Rochester Priory Library list, c.1123

The catalogue of the library of the priory of St Andrew. Transcription and translation of Textus Roffensis, folios 224r-230r by Jacob Scott (pending review). Introduction by Beverley Dee Jacobs. The Benedictine Priory of Rochester Cathedral was commenced by Gundulf, William the Conqueror’s architect/engineer, close to the site of the original Cathedral of St. Andrew at Rochester dated to AD604. The Venerable Bede informs us that the original cathedral had lay clerics supporting the Bishop, not a monastery or priory as did other such early cathedrals.¹ By the time of the Norman Conquest the community of St. Andrew’s Anglo-Saxon Cathedral church had descended into extreme poverty with only a Bishop and four Lay Clerics remaining. After the Conquest a Benedictine community of monks at Rochester Cathedral Priory had been commenced by c1082/3. Thereafter, building of a much more substantial cathedral church was also begun by Gundulf, who became the second Norman appointed Bishop of Rochester. By the c1120s the monks had brought together a sizeable library collection, largely by their own considerable industry. Reading as well as prayer was a most important part of the life of a Benedictine monk. They would have borrowed exemplars to copy from other religious libraries, such as Christchurch Canterbury and further afield e.g. the New Minster, Winchester and beyond to enlarge their library. This was no mean effort when taking into account the relatively small number of monks in the Priory at its maximum were only 60. A catalogue, compiled largely by one scribe, of the priories books, was bound into the manuscript which became known as Textux Roffensis, the Rochester Book. A scribe has written in a later hand Textus de Ecclesia Roffensi per Ernulfum espicopium indicating that they believed the work to have been carried out during the Bishopric of Ernulf who was Bishop from AD1114 to 1124. There are many facets to this Ms., not least that it is essentially two documents which have been bound together, the first containing the earliest known Anglo-Saxon Law Codes and much much more. As far as is known, it contains the earliest written record of the Old English language. The second document is in Latin as might be expected in later mediaeval ecclesiastical houses. But it also contains many more aspects of early mediaeval history. The monks clearly regarded this little book as a very precious possession. Its contents have also proven to be as precious through the centuries to the present day for the wide range of knowledge it contains. At the time of the Reformation, when the great Cathedral Abbey/Priories were dissolved and their library collections removed to the libraries of King Henry VIII, this little Textus remained at Rochester, possibly hidden by those monks still remaining. The Catalogue within it, on Folios 224r to 230r dating to 1123/4, records some 93 items. It provides good evidence of the range of written works available for religious communities in the early 12th century. Sadly very few, however, have remained in Rochester. The 93 Mss. were eventually given to the British Museum, from other library collections such as Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert & Edward Harley in 1753 to form a part of this country’s (free) National Library. From there they were transferred to the newly built British Library for which construction started in London in 1973. The RochesterEx Libris penned into the front covers of many of the Cathedral’s Mss. listed in the attached Catalogue by a later scribe show where they were once owned and that they are now safely stored in the British Library in London. In later centuries the Textus Roffensis went through many travels. Loaned to antiquarian historians, one of whom mislaid it to the hands of a person who misappropriated it and refused its return. The Cathedral was then obliged to pay to get it back. It was dropped in a river causing water damage, but has survived relatively unscathed as the result of previously very good binding with strong metal clasps holding it tightly shut. As the possible result of damp, however, the first record on folio 224r commences on line four with ‘Expositionum ejusdem super psalterium in tribus voluminibus’. The first three lines are now too faint to be accurately transcribed and although water damage has affected a large part of the right-hand side of the folio, that is still clearly legible. Many, but not all of the individual manuscripts recorded commence with a rubricated letter ‘I’ for ‘Ite(m)’, the letter ‘m’ being a scribes superscript abbreviation. Other rubricated capital letters and one large green letter commence the title of parts of the Scriptures, commentaries thereon and a number of sermons and extracts. The ‘hands’ throughout are mostly crisp, clear and legible, but for the sake of space saving this document contains many scribal abbreviations. Textus Roffensis is considered in the main to have been written by a single scribe. There is, however, evidence of different hands throughout the complete Ms. and also in the c.1124 Library Catalogue.

Beverley Dee Jacobs

31st October 2021

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Expositionem eiusdem super psalterium . in ·iii· uol.

Exposition on the psalms, in 3 volumes².

