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426 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS [i82-
Vellum, i i £ x 8 , ff. 179+1, 29 lines to a page. Cent, xv, clearlywritten in a rather current hand.
Collation: i flyleaf, I8 (6, 7 of cent, xvi) 2" (1-6 of cent, xvi) 38-228
(6-8 of cent, xvi) 23 (three).f. i a is finely bordered in gold and colour in characteristic English
style and has decorative initial on gold ground, somewhat rubbed.
Contents:Here begynneth a booke in Englissh tonge called Brute of Englonde
or the cronicles of Englonde compilinge and treatynge of the saidelande etc. f. I
—conteynyng cc and xxxvij chapiters.The pr(o)loge of this booke declareth and tellith howe }>is lande was
furst callid Albioun—and slowe many of hem
Sum tyme in the noble lande of Surr'.A fragment of the original fol. 6 (see collation above) is inserted
after f. 60.At f. 151 (ch. 239: death of Edward III) is a note by Parker:
hie terminatur unus liber (a reference to no. 174).Ends with ch. 245:restid him in the castell tille the toun was sette in Rule and
Goueranase (!).Colophon (xvi). Expl. usque ad annum 7m Henrici quinti.The last edition is by Dr F. Brie (E. E. T. S.).On a fly-leaf is a Parkerian note from Goscelin's Life of St Augustine,
and the Scala Chronica.
183. BEDAE VITA CUTHBERTI. J Under D. 5GENEALOGIAE ETC. \ T. James 369
Codex membranaceus in 4*°, vetustioribus literis Saxonicis Latinescriptus, in quo continentur,
Vellum, 11^ x 7 ,̂ ff. 96, mostly with 26 lines to a page. Cent, ix(Bradshaw), in a very beautiful Anglo-Celtic hand: two scribes aredistinguishable. 2 fo. Incipit prefatio or Scripta erant.
Collation: A8-!8 (wants 6) K8 L8 (4, 5 are singles) M8 (+ i).f. i a is blank but for the letter W at top (xvi), possibly indicating that
Nich. Wotton was the donor.On i b is a fine full-page picture. The frame is of yellow, enclosing
panels of conventional foliage with birds and a lion, in white on deep-redground, exceedingly sharp and good.
The ground of the picture is plain. On L. a king in short dark (purple)mantle over lighter tunic, red hose, crown, yellow hair and beard, stands
183] CORPUS CHRIST! COLLEGE 427
i. Liber Bedae presbiteri de vita et miraculis S. Cuthberti.
under an arch with tiled dome: he bends over to R. and holds an openbook. On R. a church with tiled roof, clerestory and aisles (tiled): rect-angular window in W. gable : ornament at the summit of each gable. Infront of it (at W. end) stands a nimbed beardless saint, tonsured, inchasuble (red) over alb, holding up his R. hand, a book in L. On theidentification of the figures see below.
It can hardly be doubted that the book is from Durham Priory, butI cannot identify it with anything in the Catalogi Veteres. See furtherbelow.
Contents:
Inc. prefatio bede presbiteri de uita sci cuSberhti lindisfarnensisepiscopi ad eadfridum episcopum (P. L. xciv 575) . f. 2
Domino sancto ac beatissimo (capitals, filled in with red andyellow : large initial, principally in red and yellow, withbird's head)
—dilectissimi fratres et domini mei. Amen.Expl. prol. libri sequentis deo gratias. fiat.Inc. capitule (corr. to a) libri sequentis (xlvi) . . . 3^
fine, liber de vita et miraculis sci cuthberhti lindisfarnensiepiscopi (in fine red capitals) 5 b
i. Principium nobis scribendi de uita beati cuSberhti.Fine initial: framework in red : panels of acanthus and other
patterns in white on yellow.Numerals of chapters are in red, usually placed central, in a
line by themselves. Initials of chapters are very prettilydone in red, green, and blue, sometimes in single colours :sometimes with heads of beasts. The number xviii iswritten xiiiiiiii.
Cap. xlv ends : misericordia et miseratione coronat. Amen,xlvi. Expl. liber de uita et miraculis s. cudberhti lindisfarnensis
aecclesie, episcopi feliciter. Amen.Item ex libro historiae aecclesiastice, gentis anglorum quarto
kapitulo uicesimo nono (H. E. IV 31 edd.) . . . . 56Erat in eodem vnonasterio frater quidam.xlvii (H. E. IV 32). Nee silentio praetereundum quod ante
t r i e n n i u m . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7—tumoris apparuisset. deo gratias.
f. 58 b blank.
