223v. [Cyprian] [Cecili Cypriani Episcopi Cartaginensis Epistolarum Liber Incipit = Letters]. Incipit: Bene ammones Donate karissime Nam et promisisse me memini. Rubric: Cecili Cypriani Episcopi Cartaginensis Epistolarum Liber Incipit. Latin. For the breakdown into the individual letters and for the bibliographic citation, please see the full descriptions of this manuscript in C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). ff. 223v-229. [Incipit vita sancti Cipriani Life of St. Cyprian]. Incipit: Ciprianus religiosus antistes ac testis dei gloriosus. Explicit: Currebant undique versum omnes ad spectaculum vobis [sic] pro devotione fidei gloriosum gentibus et dolendum. Rubric: Incipit vita sancti Cipriani. Latin. Attributed to the deacon Pontius; W. Hartel, ed., CSEL 3 (1868) XC-XCII; ending in this manuscript as in Vatican, Reg. lat. 118. ff. 229-230. [Incipit de martirio eiusdem et cetera Martyrdom of St. Cyprian]. Incipit: Ex die qua Ciprianus martirium tulit ordo martirii eius hac lectione monstratur et declaratur. Cum Cyprianus sanctus martir electus a deo de curtibitana civitate. Explicit: que sunt in via mappaliensi iuxta piscinas cum voto et triumpho magno regnante domino nostro ihesu christo cui est honor et gloria imperium et potestas in secula seculorum Amen. Rubric: Incipit de martirio eiusdem et cetera. Latin. From the Acta Proconsularia; W. Hartel, ed., CSEL 3 (1868) CXI-CXIII; beginning in this manuscript as in Vatican, Reg. lat. 118. ff. 230-233. [Pseudo-Cyprian]. [Exhortatio de penitentia]. Incipit: Per penitentiam posse omnia peccata dimitti ei. Explicit: Item in Apocalipsi. Memento unde cecideris et age penitentiam. Sin autem tibi [sic] cito et candelabrum de loco suo movebo. Rubric: Incipit exhortatio eiusdem de penitentia. Latin. Spuriously attributed to Cyprian; PL 4:863-868. ff. 233-240. [Duodecim Abusiones]. Incipit: Sapiens sine operibus bonis. Explicit: ne sine nobis christus esse incipiat in futuro. Amen. Explicit opus Sancti Cipriani per me Bartholomeum de Schianchis clericum parmensem in Urbe 24 februarii 1456 [the year traced over in black ink] Anno [followed by an erasure which may read"per O__?___"]. Rubric: Incipiunt duodecim Abusiones Cipriani Episcopi et martiris. Latin. Spuriously attributed to Cyprian, CPL 1106; W. Hartel, ed., CSEL 3 (1868) Appendix, 152-73. f. 240. [Jerome] [Letter]. Incipit: Tertulianus crebris [sic] est in sententiis sed difficilis in loquendo. Beatus Ciprianus instar fontis purissimi dulcis incedit. Explicit: et a lectione sempliciorum fratrum procul est. Hec Ieronimus in epistola LIX scribens ad paulinum presbiterum de institutione clericorum et monacorum que incipit bonus homo et cetera. Latin. Jerome, Ep. 59, PL 22:585. Added in a different hand. f. 240v. [Lactantius] [Divinae institutiones]. Incipit: Unus igitur precipuus et clarus extitit Ciprianus. Explicit: ad revincendum habere potuerunt. Et reliqua que sequuntur. Rubric: Lactantius Libro quinto institutionum de iustitia capitulo primo sic inquit in laudem cipriani. Latin. Lactantius, Divinae Institutiones, PL 6:551-552. Added by the same hand as the preceding text.

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