The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

R.5.34

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Shelfmark R.5.34
Manuscript Title

Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae, William of Malmesbury, Gesta regnum Anglorum etc
Alternative Title

Galfridus Monumetensis. Wlllelmus Malmesburiensis, etc
James Number 725
Century 15th16th
Physical Description

48 and fewer lines to a page. In several hands.
Provenance

Given by Nevile. Belonged to Abp Parker, whose name is on the fly-leaf.
Donor Neville [Nevile], Thomas (c. 1548–1615), College Head and Dean of Canterbury
Size (cm) 28 x 21.5
Folio 267 ff.
Binding In the binding at the end is a slip of music (xv, xvi) - the Creed, on a five-line stave. The slip was removed by S. Cockerell in May 1982 and is now B.11.34.
Material PaperParchment
Language Latin
Notes

No ff. 10, 48, 155.
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.5.34/manifest.json
Online Since 28/04/2021

Contents

I. f.1 Capitula to Will. Malmesbury's Gesta Regum (xvi)
4ff. ff.5-11 blank

II. f.11 Historia Galfridi monumetensis. Liber I-III.
Late xv.
Cum mecum multa.
f.32, half written in the old hand, is stuck to another paper leaf on which the text is continued by a hand of cent. xvi.
Ends f.34b: existimantes munere esse in illo.
Hic expl. tercius (marg. sextus) liber Galfridi Monumetensis et desunt libri de historia sex.
ff.35-58 blank.

III. Cent. xvi, headed
f.59 Robertus Wingfeld Eques ad Lectorem
Agenti mihi nuper serenissimi etc. regis Anglie etc. oratorem apud magnanimum Cesarem Maximillianum.
Treats of the precedence of England at the Council of Constance.
Ends f.67b: ff.68-70 blank.

IV. Late xvth cent.
f.71a Further documents on the same matter, beginning
Placeat ex isto auisari contra illos qui laborant ad sumpcionem quinte nacionis in hoc sacro concilio etc.
Ends f.81b.
On f.82b (reversed) is an endorsement:
Eximie reueren. ac viro prouido et discrete magro Thome Rodebern. custodi Collegii Merton. Oxon. et serenissimi D. Regis Angl. et ffranc. capellano magro suo speciamo,
and some Parkerian notes on the date and career of Th. Rudburne.

V. Cent. xv.
f.84 Willelmus Malmesburiensis de gestis regum Anglorum
The dedication to Count Robert is copied in a Parkerian hand on f.83b.
The xvth cent. hand begins with the prologue
Res anglorum gestas.
Ends f.182b:
Expl. gesta Willi digne memorie monachi Malmesberiensis cenobii de Regibus Anglorum.
f.183 is blank.

VI. f.184 Eiusdem Historia nouella
Cent. xvi.
Ending f.226a: ff.227, 228 blank.

VII. f.209 Liber V. Wilmi Malmesb. de pontificibus
It appears to be the copy from which Gale printed: see Hamilton in the Rolls edition, p. xxv.
Cent. xvi.
Ending f.256b: estiuis etiam mensibus pluuius et luteus.
According to Bishop Stubbs' Gesta Regum, Rolls Series, p.lxxii, this is a transcript from an early copy of Arundel 35 or R.7.10 [though this has been questioned]. The Dedicatory letter is omitted.

VIII. f.257 Vellum, double columns. Cent. xv
A collection of Stories in Latin.
1. Theodosius in vita alexandri. Rex cecilie alexandrum ad conuiuium inuitauit.
2. Commentator iuuenalis super illud iuuenalis descendit de celo neocoliton (i.e. γνω̑θι σαυτὠ̑ν] dicit.
In subsequent stories the authorities quoted include historia grecorum and historia and gesta romanorum, Pliny, Seneca, Fulgentius, Ovid, Remigius in annalibus iudeorum (also Romulus), Solinus, Avianus, Boethius.
On f.266 another hand is a sermon on
Repleti fructu iusticie. Phil. i.

In the binding at the end is a slip of music (xv, xvi) -the Creed, on a five-line stave. The slip was removed by S. Cockerell, May 1982 and is now B.11.34.

Bibliography

Strongman, S., 'John Parker's Manuscripts: an Edition of the Lists in Lambeth Palace MS 737', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 7 (1977-80), 1-27, no. 37

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