Then follow lists of the Popes, of the 70 disciples, and of English Bishopsand Kings. I give the text of these in full (excepting that of the Popes)and also a collation with the earliest MS. of the lists, Vespasian B. 6 (V).This, though often differing in spelling, agrees with 183 in some of itsmost curious errors.
428 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS [183
Hunc tractatum excipiunt plurimi catalogi regum et pontificum, viz.
(1) Pontificurn sedis apostolicee.(2) Septuaginta duorum discipulorum Christi.
(i) f. 59 «. Nomina pontificum sedis (apostolice erased)Col. i. i. Petrus
ii.
XXV.
Col. 2. xxvi.
1.f. 59 b. Col. i. li.
Ixxvi.Col. 2. Ixxvii.
xcviii.xcviiii.
c.ci.cii.
f. 60 a. Col. i. ciii.ciiii.cv.cvi.cvii.cviii.cviiii.
ex.cxi.cxii.
Linusto
XistusDionisius
toFelixGelasius
toMartinusEugenius
V.Hadrianus hadrianusLeo leoStephanus stephanusPascual pascualis. HereEugenius Another hand ccUalentinus Adtianus (cviiii)GregoriusSergiusLeoBenedictusNicolausAdrianuslohannisMarinusAdrianus
Here the original hand of Vends
The numbering is continued, without names, to cxviii.
(2) f. 60 a. Col. 2. Nomina septuaginta duorum V (f. 107 £, col. 2)discipulorum Christi title faint, but seemingly the same
i. lacobus Justusii. Mathias Maththiasiii. losephiiii. alius loseph losepv. Marcus euuangvi. barnabasvii. lucas euuangviii. cleophas cleopasviiii. seneca
x. symeonxi. luciusxii. manainxiii. sostenesxiiii. caefasxv. thaddeus
183] CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE
(3) Archiepiscoporum Dorobernensis ecclesise.
429
xvi. ermen (qui) et pastorxvii. andronicusxviii. lohannasxviiii. Amplias
xx. Urbanusxxi. erodionesxxii. asyncritisxxiii. lasonem V.xxiiii. Stephanus pri martir p'mus mr
f. bob. Col. i. V.xxv. Philippusxxvi. Prochorusxxvii. Nicanorxxviii. Timonxxviiii. Parmena
xxx. Aquilasxxxi. ludas qui uocabatur barsabbas
barnabasxxxii. Silas
[V. f. loSa]xxxiii. Siluanusxxxiiii. Symon cleophe, cleopaexxxv. Nasonxxxvi. Agabas
xxxvii. Ananias
xxxviii. Ignatius
xxxviiii. Symon xxxviiii. Symon quirenensexl. quirenense
xli. Alexander xl.xlii. Rufus xli.xliii. Nathanael xlii. nathanahelxliiii. Nichodemus xliii. nicodemus
xlv. Cleophas xliv. cleopasxlvi. Symon xlv. Simonxlvii. ludas xlvi.xlviii. lacobus xlvii.
xlviii. Simonxlviiii. Symon Coriarius xlviiii. Simon Coriarus
1. Lucas
Col. 2.li. barnabasHi. lohannesliii. barnabasliiii. StephanusIv. chorisiusIvi. milichusIvii. gaius
Iviii. Flegonta
Iviiii. ErmenHi sunt qui electi fuerunt
ab apostolis in ordinempro quibus(dam) qui re-cesseruntIx. appellen probabilis
Ixi. dyonisius ariopagita
Ixii. aspenetusIxiii. lesus qui dicitur
lustusIxiiii. StachinIxv. PonpliusIxvi. Aristobolus
Ixvii. Stephanus Corinthi-ensis
Ixviii. ErodiusIxviiii. Rufus
Ixx. Olymphus
Ixxi. TitusIxxii. Filimonem
V.
q#*bus qui
Appellemprobauilisdionysiusariop...
Stachyn
-bulus
'Olympus
(3) f. 61 a. Nomina archiepiscoporum dorobernensis ecclesie V. title re-inkedi. Agustinus Aug-ii. Laurentiusiii. Mellitus
430 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS [183
(4) Episcoporum Hrofensis ecclesiae.Horientalium Saxonum.\J/ A
iiii.V.
vi.vii.viii.viiii.
X.
xi.xii.xiii.xiiii.XV.
xvi.xvii.xviii.
