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Album of English manuscripts : poems, epigrams and letters written between 1450 and 1790 : [manuscript]

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1. ff. 1-2. Prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl. Incipit: //autem illum honorant eternam vitam hereditabunt perpetuum cuius ipsi hereditabunt paradisum sicut amenissimum ortum. Mortuorum vero resurrectio erit. Explicit: Et ipsi regnabunt cum eo in secula seculorum amen. Latin. Prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl, see E. Sackur, Sibyllinische Texte und Forschungen (Halle 1898), here beginning defectively and corresponding to Sackur's edition only on pp. 180-87, from the interpretation of the 5th Sun on; what remains here of the 4th Sun (most of the first column) is expanded with respect to Sackur. For the verses, see Walther, Initia 9907. 2. f. 2r-v. [Pseudo Anselm] De conceptione beate Marie. Incipit: Anselmus cantuariensis archiepiscopus et pastor anglorum coepiscopis suis salutem et benedictionem. Conceptio veneranda sancte dei genitricis Marie fratres dilectissimi quemadmodum multa signorum experimenta in anglia et in francia ceterisque cosmi climatibus olim sit declarata me narrante audiat dilectio vestra. Helsino ramensis ecclesie abbate. Explicit: utramque sacratissimam eius conceptionem spiritualem videlicet et humanam ut ipsius suffragio a terrenis contagiis exuti conceptioni in sinu abrahe mereamur ascribi Annuente filio virginis unico domino nostro ihesu christo cui cum patre et spiritu sancto est honor et gloria in secula seculorum amen. Latin. Abbreviation of the sermon, Ps. Anselm,"De conceptione beate Marie"; PL 159:319-324. Added in the in the lower margin in a contemporary hand, an excerpt from the same sermon (but not abbreviated): the miracle of the Virgin in saving Elsinus, abbot of Ramsey, so that he could honor the feast of the Immaculate Conception ("[T]empore illo quo divine placuit pietati anglorum gente de malis suis corrigere. . .et que viderat et audierat quibus potuit notificavit."); PL 159:319-320. 3. ff. 2v-3v. [Suidas] Lexicon. Incipit: Narratio ex libro qui grece vocatur Suda quem composuerunt viri sapientes isti Eudemus rethor, helladius qui tempore Theodosii iuvenis, Eugenius Frigius, Zosimus, Gazeus. Explicit: Sed vere ut familiari amico philippo apud iudeos absconditum secretum propalavit. Latin. Other creator(s): Robert Grosseteste, translator. Grosseteste's translation of the second article of Suidas' Lexicon on Ἰησοῦς or"De probacione virginitatis beate Marie"; see S. Harrison Thomson, The Writings of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln 1235-53 (Cambridge 1940) 64-65. 4. f. 3v. [Hichecoke?] This Worlde is but a Vanyte. Incipit: How schal a mann in pes abide/ Hy hert and enuy set aside. Explicit: Eche man wel beholde his degre/ For this worlde is but a vanyte. Quod hichecoke. English. IMEV 1261. R. H. Bowers,"Hichecoke's 'This Worlde is but a Vanyte'," MLN 67 (1952) 331-33 from this manuscript, taking the signature"quod hichecoke" to be that of the author; Hichecoke may also, or only, be the scribe. Some previous printed texts have mistakenly supplied the initial"W." for"quod." On f. 4, a modern leaf, 2 transcriptions of the poem, one imitating the fifteenth century script of f. 3v, the other in a modern hand by Joseph Haslewood; f. 4v, blank. Another transcription by Joseph Haslewood of this poem is London, Brit. Lib., Add. 11307, f. 120r-v. 5. f. 5. Incipit: As I walkyd vppon a day/ To take þe aere of feld and flowre. Explicit: And withyn his gloryus blysse thatt we all may dwell/ And geve vs there licence to lyve yn ese. English. IMEV 373. C. Brown, ed., Religious Lyrics of the XVth Century (Oxford 1939) 273-77 from this manuscript. A transcription by Joseph Haslewood of this poem is Add. 11307, f. 121. 