42. Statutum apud Westmon. anno 45. Statutum anno decimo apud

On a fly-leaf, at the beginning of the book, Salus mea Christi hostia Edward Henden.'

On a fly-leaf at the end, 'I Ansley nuper de Holborn' (?).

A 24mo, on parchment containing ff. 154 with 15 lines in each page. It has illuminated initials; date, the xvth century. HORE BEATE MARIE VIRGINIS.

The first leaf is blank; on the second is written

good mystrys in yo prayers
remember hyr that wrote thys.

Agnes Hykeley.

874

And on the third leaf

Signate signa temere me tangis et angis

Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor.

The next 6 leaves 'contain the Kalendar, the name of S. Thomas of Canterbury being effaced. The Hours begin f. 10, the 1st leaf being lost, in the middle of the Venite, Quoniam ipsius est mare, &c.: afterwards follow the 7 penitential psalms, the 15 psalms and litany, exequie mortuorum and commendationes animarum as usual: f. 151 b, gives in red a curious legend of S. Bernard and the Devil, respecting certain verses of the Psalter. The volume, ends f. 154 b, with a short litany of the Passion in a different hand, preceded by a promise of many dayes of pardon to all who dayly saye yt,' ending O Dei amara mors.

Dd. xv. 20.

A 24mo, on paper, of 88 leaves, written from both ends, in the XVIIIth century.

'A Visitation Sermon' on Matt. v. 13.

A small 12mo, on vellum, containing ff. 96, with 24 lines in each page. Date, the xvth century.

1. ff. 1-15. PSALTERIUM BEATE MARIE VIRGINIS DE

PSALMIS SACRIS SUMPTUM.

After a prologue of 44 lines, beginning:

Mente concipio laudes conscribere
Sacrate virginis que nos a carcere
Soluit per filium genus in genere
Mire mirificans effectus opere,

the poem follows in 161 quaternions, of which the first is

Ave virgo virginum parens absque pari

Sine viri semine digna fecundari

ffac nos legem domini crebro meditari

Et in regni gloria beatificari.

For another MS. of this, see Ff. vi. 14, § 5, whence the above title is taken. The present MS. contains a few more stanzas than the latter, but omits the verses of the Psalms before each stanza. It was written by John Peccham, Archbp of Canterbury from 1278 to 1294. See Tanner, Biblioth. in v. Peccham.

2. ff. 16-25. 'Orationes devote ad honorem domini nostri ihu api et laudem ipsius matris marie virginis gloriose."

3. ff. 26-65. Confessiones ad Deum, Orationes ad sanctam Trinitatem, ad Spiritum sanctum, &c.

4. ff. 66-72. FORMULA HONESTE VITE' auctore Martino episcopo Dumiensi.

Beginning:

Gloriosissimo atque tranquillissimo regi mironi martinus humilis eps salutem.

This treatise is printed in the Magna Bibliotheca veterum patrum, Agrip. Col. 1618. T. vI. P. 2. p. 237 sqq. It was also published separately at Basle in 1545. Martinus afterwards became Bp of Braga, and presided at the councils held there in 563 and 572. Miro was king of Gallicia. For another MS. see Hh. IV. 13. § 11.

5. ff. 726-76. Incipit CONSTITUCIO Senece DE MORIBUS.' Beginning:

Omne peccatum actio est. Actio autem omnis quod voluntarium est... Ending:

nunc intergemiscit socios tue beatitudinis.

This, falsely ascribed to Seneca, was also written by Martinus Dumiensis: it is printed in the Mag. Bibl. vet. pat. T. vi. P. 2. pp. 240, 241. The last paragraph is not in the MS.

6. ff. 77-86. 'SPECULUM PECCATORIS.'

Beginning:

Quoniam carissime dum in hujus via vite fugientis sumus...

NN

876

877

Ending:

quomodo novissima tua prudentia provideas.

Explicit speculum Peccatoris.

For other copies of this treatise see Ee. vi. 7. § 6. Ff. ii. 20. § 2. Ii. i. 31. § 4. li. vi. 15. § 1. and in English Ff. v. 45. § 3. It was written by Richard of Hampole, and is printed in the Benedictine edition of St Augustine, App. to Vol. vi. pp. 155–160.

7. ff. 87-95. Ex libello beati Anselmi qui excipit de synonimis beati ysidori episcopi.'

Beginning:

Quid agis o homo...

Ending:

vivit et regnat deus per infinita seculorum secula. Amen.

This is St Anselm's 'Exhortatio ad contemptum temporalium et desiderium æternorum.' Opp. ed. Paris. 1675, pp. 190-193.

8. f. 96. A Litany of the Passion.

Beginning:

Ave ihu xpe verbum patris filius virginis...

Ending:

ut cum angelis tuis laudem te in secula seculorum. Amen.

Dd. xv. 22.

See Catalogue of Oriental MSS.