JustusHonoriusDeus deditTheodorusberhtuuald^jTatuuinusNoShelmusCuSberhtuslaenberhtusbreguuinusaeSelheardusuulfredus
feologeldusceolnoSusaeSelredus
Col. 2.
berhtpaldusTatuinus
breguinuslaenberhtus
At this point Vadds: suiSredusceolnoSus
and so ends
xviiii. plegmundusxx. aefcelhelmusxxi. Uulfhelmusxxii. (The number original: the name Odo added in cent, xvi)xxiii. „ „ „ Dunstanus „xxiiii. „ „ „ Athelgarus „xxv. The last original number. The series is continued to no. 70 (Matt.
Parker).Dates are added for all the Archbishops in the same hand of
cent. xvi.
(4) f. 6i£ V.Nomina episcoporum title re-
hrofen's ecc\^\e, inkedi. Paulinusii. Ithamar
iii. Puttaiiii. Guuichelm Cuich-v. Gebmund
TobiasAlduulf
viii. Dunnviiii. Earduulf
x. Deora Dioraxi. Uuasrmund uaer-xii. beornmod
The numbering is continued to
. ( 5 )Nomina episcoporumhorientalium saxonum
i. Mellitusii. Ceddiii. Ercnuualdiiii. Uualdherev. Inguualdvi. Ecguulfvii. Sighaehviii. Eadberhtviiii. Eadgar
x. Coenuualhxi. Eadbaldxii. HaSoberht
ii. xiii. Osmundx .xv. Ceolberht
V.
title re-inkedorient-
ErconpaldUald-Incpald re-inked.
Coenpalh
heaSoberht
aedilnoSceolberhtus added,
and V endsThe numbering is continued to xviii.
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE 431
(6) Episcoporum Australium Saxonum.(7) Occidentalium Saxonum et Wentanae civitatis.(8) Scireburnensis ecclesiae.(9) Wellensis ecclesiae.
(6) f. 62 a.
Nomina episcoporumaustralium saxonum
i. Eadberhtii. Eolla
V. (7)title re-inked Nomina episcoporum
occidentalium saxonumi. birinus fuit epis qui cum/
consilio honorii pape ue/
iii. Sicggaiiii. Aluberhtv. Osavi. Gislherevii. Totaviii. ̂ iohthun
viiii. aepeluulfx. Cynred
nerat brittanniamii. Agilberhtiii. ^ineiiii. leutheriusv. haedde
uioht- deinde in duas parrochiaedil- as diuisus est. altera uuenta
Cyneredus added, cenorum ecclesie altera scireV ends burnensis ecclesie.
xi. GuSheardThe numbering is continued
to xviii.
V. (f. 108 6).
title re-inked
Primus occidentalium/saxo#um birinus fuit/
epis qui etc.brift
haeddeparochiasuuentanaecium
ecclesiae.. .sciraburecclesiae
title re-inkedIn uenta ciuita
(8 cont.)xviii. SpiShun
xviiii.xx. Denepulfxxi. Fripestanxxii. ^Elfheahxxiii.xxiiii. Deinde uuintonixxv. ens eccla in duasxxvi. parrochiasxxvii. diuisa est temp?xxviii. Fripestani. unam tenuxxviiii. it FriSestan. et alteram
xxx. -(Epelstan. iposfea. Oda.
(8) uuentane ciuitatis episcopivi. Danihelvii. HunfriS
viii. Cynheardviiii. ^Epelheard
x. Ecgbaldxi. duddxii. Cynebryhtxiii. Alhmundxiiii. J7igpegnxv. HereferSxvi. Eadhunxvii. Helmstan
V. (9) Scireburnensis ecclesie episcopi In scira ecclere-inked
aeSel-
-berhtalch--Segn added-firS, in a 2nd hand,
and V ends
AdhelmForShere
iii. Hereuualdiiii. ^ESelmodv. DenefrrSvi. pigbrihtvii. [EJalhstan'
viii. heahmundviiii. aepelheah
fulfsigeasser
xii. aeffelpeard1 E added.
Ald-
uuigberhtAlhstan <&/<&</
and V ends
x.xi.
