223] CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE 521

1. Tractatus de conceptione B. Marias. 2. Tractatus de conceptione Christi. Ad initium codicis occurit successio archiepiscoporum Cantuar. ab Augustino ad loannem Peccham. Titulus primo folio inscriptus, et uti videtur, a quodam alio codice divulsus, induxit Stanleium ut hunc codicem nominaret librum Hugonis de Girunde de penitentia.

On iva a list of Abps of Canterbury with length of their archiepiscopates: Sanctus augustinus sedit xvi annos

lohannes de Pecham sedit xiiij ann. ix septimanas vac. ii. ann. v-vii blank. These flyleaves more properly belong to no. 226, which seems once to have been a part of this volume. Contents: 1. No title. In agro booz ruth moabitis messorum sequens uestigia. f. i —diuine nos hostium misericordie celi hostiaria introducat. Archa (ueteris) testamenti tot adumbrata misteriis ... 2 b Ends : in ipsa magnificemur per eum qui est super omnia sanctus et bened. in sec. sec. Amen. 37 b blank. 2. Liber generations I. C Abraham. Sacram christi incar- nationem antiqui patres. Ends 55 a : cum iterum uenerit accipiat nos ad se ipsum ut ubi est ipse et nos simus ubi cum patre et sp. s. uiuit et regnat deus per omn. sec. sec. Amen. The remaining leaves are blank except for about three pages of old pencil-writing at the end.

««« ™ f Lib. ab Al. 16 223. PRUDENTIUS. \ ^ [ 1 . TJ ames vac. Codex membranaceus in 4*°, venerandae antiquitatis, quern huic bibliothecae dono dedit Dan. Rogers, continens, v Vellum, 9| x 7^, flf. 2 + 168, 34 lines to a page. Cent, ix-x (Bradshaw), in good Caroline minuscule: two hands at least. In the first part of the book, initials of lines are filled with red and green alternately. Given by Daniel Rogers, whose name is at each end and in the cover. Evidently it was once at St Bertin's Abbey (or an English dependency of that abbey). 522 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS [223

Opera Aurelii Prudentii Clementis V. C. Quorum rubricse sequuntur, In fronte codicis habetur haec inscriptio, literis capitalibus, lineis alterna- tim rubris et nigris. TESTIMONIUM DE HISTORIA INLUSTRIU VIRORUM CXL ET VIII PRUDENTIUS VIR SECULARIS LITTERATURAE ERUDIT-US COMPOSUIT DIROCHEUM DE TOTO VETERI ET NOVO TESTAMENTO PERSONIS EXCEPTIS COMENTATUS EST ET IN MOREM GRC EXAMERON DE MUNDI FABRIC. USQ. AD CONDI |TIONEM PRIMI HOMINIS ET IN PREUARICATIONE EI». Desideratur pars primi libri qui vocatur KATHMHRINON.

Collation: a2 i8 (wants i) 28-58 610 710 J S8-^©8 2i4 | one leaf which should follow quire 20 |. Contents: On f. i#, in a different hand from the rest, List of French Kings : Primus rex francorum faramundus regnauit annum unum

Karolus imperator ann. xlvii. Hludouuicus imp. ann. xxvii. Karolus ( the Bald) anni (blank). So far the original hand. Opposite are the following notes relating to the Abbey of St Bertin etc. Hlodouius (I) rex... Hie christianus efficitur. Remigius et sanctus uedastus florent. Dagobertus (I). S. Audomarus episcopus ordinatur. II Hlodouius. Adroaldus res suas bertino tradit. I Hlotharius. S. Audomarus priuil. fecit sancto bertino.

I Theodericus. Amalfridus tradidit hunulfcurt item. imm. II. II Hilpericus. Fecit inm(unitatem ?) Erkenbodo ep° et abb. 11II Hlotharius. Pippinus et karolus sub his regibus du- ll Theodoricus. catum exercent. III Hildricus. In monast. sithiu trusus est. After Karolus is written in a coarse hand: Carl rex. / heanric rex. Then in a better hand : Hludouuicus rex. Hlotharius rex. Hlodouuicus rex ludericus rex. On i b three receipts : Confectio timiamatis. gotzumber uncias iii etc. 223] CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE 523

1. Ymnus matutinus. 2. Ymnus ante cibum. 3. Ymnus post cibum. 4. Ymnus ad incensum lucernae. 5. Ymnus ante somnum. 6. Ymnus jejunantium. 7. Ymnus post jejunium. 8. Ymnus omnis horse. 9. Ymnus circa exequias defuncti. 10. Ymnus viii kal. Januarias. 11. Ymnus Epiphaniae. finit kati/merinon Prudentii dementis. LIBER I. APOTHEOSIM. 12. Hymnus de trinitate. 13. Contra heresim quae patrem passum dicit. 14. Contra Unionitas. 15. Contra Judaeos. 16. Contra Homuncionitas. 17. De natura animae. 18. Adversus fantasmaticos qui Christum negant verum corpus hominis habuisse. 19. LIBER II. AMARTIGENIA.