Dd. xv. 23.

A very small book, about 2 inches square, with an illumina-
tion at each end, beautifully written: of the xvIIth century.
A MANUAL OF PRAYERS for the use of young persons, in
French.

A 24mo, on parchment, containing ff. 213, with 15 lines in each page: it has illuminated capitals and occasional illuminations and borders. Date, the xvth century.

'HORE BEATE MARIE VIRGINIS SECUNDUM USUM ANGLIE.'

879

880

On the first leaf, otherwise blank, is written 'Codicis istius olim Johannes Burwell herus.' The next twelve contain the Kalendar; followed by an illumination of our Lord, the 15 Oos, and commemorations of SS. John Baptist, George, Thomas of Canterbury, Anne, and Katharine. f. 35 is an illumination of the Annunciation, and f. 36 begins the Hours, each having an illumination of a point in the Passion. After Compline, f. 109, begin the seven penitential psalms, with a curious vignette of the Last Judgment; then the gradual psalms with the Litany. Then the Officium Defunctorum with the usual vignette; and after an illumination of two souls being carried up to heaven, f. 179, the Commendationes animarum; then an illumination of our Lord with the instruments of the Passion, f. 203, and the psalms of the Passion: the volume concludes with Psalm xxix., Exaltabo te, domine... in a later hand.

Dd. xv. 25.

A 12mo, on vellum, containing ff. 128, with 18 lines in each page; it has initial illuminated letters, and rich borders and illuminations much injured by damp. Date the xvth century.

'HORE BEATE MARIE VIRGINIS SECUNDUM CONSUETUDINEM ANGLIE.'

The first 12 leaves contain the Kalendar; an illumination of the Annunciation follows, and the Hours begin f. 14, having an illumination of a point in the Passion before each Hour. The penitential psalms begin f. 64, the gradual psalms in f. 73, and the Vigiliæ mortuorum in f. 86, the previous illumination having been lost; and the commendationes animarum in f. 113 ending with the prayer, misericordiam tuam domine sancte,' &c. The last leaf contains in a later hand a Litany of the Passion,

Anima xpi salva me

Corpus xpi salva me
&c.

and the name John Webbe.

Dd. xv. 26.

881

See Catalogue of Oriental MSS.

Dd. xv. 27.

A square duodecimo, on paper, of 39 leaves, of which the last four are blank. The date of the composition of the preface is 1484, and the copy cannot be much later.

Ιωαννου Ἀλεξανδρέως τοῦ Φιλοπόνου περὶ τῆς τοῦ ἀστρολάβου χρήσεως, καὶ τί τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ καταγεγραμμένων σημαίνει

ἕκαστον.

The Treatise consists of a proœmium and 14 sections, preceded by a table of contents.

882

883

Begins:

Προοίμιον. Τὴν ἐν τῷ αστρολάβῳ τῆς ἐπιφανείας ἐξάπλωσιν, καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ καταγεγραμμένων τὰς αἰτίας...

Ends :

. . . καὶ πόσαις τούτου μοίραις διέστηκεν ἐπιθάτερα. Τελος. τῷ δὲ Θεῷ δόξα αἰωνιός.

Concerning this work and its author, see Fabricius, Bibl. Gr. Vol. x. pp. 639, 650. Also See Morelli, Biblioth. Venet. p. 216.

This copy has belonged to Φεδερικός μορέλλος.

There is a preface by Maximus Murgunius, in the form of a dedication, *τῷ ἐκλαμπροτάτῳ καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ ἀνδρὶ κυρίῳ Ἰακώβῳ τῷ Γερμινίνῳ.

Beginning :

οἱ μὲν πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἷς ἡ πᾶσα τοῦ βίου σπουδή... Ending :

τατε

... ἐρρωμένως μοι διαβιῴης ψυχῇ τε καὶ σώματι πρέσβεων ἐκλαμπρό

Here follows, by the same author, a complimentary Greek epigram, to the same :

Ηΰγε φανοτάτου λαμπρὸν σελας ἠελίοιο...
...εἵνεκα σῶν ἀρετῶν, εἵνεκα σῶν χαρίτων.

Dd. xv. 28.

An oblong paper book, of which the pages are numbered from 107 to 212, besides a table of contents, neatly written, in 1666. 'OFF THE ART OF DISCERNING Men, continued by James Boerey of the Inner Temple, esquire.'

On Ρ. 212 is 'Huc usque James Boerey, 1666.'

Dd. xv. 29.

* A small square 24mo, on paper and parchment, of 236 leaves, apparently of the xvth century.

1. ff. 1-48 a. A SUMMARY of the early part oF GENESIS, followed by AN AccOUNT of the natures, &c. or 42 ANIMALS.

2. ff. 48b-93. · Lo tracta de li pecca.' On Vices.
Begins :

Sant Johan reconita...