432 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS [183
(10) Episcoporum Cridiensis ecclesiae.(H) Hwicciorum post Seaxwulfum.
deinde in tres parrochias/ V.diuisa est. pillensis ec-cleste I et cridiensi(s) has not theseecclesie sections
Scireburnensis ecclesiexiii. paerstanxiiii. aepelbaldxv. Sigelmxvi. selfred
Uuillensis ecclesiei. aepelmusii. uulfhelmusiii. selfheah
Cridiensis cecelestei. Eaduulf
(ii). aepelgar
(10)Nomina epis. huuicciorum
post seaxyulfumi. boselii. oftforiii. Ecgpineiiii. pilfrid
v. milred
vi. paermund
V.title partly
re-inkedsaex- (this
not re-in
-uumeuuilfriS
uer-
f. 63 a.(10 cont.) vii. tilhereviii. hea'Soredviiii. denebriht -berht
x. heaberht added. Vends.The numbering goes on to xv.
(ii) Nomina episc. prouincmerciorumPrimus in prouintia merci-orum et lindis farorum ac medi-terraneorum anglorum eps
i. Diuinaii. Cella hambo de scotiaiii. Trumhere de. natione an-
glorumiiii. Gearomonv. Ceaddavi. VuynfriSvii. SeaxuulfPostea uero in .v. parrochias diuiditur. post seaxuulfum prouinc. merciorum duosepis. habuit. headdanet uuilfrrSum. p0j/ea uuilfriSus eiectus. et headdaprrfatus regebat ambasparrochias.'de indealduuine qui et uuornominabatur. Iterum diuisa est in duas parrochias
i. Torhthelmii. Eadberht
V. (f. ititle re-inked
prouintiae mercio-num et lind. acmediteranerumdiumacellah ambo de scottia
pyn-saexpulf
saex-prouincise mere.
pilfridum-dusambos
alduine
Totta
183] CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE 433
(12) Episcoporum provincial Merciorum.(13) Archiepiscoporum Eboracensium.(14) Genealogiae regum Brittannice regnantium in diversis locis.Post h&c seqiiitur expositio vocum minus usitatarum quas in sequenti libello
occurrunt; cujus titulus.
f. 63 £.iii. unponaiiii. perenberht
rasShunaldredciolredhpitahgemele
V.
vi.vii.i.ii.iii.iiii. berhthunv. hygeberht
V.unuuonauuaer-Rethhune addedaddedadded. V endshuitahemele
hygb-
V.(12 cont.)
vi. alduulfvii. herepineviii. aefeluualdviiii. humberht
x. cyneferS
Title partly re-inked :nomina epis.uestor ehonu post szexulf(um}
the m not visible
-ston
-uinne addedoeSeluuald addedhun- addedcineferS addedThe list is continued by ahand of cent, xi-xii to Petrusand Rodbertus
(12) .Nomina episuuestor eliKpost seaxuulfum
i. Puttaii. Tyrhthelmiii. Torhthereiiii. J^alhstodv. CuSberhtvi. Poddavii. Accaviii. headda
(14) Nomina epis. orienta-lium Anglorum
i. Felixii. Thomasiii. berhtgisliiii. bisi
Postea in duas parrochias diuiditur
i. beade pineii. noSberhtiii. heaftoldciiii. ae>elfri8 aedilferSv. eanfriS -ferSvi. aapelpulf asSeluulfvii. alhheard alcheard.
C. C. C. HI,
viiii. Aldberhtx. esnexi. Ceolmund
xiii. Utelxiii. Uulfheardxiiii. beonnaxv. eadpulfxvi. cuSpulfxvii.
(13)Nomina epis.lindisfarorumpost seaxiilfum
i. eadhasSii. aspelpineiii. eadgariiii. cynebertv. alopiohvi. aldpulfvii. ceolpulfviii. eadpulf
viiii. beorhtredThe numbering iscontinued to xvii,ending in col. 3
addedadded. V ends
Title partly re-
aeSeluine
-berhtalouuioh-uulf-uulf-uulfV ends
V. (Title re-inked)
Primus Felix
bertgils
parroc
beadpine
The first hand ends; then28
434
uuermunduuilredare added^ and V ends
V.
cuSuine
inserted prima manu
ae--ferS : first hand endshunberht addedV ends
Thus the second hand of V has made additions to the wrong lists.
(14 cont.} viii.viiii.
X.
xi.xii.
(15)i.ii.iii.iiii.V.
vi.vii.viii.viiii.
X.
xi.
