1. Without heading.
f.1 Verses on the allegorical meaning of incidents in the Old Testament: in sections
De Iacob. Per Iacob patrem per Joseph accipe Christum
Per fratres eius iudeos a patre ioseph.
The last section with a title is
Quare filii Israel morati sunt in deserto xl. annis (f.6b).
After this are a number of shorter and quite miscellaneous sets of verses, without titles, occupying ff.6b-8a: f.8b is blank.
2. f.9 Inc. prologus Mag. Ricardi canonici S. Victoris Parisiacensis in tract. sequentem
Accipe karissime frater exceptionum munus.
-in sequentibus ordinamus (corr. from oneremus).
Expl. prol.
f.10 Inc. capitula prime partis
Primus liber tractat de origine et diuisione artium continens capitula uiginti quinque.
The capitula of books i.-x. are followed by a short prologue (f.12).
His ita superius compositis etc.
Inc. liber exceptionum Mag. Ricardi etc.
f.12b Text
De conditione creature rationalis. Cap. i.
Deus summe bonus et immutabiliter bonus.
Part I. (ending with Lib. x.) ends on f.88b.
f.89 Prologue to Part II. without title
Quicumque sapientie siue scientie studet
-inferius disposui.
f.89b Capitula to Part II. (lib. i.-ix.)
f.92 Text
(1 De significatione celi et terre)
In principio creauit deus celum et terram. Celum significat summa, terra ima.
Part II. ends on f.186:
mereatur post uictoriam coronari.
ff.186b-187b are blank.
f.188 Capitula to Part III. (lib. x.-xiii.)
f.189 Inc. liber xus, Sermo ius
Sanctificauit dominus tabernaculum suum.
Ends f.291a:
incommutabiliter et summe bonus deus. Amen.
Verses follow.
Volselle · sistrum · Stibium · Pecten . Calamistrum
Vsque trans Ystrum te clamant esse magistrum
Imperat ortatur · permittit consulit orat.
On f.292a is a pencil note.
On f.292b the following verses (xii, xiii) in several hands.
a. Cum mens nostra nichil capiat nisi deleat illud
Etas est mentis scriptura fidele sigillum.
Cordi non carte tradas que noueris arte
Nam si carta cadat tecum sapientia uadat.
b. Ethimologia hums nominis Wardone.
Mira domus huius descriptio sillaba cuius
Dat sua seruare prema: secunda dare
(i.e. War = keep: done = give).
Twelve more lines in two hands follow, on hospitality and similar topics.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
O.2.25
| Shelfmark | O.2.25 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Richard of Saint-Victor, Liber exceptionum |
| Alternative Title | Ricardus ee S. Victore. |
| James Number | 1129 |
| Century | 12th |
| Physical Description | 25 lines to a page. In a good hand. |
| Provenance | Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. B. 16. No. 82. From Warden Abbey(?). On the last page are verses on the name.On the flyleaf is a class mark of cent. xiii:f. xiij.and a later title (xiv) In isto volumine continentur libri subsequentes. Libri nouem excepcionum mag. ricardi canonici s. victoris parisiacensisItem libri quatuordecim tractantes de misteriis rerum gestarum ab inicio mundi usque ad pascionem domini. Also scribbles (xiii)Galba bonus pictor homines pincsisse decoresfertur. et indecores progenuisse uiros. |
| Religious House | Warden, Bedfordshire, Cistercian Abbey |
| Donor | Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary |
| Size (cm) | 23 x 15.5 |
| Folio | 290 + 2 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | Latin |
| Collation | a2 | 18-238 244 (3 canc.) | 258-318 324 338-378 384 (+4*). |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.2.25/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 19/01/2015 |
Contents
Bibliography
Ker, N. R., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 3, 2nd edn (London, 1964)
This work is copyright the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License