| Description | Ff.1-2v blank but for 'L 13' in modern pencil on f.1 and modern titles pencilled on f.2v.
1. Decretales Gregorii IX, with the gloss of Bernardus de Botone of Parma (Glossa Ordinaria in Decretalibus). Ff.3-275. 'Gregorius episcopus seruus seruorum Dei dilectis filiis doctoribus et scolaribus uniuersis Bononie commorantibus … ; Rex pacificus pia miseracione … (5. 41. 11) quis homagium compellatur. Explicit liber quintus; (Glo.) In huius libri principio quinque precipue sunt prenotanda … supra de pactis Pacciones. Explicit liber quintus.' Von Schulte II, p.115 [15. 1]. Heavily annotated in 14th and 15th-cent. anglicana hands. Among memorial verses: f.144 'Quorundam tacito res sunt obnoxia fisco' (distich); f.233, in pencil, 'Anno centeno milleno septuageno / Anglorum primas corruit ense Thomas'.
2. Novellae lnnocentii IV, with the gloss of Bernardus Compostellanus iunior. Ff.275v-286. ‘Cum in multis iuris articulis … non subeat in effectum. Explicit liber iste; (Glo.) Cum nuper in concilio Lugdunum quasdam constituciones … ; Cum in multis etc. Infinitas. Nota quod infinitas in multis iuris articulis reprobatur … (f.285v) aliter puniendi.' Cf. P.Kessler, 'Untersuchungen über die Novellen-Gesetzgebung Papst Innozenz IV, II Teil', Zeitschrift für Rechtsgeschichte, kan. Abt. 32 (1943). 316-353.
3. Additional Novellae, glo. Ff.286v-289v. F.290 blank. '[G]randi non immerito … comitis consulere supradicti; [D]ilecto filio decano Cremoniensi etc. Preterea cum omnes leges … frequencius exerceri. Data Lugd' (In marg., 'Ista decretale est ultima in titulo de sen. ex.'); [A]d apostolice dignitatis … eam auctoritate apostolica confirmauimus; (Glo.) [G]randi etc. Decretale ista ponitur … '. Coll. III. 7. 23, 24, 40 (cf. Sext. 1. 8. 2, 5. 11. 6, 2. 14. 2 and 3).
4. Constitutions of Gregory X, with the gloss of Guilelmus Duranti. Ff.290v-302v. '(Text) Incipiunt constituciones Gregorii pape decimi. [G]regorius episcopus … dilectis filiis uniuersitati magistrorum et scolarium Bononie salutem … ; Cum nuper in generali concilio … apostolicam absolutionis beneficium optinere. Explicit textus constitutionum Gregorii etc.; (Glo.) [G]regorius iste priusquam papa fieret uocabatur Thealdus … (ends impf.) non est confessus ut id est di. ponderet'. The italicized words are catchwords. Cf. M.Bertram in Quellen and Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken, 53 (1973), 464f, not mentioning this MS. F.303 in a rough hand of c.1300: 'Memoriam uuiluel set carnes confiteantur. Isti sunt articuli quos dominus rex concessit episcopis et eorum subditis. Circumspecte agatis … prohibitione licet porigatur' (Edw. III, June-Jul. 1286; Councils and Synods II. ii, pp.974-975, and EHR 43 [1928], 1-20), and two sets of verses in hands of the same period: 'Cum fueris quod uis, probat actio tunc tua quid sis / Cum mea bursa sonat hospes mihi fercula donat / Cum uacuata iacet si loquor ipse tacet'; 'Iam mendicat misere corus poetarum' (4 lines). F.303v covered with notes and verses in late 13th-cent. hands; some of those at the top of the page are indecipherable even under ultra-violet light: 'Memoriam ?muluel set carnes confiteantur'; 'Benigne feo la velville trot. Vnde uersus [illegible]'; 'Est uates arator cultor telluris arator' (Walther 5881); 9 lines of prose: 'Mulier est hominis confusio … ; Iuuenis qui fornicatur peccat … ; Omnis fornicacio et luxuria fugienda est … '; 'Quociens Marie nomen nominatur, tociens caterua demonum fugatur' (monostich); 'Congnatum fratremque cane carumque sodalem' (3 lines); 'Retro rodentes et coram blanda loquentes' (distich); 'Portatur leuiter quod portat quisque libenter' (distich); 'Non est sedicio tam letalis sub olimpo' (distich); 'Plura promittit eger dare dum cruciatur' (4 lines); 'Qui simulat uerbis nec corde est fidus amicus' (distich); 'Sepe retrocedit dominum qui uincere credit' (distich); 'Venditur arbitrium dum uiuitur ex alieno' (distich; Walther 20070); "E. dictus s. mundus p. res sunt, sunt anime