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Details for manuscript 555

Manuscript №
555
Location
London
Collection
British Library
Reference
Royal 13 A IV
Headnote
Miscellany of theological, grammatical and historical texts
Estimated date of production
s.xiii
Folia
4+102+4
Place of production
Produced for
Notes
"'Rogerus de Noramtn': early 14th-century inscription (f. 100v). 'Johannes Burgo': 14th-century inscription (f. 100v). 'Richard Jehonys', 'Robert', 'John Parker' (perhaps of Cambridge, b. 1548, d. 1619), 'Henry Mard', 'Wyllamy Darby': 15th- or 16th-century inscription (f. 100v)."
Sources for this record
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Royal_MS_13_A_IV
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200397/BibliographicResource_3000126277108.html

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 f. 1r-8v: Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Summa de coloribus rhetoricis, beginning 'Ars semper eadem quod autem ex arte' (imperfect); Latin 1r (1) 8v (16) 16.0
2 ff. 9r-22r: The Metrical Life of Saint Hugh of Lincoln; Latin 9r (17) 22r (43) 27.0
3 ff. 22v-23v: Poem on Troy, beginning 'Pergama flere volo fato Danaum data solo'; Latin 22v (44) 23v (46) 3.0
4 ff. 24r-24v: Extract from the end of a disputation in elegiac verse between a clerk and a soldier, in which the clerk defends himself, beginning 'Dicit quod feriat gladiis'; Latin 24r (47) 24v (48) 2.0
5 ff. 25r-75v: Johannes de Hauvilla, Architrenius, beginning 'Architrenius quidam cum ad annos virilis roboris' (imperfect, lacking the end of Book 8 and Book 9); Latin 25r (49) 75v (150) 102.0
6 ff. 76r-81v: Simon Chèvre d’Or, L’Ilias (short version), beginning 'Diviciis ortu specie virtute triumphis'; Latin 76r (151) 81v (162) 11.5
7 ff. 81v-84r: Serlo of Wilton, Versus de differenciis, beginning 'Dactile quid latitas exi qui publita vitas' with glosses in Anglo-Norman; Latin 81v (162) 84r (167) 4.75
8 ff. 84r-85r: Latin proverbs, beginning (in Anglo-Norman) 'Ke oil ne veit quor ne desire / Cor non affectat quod non oculus nota spectat', with further Anglo-Norman proverbs added in the margin; miscellaneous additions at the end in 13th- and 14th-century hands (f. 85r); Latin 84r (167) 85r (169) 0.92
9 proverbs French 84r (167) 85r (169) 0.92
10 ff. 86r-89r: Sermon in Latin, imperfect at the beginning; Latin 86r (171) 89r (177) 7.0
11 ff. 90r-100r: Innocent III, De miseria humanae conditionis, imperfect at the beginning; miscellaneous additions at the end in 13th- and 14th-century hands (f. 100r); Latin 84r (167) 85r (169) 0.92
12 f. 100v: Recipe fragment in Latin; Latin 100v (200) 100v (200) 1.0
13 ff. 101r-102v: Walter of Bibbesworth, Le Tretiz, beginning '[F]emme qe aproche son temps' (imperfect). French 101r (201) 102v (204) 4.0

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 Rogerus de Noramtn s.xiv (in) man unknown http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Royal_MS_13_A_IV
2 Johannes Burgo s.xiv man unknown http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Royal_MS_13_A_IV
3 Richard Jehonys unknown man unknown http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Royal_MS_13_A_IV
4 'Robert' unknown man unknown http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Royal_MS_13_A_IV
5 Wyllamy Darby s.xv /xvi man unknown http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Royal_MS_13_A_IV