Librum ipsius de civitate dei . in ·i· uol. Expo-

On the city of God, in one volume³

sitionem eiusdem super epistolam sancti iohannis apostoli in ·i·

Exposition on the letters of Saint John the Apostle, in one

uol . in quo et sermo ipsius inter pressuras . et

volume⁴, in which his sermon on pressures, and

apocalipsis . et cantica canticorum. Item aug-

the revelation, and song of songs. Also,

ustinum contra faustum in ·i· uol. Enkiridi-

Augustine against Faustum, in one volume⁵.

on ejusdem . et librum beati ambrosii de bono mor-

A handbook of the same, and the book of blessed Ambrose, on the good

tis . librum quoque; domini lanfranci archiepiscropi con-

death. The book also; lord Lanfranc Archbishop

tra beringerium in ·i· uol. Item librum eiusdem

against Beringeria, in one volume⁶. Also the same book

contra felicianum . et librum domini anselmi ar-

against Felician, and the book of Lord Anselm

chiepiscopi Cur deus homo . et librum de asseneth cum

Archbishop, why was God a man[?] and the book of asseneth

quib; dam aliis opusculis in ·i· uol. Item librum

in one volume⁷. Also, in the book

ipsius de trinitate in ·i· uol. Item librum ipsius

on The Trinity, in one volume⁸. Also a book

contra . v. hereses . et sermonem eiusdem de muli-

against five heresies, and sermons about a

ere forti . et librum didimi de spiritu sancto . expo-

strong woman, and the book we have received from the Holy Spirit,

sitio quoque; bedae super . xxx. quaestiones in libros regum

also an exposition on Bede. Thirty questions in the book of kings,

item expositio eiusdem de templo solomis . et ex-

likewise an exposition of the same concerning the temple alone. and

positionem super canticum abbacuc . epistolam quoque

an exposition on the song Abbacuc[?]. Also the letter of the

mansueti episopi ad constantinum in ·i· uol.

meek bishop to Constantine, in 1 volume⁹.

Item librum Ipsius de concordia evangelistarum . et ipsium expositionem de sermone domini in monte

The same book on the Harmony of the Gospels, and on his own interpretation of the Lord's Sermon on the Mount

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et librum ipsius de blasphemia in spiritum sanctum .

and book on the blashphemy against the Holy Ghost,

et sermonem ipsius de decem plagis : in ·i· uol.

and sermons on the ten plagues, in one volume¹⁰.

Item de doctrina christiana et de vera reli-

The same Christian Doctrine and the true

gione et de paenitentia : in ·i· uol. Item

religion and unknown, in one volume¹¹. The same

contra caelestianos et pelagianos . et de na-

against the Celestians, and the Pelagians, and of the

tura boni . et dialogus eiusdem ad ieronimum

nature of the good, the Dialogue of the same to the ieronimum,

et de cura pro mortuis gerenda, et regula

on behalf of the dead, and, carrying out about the care of,

eius ad monachos in ·i· uol. Item exceptio-

and its relation to the monks, in one volume¹². The same

nes de augustino super iohannem et aliae plu-

exceptions of Augustine on John, and

res exceptiones de libris ipsius in ·i· uol.

the exceptions of the book, in one volume¹³.

Item librum eiusdem de agone christiano cum aliis

Also the same book on Christian agony with

pluribus minutis opusculis in ·i· uol

many other small works, in one volume¹⁴.

Sermo eiusdem de pastoribus et sermo de ovibus . liber

Sermon on the shepherds and sermon on the sheep. A book

quoque adversus donatistas de baptismo . liber eiusdem

also against the Donatists on Baptism. In the same book

etiam de baptismo parvulorum et epistola ad marcellinum

also the baptism of infants, and the letter to Marcellus,

et liber de unico baptismo et liber eiusdem de spiritu lit-

and the book of the only baptism, and the book of the same from the spirit

tera in ·i· uol. Libri confessionum eiusdem⁶

of the letter[?] In one volume. A book on confessions

in ·i· uol‡ Item liber retractationum eiusdem et liber

in the same one volume¹⁵. Also a book of retractions of the same and a book

de ortu vita vel obitu sanctorum patrum qui in scri-

on the birth or death of the holy fathers who are

pturarum laudibus efferuntur . liber etiam sancti ysi-

extolled in the praises of the Scriptures. Also a book by St.

dori quidam . catalogus quoque beati ieronimi de ca-

Isadore. A catalog of St Jerome on the

tholicis scriptoribus et catalogus gennadii episcopi

catholic writers and catalogue of Bishop Gennadius

post⁶ ieronimum et catalogus ysidori de illustribus

after Jerome and catalogue of Isadore,

viris . et decretalis epistola gelasii papae de reci

and the decree letter of Pope Gelasius the

[There is an empty line here followed by:]

‡ et Liber eiusdem de diversis heresib; ⁶

and the book of the same on different heresies.