6. f. 5v. [John Lydgate] Dietary. Incipit: For helth of body couer fro colde þine hede/ Ete no raw mete take good heede þer too. Explicit: And all sayntes reioisyng in þe trinyte/ Bryng vs to þat hy glorious towre Amen for charyte. Rubric: A dietorie. English. IMEV 824. John Lydgate, A Dietary, printed by J[oseph] H[aslewood] in Censura Literaria 7 (London 1808) 345-49 from the 1618 edition, from London, Brit. Lib., Harley 2251 and from this manuscript, noting the variants. On f. 6, a modern leaf, a transcription by Joseph Haslewood of the 1618 edition of this poem; f. 6v, blank. Another transcription by Joseph Haslewood of this poem is Add. 11307, ff. 124, 126. 7. 3 leaves mounted on ff. 7-9. [Francis Bryan, attributed] Proverbes of Salmon. Incipit: The proverbes of Salmon do playnly declare/ That wysdome ys the vessell that longest will endure. Explicit: When thowe spekest let men marvell at thy shamefacenes/ When thow spekest not let them wondre at thy sobernes. Withe leavinge honour to women I ende, quod Bryan. English. R. S. Kinsman,"The Proverbes of Salmon Do Playnly Declare': a Sententious Poem on Wisdom and Governance, Ascribed to Sir Francis Bryan," HLQ 42 (1978-79) 279-312;"Bryan" may also, or only, be the scribe. 8. 18 pages between ff. 9-10. The lay of Dame Sirith. Transcript of Saxon poem by J.J. Conybeare (1779-1824) from Digby manuscript 86. 9. Leaf mounted on f. 11. Incipit: Thou hidd & secret deitye I worshipp & adore/ I glorifye & honor thee devoutly more & more. Explicit: with face reveled cleare & bright yat I may blessed bee/ As yat sweet light so glorious all glory be to thee. Amen. Blessed Thomas Aquinas. Rubric: Confession & honor to the Blessed Sacrament. English. A verse translation of Thomas Aquinas, Adoro te devote latens deitas [RH 519]. On the verso of this leaf, upside down, accounts for stabling dated 1552; on the following leaf, f. 12, a modern transcription of the poem, possibly not in the hand of Joseph Haslewood. 10. 16 pages (2 blank) interleaved between ff. 13-14. A Nosegaie alwaies sweet for lovers to send for tokens of love at NewYeares tide. Appears to be a transcript made at the end of the eighteenth century of an unidentified fifteenth century source. Text is incomplete, final page ends with catchword"And". 11. Interleaved between ff. 15-16. 1 page. [Samuel Rowlands]. In condemnation of bald heads. Late eighteenth century copy. 4 pages. Arthur Saul. Game of Chess. A transcript of an unidentified pamphlet in rhyme, signed by Arthur Saul. 12. Mounted on f. 17. 3 poems including"To Rosania and Lucasia, articles of friendship" by Katherine Philips (1632-1664). 13. Interleaved beween ff. 21-22. 4 poems including: A new song on ye 25th of September. An original composition on the marriage of King James II. On the reverse is a satirical poem about the birth of the James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales (the Old Pretender) mentioning Bishops Thomas Sprat, and Nathaniel Crew. 14. 1 page mounted on f. 22v. A newe elegie on ye much lamented death of captaine Thomas Green who was executed with others of his crew under ye pretence of being a pyrate in Scotland, 11th April, 1705. 15. Mounted on f. 25. 1 page. On General Wolfe slain at the taking of Quebec on the 1t8h Sept., 1799. 1 page. On the King's illness, 1789. An epigram which references to America. Note reads:"Copied from an edition of Tom Paynes Common Sense belonging to Mr. Ritson and written on the back of the title-page in his handwriting."