SibbaHtinferSHunberht
f. 64 a.AecceAescuulfeardredcuSpinealdberhtecglafheardredaelfhunTidfriSfaermundfillred
(16)Nomina episc gentis nor^anhymbrorum
Primus paulinus a iusto arc epis ordinatus ii ae]>an iii Fines iiii colmanv. tuda. Post ea in duas parrochiasdiuiditwr. Caedda eboracensi ecclesie. ordinatu. uuilfri8 hagstaldensie, ordinat«rdepositoq«^ uuilfriSo a rege EcgfriSoeata pro eo ordin epis hag. pro ceddan bosaeborac. defuncto eatan iohannis pro eoofdin. post longum uero exilium uuilfriSiterum in episcopa. hag. receptus est et idemiohan defuncto bosan eboraci substitutus.Eboraceris ecclesiae
i. UuilfriSii. Ecgberhtiii. Coenaiiii. Eanbaldv. Eanbaldvi. Uulfsigevii.
V. (f. 109 «).title very faint
AeSan Fine
cedda-turn. uil. hagstaldensiae ordina
uil-eota ordinatuseburaordina uil
iohannis. eburaicit est.
title very faintUil-
addedWig- added.
(17) f.64£.Nomina episc
hagustaldensecclesiae
i. Acca
ii. FrioJ>eberhtiii. Alhmundiiii. Tilberhtv. aejnlberht
V (109 a). (18)
-Soberht
aeS-
Notnina episclindesfarnensinsulf
i. aaSan
ii. Finesiii. Colmaniiii. Eatav. CuSberht
V ends
V.Title later. Noni. ep.
lindisfarerum
uel aidanAeSan
anFines
Cudb-
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE 435
V.
(17 cont.} vi. heardredvii. eanberhtviii.viiii.
x.xi.
(19) Nomina episcoporutnecclesie, quae diciturcasa Candida\. Pehthelmii. Friopouualdiii. Pehtpineiiii. jtpelberhtv. beadpulf
(20) f. 65 a.
Haec sunt genqlogie per paries brittannie regumregnantium per diuersa loca
(18 cont,} vi. Eadberhtvii. EadfriS
tidferS, V ends viii. Oiftilpaldviiii. Cynepulf
x. h> gebaldxi. Ecgberht
eatferSOeS-cynpulfhygb-added earlyeadmund addedlater. V ends
Norn.epis. adcasa Candida
(re-inked}FrioSopald
Norfthymbrorum
Eadpine sellingaelle yffingyffe uuscfreainguuscfrea uuilgislinguuilgils uuestorpalinguuestorualcna soemling ues-soemel saefuguling saefuglingsaefugel saebaldingsaebald siggeotingsiggeot suebdasgingsuebdaeg siggaringsiggar uuaegdaeginguuegdaeg uuodeninguuoden frealafing
Nor&anhymbra(re-inked)
Eduine aellingae-yffi
uilgilsinguil- uestorualcning
saefugul sae-sae-
-daeg--daeg
uegdaeg-uegdaeg uodninguoden
f. 65 b.
Item nor\anhytrib.Ceolpulf CuppiningCuppine Leodpaldingleodpald eadhelmingecgpald ocgtingeadhelm idingocg eatingeadberht leodpaldingeata
-uulfheaSored added
V ends
V. (f. 109 a).
brittanie
Item noripakymbrorum
ecgfriS ospeoingospio asSelfriSingaepelfriS aepelricingaeSelric idingida eoppingeoppa oesingoesa aepelberhtingaeSelberht angengeotingangengiot alusingalusa ingebrandingingebrand paegbrandingpaegbrand beornicingbeornic baeldaegingbaeldasg podningpoden frealafing
V (109 £).
Item norr^an.-uulf -Suining-Su- -liodu-lioduald ecgualdingecguald edelmingedhelm ocgtingocg idingeadberht eatingeata liodualdinglioduald ecgualding
V.title partlyre-inked
osuingosuio eSil-eSil- eSil-eSil-
eSil-eSil--geot
ingibr-ingibr- peg-peg- bern-
beldaegingbeldaeg
28—2
436 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS
Item nor$anhymb,Alhred EanpiningEanpine byrnhoming -uinebyrnhom bofingbofa blaecmoningblaecmon eadricing blaec-eadric iding ed-
(21) Ida regnauitGlappaAddaaepelricSeodricFriopopaldhussaaepelfriSeadpineospaldospioecgfrrSaldfriSosredcoenredosricceolpulfEadberhtospulfaepilpaldalhredaepilredaelfpaldosred .i. Item aspilred vii.
(22) f.66 a. Penda regn an xxi. (Not in V.)Peada i.pulfhere xvii.sepelred xxviiii.Coenred v.Ceolred vii.sepelbald xli.oflfa xxxviiii.ecgfriS cxli. dies.coenpulfceolpulfbeornpulfludecapiglafbeorhtpulf
(23) Item mercl.seSelbald alping1
f O
alhpih copingeopa Pybbing.