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piendis & non recipiendis libris liber quoque catholici

receiving[?] and not receiving the books of the Catholic

senatoris de institutionibus divinarum litterarum

senator on the institution of the divine letters

et liber prohemiorum sancti ysidori episcopi in ·i· uol. Item

and book preamble by St Isadore the bishop in one volume¹⁷. Likewise,

liber eiusdem de nuptis et concupiscentia et respon-

a book about married women and their lust, and

sio ejusdem sancti augustini contra cartulam missam

the response of the same Saint Augustine against the letter sent

valerio comiti a quodam reprehendente eius-

to Count Valerio by a certain man criticizing

dem librum et libros vi. contra iulianum episcopum pe-

the same book and five books against Bishop Julianus,

lagianae heresis defensorem in ·i· uol¹⁸. Item de

defender of the Pelagian heresy in one volume¹⁹. Likewise

praesentia dei ad dardanum et epistolae senicae ad

concerning the prescense of God at Dardanus and the old short[?] letter

paulum et pauli ad senicam et liber rathramni

of Paul to Senica and the book of Rathramnus

de co quod christus ex virgine natus et liber ejusdem

that Christ was born of a virgin, and of the same book

de anima et sermones de assumptione sanctae

of the soul and sermon on the assumption of the blessed

mariae et sermo pascasii diaconi in genea-

Mary and sermon on Passover, and the deacon in

logia christi et sermo sancti ambrosii de nativitate sanctae

Christ’s genealogy, and the sermon of St Ambrose concerning the birth of the blessed

mariae et quoddam scriptum anselmi archiepiscopi in ·i· uol.

Mary, and a document written by Archbishop Anselm in one volume²⁰.

Libri beati ieronimi : sunt isti.

These are the books of blessed Jerome:

Epistolae ipsius in uno volumine. Commentarium eiusdem

His letter, in one volume²¹. Commentary on the same

super matthaeum in ·i· uol. Item libri eiusdem

subject in Matthew, in one volume²². Also a book

super xii. prophetarum et super danihelem in du-

on twelve of the prophets and on Daniel, in

obus voluminibus. Item liber eiusdem contra iovinia-

two volumes²³. Likewise a book against

num hereticum in ·i· uol. Item expositio

the heretic Jupiter in i volume²⁴. Also the exposition

eiusdem super epistolam ad titum et isidorus super

of the same on the letter to Titus and Isidorus on

genesim in ·i· uol. Item liber eiusdem7 de essentia et

Genesis in one volume²⁵. Likewise a book of the same on the essence and

in effabilitate dei . cum aliis pluribus; minu-

in the effability of God, with many

tis opusculis in ·i· uol. Item liber eiusdem

other small works, in one volume²⁶. The same book also

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in vitam sancti pauli heremitae . et sancti bilarionis .

on the life of the hermit St. Paul, and St. Bilarionis,

et aliorum plurimorum sanctorum patrum . etiam

and many other holy fathers, even

actus monachi captivi . cum vita sancti an-

the actions of the captive monks. with the life of St.

tonii . et liber heraclidis qui paradysus ap-

Anthony, and the book of Heraclides which is called

pellatur in ·i· uol. Vetus et novum⁶ testamentum quam

Paradise, in one volume²⁷. The Old and New Testament which he

(trans-)⁶ tulit de hebreo (sic) in latinum in duobus voluminibus. Quorum

(translated) from Hebrew into Latin, in two volumes. Of which

primum continet hos libros . Quinque libros moy-

he first contains these books; the five books of

si . Iesum naue . Iudicum . Ruth . Psalterium

Moses. Judges, Ruth. The psalter,

Proverbiorum Ecclesiastes . Sapientiae Ecclesi-

Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, wisdom of the church[?]

asticum Hezram et neemiam . Paralipomenon

chronicles of Hezram and Nehamiah. Chronicles

duos libros et quatuor evangelia. In alio vero vo-

in two books and four Gospels. In another

lumine continentur quatuor libri regum Iob

volume the four books of the kings of Job

Liber tobie . Iudith . Hester. Libri machabe-

are contained in the Book of Tobie. Judith. Esther. Book of

orum duo. Libri prophetarum omnes . Actus apostolorum .

two Machabees. All the books of the prophets. The Acts of the Apostles.