p.' (monostich); 'Eternum cum principio dic fine carere' (3 lines); 'Ecce crucis longum, latum, sublime profundum' (4 lines; Walther 5072); 'A nona hora noctis donec sit tercia lucis' (5 lines; Walther 56); 'Unum crede Deum nec iures uana per ipsum' (4 lines; Walther 19669); 'Qui facit incestum deflorans aut homicida' (6 lines; cf. Walther 15482); 'Noscitur urbanus sanctis, errore prophanus' (distich); 'Fle si solari, ieiuna si saturari' (distich; Walther 6597); 'Omnis mulier esset fornicatrix si latere posset inpudica' (monostich); 'Spernere mundum, spernere multum, spernere sese' (distich; Walther 18492); "Res ualet, ars prestat, cum res perierit ars tibi restat' (distich); 'Fons placet arenti, uacuo cibus, umbra calenti' (distich); 'Dulce uiro mulier, pratis arentibus ymber' (distich); "Surge miser mane sed noli surgere uane' (5 lines); 'Malo pater tibi sit tristes dummodo tu sis' (4 lines); 'Si uis incolumem super te ducere fauum' (9 lines; cf. Walther 18083); 'Framea uindictam tibi Christum signat et ensem' (monostich); 'Gaudet epar spodio mace cor' (3 lines; Walther 7108); 'Anselmus dicit Non minus meretur pauper si sua rapiuntur et sustinet per pacientiam quam si cunta tribueret per elemosinam'; 'O pater Deus qui nobis de brutis animalibus solacium subrogas … '. F.304 notes in late 13th-cent. anglicana hands: (a) a herbal recipe; (b) Four documents, the first two in the same hand: (i) Synodal Statute of W. bishop of Norwich, concerning the right of rectors in the diocese to will portions of their churches' income. This copy omits the gloss at the end by Bishop Bateman and ends as in CUL Ii. 3. 7, f.143v (early 14th-cent., from Norwich Cathedral), adding: 'Originale huius statuti consingnatum residet in hospitali sancti Egidii Norwycensis etc.' Councils and Synods: II. i, pp.498-501, there attributed to Walter Suffield and dated 1255. (ii) Synodal Statute of Bishop William of Norwich, repeating the above, dated London, 16 Sept, 4th yr. of his pontificate. Printed ibid., p.342, there attributed to William Raleigh and dated 1243; (iii) Sir N. de Ufford to Bishop W(illiam Ayermine) of Norwich, seeking confirmation of his presentation of N. to the church of N., dated 'Landerey' 7 Jan. 1330; (iv) John de Breuse to Bishop William of Norwich, seeking confirmation of his presentation of Robert Algor" de Akenham as vicar of Heydon, undated. Ff.304v-305 blank. At the top of f.305v is 'Caucio Roberti de Ripyngham exposita ciste sancte Trinitatis pro [?] s. in festo inuencionis sancte crucis anno Domini millesimo nonagesimo ix. Habet supplementum unum portiforium', and other partly-erased pen-trials. The chest is a Cambridge one, and 'Ripyngham' may be the Robert of Rypplingham of BRUC 500, at Cambridge 1462-c.1484/5, later rector of places in Leics. and Cambs., dying c.1505-6. 'Rypingham' is recorded as one spelling of this man's name, but the hand of the inscription does not look as late as this. |
| Physical Description | Binding: Recent; as for MS 11. Lincoln Cathedral bookplate inside the front cover. On the spine, gilt: DECRETALS / MS. 173.
Construction: 305 parchment leaves, the upper and outer edges heavily trimmed. The original book is ff.3-288, to which additions were soon made on the blank ff.286v-288v and ff.289-305. 350 x 230 mm., pencil-ruled, the text in 2 cols throughout. On ff.3-286 the text is written on 36-40 lines within a written space of 160 x 95 mm.; thereafter it varies. The space occupied by the gloss on ff.3-289v varies; thereafter it is constant at 320 x 215 mm., 77 lines.
Hands: The text of arts.1-2 is in one neat English book-hand, the gloss in several others. Another, larger book-hand writes all of art.3 and the text only of art.4. The gloss to art.4 is in a small, neat book-hand.
Decoration: To arts.1 and 2 (1) blue initials flourished in red, each book of art.1 opening with display-script thus; (2) Plain red or blue initials; (3) Red paraphs and underlining, running titles in 2-colour capitals to art.1. |