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Date
[between 1450 and 1790]
Call number
mssHM 183
Creator
Haslewood, Joseph (1769-1833)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Written in England, the three parts respectively in the second half of the fifteenth century, in the first half of the sixteenth, and towards the end of the sixteenth century through the late eighteenth century. The album was assembled by Joseph Haslewood (1769-1833), who in publishing art. 7 in 1808 stated that it was "obtained from the Hawkins library at Nash Court" (Kent); there is no information on his sources for pts. II and III. Haslewood sale, Evans, 16 December 1833, lot 1328 to T. Rodd. Thorpe Catalogues of 1834, lot 509 (note in Library files; this catalogue not available to us) and of 1836, lot 425 to Sir Thomas Phillipps; his n. 8923, although the usual inscription has been erased from the title page of the album. Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 22 March 1895, lot 378 to Quaritch. Belonged to Robert Hoe; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. IV, lot 2357 (see sale catalogue for further information on the other items in this album) to G. D. Smith. With bookplates of Haslewood and Hoe. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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Associated people
Thomas, (1225?-1274.)
Rowlands, Samuel, (1570?-1630?)
Philips, Katherine, (1632-1664.)
Bryan, Francis, (-1550,)
Hichecoke, (1792-1872,)
Phillipps, Thomas, (1839-1909,)
Hoe, Robert,
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Incipit: Sicud dicit orosius in cronica sua quod a mundi creatione usque ad urbem conditam. Explicit: Ita quod a longe quasi aureus mons videbatur cuius pulchritudo ad huc cernitur ad sanctum// [Catchword,"petrum"]. [Apparently breaks defectively with the end of this quire. The compilation is mainly of historical nature with at least certain sections derived from the later versions of the Mirabilia Romae] [f. 100r-v blank] ff. 101-113: [List of the churches in Rome with their relics and indulgences]: Incipit: Sanctus Silvester scribit in cronica sua quod Rome fuerunt mille quingente quinque ecclesie ... Explicit: in via pelegrinacionis degressu vel ingressu ab omnibus peccatis mortalibus et venialibus veraciter est absolutus. Amen. Et sic est finis harum indulgenciarum. Deo gracias. Amen. [f. 113v blank] ff. 114-118. [Jordanus of Osnabrück, De prerogativa romani imperii]: Incipit: Multipharie multisque modis dominus universorum in diebus sue carnis dignatus est honorare Romanum imperium ... Explicit: sicud scriptum est oculos habent et non videbunt et cetera. ff. 118-133: [Alexander of Roes, De translatione imperii]: Incipit: Sunt quidem temporis huius clerici et layci. Explicit: sic ego nullam puto admiscuisse falsitatem petens veniam cum humilitate de [cancellation] erratis. Amen deo gracias sic est finis huius voluminis. [ff. 132v-133v blank]. ff. 134-165v: [Provinciale; includes lists of presbiter and deacon cardinals, archbishops with their suffragans, a passage on the dignity of Jerusalem, and a list of bishops of the Holy Land]: [Incipit on f. 134 on papal jurisdiction]: In urbe Romana sunt Quatuor ecclesie patriarchales sive Cathedrales ... Explicit: Archiepiscopus Cambaliensis in dominio tartarorum creatus de novo per dominum C. papam quintum. Et sic est finis huius provinciale. ff. 166-175v: [Johannes Jacobi, Regimen contra pestilentiam]: Incipit: Ad honorem sancte trinitatis ac virginis gloriose et ad utilitatem rei publice ac pro conservacione sanorum et