Epistolae pauli aliorumque apostolorum. Apocalypsis.

The Epistle of Paul and other Apostles, and Apocalypse²⁸.

Item expositio eiusdem super ysaiam prophetam

Also an exposition of the same on the prophet Isaiah

in ·i· uol. Expositio eiusdem super ysaiam prophetam

in one volume²⁹. Exposition of the same on the prophet Isaiah

in ·i· uol. De hebraicis quaesti-

in one volume³⁰. On the Hebrew

onibus in genesi . et de mansionibus filiorum israel

questions in Genesis and concerning the dwellings of the sons of Israel,

et de distantiis locorum et interpretationes

and of the distances of places, and the interpretations

hebraicorum nominum . et quaestiones in li-

of the Hebrew names, and questions in

brum regum . et in paralippomenon . et de decem

the book of kings and in the Chronicles and concerning the ten

temptationibus et canticum debborae et lamen-

temptations and the canticle of Deborah and the

tationes ieremiae in ·i· uol. Item tra³¹

lamentations of Jeremiah, in one volume³². Also in

tatus eiusdem in libro ihesu naue libri quoque

the same book of Jesus his book on the

duo beati augustini doctoris de adulteri-

two St Augustine, doctor on

nis conjugiis et liber unus de mendacio et

adulterous marriages, and one book on the lie and

alius contra mendacium et liber eiusdem ad

the other against the lie, and the same book

renatum de natura et origine animae . et ali-

for the birth of the nature and origin of the soul, and

us liber de eadem re ad petrum presbyterum ad

another book about the same thing to Peter the priest,

vincentium victorem quoque duo libri de

to the victorious conqueror also two books on

eadem re et sermo arrianorum et liber sancti

the same subject, and the speech of the asians, and the book of St.

augustini respondentis contra arrianorum

Augustine, answering against the treachery of the Asians,

perfidiam et libri duo eiusdem contra adversa-

and two books of the same against the

rium legis et prophetarum in ·i· uol. Ixposi-

adversary of the law and the prophets, in one volume³³.

tio super ezechielem prophetam in ·i· uol.

Exposition on the prophet Ezekiel in one volume³⁴.

Item quinque libros moysi in uno volumine

The five books of Moses in one

novo. Iesum nave . Iudicum . et . Ruth in uno

new volume³⁵. Jesus in a ship, Judges, and Ruth in one

volumine novo. Item explanatio eiusdem

new volume³⁶. Also an explanation of the same

in ieremiam prophetam in ·i· uol. Item super

in the prophet Jeremiah in one volume³⁷. Also on

ecclesiastem et Bedam de tabernaculo et vasis eius et

Ecclesiastes and Bede, on the tabernacle and its vessels, and

super actus apostolorum et improperium ad monachos

on the acts of the apostles, and the reproach to the monks,

et responsiones cujusdam in ·i· uol.

and the answers of one of them, in one volume,

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Leaf filled in a later 15th/16th century hand, very faint but showing donations to the monastery, e.g.;

Piscaria de Gillingham data monachis

Archiep. C. dat, etc. etc.

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Libri beati ambrosii : sunt isti:

The books of blessed Ambrose are these:

De officiis in uno volumine. Exameron

The Offices, in one volume. Exameron

eiusdem in uno volumine. Item liber eiusdem

of the same in one volume. Likewise the book of the same

de virginitate . et de viduis . et de lapsu

on virginity. and of widows and of the fall

virginis ·i· uol. Item liber eiusdem de conflictu

of the virgin, in one volume. Likewise the book of the same on the conflict

vitiorum et virtutum . et oratio sancti effrem

of vices and virtues. and the speech of St. Augustine

de compunctione libri etiam iuliani episcopi de

on the compunction of the Book of Bishop Julian

prognosticis et plures sermones sancti augustini

concerning the diagnoses and the many sermons of Saint Augustine

et liber paschasii de corpore et sangui-

and the Book of Easter concerning the body and

ne domini in ·i· uol. Epistolae ipsius in ·i· uol11.

Blood of the Lord, in one volume. His letters, in one volume.

