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Collectanea of John Bale: seven manuscripts bound together

MS. Lat. misc. c. 75

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Title

Collectanea of John Bale: seven manuscripts bound together

Shelfmark

MS. Lat. misc. c. 75

Place of origin

English, Ramsey (?)

English

Date

c. 1300

c. 1290 - c. 1350

15th century

12th century, second half

13th century, late

14th century, first half

14th century

Language

Latin

Contents

MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 1
(fol. 1r) Poem on the fall of Troy
(fols. 1r–23v) Nigel Witeker Speculum stultorum
(fol. 24r) Simon Capra Aurea Ilias
(fol. 24v) Poem on the fall of Troy
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 2
Martin of Troppau Chronica pontificum et imperatorum
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 3
List of Pictish and Scottish kings.
(fol. 53v) Rubric: Incipiunt nomina Pictorum
(fol. 54r–v) Incipit: Summa annorum quibus regnaverunt ante Scottos mille ducenti et xxxix anni et iiiior menses. Summa regnum lxv. Fergus filius Herc
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 4
(fols. 56r–61v) William of St. Amour Tractatus de periculis novissimorum temporum
(fols. 62r–66r) Robert Grosseteste Sermonum ad fratres minores de laude paupertatis
(fols. 66r–70v) Robert Grosseteste Sermo de scala paupertatis Dei
(fols. 71r–80v) Thomas Eccleston Tractatus de adventu fratrum minorum ad Angliam
(fol. 81r) Account of the martyrdom of four Franciscans in India in 1321
(fols. 81v–85v) Johannes de Plano Carpino Liber Tartarorum
[Quire(s) missing]
(fols. 86r–88v) Account of a dispute between the Friars Minor and the Friars Preacher
(fols. 88v–89v) John Peckham Letters concerning a dispute over the right of the Friars Minor to hear confessions
Incipit: Universis ... J. permissione divina ... Novella questio que nobis insonuit
Incipit: Nescimus quo Dei iudicio
(fols. 89v–93r) Rubric: Dialogus beati Francisci et paupertatis
(fols. 93r–97v) John Peckham Rubric: Canticum pauperum
[Quire(s) missing]
(fols. 98r–121r) Theological texts
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 5
(fols. 122r–124r) Rubric: Apologia de versuciis atque perversitatibus pseudo theologorum et religiosorum
(fol. 124v) Joachimite text
(fols. 125r–129v) Arnoldus of Villanova Three letters and another text
(fols. 130r–131v) Rubric: De laude diei dominice et penis inferni
[Quire(s) missing]
(fols. 132r–143v) Oraculum Cyrilli
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 6
(fols. 144r–148) Cassiodorus Historia tripartita
(fols. 148v–) Aimoin de Fleury Life of St. Abbo
(fols. 158v–159r) Four miracles of Abbo.
(fols. 160r–) Life of St. Martial of Limoges
(fols. 174v–175v) Apocryphal letter from a Greek Emperor
MS. Lat. misc. c. 75 – Part 7
(fols. 176r–205v) Thomas Rudbourne Breviarium chronicorum

Form

codex

Support

Parchment.

Physical extent

206 leaves

Binding

Early 19th century binding by Stuart Ray, 43 Duke St., London, with his ticket.

Provenance

John Bale, bishop of Ossory (1495–1563) ; perhaps nos. 27, 48, 49, 57, 77, 78, 133, 152, 153, and 170–3 in his library list (see H. McCusker, 'Books and manuscripts formerly in the possession of John Bale', The Library, 4th series, 26 (1936), 144–65).

Sir Gregory Page-Turner, Bart., of Battlesden, Bedfordshire ; sold 19 October 1824, lot 2716.

Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792–1872) , his MS. 3119.

William H. Robinson, Ltd.; the Robinson Trustees; sold at Sotheby's, 28 November 1973, lot 610; bought by H. P. Kraus.

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