-um-
blaec-
xi. annosi.
viii.vii.vii.vii.vii.
xxvii.xvii. x paganus 7viiii.xxviii.
xv.xx.xi.ii.xi.
viii.xxi.i.
vi.viiii.iiii.x.
ed-
(Not in V.)
vii christianus.
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE
f. 66 b.
Mercior re~elred Pending Penda Pybbing Pybba Creoding Creoda Cynepalding Cynepald Cnebbing Cnebba Icling Icel eomrering eomrer angengeoting angengiot offing offa l'rermunding prermund pihtlreging pihtlreg pio~olgeoting
peopolgiot podning poden frealafing
Item mere. ecgfri~ offing offa ~ingfer~ing
~ingfer~ eanpulfing eanpulf 6smoding 6smod eoping eopa Pybbing
Item merciorum· Coenpulf cu~brihting
Cu~briht bassing bassa
Cynreop Centpine Cuppalh Cenpalh
ceonreoping
Centpining CU~l'aling Cenpaling Pybbing
(25) lindisftarna Aldfri~ eating eata eanferping EanferfJ bisceoping beoscep beding beda bubbing bubba eredbreding coedb«;d cl'edgilsing epedgils cretting cretta pinting pinta podning poden frealafing frealaf frioPopulsing (so) freofJQpulC I!"odpulfing
godpulC geating
V (C. 1<>9 b). title very faint Ae'lSil- peding
pypbing pypba crio-erio-
icil eamering eamer -geot
urer-uer- uihtlaeg-uihtlaeg piottulgeoting peo~lgeot
Item merClla. -Cri~
l5incfrit! -uulf
merclIa.
~i ttincfring -uulf-
-uulf -llberht--berht
eyn-
v. -reou
Cundpalh eoen-
(so) -frit! eatt-
Cundpaling Coen-
eatta -t!ing -fert! -scop-biscop
caedbaed-caedbaed cueld-cueld-
uinuuoden
uin-
friotlulfing friot!ulf finning finn goduulfing godulf geo-
437
438 CATALOGUE ,OF MANUSCRIPTS [183
(26) Cantyarioi urnaej>elbriht pihtredingpihtred ecgberhtingecgberht erconberhtingerconberht eadbaldingeadbald aef>elberhting
(col. 2) aej>elberht eormenricingeormenric oesingoese ocgingocga hengestinghengest pittingpitta - pihtgislingpihtgisl paegdasgingpaegdaeg podningpoden frealafing
(27) easier englaaelfpald aldpulfingaldpulf a^pelricingasjjelric eningeni Tyttlingtyttla puffingpuffa pehhingpehh pilhelmingpilfhelm hryppinghryp hrdSmundinghroSmund TryglingTrygil TytmaningTytman caseringcaser podningpoden frealafing
V.title very faint
-berht uiht-uiht-
eSil-eSil- lurmen-lur- the rest illegible
uitt-uitta uihtgilsinguihtgils uegdaeg-uegdaeg uod-uod-
Eost... englaae- -uulf--uulf eSil-eSil-
pehhapilhelm
pehing
hryping
uod-uod-
V adds, at the bottom of f. 109 b, in the original hand, as I think, the title: Haecsunt genelogiae per partes brittaniae regum regnantium per diuersa loca.
(28) f. 67 a. Occidentalium Saxonum (not in V).IneCenredCeolpaldCu)>pulfCu}>pineCelinCynricCreodaCerdicAlucaGipisbrandbaeldsegpoden
CenredingCeolpaldingCuJ>pulfingCuJ>piningCelingCynricingCreodingCerdicing
"AlucingGipisingbrandingbaeldaegingpodningfrealafing
This ends the genealogies.
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Immediately upon the last of the genealogies follows a paragraph,partly perhaps taken from \ht Historia Britonum* (see Mommsen in MGH.pp. 132, 172), partly from Pliny (N. H. iv 16. 102) or Solinus (22. 10).
Quando gratianus consul fuit secundo et equitius / quarta. tune hisconsulibus saxones a pyrtgeorno in / brittannia suscepti sunt.anno ccc° xlviiii a passio/ne christi. Britannia insula habet inlongitudine dccc mi/lia et in lati(t). cc milia et in circuitu habettria milia / milium et sexcenti £ . 6 7
This is followed by a group of paragraphs of a different kind :de trina Incarnatione Christi. Dominus noster I. C. ter carnaliter huic mundo
ortus est. Prima incarnatio quando in utero s. marie uirginis conceptus est.viii. kl. Ap. vi. fer. luna uidelicet illo tempore xxvii.