Item expositio in evangelium lucae evange-

Also an exposition on the Gospel of Luke

listae in ·i· uol. De fide ad gratianum im-

the Evangelist, in one volume. On the faith and grace of

peratorem lucae evangelistae in ·i· uol. Item de paenitentia conra

the emperor[?] Luke the evangelist, in one volume. Also concerning penance against the

novatianos . et liber sancti augustini de u-

Novatians, and the book of St. Augustine on the

tilitate credendi et liber eiusdem de fide

utility of creed, and the same book on faith

ac simbolo . et liber liber illius ad inquisitiones ianu-

and creed, and book book[?] of that inquiries of

arii et epistola ad armentarium et paulinam

January, and the letter to the armory, and Pauline,

et sermo de perjurio et sermo de excidio

and sermon on the destruction of the

urbis romae et sermo de faciendis elemo-

city of Rome, and sermon to be performed on the giving of

sinis et sermones de fide . de caritate . de

alms, and sermons on faith, charity, the

timore domini . et liber iustini in libris trogi

fear of the Lord, and the book of Justin in the trophy[?]

pompeii in ·i· uol. Item liber de mysteriis

of Pompeii, in one volume. Likewise, a book on the mysteries

sive initiandis et sermo de sacramentis

or initiations, and sermons on the sacraments

neophitorum habitus in synodo . et epistolarium

of the neophists held in the synod, and the letter of

ivonis carnotensis episcopi in ·i· uol.

Ivonis the bishop of Chartres, in one volume.

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Libri sancti Gregorii papae sunt hi ;

These are the books of the blessed Pope Gregory.

Moralia eiusdem in duob; voluminib; Pastora-

The morals of the same in two volumes;

lis et dialogus in ·ii· uol. Liber ipsius super eze-

Pastoral care and dialogue, in two volumes. The book of

chielem in ·i· uol. Registrum in ·i· uol. Specu-

Ezekiel, in one volume. Register, in one volume.

culum12 in ·i· uol. Gregorius super ezechielem in duobus

Mirror[?], in one volume. Gregory on Ezekiel in two

voluminibus.13

volumes.

Pastoralis anglicus in ·i· uol.14 Prosper in ·i· uol.

English pastoral care, in one volume. Prosper, in one volume.

Egesippus in ·i· uol. Itinerarium petri in ·ii·

Egesippus, in one volume. Peter's Travels, in two

uol. Rufinus in ecclesiasticam hystoriam in uno .

volumes. Rufinus in ecclesiastical history, in one

uol. Canones et decreta pontificum in ·i·

volume. The canons and decrees of the Pontiffs, in one

uol. Exceptiones de eisdem in ·i· uol. Orosius

volume. Exceptions to the same, in one volume. Orosius

cum gothorum hystoria in ·i· uol. Iohannes crisosto-

with the history of the Goths, in one volume. John

mus de reparatione lapsi . libi quoque eiusdem de com-

Chrysostom of the reparation of the fallen. Book of the same for

punctione . liber etiam ipsius de de psalmo quinqua-

compunction[?], also his book on the fiftieth psalm,

gesimo . et liber ipsius de eo quod nemo laeditur nisi

and his book on that which no one is injured except

a se ipso . et de expulsione sua, sermonesque be-

by himself, and concerning his expulsion, and the sermon of

ati augustini de simbolo et oratione dominica .

St Augustine concerning the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer,

quoddam quoque miraculum sancti martini . et scri-

also a miracle of St Martin, and

ptum fulberti de eo quod tria maxime sunt neces-

it was written of Fulbert about the three things most

saria christianae religioni . item scriptum fulberti

necessary for the Christian religion, also written by Fulbert

de sacerdote et hostia quam accipit cum or-

about the priest and the victim which he receives when he is

dinatur . libri quoque alcuini ad Karolum de

ordained. also a book of alcuini to Charles on the

trinitate in ·i· uol. Liber scintillarum

Trinity in one volume. The book of sparks[?],

in ·i· uol. Diadema monachorum in ·i· uol.

In one volume. The crown[?] of the monks, in one volume.

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Institutiones regum anglorum in ·i· uol.

Institutes of the kings of the English, in one volume.

Librum amalarii abbatis de officiis divinia

The book of Abbot Amalarii on the divine services,

in ·i· uol.

In one volume.