Potio in apostema. Glossed in Anglo-Saxon. Item decoctio ad apostema. After this a line of Anglo-Saxon : aepelferSing pyrt. hind hele pe. garclife. gearpe med pyrt. henep. On ii a a nonsense couplet twice written: Esse sitas olli sedes illo satis oro Oro sitas olli sedes illo satis esse and scribbles : bit of a Greek alphabet: words Willelmus mo(nachus) d^ Zona kalo pine. On \\b in lines widely separated, in capitals, black and red in alternate lines, the inscription given by Nasmith. I. The Preface of the Cathemerinon is wanting. Hymn i begins with line 4: lam Christus ad uitam uocat. Occasional variants are noted in the margin from the edition of Giselinus. * Neumes occur on p. ii, 17. There are glosses (not many) in a very fine minute English hand of cent, ix? Ends p. 56: FINIT KATHMHRINON PRudENTII CLEMenTIS. 12. LIBer An

20. LIBER III. PSYCHOMACHIA. ****** 21. Romanus sive passio S. Romani. 22. Passio Emetrii et Chelidonii. 23. Passio S. Laurentii. 24. Hymnus in honorem passionis Eulaliae beatissimae martyris. 25. Hymnus in honorem sanctorum x et vin martyrum. 26. Passio S. Vincentii martyris. 27. Hymnus in honore beatissimorum martyrum Fructuosi episcopi Tarraconensis et Augorii et Eulogii diaconi. 28. Hymnus in honore Quirini beatissimi martyris episcopi ecclesiae Suscianae. 29. De loco in quo martyres passi sunt, nunc baptisterium est Calagorra. 30. Ad Valerianum episcopum de passione Ypoliti beatissimi martyris. 31. Passio apostolorum. 32. Passio Cypriani. 33. Passio Agnetis. 34. Contra- Symmachum lib. ii. 35. Fragmentum, Dittochei, de quo fit mentio in inscriptione ad frontem codicis. ****** 36. Versus lohannis Scotti ad Karolum regem.

20. Lib. in Psychomachia. On pp. 143 sqq. are some pencilled Anglo-Saxon glosses in a rather large round hand. 21. p. 165. 22. p. 199. 23. p. 202. 24. p. 220. 25. p. 226. 26. p. 232. 27. p. 269. 28. p. 254. 29. p. 256. Passio Cassiani, p. 256. 30. p. 259. 31. p. 267. 32. p. 269. 33. p. 272. 34. p. 276. Lib. II, p. 298. Ends p. 335. 35. Dittocheum p. 335 De Adam et ^Eua. Aeua columba fuit. The end is misplaced and is now the last leaf. The poem is complete. It is followed by: Prudentius de opusculis suis. Pius fidelis innocens pudicus. « Dona conscientiae. Which ends on p. 341. luuabit ore personasse Christum. Quo regente uiuimus. 36. Uersus lohannis Scotti ad Karolum Regem (101) . . . 342 Aule sidereae paralelos undique circos. Ending 344; Heros magnanimus longaeuus uiuat in annos. Printed by Floss in part (vv. 78-101) from a transcript of the copy made by Th. Oehler (Neues Archiv IV, p. 533) and from thence in P. L. cxxn 1958. p. 345 blank. 225] CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE 525

On p. 346 in other hands: Oratio super confirmatos. Deus qui apostolis tuis sanctum dedisti spiritum. Benedictio in pentecosten. Paragraph : In actione uobis commissa gloriose pastor prius ilium habere studeas placatum. An admonition to preachers etc. An Anglo-Saxon alphabet on p. 347. On 349 many scribbles : Anno incarn. dom. dcccxlvi. Anno incarn. dom. dccclxvii vi kal. decemb. Fer. II viii id. Mart, matricula sci pe. This MS. is mentioned by Traube, Nomina Sacra, p. 232, as being one of those in which the contraction nrt for noster is occasionally used. " We find it," he says, " from cent, ix to xi at Corbie, St Bertin, Reims, Troyes, Langres, Fleury and Tours." It is also noticed by DUmmler in Neues Archiv IV 533.

. T- TV/T ^ f Lib. ab Al. 18 224rtrt . EVANGELIUM MARCI GRAECE. \ ~, ( 1 .T J ames vac . Paper, 9§ x 6, ff. 56, 18 lines to a page. Cent, xvi, neatly written. Stamped binding, panel on front cover with SS. Sebastian and Barbara. Inscription : Tout se pase fors aymer Dieu. lulien des Jardins. On the other cover a panel of Saint Yues. Given by Daniel Rogers. Collation: I8~78. The quires are numbered ty to 16 as if part of a larger book. Contents : The Greek text of St Mark's Gospel without any comment. Ends 55a ' 0"»//xeui>i>. dprfv. reAos. TO> 0e

ayia> rtftir TIT f Lib. ab Al. 4S 225. MANIPULUS CURATORUM. ^ „, J [ I . TJ ames vac, Paper, 9^ x 6|, ff. 159 + 2, 34 lines to a page. Cent, xv, neatly written in an Italian hand. Italian stamped binding. E Lib. Joan: Gibson C C C C. Alum. He was admitted in 1717. Added in MS. in the College copy of Stanley's Catalogue. Collation: I vellum flyleaf, I10-i610 (wants 10), I vellum flyleaf. On the flyleaf a note of early editions of the book.