67 b. Secunda quan/do natus est viii. kl. Jan. iii fer. luna eo tempore xvii. regnantecesare augusto. n°. octauianus ut sacra testatur ueritas euangelica. Tertiaresurrectio quando excitatus catulus surrexit vi. kl. Apr. die dominico. lunipso tempore xvi. secundum legem moysi .xiiii. die lune, passus. regnantetiberio cesare.
de annis domini. Sunt ergo anni d. n. I. C. in corpore conuersantes .xxxii. etmenses .iii. hoc est dierum .xi. milia. dcclxx. ex qua autem die baptizatus estdominus usque in diem passionis sue, recepti sunt dies iuxta seriem mensium.dcccxx.
Prima aetas ab adam usque ad noe ann .n. ccxlii etc.Ending 68 b: ab origine mundi usque in aduentum domini anni .v. milia cxcviiii.
After this point a good deal of the matter is found, in a different order,in Vesp. B. VI (V).68 & Prima aetas infantia vii annis. Secunda pueritia xiiii etc.
—senium nullo certo annorum numero finitur (V, f. 107 a).Ossa hominis sunt numero .cc.xviiii. Numerus uenarum .ccclxv.Dentium numerus in perfecta aetate .xxxii. (V, f. 106^, line i).Christianus historicus dicit longitudinem mundi esse .xll. milium (milia V) latitude
(+uero V) vi. miliarum (V, f. 106^).Longitudo templi (+ habens V) .lx. cubitos in longitudine et .xxx. cubitos in
latitudine et .xxx. cubitos in altitudine.Tabernaculum habens longitudinis cubitos .xxx. latitudinis .x. altitudinis aeque .x.
_ _ oLongitudo ecclij scl petri .lx. passus. latitude xl passus (latitudine cubitos .xl.
passus V). passus .v. pedes sunt .ccxx. columnis sustentatur. scala scl petrigressibus .xlii.bus ascen/69# /dens. Altitude turris v. milia .clxxiiii. passus .i.xl. v. dccc. Ixxx. pedum.
1 The attribution of any part of this paragraph to the Historia Britonum is contested by MrH. Munro Chadwick, who says in a note to me: "I doubt the borrowing of the note QuandoGratianus etc. from the H. Br., partly on account of the form Wyrtgeorno, and still more becauseof quarta, which apparently does not occur in any text of the ff. Br. As H. Br. in §§ 57—65 hasclearly used a text related to 183 (containing (i) genealogies (2) lists of kings) there is some reasonfor thinking that the borrowing may have been the other way. Again, the gist of the whole passageBritannia—sexcenti is in Bede H. E. I i, whereas the latter part (circuitus) does not occur in H. Br.,or (so far as I know) in any Celtic writer."
440 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS [183
2. Liber de miraculis sancti Cuthberti episcopi, versu.
Ad finem codicis,
De area noe .ccc. cubit, in longit. in lat. 1. cubitorum in altit. xxx cubitorum.De nouo et uetere canone libri sunt .Ixxii. sicque et linguarum numero aeque et
discipulorum xpi sine numero (numerus V) .xii. apostolorum (V, f. 106^-107a, 1. i).Hie est numerus in psalterio uersu. In prima quinquaginta dccxc. In secundo
dcclxxui. In tertio dccclii. Id est duo milia. cccclii.In .i. miliario perticarum .cccclxxx. pedum .v. milia .dcclx. pedum on furlonge
.cccclxxx. (V, f. io6£, 11. 4-6).Duo grana ordei. digiti unius transuersio est. sedecim digiti transuersi pedem
efficiunt. duo uero pedes et dimidium faciunt gressum. duo autem (the signh" for autem is used both here and in V) gressus passum implent. Passusquoque .cxx. stadium est. Et viii stadia mille passus efficiunt. xii pedes perticamfaciunt. xii pertice arripinam faciunt. xii arripine (-ae V) uigem (sic, and in V)faciunt (V, f. 107 a).
In principio creauit deus caelum et terram mare et omnia. qu^ in eis sunt simul.Prima die lucem .ii. firmamentum .iii. herbas et ligna pomifera .iiii. solem etlunam et Stellas et omnia sidera etc. Ending 69 b: et sahctificauit ilium, quiain ipso requieuit ab omni opere suo quod creauit. (Not in V.)