reformacione lapsorum volo aliquid de pestilencia scribere ex dictis medicorum magis autenticorum breviter complilandi [sic] ... Explicit: Et hec dicta quo ad pestilenciam sufficiant. Ergo si quis [cancellation] se rexerit secundum modum predictum huius morbi contagiosi seu pestilencie periculo evadere poterat Prestante domino nostro ihesu christo sine quo nichil potest fieri qui est benedictus in seculorum secula. Amen. Et sic est finis. ff. 176-187: [Peter of Eboli, Nomina balneorum in terra laboris]: Incipit: Incipiunt nomina et virtutes Balneorum putheoli et Bayarum sicud in libro decimo Oribasii vetustissimi Medici continentur, [I]nter opes operum deus est laudandus in illis ... De Balneo Sudatorii, Absque liquore domus bene sudatoria dicta ... Explicit: Pauper in augusto nemo poeta fuit/ Ebolei vatis cesar reminiscere vestri [sic]/ Ut possit nati scribere facta tui. f. 187v. [Diagram of the vices from Avaricia to Dolus]

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  • Herbal and medical tracts : [manuscript]

    Herbal and medical tracts : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-17v: [Herbal]: Incipit: Abrotanum istius herbe due sunt species scilicet Domesticus et agrestis et alio nomine dicitur sichuum Armenicum sed quando simpliciter potius pro domestica intellectus que alio nomine vocatur camphorata que et anglice dicitur Southernwodde et gallice Averoique. Calidus est in secundo gradu et siccus in primo ... Explicit: zedoar anglice cetwalle, zirumbet idem, zufe id est ysopus, zinzar id est viride or[...?], zarnet id est [blank], zeg id est attramentum. Explicit. ff. 17v-26: [Herbal]: Incipit: Agnus castus, Andra, Salix marinus, Sigillum salamonis, Diptana silvestris folia habens ut atriplex, Rubeum florem ... Explicit: Zodoarum zedewale, zinziber zinziber [sic] anglice Gyngeuer. Explicit. ff. 26v-34: [Herbal]: Incipit: Agarigus fungus arboris est scilicet abietis. Acacia succus prunellarum immaturarum. Attramentum quedam terra gallica et sunt 2e species et secundum quosdam vitriolum dicitur. Antimonium ... Explicit: Pionia maior et minor debent colligi in yeme. Pigamum anglice wilde Rewe. [ff. 31v-34 blank]. ff. 34v-36: [On qualities]: Rubric [added in a different hand]: De qualitatibus similibus remittentibus. Internal rubrics: De qualitatibus contrariis; De qualitatibus obtundentibus; De qualitatibus augentibus. Incipit: Calidum in quarto, Calidum in tertio. Explicit: ut que est dupla per comparacionem ad primum gradum erit quadrupla per comparacionem ad temperamentum et ita de aliis. [f. 36v blank] ff. 37-39: [Four complexions]: Incipit: Largus amans hillaris ridens ruberque coloris/ Cantans carnosus satis audax atque benignus/. Nota quod sanguineus est humidus et calidus. Multum enim appetit quia calidus et multum potest quia humidus. Iste concordat veri et tunc peius se habet propter nimiam humiditatem cum caliditate. Melius enim habet se in autumpno. ff. 39-41: [On phlebotomy]: Rubric: De Fleobothomia. Incipit: Nota quod Fleobothomia tot effectus habet. Mentem sincerat, memoriam probet, vesicam purgat. ff. 41-42: [Monthly health regimen]: Incipit: Qualiter homo debet se servare per singulos menses, In mense Ianuarii vinum album ieiunus bibe, nullum sanguinem penitus minue, a pocionibus que ventrem laxant abstine. f. 42r-v. [Seasons of the year]: Rubric: De quattuor temporibus Anni. Incipit: Estuat Urbanus. Autumpnat Bartholomeus ... Estas incipit a festo sancti urbani et durat usque ad festum sancti Bartholomei. f. 43r-v: [Names of illnesses]: Rubric: De vocabulo morborum. Incipit: Nota quod frenesis