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196] LAMBETH LIBRARY 307
v. 39 b, vi. 52 b, coarse initial, vn. 69/7, large coarse initial on
f. 70. Change of hand at 74 b. Outline initial on 87 b. vm. 88,
coarse outline initials. The hands vary at and after 97. IX. no.
At the end of this occurs the first rubric in the book: Expl. artis
Gramatici Preciani viri eloquentissimi cesariensis doctoris urbis
rome lib. viiii. Inc. lib. x. de preterito perfecto. Coarse initial
with horned head at top ........ 124
The end of the text of x. is on a slip after 138.
xi. A fine initial by the artist of the first, in gold and colour with
an excellent dragon. The first scribe resumes here . . . 139
xii. Outline initial, 147. xni. 154. xiv. Outline initial coarse, 161.
Change of hand at 167. xv. 171 b. Large outline initial with
bird. After 178 b, several hands, smaller, fill the remaining leaves,
xvi. 179.
Ends: astra nec ignes nec lucidus ethra Siderea polus (complete) :
verso blank.
{L. z. 16
4to. 51
V. 25
Vellum, io| x6f,ff. 2+176+1, 42 and (last quire) 32 lines.
Cent, xii, mainly in a small and rather sloping hand. The last
quire in a larger upright hand, both very good.
Calf binding, pr. 2s.
Collation: rz2 | I8—158 | 168 (+1) 178 1812 198 208 | 2112 (wants
12) | b cane.
From Lanthony: on ii b in a xivth cent, hand is :
Liber Lanthonie iuxta Gloucestr. qui eum alienauerit anathema
sit. Continentia huius uol. precianus magnus et precianus de con-
struccione.
No. 372 in the Catalogue : Precianus magnus et Free, de constr.
in uno uol.
On \.b, iia (beginning on +) is a rhyming poem written as
prose in a clear xiith-cent. hand :
In aspectam nube tectam. sero arthon intuens. dum mirarer
et testarer. nubes esse renuens. Ecce quedam fulsit Ledam
sese uocans nomine, nube lata terris data credo deum numine.
Forma cuius mundi huius nil ualere gloriam. arguebat et
premebat nostrarum superbiam. Quam diuinis flauus crinis
linitus odoribus decorabat et flagrabat citra aromatibus.
She speaks of her children Castor, Pollux and Helen and of a
certain puella nigella called Albors. At the end the poet
(a tiresome writer) gains her love:
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v. 39 b, vi. 52 b, coarse initial, vn. 69/7, large coarse initial on
f. 70. Change of hand at 74 b. Outline initial on 87 b. vm. 88,
coarse outline initials. The hands vary at and after 97. IX. no.
At the end of this occurs the first rubric in the book: Expl. artis
Gramatici Preciani viri eloquentissimi cesariensis doctoris urbis
rome lib. viiii. Inc. lib. x. de preterito perfecto. Coarse initial
with horned head at top ........ 124
The end of the text of x. is on a slip after 138.
xi. A fine initial by the artist of the first, in gold and colour with
an excellent dragon. The first scribe resumes here . . . 139
xii. Outline initial, 147. xni. 154. xiv. Outline initial coarse, 161.
Change of hand at 167. xv. 171 b. Large outline initial with
bird. After 178 b, several hands, smaller, fill the remaining leaves,
xvi. 179.
Ends: astra nec ignes nec lucidus ethra Siderea polus (complete) :
verso blank.
{L. z. 16
4to. 51
V. 25
Vellum, io| x6f,ff. 2+176+1, 42 and (last quire) 32 lines.
Cent, xii, mainly in a small and rather sloping hand. The last
quire in a larger upright hand, both very good.
Calf binding, pr. 2s.
Collation: rz2 | I8—158 | 168 (+1) 178 1812 198 208 | 2112 (wants
12) | b cane.
From Lanthony: on ii b in a xivth cent, hand is :
Liber Lanthonie iuxta Gloucestr. qui eum alienauerit anathema
sit. Continentia huius uol. precianus magnus et precianus de con-
struccione.
No. 372 in the Catalogue : Precianus magnus et Free, de constr.
in uno uol.
On \.b, iia (beginning on +) is a rhyming poem written as
prose in a clear xiith-cent. hand :
In aspectam nube tectam. sero arthon intuens. dum mirarer
et testarer. nubes esse renuens. Ecce quedam fulsit Ledam
sese uocans nomine, nube lata terris data credo deum numine.
Forma cuius mundi huius nil ualere gloriam. arguebat et
premebat nostrarum superbiam. Quam diuinis flauus crinis
linitus odoribus decorabat et flagrabat citra aromatibus.
She speaks of her children Castor, Pollux and Helen and of a
certain puella nigella called Albors. At the end the poet
(a tiresome writer) gains her love:
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