Descriptio locorum que vidit bernardus sapiens

A description of the places which Bernard the wise man

quando ivit ierusalem vel rediit . et vita } Karoli magni

saw when he went to Jerusalem and returned, and the life of Charles[?] the great

regis . et itinerarium christianorum in ierusalem contra paganos

king, and the journey of the Christians into Jerusalem against the pagans

et hystoria }15 normannorum in ·i· uol.

and the history of the Normans, in one volume.

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[Blank leaf]

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Libri venerabilis baedae presbyteri sunt isti:

These are the books of the venerable Bede:

Hystoria anglorum in ·ii· uol. Eiusdem de tempo-

History of the English, in two volumes. Of the same

ribus . et de aequinoctio cum Alberico de compoto

period, and about the equinox with Alberic on his account,

in ·i· volumine.

in one volume.

Alcuinum

Alcuinum[?]

De arte metrica et de scematibus

On the art of prosody, and of semates,

et de miraculis sancti cuthberti versifice compo-

and of the miracles of Saint Cuthbert, composed in verse

situm cum libro Karoli et alcuini de dialectica

the book of Charles and Alcuinus on the dialectic

libellus quoque petri damiani cuius nomen dominus vo-

book of Peter Damian, whose name is lord

biscum et sexaginta sex quaestiones orosii

with you and sixty-six questions of Orosius

ad augustinum et sermo beati isidori de cor-

to Augustinus and the speech of blessed Isidore concerning

pore et sanguine domini . et liber sancti augustini

the body and blood of the lord. and the book of St. Augustine

de agone christiano in ·ii· uol.16 Super tobiam et

on the agony of Christians, in two volumes. On Tobias and

>ezram . et liber eiusdem in verbis neemiae in ·i·

Ezra, and the book of the same in the words of Nehemiah in one

uol. Item expositio eiusdem super apocalipsin cum alia

volume. Also an exposition of the same on the apocalypse with another

expositione sine titulo in ·i· uol. Commen-

exposition without a title, in one volume.

tarius eiusdem super marcum evangelistam in ·i· uol.17

The commentary of the same on the evangelist Mark, in one volume.

Item martyrologium de nataliciis sanctorum et re-

Likewise the martyrology on the birthdays of the saints and

gula sancti benedicti consuetudinesque lan-

the rule and customs of the blessed blessed

franci archiepiscopi in ·i· uol.

Archbishop Lanfranc, in one volume.

Regula sancti iohannis cassiani in ·i· volumine.

Rule of St John Cassian, in one volume.

Iginus de spera mundi et hystoria longobardo-

Iginus concerning the sphere of the world and the history of the Longbardi

rum et gesta alexandri regis macedonum in ·i· uol.

and the exploits of Alexander king of the Macedonians, in one volume.

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Expositio super apocalipsin sine titulo in ·i·

Exposition on apocalypse without a title, in one

uol. Collationes de dictis vel factis pa-

volume. Conferences on the sayings or deeds of the

trum in ·i· uol. Collationes abbatis moysi

fathers, in one volume. The Conferences of Abbot Moses

et libri sancti effrem . cum pluribus; omeliis et

and the Holy Book with many homilies and

multis aliis opusculis : in ·i· uol. Vita sancti

many other works, in one volume. The life of St

dunstani . et passio sancti Aelphaegi cum sermo-

Dunstan, and passion of St Aelphaeus with

nib; de dedicatione aecclesiae in ·i· uol. Epistolae

sermons, about the dedication of the church. A glossed Epistle

sancti pauli glosatae in ·i· uol. Epistolae domini lan-

of St. Paul, in one volume. Letters of Lord

franci archiepiscopi cum aliis minutis opus-

Lanfranc the Archbishop with other small

culis in ·i· uol. Liber de ratione et peccato-

works, in one volume. A book on the nature and

re cum pluribus opusculis in ·i· uol. Liber

sinner, with many works, in one volume. Book of

prognosticorum in ·i· parvo uol. Passionalia

prognostications[?], in one small volume. Passionalia[?],

in . iiii . uol. Sermonalia anglica in ·ii·

in four volumes. English sermons, in two

uol. Sermones diversarum solennitatum

volumes. Sermons on different festivals and of

diversorumque; auctorum : in ·i· uol. Omedia-

different things; authored, in one volume. Two

ria duo : in duob; uol. Unum de dominicis :

omedaries[?], in two volumes; one on Sundays,

aliud de sanctis. Lectionarii duo ad matuti-

the other on saints. Two lectionaries at

nas in duob; uol. Unus de dominicis alius : de

Matins, in two volumes: nne on Sundays, another on the

sanctis. Benedictionalia in duob; uoluminibus.

saints. Blessings in two volumes.