impedimentum mentis quia inde leditur mens quia greci mentem frenas vocant vel quia dentibus infredunt. ff. 43v-44v: [Recommendations on urine samples]: Rubric: Nota consideraciones in colleccione urinarum. Incipit: Sciendum est quod in collectione urinarum septem a phisicis considerantur scilicet tempus collegendi, quanto sit colligenda. ff. 44v-45: [Colors of urine]: Rubric: De colore urinarum. Incipit: Calor intendit urinam quia per eum fit resolucio terrestrium et aquosarum parcium in aereas et igneas colores. ff. 45-46v: [Four complexions]: Rubric: De quattuor complexionibus hominis. Incipit: Quia homo est compositus ex appositis elementis et ex quattuor contrariis humoribus. ff. 46v-47: [Notes on medicine]: Rubric: Incipiunt quedam consideraciones ad medicinam pertinentes. Incipit: Nota quod in primis attendendum est utrum corpus indigeat purgari an non, habundante ergo humore pregandus est nisi impediatur ab hiis, scilicet Etate, Virtute, Complexione. ff. 47v-55: [Methods for purging]: Rubric: Nota de diversitate purgacionum. Incipit: Sciendum est quod purgacio Alia fit per vomitum, Alia per urinam, alia per emoroidas, Alia per menstrua, Alia per pessaria, Alia per sudorem. ff. 55-67: [On medicines]: Rubric: Consideraciones circa medicinas. Incipit: In medendis corporibus et maxime purgandis sepe molestamur in contramedendis non quia medicina que datur sit incongrua sed quia ab imperitis medicis est oblata. Est ergo opus hoc medendi inventum ... Tribus modis medemur scilicet Dissoluendo, Constringendo, Restaurando. ff. 67-76v: [Liber Viaticus]: Rubric: Incipit Liber viaticus. Incipit: Perfecte dicuntur temperatina [sic?] que illius qualitatis habent excessum in quibus sunt caliditatis, Frigiditatis, Siccitatis, Humiditatis non invenitur dominium ut aurum. ff. 76v-80v: [On laxatives]: Rubric: Hic incipit tractatus medicinarum et laxativorum simplicium. Incipit: Primo de comprimentibus, Incipiendum est a medicinis que purgant comprimendo. Tamarindi sunt fructus cuiusdam arboris qui conquassatur. ff. 80v-87: Incipit: Primo de comprimentibus, Incipiendum est a medicinis que purgant comprimendo. Tamarindi sunt fructus cuiusdam arboris qui conquassatur. ff. 87-90: [Herbal]: Rubric: De apio. Incipit: Apium idem est quod merg sive Smallage. Apium est calidum et siccum. Iram mitigat. ff. 90-92v. [Items detrimental to parts of the body]: Rubric: Sequitur de nocivis corpori humano in diversis partibus eius. Incipit: Ista valent cerebro, Cerebro valent fedid[...?] in quam oppressione ut in epilencia Serenus aer, Sonus delectabilis, Omne aromaticum. ff. 92v-97: [Diet recommendations]: Rubric: Hec est dieta bona pro colericis. Incipit: In primis valet eis aer humidus panis frumentatus et digestibilis, potus sit vinum etate quidem medium. f. 97-102: [Problems with ears]: Rubric: Nota diversitates passionum in aure. Incipit: Diverse sunt passiones in aure scilicet dolor cum apostemate, dolor sine apostemate, Vulnus, vermes, casus lapilli, Surditas. ff. 102-103: [Herbs good for the stomach]: Rubric: Ista valent Stomacho. Incipit: Marrubium scilicet Horehofe, Plantago Plantayne, Ruta Rewe. f. 103: [Note on vinegar]: Rubric: Nota de aceto. Incipit: Acetum frigidum est in primo gradu et siccum in secundo gradu, habet digerendi et dividendi virtutem Penetrativam ex subtilitate substancie. f. 103v: [Four tables of Aqua, Aer, Ignis, Terra with the colors and grades, added by a different hand] f. 104-104v: [f. 104, blank; f. 104v, added in a cursive hand:"A booke of fesyke begynnyng with namys of herbys xx s"; below, another price blacked out"viii s. vi d."].