This group of paragraphs, from De trina incarnatione, occurs again inno. 320, ff. 95-100. Some of the matter is also found in Julius A. 2 inAnglo-Saxon, printed by Napier, Anglia, XI, I.
Christianas Historicus I believe to be Cosmas Indicopleustes. Thedimensions of the earth according to him agree with those given above.He conceives of it as oblong in form, and compares it with the tabernacleand the ark. I connect the citation of him here with a letter of Koaenaarchbishop of York to Lulius of Mainz, in which certain " libri cosmo-grafiorum" are mentioned. (Jaffe, Monumenta Moguntina, p. 291.) SeeMr E. O. Winstedt's Cosmas Indicopleustes, Cambridge, 1909, p. ix.
Next follows a list of the difficult words that occur in the metricalLife of St Cuthbert, with their interpretations. About one-third are inAnglo Saxon.
Haec sunt quae in libello sequenti caraxata sunt atque archana . f. 70
Tetricas obscuritates
Chalubum est de qua optimum ferrum uenit.
Inc. epistola bede presb. ad iohannem presb. (XCIV 575.) . . 71Domino in domino dominorum dilectissimo
—intercedere memineris.Inc. liber de miraculis S . Cudberhti episcopi . . . . 72
Multa suis dominus fulgescere lumina saeclis.Initials after the first are plain capitals filled with colour.Ends 92 b: Vita manens castis lumenque salusque per aeuum.Rubric : baede famuli Christi et presb. Expl. liber de uirtutibus
S- Cudberhti lindisfarnensis aeccl. ep. deo gratias. Amen.
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3. Missa et officium S. Cuthberti.
Inc. hymnus S. Cudberhti ep f. 92 b
Magnus miles mirabilis
Gloria patri ingenito. gloria unigenito.
Missa S. Cudberhti xiii kal. Aprilis siue 11. non. septembris quodest translatio eius 93
With marginal additions, noted (of cent, xi ?), to the Preface.In uigilia S. Cudberhti ad uesperos 94Ending with Antiphons in matutinis laudibus . . . . 95 bf. 96 a blank. On 96 b, in three hands :
(a] with neumes : sequence for St Cuthbert: in a fine hand (x ?).Hodiernus sacratior uenerandus in orbe dies preclarus ubique
—Hoc nobis cunctipotens tribuat clementiam domine.(b} a list of vessels etc. in Anglo-Saxon (x-xi ?) :
Tea . calices 7 sex . disces . 7 . tpoegentig bleod/. 7 .feoper steapas . 7 . an baelt. 7 an hana 7 / 'Srea . condel.stafas . 7 . fif. tene . cuppa . 7 . fif/tene bleda 7 nion leoda7 an cetel . 7 fif/ calices . 7 feaper . discas . 7 sex tene .hornas . ge/rinade . 7 Srea . un . rinade.
This list coincides to a slight extent only with the list of presentsmade to St Cuthbert's church by Aethelstan in 931 : see below.
(c) One line erased, beginning with a W.(d) Walchear b. 7 eal see cuftberhtes hyred sealdan ealdgySe ^ land
set tiornhlapa / to pyse male •£ is pus ̂ gyf heo hit forlaete'S beohit s£t deaduw o®8e set cpicuwz / spa spa hyre )>earfe sy. t> malais viii exen 7 xii cyg. 7 iiii menn. 7 eac he"/laende hyre 1> landset pinde gatum ealle 'Sa hpile pe hyre pearf byS.
Plummer (Bede, I cxlvii, note) refers to Symeon of Durham (I 211) assaying that in 931 ^Ethelstan gave a copy of Bede's lives of Cuthbert tothe see, which was then at Chester-le-Street, and adds : " This copy is nowin the Library of C. C. C. Cambridge, no. 183." The words in the charterquoted by Symeon are " unam sancti Cuthberti uitam metrice et prosaicescriptam." If this interesting identification is correct (as I believe it to be),we must suppose that the picture at the beginning of the book represents^Ethelstan offering the volume to St Cuthbert.
« « \ j T- T T T-, f Under D. 3184. EUSEBII HlSTORIA PER RUFINUM. \ _, T^ 1. James 360
Vellum, i \\ x 8, ff. 176 + 6, 28 lines to a page. Cent, xii, in a fine handwhich is that characteristic of Christ Church, Canterbury. There can belittle doubt that the book was written there.
Collation: a4 (I a slip) I8-xxn8 b2. 2 fo. successiones or conscripta.On the flyleaves (i-iv) are unimportant notes (xv and xvi).