Tripartitum psalterium in ·i· uol. Iosephus in

The Tripartite psalter, in one volume. Joseph, in

·ii· uoluminibus. Solinus . et dares . et liber18 per gesis

Two volumes. Solinus, the daresm[?] and the book through the acts,

.i. de situ terrae prisciani gramatici urbis romae . et va-

about the situation of the land of the ancient grammarian of the city of Rome, and the

ticinium sybillae . et historia britannorum in ·i·

prophecy of the sybil, and the history of the Britons, in one

uol.

volume.

230r

Epistolas beati pauli in uno volumine.19

The letters of St Paul, in one volume.

Collationes diversorum auctorum in uno volumine.

Collations of different authors, in one volume

Lectionaria in tribus voluminibus. Novum20 Testamen-

Lectionary, in three volumes. New

tum in uno volumine. Haimonen in uno volumine.

Testament in one volume. Haimonen[?] in one volume.

Ysidorum de ordine creaturor . et miracula sanctae

Creator of the order of Isidore and the miracles of the blessed

mariae in uno volumine.

Mary, in one volume.

[One half line, one full line and a further half line have been scraped off here]

Quinque libri

The five books

moysi et Iosuae et iudicum in uno volumine

of Moses, and Joshua, and Judges, in one volume.

Collectiones ecclesiasticarum regularum domini iuonis carnotensis.21

Collections of the ecclesiastical rules of the lord of Chartres.

[Apparent erasure of one possibly 3 lines here.]
[Text on the verso of folio 230 includes the date:]

m.c.xl.iii

c.1143

Further reading

Folios 224r. to 230v. used for comparison from the Textus Roffensis with the following:

Rev. R.P.Coates: Catalogue of the Library of the Priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, from the Textus Roffensis. Published in Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol. 6 1866.

Colin Flight: The Bishops and Monks of Rochester – 1076 – 1214. Published by Kent Archaeological Society, Maidstone 1997.

N.R. Ker, Ed.: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, A list of Surviving Books, 2nd Edition, London 1964.

Footnotes

1 Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of The English People, Eds: Judith McClure and Roger Collins, Oxford 1999.

2 All three volumes extant in the British Library, known as Enarrationes in Psalmos, Royal 5 D I (volume 2), II (volume 3) and III (volume 1)

4 British Library Royal 5 B VI.

5 Contra Faustum Manicheum, British Library Royal 5 B X.

6 Enchiridion, De bono mortis, De corpore et sanguine Domini, British Library Royal 5 A XV.

7 De Trinitate, British Library Royal 5 B IV.

8 De Consensu Evangelistarum, Rochester Cathedral Chapter Library.

9 British Library Royal 5 B XII.

10 Not listed in the 1202 catalogue or known to be extant.

11 British Library Royal 5 B XLII.

12 Cambridge University Library ff.4.32.

13 An original rubricated mark righthand margin, refers end of this leaf for an omission of the next six words ‡.

14 Post’ somewhat doubtful.

15 British Library Royal 5 B XVI.

16 Lambeth Palace 76, ff. 1-147.

17 Bodley 134.

18 Cambridge Corpus Christi College 332.

19 British Library Royal 6 D II

20 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Super matheum in I vol.’. Not known to be extant.

21 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Super xii prophetas et Danielem in ii vol.’. Not known to be extant.

22 Eton College 80.

23 British Library Royal 3 B I.

24 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Ysidorus super Genesim cum aliis in I vol’. Not known to be extant.

25 Possibly recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Vita sanctorum patrum in ii vol.’. Recorded in the Butterfly Fragments as ‘radysus appellatur in I vol.’. Not known to be extant.

26 Huntington Library MS HM 62.

27 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Super ysaiam in I vol.’. Not known to be extant.

28 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Psalterium eius in I vol.’, and in the Butterfly Fragments as ‘Expositio quoque eiusdem super psalterium in I vol.’. Not known to be extant.

29 Cambridge Trinity College 1238.

30 Bodley 387.

31 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Super ezechielem in I vol.’, and in the Butterfly Fragments as Expositio super ezechielem in I vol.’ Not known to be extant.

32 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Pentateuchi moysi in vol. Novo’, and in Royal 10 A XII: tertiam partem novi bibli armarii Roffensi quarum I pars est Genesis’. Not known to be extant.