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  • Florilegium : [manuscript]

    Florilegium : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    Part 1. f. 3: [Title of the Liber scintillarum]: Liber scintillarum, meditaciones beati Bernardi Et de trinitate cum multis aliis; [added later:] excepciones biblie; [f. 3v,13th/14th cent. contents of the Liber Scintillarum:] De caritate, De Paciencia ... De personarum acceptis, De itinere; [f. 3v, 15th cent. contents of the volume]: Libri contenti in hoc volumine videlicet Liber scintillarum vii cum versibus, Excepciones biblie, tractatus de verbis defectivis, De trasgressione [sic] ade, Beda de trinitate, Tractatus de sequentia sancti Michelis, De miseria humane condicionis, Pater noster expositus, Sermones qui sicut incipiunt Vide iacob scalam, Meditaciones bernardi. Part 1. ff. 4-54v: [Defensor of Ligugé, Liber scintillarum]: Rubric: Liber scintillarum primus. De caritate incipit. Incipit: Dominus dicit in evangelio Maiorem caritatem nemo habet ... Explicit: et multi sunt qui intrant per eam. Liber scintillarum explicit. [followed by an erasure of 2 lines; f. 55r-v, well washed material of undetermined date, illegible under ultraviolet light. Additional extracts from the Fathers added in the outer margins in the fourteenth century by 2 hands; those on f. 6 added over an erased note; book numbers and occasionally topics added as running headlines]. Part 1. f. 56: [12 verses on the voices of animals, followed by additional verses]: Incipit: Infans vagit, ovis balat, rugire leones ... est hominumque loqui quod dico prevalet omni. Explicit: Excaturizat aves, pisces eventerat ille/ Ustulat hic porcos, excoriatque boves; Fons scaturit, vinum [?] scatet, pullos scaturizat/hustullat porcos excoriatque boves [the last 2 verses added in a 13th/14th cent. anglicana script]. Part 1. ff. 56v-61: [Anonymous poem on old age]: Incipit: Magne [sic] fuit quondam capitis reverentia cani ... Explicit: Et fugiunt freno non remorante dies/ Cernis ut ignavum corrumpunt ocia corpus. [ ff. 60v-61, washed; f. 61v, blank.] Part 1. ff. 62-81: [Definitions, descriptions and exegesis on the Old and New Testaments; occasional citations from the Fathers and Zacharias]: Rubric: Incipiunt exceptiones de libro Genesis. Quid sit annalis historia. Incipit: Annalis historia est rei facte per annum complete commemoratio. Kalendaria historia est alicuius insignis rei . . . [chapter 2:] Quid sit febris effimera, . . . [chapter 3:] Quid sit allegoria, . . . [chapter 4:] Unde dicuntur elementa, . . . [chapter 5:] Sentencia platonis aristotilis Epicuri Moysi, . . . [last chapter: Quod petrus et paulus uno eodem die sint passi, . . . :]. Explicit: Petrus vero crucifixus est in vaticano vico scilicet qui est extra civitatem ubi fiebant dolia. Explicit actus apostolorum. Part 1. f. 81: [Saying attributed to Gregory I]: Rubric: Ex dictis egregii pape gregorii. Incipit: Tribus moris culpa perpetratur, Suggestione, Delectatione, Consensu ... ; Item Gregorius, Quattuor moris peccatum perpetratur in corde ... Part 1. ff. 81v-83v: [On defective verbs]: Rubric: Incipit de verbis defectivis. Incipit: Plurima deficiunt vario cum tempore verba/ Deficiunt alia plurima per genera ... Que bene verba tenet versificalis apex ... Versus de verbis defectivis, Cedo, sodes, faxo, cepi, sis, infit et inquit/ Nolo, facello, volo, queso, capello, fero ... Designata tunc dulciter ista placunt; Tractatus de verbis defectivis, Sunt verba defectiva ut donacius ait, Alia per modos ut cedo ... Super piget redet inflectuntur. Explicit. Part 1. ff. 84-87: [Hildebert of Le Mans, De transgressione ade triformi] Rubric: De transgressione ade triformi. Incipit: Vicit adam veterem gula, gloria vana, cupido ... Explicit: Nox aurora dies umbra figura deus. Explicit. Part 1. ff. 87v-90: [Eucher of Lyons; extract from De formulis spiritualis intelligentiae (also attributed to Pseudo-Augustine)]: Rubric: Beda de trinitate. Incipit: Omnipotens deus pater et filius et spiritus sanctus, unus atque trinus. Unus videlicet in natura ... Explicit: Vigilare dei est in defensionem electorum suorum et ultionem inimicorum se manifestum demonstrare. Explicit. Part 1. ff. 90-95: [De sequencia sancti Michaelis]: Rubric: Tractatus de sequencia Sancti Michaelis. Incipit: Nota hoc nomen canticum nec stricte nec large accepi ... Explicit: Idem est ergo alleluia quod laudate universalem id est dominum. Explicit. Part 1. ff. 95-97v: [Brief exegetical texts, with rubrics as follow]: De septem hostibus, Septem sunt hostes de quibus in deuteronomio dicit, per unam viam venient ...; De triplici modo compassione, Triplex est compassionis modus ... ; De Sunamite et helyseo, Dixit sunamitis viro suo de heliseo ... ; Ubi antichristus nascetur, Nascetur antichristus in babilone de tribu Danielis iuxta quod Iacobus ait ... ; De tribus missis in natali domini, Tres misse que in natale domini celebrantur ... ; De pascha, In diebus hiis est pascha dei id est transitus quando transivit de hoc mundo ad patrem ... [f. 97, blank; f. 97v:] De mendacio, Perdes omnes qui loquuntur mendacium ... ; De perfectione vite, Tria sunt que ducunt hominem ad vite perfectionem, Cordis contritio ... Part 1. ff. 97v-109v: [Innocent III, De miseria humane conditionis]: Prologue: Incipit liber de miseria humane conditionis editus a lothario diacono cardinali sanctorum Sergii et Bachi qui postea Innocentius iiius appellatus est, Domino patri Karissimo petro portuensi episcopo Lotharius ... Modicum ocii quod inter multas angustias ... Incipit: Quare de vulva. Explicit: terrores, fames, sitis, frigus, cauma, sulphur et ignis ardens in secula seculorum. Explicit liber Domini pape Innocentii iii de Contemptu Mundi. Part 1. ff. 110-112: [Exegesis on the Pater Noster]: Incipit: Pater noster, hec est oratio dominica ceteris oracionibus omnibus et instituentis auctoritate sublimior et utilitate petitionum fecundior ... Explicit: ad illas delicias dilectores suos nos assumat summe bonus ihesus christus qui est benedictus in secula Amen. Part 1. ff. 112-166: [Brief exegetical texts]: Septem scale quibus ascenduntur regna celorum prima castitas ... [f. 163:] Preceptum obediencia obedienciam signa comitantur. Explicit; [f. 163v, in the upper margin, Additiones ut supra:] Beda in omelis illa, Si diligitis me mandata mea servate et cetera, Quinquagesima die post occisionem agni data est lex ... [followed by 11 other sermons; f. 165:] Sepe in evangelio causa designatur nomine sui effectus ... Omnia michi ex patre nota in quibus electorum salus consistit per me scietis. [f. 166 blank]. Part 1. f. 166v: [Charm to staunch blood]: Incipit: Pur seink estanger, Iesu crist notre seignur el flum Iordan entra/ Cent cinquaunte veines de euue i truva/ Cent cinquaunte veines chescun home a/ estaunche saunc par tutes les vertuz ke damnedeus a. Part 1. f. 167: blank. f. 167v: Table of roman numerals and their Latin names, one to one million. ff. 168-169v, washed. On f. 169v, notes in lead point. Part 2. ff. 1-2v: [Bifolium from a late 12th cent. Missal; here bound reversed]: [f. 1: canon of the mass]: Incipit: //fides cognita est ... offerimus preclare maiestati tue de tuis donis ac datis// [f.2: prefaces]: //celestis exercitus, ymnum glorie tue canimus ...Celi celorumque virtutes ac beata seraphim socia exultacione//.

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