33 Possibly British Library Royal I C VII.

34 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Super jeramiam in I vol.’. Not known to be extant.

35 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Super exxlesiasten et aliis pluribus operibus in I vol.’. Not known to be extant.

36 British Library Royal 6 A IV.

37 British Library Royal 6 A I and 7 A XI, ff. 19-24.

38 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘De virginitate et viduis in I vol.’. Not known to be extant.

39 British Library Royal 5 A VII.

40 Not known to be extant.

41 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Super lucam in I vol.’ Not known to be extant.

42 British Library Royal 6 C IV.

43 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Dre penitentia cum trogo pompeio et aliis in I vol.’. Not known to be extant.

44 British Library Royal 6 B VI.

45 British Library Royal 3 C IV and 6 C VI.

46 Possibly British Library Royal 5 E II and 6 B II.

47 Recorded in the Butterfly Fragments as ‘Liber ipsius super ezechielem in duobus vol.’.

48 British Library Royal 6 C X.

49 Recorded in 1202 catalogue and the Butterfly Fragments under same title.

50 British Library Royal 4 B I.

51 British Library Royal 5 E X.

52 Edinburgh National Library Adv. 18.3.9.

53 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Itinerarium petri in I vol. Not known to be extant.

54 Possibly Cambridge Corpus Christi College MS 184.

55 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Canones et concilia in I vol.’ Not known to be extant.

56 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Exceptiones ex decretis pontificum et registro’. Not known to be extant.

57 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Orosius cum historia gothorum in I vol.’. Not known to be extant.

58 British Library Royal MS 6 A XII.

59 The first of the two parts of Textus Roffensis.

60 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Amalarius in I vol.’.

61 Possibly recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Hystoria ierusalem cum pluribus aliis in I vol.’.

62 Harley MS 3680.

63 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘De temporibus in I vol.’ and the Butterfly fragments as ‘..ribus et de aequinoctio cum alberico de c…. poto in I vol.’.

64 Cambridge Trinity College 1128.

65 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Super tobian in i vol.’ and the Butterfly fragments as ‘Super tobian et ezram, et liber…’.

66 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Super apocalipsim in I vol.’

67 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Martirologium cum aliis in I vol.’.

68 British Library Royal MS 8 D XVI.

69 Possibly British Library Royal MS 12 C IV.

70 Possibly recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Collationes patrum cum multis aliis in I vol.’.

71 Vatican MSS, Reg, Lat. 646 ff. 1-48, 458 ff. 1-36, 598 f. 8r.

72 Possibly recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Item epistole pauli glosate in alio vol. parvo’.

73 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Epistole lanfranci et anselm[i] cum aliis in I vol’.

74 British Library Royal MS 12 C I.

75 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Passyonaria iiii’.

76 Bodley 340, 342^2.

77 Possibly Vatican Lat. 4951^2.

78 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Omeliaria ii.’

79 Possibly recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Lectionaria v.’.

80 Recorded in 1202 catalogue.

81 British Library Royal MS 15 A XXII.

82 British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A XIII.

83 Possibly recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Item epistole pauli sine glosa’.

84 Possibly recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Lectionaria v.’.

85 Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery 57^3.

86 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Haymo in I vol.’.

87 Recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Ysidorus de ordine creature cum miraculis sancte Marie et aliis in I vol.’.

88 Possibly recorded in 1202 catalogue as ‘Decreta yvonis in I vol.’.

5 Apparently added in a different hand, preceding the continuation of the previous paragraph on Folio 225r.

7 Inserted above the line.

8 Gundulph’s Bible.

9 ‘Trans’ added afterwards in same hand.

10 Page ends with ‘tra,’ next page begins with ‘tatus,’ In this way the c was omitted.

11 Double underlined and appears to have been scored out.

12 ‘Cu’ ends a line, and is repeated at the beginning of the next.

13 Very faded ink.

14 Crossed through – no explanation as to why.

15 Written in a later hand. Poorer ink.

16 The total paragraph has been crossed through, but also underlined. Alcuinum has been superimposed over ‘arte metrica’ possibly at the same time.

17 Complete line underscored and crossed through.

18 P Periegesis. Priscian paraphrased the Periegesis of Dionysius.

19 90. to 96. Appears to be a later hand!

20 Underlined.

21 Considered a much later hand.